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Shinichi Sakurai’s one wish is for a little peace and quiet. But Hana Uzaki — his boisterous, well-endowed underclassman — has other plans. All she wants is to hang out and poke fun at him.

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    Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 2 Episode 12 - I Want to Hang Out on Christmas Eve, Too!
    7.9/10(74 votes)

    #1 - I Want to Hang Out on Christmas Eve, Too!

    S2:E12

    It's Christmas Eve, and Hana finds a way to spend it with Sakurai at her home. He's introduced to her father Fujio, who knows him from somewhere...

    Director:Tatsu Yamamoto
    Writer:Takashi Aoshima

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  2. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 2 Episode 5 - The Whole Uzaki Clan Wants to Get Together!
    7.8/10(71 votes)

    #2 - The Whole Uzaki Clan Wants to Get Together!

    S2:E5

    Hana is upset that Shinichi calls other women by their first name but not her. Shinichi gets a coupon for a gym's free trial, and meets a trainer named Fujio. At the Uzaki household, it is revealed that Fujio is none other than Hana's father. He calls a family meeting when he finds out that her senpai, who he had assumed was a girl, is in fact a guy. The situation escalates when Hana defends Shinichi to her father and younger siblings. Kiri is dismayed to learn that the maker of the udon he had enjoyed is male, while Yanagi is highly amused by it all. Meanwhile, Shinichi tries to sweat out his Hana-induced inner turmoil.

    Director:Ryuta Yamamoto
    Writer:Yasunori Yamada

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  3. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 2 Episode 6 - Uzaki-chan Wants to Celebrate!
    7.4/10(64 votes)

    #3 - Uzaki-chan Wants to Celebrate!

    S2:E6

    At the gym, Fujio shares his worries with Shinichi and two other regulars about his daughter having a boyfriend. Since Shinichi spends so much time training, Hana feels neglected by him and reiterates that he is the one who likes her in response to Yanagi's teasing. The next day, still under the delusion that Shinichi has feelings for her, Tsuki spends time at the café and leaves him alone with Hana for his cooking lesson, in the hopes their relationship develops. Later, she bumps into him on her way back home and erroneously believes he and Hana had sex. On November 29, Hana spends time with Shinichi for his 21st birthday and he privately acknowledges she is special to him. Meanwhile, she realizes he will graduate from college in a little over a year, and requests he do something outrageous.

    Director:Sumito Sasaki
    Writer:Takamitsu Kohno

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  4. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 2 Episode 13 - I Want to Hang Out Together Next Year, Too!
    7.4/10(73 votes)

    #4 - I Want to Hang Out Together Next Year, Too!

    S2:E13

    Christmas Eve at the Uzaki house comes to a confusing end for just about everyone involved, leading Sakurai to reexamine his feelings for his junior.

    Director:Hideaki Uehara
    Writer:Takashi Aoshima

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  5. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 1 Episode 8 - I Want to Watch Fireworks Together!
    7.3/10(152 votes)

    #5 - I Want to Watch Fireworks Together!

    S1:E8

    The café owner and Ami encourage Sakurai to take a downhearted Uzaki to a fireworks festival in an attempt to get things back to normal between them.

    Directors:Shinichi Fukumoto, Yuki Kanezawa
    Writer:Takashi Aoshima

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  6. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 2 Episode 4 - Uzaki-chan Wants to Be Number One!
    7.3/10(64 votes)

    #6 - Uzaki-chan Wants to Be Number One!

    S2:E4

    Annoyed that Hana and Shinichi's relationship has not moved forward, Ami and Sakaki decide to shake Hana out of her confident attitude by telling her she might lose Shinichi to other women if she lets her guard down. While teaching Shinichi to cook croquettes at her house, Hana is still bothered by her conversation with Sakaki. Meanwhile, her mother once again misinterprets Shinichi's intentions when he asks what is her first name. The croquettes turn out really good though.

    Director:Takahiro Hirata
    Writer:Yasunori Yamada

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  7. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 2 Episode 11 - I Kind of Want to Do Things Right Already!
    7.3/10(64 votes)

    #7 - I Kind of Want to Do Things Right Already!

    S2:E11

    Hana reminisces about high school with Sakurai while his father warns him about their relationship. Sakurai gets solid advice from an unlikely source.

    Director:Akihiro Nagao
    Writer:Takamitsu Kohno

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  8. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 1 Episode 7 - I Want to Hang Out at a Cat Café and a Pub!
    7.1/10(155 votes)

    #8 - I Want to Hang Out at a Cat Café and a Pub!

    S1:E7

    Sakurai asks Uzaki to join him cuddling friendly felines at a cat café. Uzaki asks Sakurai to accompany her to a pub for drinks on her 20th birthday.

    Director:Yoshitsugu Kimura
    Writer:Takamitsu Kohno

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  9. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 1 Episode 11 - Does Sakurai Want to Hang Out, Too?
    7.1/10(144 votes)

    #9 - Does Sakurai Want to Hang Out, Too?

    S1:E11

    Sakurai makes Uzaki clean up her stuff, then takes cooking lessons from her mom. A solo karaoke trip spirals out of control and ends in disaster.

    Director:Tatsu Yamamoto
    Writer:Kenji Sugihara

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  10. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 2 Episode 1 - Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out, All Right!
    7.1/10(81 votes)

    #10 - Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out, All Right!

    S2:E1

    When Hana becomes depressed due to summer break being over with, Sakaki cheers her up after they have a conversation about Shinichi. They then decide to go bowling, and knowing that Shinichi is bad at it, Hana proposes a penalty game and uses underhanded tactics to try to throw him off. On another day, the café is closed and Ami uses the opportunity to make Hana and Shinichi try on new sexy uniforms. On campus, Shinichi is sleepy from playing video games with Hana into the wee hours of the morning. She later finds him taking a nap between classes and also falls asleep next to him.

    Director:Marina Maki
    Writer:Takashi Aoshima

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  11. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 2 Episode 7 - Uzaki-chan Wants a Confession!
    7.1/10(62 votes)

    #11 - Uzaki-chan Wants a Confession!

    S2:E7

    Hana is worried she will not be able to hang out with Shinichi once he graduates from college. Since she is adamantly convinced that he likes her, and not the other way around, she plots to make him confess his feelings to her. She cooks him lunch, which attracts the interest of her whole family. After Hana refuses to introduce her to Shinichi, Yanagi visits the café.

    Director:Shinichi Fukumoto
    Writer:Kenji Sugihara

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  12. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 2 Episode 8 - Yanagi and Kiri Want to Have Fun, Too!
    7.1/10(61 votes)

    #12 - Yanagi and Kiri Want to Have Fun, Too!

    S2:E8

    Hana has a meltdown at the café because Shinichi does not call her by her first name, although he does with other people and he called Yanagi by her first name not ten minutes after they met. Back home, Yanagi tells her mother about her meeting with Shinichi, making Tsuki spiral down into further misunderstandings. Kiri is stressed studying for exams and lack of physical activity. As such, he goes to exercise at the gym where his father works to cheer himself up. However, when Shinichi also shows up, Kiri ends up feeling completely outclassed.

    Director:Masato Uchibori
    Writer:Kenji Sugihara

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  13. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 2 Episode 10 - We Want a Thrill Before Christmas!
    7.1/10(65 votes)

    #13 - We Want a Thrill Before Christmas!

    S2:E10

    Tensions are high between Sakurai and Hana as the lovers' holiday of Christmas approaches. Sakurai gets a shock when he touches base with his family.

    Director:Masashi Tsukino
    Writer:Yasunori Yamada

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  14. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 1 Episode 2 - The Café Owner Wants a Glimpse
    7.0/10(157 votes)

    #14 - The Café Owner Wants a Glimpse

    S1:E2

    Uzaki visits the café where Sakurai works, much to his dismay. An encounter with a cat goes horribly awry. Sakurai eats lunch with an actual friend.

    Directors:Shunsuke Fukui, Tatsu Yamamoto
    Writer:Kenji Sugihara

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  15. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 1 Episode 6 - Summer! The Beach! I Want to Test My Courage!
    7.0/10(154 votes)

    #15 - Summer! The Beach! I Want to Test My Courage!

    S1:E6

    Uzaki starts her part-time job. Sakaki orchestrates a summer getaway for the four friends, including a fun day at the beach and a spooky night walk.

    Director:Tatsu Yamamoto
    Writer:Yasunori Yamada

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  16. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 1 Episode 9 - Tsuki Uzaki Wants a Thrill?
    7.0/10(144 votes)

    #16 - Tsuki Uzaki Wants a Thrill?

    S1:E9

    Sakurai meets Uzaki’s mother, who’s surprised to learn some basic facts about him. A sudden change in personality leaves Uzaki’s coworkers befuddled.

    Director:Akihiro Nagao
    Writer:Yasunori Yamada

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  17. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 1 Episode 12 - Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out More!
    6.9/10(150 votes)

    #17 - Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out More!

    S1:E12

    Uzaki reminisces about her time with Sakurai in high school, then cooks up a scheme to see what he's like when he's drunk as summer comes to an end.

    Director:Shinichi Fukumoto
    Writer:Takashi Aoshima

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  18. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 2 Episode 2 - I Want to Make Udon After We Hang Out!
    6.9/10(71 votes)

    #18 - I Want to Make Udon After We Hang Out!

    S2:E2

    Sakaki shows pictures of Hana and Shinichi napping together on campus to Ami. The four of them then go clothes shopping, and Hana shares with Ami that she has been going swimming with Shinichi, who complimented her on her bathing suit. Later, they play futsal and meet acquaintances of Sakaki, who challenge him to a game. On another day, Hana daydreams she is Shinichi's upperclassman while they head to her house. After Tsuki taught Shinichi how to make udon, he became good at it but Hana gives him harsh criticism. While Shinichi practices properly cutting the noodles, Tsuki still misinterprets his motivations, and a conversation with Hana only makes the misunderstanding worse. That evening, Hana's younger brother, Kiri, eagerly eats the udon prepared by Hana's senpai, who he erroneously believes is a woman.

    Director:Sumito Sasaki
    Writer:Takamitsu Kohno

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  19. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 2 Episode 3 - Does Uzaki-chan Want to Go to the School Festival?
    6.9/10(66 votes)

    #19 - Does Uzaki-chan Want to Go to the School Festival?

    S2:E3

    Sakaki convinces Hana and Shinichi to attend the college's festival, bribing them with the opportunity to win a video game console in a lottery. On the first day of the festival, they actually have fun together and decide to have their fortunes read at the Occult Club's stand. They then try to leave when they discover that only romantic fortunes are told, but are forced to comply. Shinichi is left emotionally shaken after he hears their fortune. Later, Hana prepares a meal for Shinichi and herself. She concludes via a self-absorbed thought process that he needs her around and tries unsuccessfully to get him to say it.

    Director:Masashi Tsukino
    Writer:Kenji Sugihara

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  20. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 2 Episode 9 - Fujio Uzaki Wants Family Time!
    6.9/10(65 votes)

    #20 - Fujio Uzaki Wants Family Time!

    S2:E9

    The Uzaki family go to a hotsprings resort, minus Kiri who is still traumatized after running into Shinichi. Fujio reminisces of the days when Hana was a child, and soon after arriving at the resort chases off guys hitting on Hana and Yanagi, and then Tsuki. He then gets surrounded by young men admiring his physique, which turns into a photoshoot as he basks in the attention. While the cat gets training from the resort's mascot, Hana goes wandering and runs into Shinichi and Sakaki. She offers to hang out with them but Shinichi tells her to spend time with her family. As they part, Hana gets Shinichi to compliment her bathing suit. Back to the Uzaki household, Kiri regrets not having joined his family's outing, while a now buff cat scares a bunch of the neighborhood's kitties.

    Director:Shigeki Awai
    Writer:Take

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  21. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 1 Episode 1 - Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!
    6.8/10(187 votes)

    #21 - Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!

    S1:E1

    College junior Shinichi Sakurai just wants to be alone, but loudmouthed sophomore Hana Uzaki sees it as her mission to keep him from being lonely.

    Director:Shinichi Fukumoto
    Writer:Takashi Aoshima

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  22. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 1 Episode 3 - The Asai Family Wants to Look Out for Us!
    6.8/10(152 votes)

    #22 - The Asai Family Wants to Look Out for Us!

    S1:E3

    Turns out the café-owner’s daughter Ami loves people-watching, too. Sakurai comes down with a really bad cold. Uzaki has a big request for her senior.

    Director:Shinichi Fukumoto
    Writer:Yasunori Yamada

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  23. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 1 Episode 4 - I Want to Hang Out Together Over the Holiday!
    6.8/10(151 votes)

    #23 - I Want to Hang Out Together Over the Holiday!

    S1:E4

    Uzaki tries to get Sakurai out of the house over the extended Golden Week holiday. A crowded train takes Sakurai someplace he doesn’t want to go.

    Director:Akihiro Nagao
    Writer:Takamitsu Kohno

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  24. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 1 Episode 10 - I Want to Hang Out in Tottori!
    6.7/10(143 votes)

    #24 - I Want to Hang Out in Tottori!

    S1:E10

    An innocent trip to Tottori soon becomes a calculated effort to turn Sakurai and Uzaki into a full-fledged couple. After all, Tottori is for lovers!

    Director:Fumio Itou
    Writer:Takamitsu Kohno

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  25. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 1 Episode 5 - I Want to Meddle in My Friend’s Business!
    6.6/10(149 votes)

    #25 - I Want to Meddle in My Friend’s Business!

    S1:E5

    Sakurai’s friend is determined to get him and Uzaki together, but meets resistance from an unusual place. Uzaki has some thoughts about choco-mint.

    Director:Shinichi Fukumoto
    Writer:Kenji Sugihara

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Best Episodes Summary

"I Want to Hang Out on Christmas Eve, Too!" is the best rated episode of "Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!". It scored 7.9/10 based on 74 votes. Directed by Tatsu Yamamoto and written by Takashi Aoshima, it aired on 12/17/2022. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Whole Uzaki Clan Wants to Get Together!".