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by Matthew Martinez
Uzaki-Chan Wants to Hang Out, created by artist Takashi
Aoshima (stylized Take), is a manga first published in
2018*. The story features extrovert Hana (Uzaki-Chan)
and her adventures with her former Swim Coach introvert
Shinichi Sakurai (Senpai). Uzaki-chan wants her Senpai
to be more outgoung. From far away places like Tottori,
Japan, Strange-To-America places like a Cat Cafe, to
mundane place like a technology store, the optometrist,
and even the coffee shop where Senpai works, Hana will go
to any lengths to achieve her goal, much to Senpai's
annoyance. There's just two particular things about
Uzaki-chan: Her "Upper Frontals", emphasized by the
shirt she wears with the Japanese phrase Sugoi Dekai,
or "So Big". (Source: knowyourmeme.com).
Her bust size has drawn criticism from Uzaki-chan's
homeland of Japan dur to the Japanese Red Cross Blood
Drive campaign in 2019. The campaign features a modified
cover of Volume 3, which has Uzaki-chan wearing her work
clothes, with a text bubble with the following, translated
from Japanese: "Senpai! Have you not yet given blood?
Or perhaps... are you afraid of needles?"
Now, breast size is supposed to arouse my libido because
I'm a man (A monster, if you will). At least that's what
some feminists and their male sympathizers on social media
say. As mentioned, I have read the first six volumes of the
manga, and have seen the anime's first season. Senpai has
accidentally grabbed both of Uzaki-chan's breasts, each on
separate occastions while blindfolded, and female characters
featured in the manga have been scantily dressed in the front,
back, and between chapters and pages of the manga. But I
personally feel that Uzaki-chan herself is not over sexualized.
The outrage comes from female Twitter accounts criticizing
Uzaki-chan's character design. While some users demand the
series' cancellation, others have redrawn Uzaki-chan so she
looks "Realistic". Of course, there's also a group of men who
go along with some of the ladies complaints in hopes of scoring
a date, or some other type of affair, so they just parrot, or
put down whoever presents a differing opinion. We'll call the
people who are upset about the character design "Whiny-Butts".
Although they are few, they are rather vocal. Although people
have a right to their own opinion, these feminists are
contradicting themselves if they truly believe in "body
positivity". If they believe a woman should be happy and
confident in their body, then they should think twice about if
a series should be cancelled based on the character on the
outside, rather than the story told on the inside.
Although Volume 1 of the manga collection debuted in July 2018,
Uzaki-Chan wa Asobitai! was first published in comic form
online via NicoNico in December 2017.
Where did the name of this publication come from? My birth mother
gave it to me in a letter she wrote to me some time after I was
adopted by my parents in 1991. This song was written by James
Horner, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil; and was performed by Linda
Ronstadt and James Ingram for the 1986 film An American Tail.