No they just hate straight romance
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The point of Uzaki, that the initial handful of chapters doesn't get across well, is that it isn't the same as the "teasing girl who always has the upper hand." The MC guy is a stoic, ripped and very popular guy who has no problem telling her off and calling her out, and most chapters involve her being bullied just the same.
So rather than the standard tsundere romance, its closer to the "brat bullying" type. It just spends a lot of time building her up to make it more satisfying when she starts getting knocked down.
Alright, maybe I'll give it another try, if it gets better. I know it's very beloved, so there must be something there. The first episode just really grated on me.
I also have a problem with the trend in entertainment in general to try to redeem terrible-acting characters. In real life, based on her initial behavior, I'm rooting against Uzaki (as I recall, it's been a while), don't care what happens to her, and hope she goes away.
Another anime, Real Girl did the above redemption-thing exceptionally badly. A "rival" to the MC frames him as a would-be rapist pedophile (drastically harming at least four peoples' lives)...and then they sort of become friends. No, fuck that guy, he can catch on fire. Such a stupid trope.
I'm quite a distance behind, so I can't speak for the last year or so, but that was my impression at the time.
But yeah, Uzaki ends up having to recognize she has major competition around the time she notices her feels and deal with her issues (and he his own major anti-social ones) before they can really go anywhere. That's where I left off, so no idea how it goes from that point.
Without too much spoilers, it does kind of go back towards that 'simp' route unfortunately - but that is more of a symptom of Japanese relationships than any western influence. Sakurai (the MC) has a lot of trouble getting physical with Uzaki once they end up dating, primarily played up for comedy and leaning towards her 'bullying' him by being overly affectionate.
I'm gonna say I enjoy the series myself, but you can see the way things lean towards that side from time to time...it's normal for there to be some simping in relationships though, especially exaggerated for some fiction itself.
The Japs don't seem to know what to do once the relationship starts, which is why nearly all series end as soon as they get together. But the backlash to that has started to push more current series to go beyond, and its not working in their favor.