Hime Shiraki appears to have it all: an angelic voice, an innocent personality, and an adorable face that enamors all onlookers. However, her cuteness is all a lie—it is purely an act to achieve her self-centered goal of marrying a rich suitor. Though she often plays up her innocence to gain favor from those around her, Hime's facade does not absolve her of responsibility when an accident leaves Mai Koshiba injured.
Learning that Mai is the manager of Café Liebe—a cafe themed as an all-girls academy—Hime is coerced into taking up a part-time position until Mai recovers. However, Hime's facade cannot cover up her shortcomings at being a waitress, earning her the ire of one of her coworkers, Mitsuki Yano, the elegant "onee-sama" who often berates Hime over her mistakes. As Hime struggles to adjust to her new job in addition to Mitsuki's unrelenting hostility, her real personality begins seeping through the cracks.
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RebelPanda
Yuri is My Job is a charmingly self-aware romance with a pretty clever twist. It gleefully makes fun of tropes, cliches, and stereotypes associated with the girls' love genre—then subverts each one. The satire seems to have flown over the vast majority of viewers' heads, unfortunately. Upon first impressions, it appears to be a one-note comedy, so I initially dropped it, but humor is not its main strength. I.e., fine comedy, great drama. People seem to have missed the point that the Café Liebe, where most of the anime takes place, imitates the traditional girls' love genre known as "Class S" (Maria-sama ga Miteru, Oniisama e…).The characters are merely actors in this themed cafe putting on a show for those enticed by melodrama and queer longing. Quite literally, the anime mocks viewers of the genre in a toying manner so as not to condescend and with passion for the genre's pedigree. It's a genius idea to juxtapose a parodied version of typical girls' love with the drama that plays off-stage, classic queer romance themes with a modern twist…
…And no, it is not queerbait.
There's plenty of explicitly lesbian love to go around, none of that beating around the bush are they/aren't they BS. It's not some crushing depiction of homosexuality, either. For every heartbreak, there is levity—you can always see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Themes fittingly revolve around hiding one's true self. Each of the four main characters, Sumika, Kanoko, and Mitsuki, but primarily led by Hime, have a persona they choose to show the world and one they hide. Throughout the series, their true identities become apparent, challenging their ability to balance life acting in the cafe with turmoil in the real world. Flashbacks to before the characters met at the cafe do not come off as heavy-handed and provide a relatable glimpse into their pasts as well as round out their present personas. Their motives and character arcs flow naturally without over-relying on narration or exposition.
Don't expect tons of animation because the production is lightweight, but the direction is solid. It is nicely storyboarded, frequently employing the traditional shoujo flower frames during cafe scenes for an over-the-top effect. Adding to that extravagance is the abundant expressive character animation. One thing I really admire about Passione and Studio Lings' work is how even though there are a lot of faces to draw in the cafe, the artists never resort to 3D models. It simply wouldn't have fit the cafe's aesthetic. Drawing each patron adds to the immersion, showing their excitement and shock as they watch Class S madness unfold. I liked how the understated piano enhanced dramatic moments, and swelling strings punctuated the more pivotal scenes.
Shoujo and Girls' Love anime tend to be known for melodrama, and Yuri is My Job has a healthy dose of exaggerated emotions. Placing Class S situations into a workplace environment just feels right. The stress of juggling customer service makes the conflict between coworkers all the more intense. The stress reaches a fever pitch when Hime and Mitsuki squabbles outside of work impact their schwestern (little sister) act in the restaurant. Every minor element of body language or suggestive language evokes extreme reactions. However, the writer never relies on contrivances to fuel melodrama. If Shinkai and Okada come to mind when you think of melodrama in anime, this will feel different. Although lacking in bombastic set pieces, stunning animation, or over-the-top climaxes, the drama in Yuri is My Job won't leave you feeling cheated by cheap tricks.
Though the satire doesn't go nearly as far as the superb Yuri Kuma Arashi, it handles drama remarkably. It would've found an audience here if it wasn't mismarketed as a gag comedy. I'm glad I gave it another chance because it's worth a second look. Yuri is My Job presents a fine balance of comedy and great drama, exploring themes of identity and the challenges of balancing personal and professional lives. With its solid direction, expressive character animation, and fitting classical score, the anime delivers a satisfying showcase of explicitly queer romance. Although casual viewers may feel out of the loop, fans of drama and girls' love will see its merit.
Mcsuper
Facades are something people use as their armor to shield their true selves from the world around them. One can fake being a happy, giddy person, one can fake whatever emotions they want, but for the main character, Shirasagi Hime, she pretends to be the “perfect girl”, the most likeable girl in the entire world, so she can get with a good-looking millionaire, the ideal husband. One day however, she runs into the manager of a peculiar cafe, and to repay her debt for injuring her, she must work in this cafe until her injury is fully recovered. Now, you can guess what happens tosaid injury…
Now let me take you on a journey through my experience of “Yuri is My Job” through three stages: The initial intrigue, the frustration, and the acceptance.
To start this journey, we start with the initial intrigue, where Hime has to work at this cafe, where its theme is an all-girls academy where there are hierarchies, complex relationships, and many rules to adhere to in order to entertain the customers. In short, the customers simply watch all the employees yuri-bait each other. A cafe built upon yuri-baiting, how fun am I right? Hime struggles at understanding her role in all this, and the other employees run out of patience despite not teaching her anything? Truly reflective of a typical work environment, right?
Then comes the frustration. There’s a level of drama in this show that is shown through the character interactions. Eventually, the line between work and life gets blurred, and the employees start taking everything very seriously, forming relationships among themselves through sisterly bonds and the like. A friend of Hime’s gets dragged into the mess as well, and it turns out she’s obsessed with Hime. We get some backstory of all the characters, with drama so mind-numbingly baffling, which also ended up making the workplace very tense. Virtually everything in the backstories were based on misunderstandings, and we’ve seen our fair share of shows like, for example, “Rent-A-Girlfriend”, “Girlfriend, Girlfriend”, or “Nisekoi”. All these trashy harem or romcoms just got on my nerves, and this show also made me quite angry at points.
Now, I’ve watched a solid amount of anime. At some point, even such trashy shows can produce an amount of fun, and hating things isn’t that fun, so I decided to accept it for what it is, a trashy show. I ended up liking it, and thought that it provided a very solid form of ironic entertainment. Seeing the interactions between the characters, the misunderstandings that built, the needless drama, everything just became a comedy for me, so I just revelled in the ironic beauty of it all. Why be so negative about things? All in all, I seemed to enjoy it.
This show isn’t good, but you can’t deny there’s entertainment there to be seen. Not only is the setting interesting, but the characters all have distinct and interesting personalities, ranging from a character who lies all the time, to an obsessed girl that has likely thousands of pictures of her best friend in her phone. Isn’t it all so entertaining?
Who am I kidding? This review was filled with lies. The three stages are just me catering to the masses who enjoy this stuff. This show isn’t good, and its attempts at drama are absolutely abhorrent and contrived. The characters are basically completely unlikeable, with the “yuri” being completely off the deep end with how inaccurately portrayed the romance is.
What’s the lie? What’s the truth? What to believe? In the end, that’s what Hime’s character is, a girl with a facade so strong that any attempt of trying to reconcile with others seems hardly believable. In the end, the truth lies somewhere in between all the chaos, just like my opinion on this show.
Marinate1016
Watayuri is a tough one, I really want to like it since it’s yuri, but the melodramatic and shallow story really make it hard for me. The show does have signs of promise, particularly towards the end once characters started getting their backstories fleshed out, but it’s too little too late in my opinion. Most of the show feels like cheap drama for the sake of drama. My biggest issue with this story is that literally every issue in this series could be solved if the characters just acted like normal human beings and spoke to each other about how they feel. The drama feels soforced and the jealousy plotline between Kanoko and Hime was dragged out entirely too long. It really brings down the show. I know it’s anime, and you have to have some drama for tension and stakes and all that, but come on, at least make it believable. The characters hold grudges and beef over the dumbest things. Ayano and Hime’s relationship drama was the fakest stuff I’ve seen in a long time. We get 6 episodes of Ayano being a tsundere to hime and downright cruel at times simply because of a misunderstanding from elementary school??? Then, not to mention the Kanoko yandere plotline which dragged on for ages. Her toxic obsession with Hime was kind of cute at first, but as episodes went on it really got irritating and the explanation for it was subpar.
In this case, it doesn’t help that the cast is so small and the story is so contained. Most everything in the show takes place within one room in a cafe. There’s no room for world building literally and figuratively. The world feels so claustrophobic and that was one of my biggest issues with it. I haven’t read the manga yet, so I’m not sure if the world opens up as things progress, but that would be my biggest criticism of the world in addition to the overdramatic characters.
Being a yuri, it goes without saying that romance is a big part of the story. I think the romance in this is pretty subpar. Even with the backstories, I felt it left something to be desired. It just didn’t feel like there was enough meat or substance to really justify the extent to which these characters are in love. For a fantasy story that’s ok, for a slice of life romance drama story, not so much.
It’s not all bad though, I did enjoy large segments of the show. Even when I was laughing out loud about how stupid the characters’ motivations were, I was still having fun. I think the story does have potential, it just needs more time in the oven to cook. I don’t think this is a must watch, but it’s not one that I regret watching if that makes sense. If you’re into Yuri, give it a shot, see how you like it. Just keep in mind what I’ve said about the writing and you shouldn’t be too disappointed.
Watayuri gets 7 out of 10.
Justykanna
Yuri is My Job! is complicated because I feel like the base story basically has nothing going for it and the 'thing' that starts the story is hilariously terrible. But there are some decent elements underneath that, you just need to be a little patient. But does it pay off? Story: Yuri is My Job! is the latest in the Girls-Love series which kind of has a similar setting to Maria Watches Over Us, which is a really old series that takes place at a super catholic school. I say "sort of" because our cast of characters aren't actually at a school.They all work at a café where they role-play as students at a school. It's here they both role play, all while serving their customers casual café food and drinks.
I'm just going to say it - the beginning is borderline terrible. Hime Shiraki, a student at a nearby school, has this dream where she wishes to marry a rich boyfriend and basically be a gold digger, while putting on this cute façade. One day, she bumps into Mai Koshiba, knocking her down and injuring her hand. When Mai explains that it's broken, she basically makes Hime work at her maid café where they role play as catholic students at an academy, Café Liebe. The entire thing is pretty much as ridiculous as it sounds, and it doesn't get better when you're actually viewing this happening in front of you.
The entire series basically takes place at Café Lieve, where Hime is "hired". After the series finally gets going, many of the happenings at the café actually aren't half bad. There are mini-elections, different uniforms for the summer and even some conflict in between our characters' shifts. Our cast play it off pretty well and even if none of this is technically 'real', it was believable enough that it didn't bother me too much. We also get some pretty heavy insight into one of our characters, Mitsuki Yano, and this was easily my favourite part of the series. It was well told and pretty realistic.
In between shifts, there isn't a ton going on with our cast. Most of it revolves around Hime and one of her classmates, Kanoko, but those moments tend to be pretty brief. Pushing a different setting would have been nice, especially because the audience knows that Hime isn't exactly the most innocent character early on, but the absence of that didn't feel problematic.
The way the series ends is definitely questionable, as it leans into some fan-servicey moments very randomly when the rest of the series was pretty tame. It almost feels like this series could have ended one or two episodes earlier as this felt like a bit of a different arc, especially because outside of Mitsuki's brief arc, any character interactions between her and anyone else felt minor. Still, the series keeps this light mood throughout most of it, and acts to play as a fun series. (5/10)
Characters: Hime's big thing is that she wants to marry into wealth by putting on her cute façade, and this kind of thing really doesn't jive with me. What's somewhat ironic is that it lands her this "job" early on, and part of that feels like well placed karma. The serious flaw in her character is that it doesn't ever really feel like she grows as a character in the totality of the series, which is disappointing when she's literally the main character. Her co-worker, Mitsuki, really doesn't have a ton going for her either, again, outside of the short arc she had of her in the middle. It also feels like her personality was all over the place, and we really didn't know much about her, or any of the café workers. It would have been nice to know the 'real' her because it does feel like something's there.
Kanoko is one of Hime's classmates, with Hime really being her only friend. I tend to like the shy types because there's usually something there and even though she does have a reason to be in the story, she doesn't do anything with it. She has some minor conflict later in the series, but it's mediocre at best. Mai is the manager of the café and never really falls into the likable range for me. By the middle of the series, you question how truthful she is being about her hand, and her personality never shines through, Sumika and Nene are two other workers, but both didn't add much for me either. (5/10)
Art: This series actually looks pretty nice when all is said and done. Due to the light nature of the series, everything remains light and there's a certain polish that I can appreciate at most every time. (8/10)
Sound: Much of the music matches the tone of the series well enough, even if I wasn't a huge fan of it. Neither the OP or ED are within my style of music preferences, but they were again, fine for the series. Voicework was equally fine, thought I felt like basically the whole cast outside of Sumika sounded way to similar at times. (6/10)
Overall: Yuri is My Job! really doesn't have a ton going for it outside of some sorter arcs in the middle. The cast aren't all that likable and the setting being the same over and over again really doesn't push the plot forward at all with these characters. This series is just kind of there, as the plot and characters never develop enough for me to recommend a watching. (5/10)
rikiki109
“Damn those crazy girls really dispute herself more than my almost divorced parents” -a friend of mine And that's kinda the main thing that I have against Yuri is my Job!, I mean, it has Yuri in the title, that's a pretty convincing argument, but nonetheless, the girls can't seems to stop having drama, I don't know who put the comedy tag on this, but I would definitively replace them with the drama tag, that sounds way more fine for what this is, which is something that's somewhat good, I did liked it for the most parts, but this anime can be very infuriating at thesame time, let me explain.
For the story, I would say it's generally a great concept, who wouldn't love a cafe where highschool girls RP as students from a german girls school and do yuri-bait in front of customers drinking their tea, Das ist gut. Only negative part is, as I said before, those crazy bitch who can't stop gibbering around without an ounce of thinking. It always seems like the problems they have towards each other could have been solved if they talked seriously without TREATING THE OTHER AS A BAKA (doesn't really happens but the idea is very funny and do the same purpose lol). Man, if Mai were to buy the service of a professional mediator at episode two when the useless drama starts to happens, we would have had like the enjoyable parts of the anime (which is like 10%) kill the other 90% of shitty ass drama that are just a bunch of maliciously written by the author that makes the situation grow bigger that it ever needed to be, while in the end the girls could just have asked how the other is feeling (how romantic) and it would have been fixed in two minutes (magical~). But as I said, it's not all bad, that's why my rating isn't that low, I do have mixed feelings about this, but I guess if you overlook the glaring flaw (that you might be enought of a schizo to like) you can see a very neat anime with cool characters (while they aren't fighting hehe). Also, the line between yuri-bait RP and yuri is quite small in this anime, which is enjoyable for any connoisseur of this genre.
Then for the visuals and more, it's very solid and that's a great point that enhance the best parts of the anime. The colorful drawings that pops into your retina with the green uniform are stunning in contrast to all character hairs, it's beautifully done. Of course, since the anime is mainly inside the same area, which is the Liebe Cafe, the background isn't very diversified, but I don't think this opts out something because there is a clear purpose for this and it's still great. BUT WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO TELL ABOUT THIS ANIME IF THE STUDIO(S) THAT ARE ANIMATING IT ! There's Studio Lings (who literally has only two entries so let's not talk about them sorry for the people working there) and Passione, FUCKING PASSIONE. If you don't know them, they do very good anime of culture, which surprise me looking at this inoffensive anime, and after looking at 12 episodes, they really went chill on it, tho they had sometimes their fun times with the very small ecchi sparkled here and there, good stuff. This studio + yuri in the name convinced me to watch it, so it worked. As for the sound, I don't have much to say, OP and ED were pretty generic or a bit below average.
In short, this anime has a big flaw, that makes you want to punch your monitor at the characters, but the theme and the idea are actually quite fire if you want something fun and enjoyable to watch if you're a maid cafe fan (pretty similar in concept) or a yuri fan. I would still say to maybe try a chance at it, and when episode two appears you'll see if you can bear it for another 9 episodes or so. It's very unfortunate to see how much greater this neat anime could have been if it was always like the episodes where nothing dramatic happens (thrilling right ?). In the end, I'm happy because it has gay girls in it and very cute Hime-chan.
ZNoteTaku
There is no requirement for romance elements in media to be “wholesome,” nor that it needs to be something life-affirming. However, *Yuri is My Job!* is resoundingly successful at making it seem like the dynamics of a yuri relationship, even a playacted one for the bemusement of the patrons in the show’s café, is the most misery-inducing thing on the planet for virtually everyone involved. That’s not to say that affection, romantic or platonic, cannot bring sadness or complication, because it’s a given that that’s a possibility. Rather, the setting for this anime engages in an aggravating pageantry. As the characters act out the LiebeAcademy “Girl Mission School on a Hilltop,” the café acts as a nexus between acting and reality. Real-world romance and romantic feeling, insinuation, and possessiveness manage to make their way into the café’s world, while the café’s world of audience-pleasing Class S theatre makes its way into the outside. In theory, the divide between the fiction and the reality alluringly muddles to the point where it becomes a question of how much is sincere versus what is just for show, and whether what we see are just friendships or something beyond, or neither. In practice, it creates in its wake a mutually-parasitic cycle, culminating in a joyless, melodramatic black hole.
I cannot be wholly cruel to this series, though – the notion of a self you perform that can be turned off at-will as soon as the patrons are out of sight offers an interesting spin (something any actor or actress knows quite well). The eye-rollingly refined behavior of the café’s characters is something that *Yuri is My Job!* wants you to realize early on is completely false as a part of making its eventual melodrama work. The illusory world of the café and the theatrics it provides would, initially, seem like a perfect fit for Shiraki Hime. A master of the façade, she has successfully bamboozled her own classmates into framing herself as the enviable girl, popular and chic.
It all disguises the rather unfortunate truth that she ultimately puts on her façade for the purposes of striking it rich, living the lavish lifestyle with a handsome millionaire and never worrying about any materialistic pleasures being out of her reach. It’s only when she injures the manager of the Liebe Academy that she is roped into its shoujo manga-esque world, and headfirst into its frustrating, duplicitous workers. Lies and betrayals underlie all the relationships within the show, both occupationally and in reality, leaving those relationships to fester even when the narrative implies that closeness will eventually come. It dipped its toes into the unlikability lake too deeply.
In turn, the few occasions in which the characters seem to have achieved a genuine connection or mutual understanding ring hollow. The café job as both a setting and as an actively-practiced profession create a narrative imbalance between its pageantry and the attempts to cultivate something earnest. The former dominates the latter. Because of this, there is little reason to believe that anyone will necessarily change for the better, or that the new threads will succeed. For as much as the Liebe Academy story can serve as a metaphorical ground for the characters to explore their feelings, the dramaturgical emphasis of the show itself is on maintaining the status quo, keeping the café and its environment effectively in stasis forever. As such, the main inclination left behind is that the same misunderstanding mistakes or miseries via lying or secrecy will keep occurring again and again.
Much effort is poured into doing essentially everything possible except for actually asking questions point-blank, making the scant times this does happen a small oasis in an arid desert. It’s this ability to be candid or upfront that proves impossible since nearly each character is, in some manner, selfish and clings to mindsets or perspectives concerning one another that they either acknowledge are painful or don’t see what the problem is. And since romantic and platonic affection is one of the main ingredient within, these mindsets tinge *Yuri is My Job!* with a mean-spiritedness in such a flavor that drains its melodrama of any alluring spice.
I began this review by stating that “There is no requirement for romance elements in media to be ‘wholesome,’ nor that it needs to be something life-affirming.” I sincerely believe this to be true. But it should, at the very least, be in service of something. *Yuri is My Job!* serves up an aggravating cast in a setting that traps them, an unpleasant experience even when it lets you know it’s in on the plastic veneer inside joke. In the midst of its metacognitive awareness, it forgot to have a worthwhile reason to be fun or dramatically engaging.
DY4Y
This series is absolutely fantastic. I am not exaggerating when I say it's one of the best yuri shows I've ever watched. This show is certainly not for everyone. It has a lot of drama and comedy which can often feel a bit cringe-y, but it does both of these parts amazingly well by both deconstructing typical yuri tropes (especially Class S) through its comedy and analysing and fleshing out its characters through the way the drama is built so if their existence in and of themselves aren't a deal breaker for you then you will probably enjoy this a good deal. The sound design and musicare both fantastic and fit the tone of the series very well, the animation isn't the most amazing out there but it still looks great, and the direction mostly nails the presentation; Hime's faces are a definite highlight, I often found myself pausing the video just to take screenshots of all of them.
The main problem I found with the series is that its pacing is a bit odd. It takes a couple episodes for it to start but then resolves its main issue relatively quickly. The second arc the anime covers feels like it has a couple false starts and then it's also over before you know it. That isn't to say the pacing is bad, it simply feels a bit strange at times.
Overall, I would recommend this story to anyone who isn't looking for a simple wholesome yuri or even a slightly more complex romance story. This is neither. This is a comedic drama about identity and communication which at most sets up a potential for romance later down the line after the characters have developed A Lot.
Zakception
Do you want to get bored to death? Do you want to get irritated while watching characters having the same annoying repetitive arguments nonstop? You will barely finish an episode trust me. Overall this was a horrible watch, the characters don't evolve they stay the same throughout the show. The relationships between the girls are always stuck on childish behaviors. The main lead is a dumb f*cking written main character that only cares about her Façade. She wants everyone to like her through blatant lies. Then you got Sumika whose jealous of people having relationships within the workplace, and she does absolutely nothing to stop it,like really bruh... Let people f*ck for Yuri gods sake..
The rest of the characters aren't even needing any explanation because they don't have any depth or things going for them. They're just there to serve customers and fill up the space so it doesn't seem empty although it technically is.
Pretty much all the shitty squabbles happen in the café and it is a cheap and trash rock bottom content that makes you want to punch the writer in his sack 2k times.
I thought this will be a genuine Yuri (girl's love) romance but instead got a shallow story with annoying characters that don't have the means or the quality to them.
All in all, if you love drama this is not it. You will only get anger issues and boredom syndrome elevated even further than normal. If you're easily irritated by dumb annoying characters like me stay away from this.
xaan
i didn't like the first 2 episodes, that silly blackmail thing at the beginning was just a dumb excuse for the plot, and it bothered me a little bit. that said, i tend to watch at least 3 episodes before dropping an anime, and well... after episode 3 the story just keeps getting better. if you like yuri anime, you will enjoy this one. i would say it's a good anime for sure, and the story keeps you glued and it's also good. :) i think those who quit this anime just couldn't pass through the beginning, but it gets good afterwards. the final it's "more of the same" and"concludes" what was presented since the beginning of the anime and let the story openned inviting people to read the manga, as a usual 12 epi anime.
PLUS: the concept of a cafe that is fully themed and theatrical, as presented in the show, is new to me.
i didn't know that such a thing could actually exist in real life, but that's the case.
i don't know how accurate the anime was about this, but that's a thing in Japan.
it kept me wandering about other styles and the many possibilities that places like these could have... 素晴らしい！
Bisalissy
Yuri is my Job looks like a cute, funny Yuri show. It sends the angelic girl Hime into the world of "Café Liebe", a theme café set as a prestigous all-girls high school with Yuri vibes. However, Hime actually puts up a facade to have everyone love her and avoids getting close to people to hide her true personality. And Yuri is my Job does the same. While there is some comedy and laughs at the beginning of the show, it quickly takes a more dramatic turn. The show features two main drama arcs, centering around Hime and her coworkers at the café. In the firstarc, Hime clashes with Mitsuki, as the later not only sees through her facade, but also hates her for putting one up. Meanwhile Hime tries everything to make Mitsuki like her, but her clumsy attempts only makes matters worse and the tension rises.
The second arc is about Kanoko, Hime's friend who's in love with her. As Kanoko seeks to take Hime for herself, Sumika finds out about the crush and tries to protect the café by making her give up on it.
But the strongest point of this show are the four main characters. All of them have very deep personalities and great growth over the course of the show.
Hime is a very multi-layered character. At first, all that's shown is her facade and it's cracks from her clumsiness. But as the plot proceeds, more and more of her true personality is revealed. Because under the "perfect" facade is just a teenage girl dealing with her own fears, desires and her conscience.
Mitsuki is an introverted and serious girl. She is extremly honest and forward, and therefor doesn't get along with Hime. She comes off very unapproachable and had her share of disappointment in the past, which she has to learn to deal with.
Kanoko has a very shy personality. She has no friends besides Hime and is the only person who knows Hime's true self. Over time, she not only fell in love, but even grew obsessed with Hime. But as Hime gets involved with Mitsuki and Sumika finds out about Kanoko's hidden feelings, she has a hard time protecting her perfect world.
Sumika is a gyaru on the outside and a lazy thrid year in the café. She is the most mature character in the cast, having a lot of experience at work and life. At the café she often leads her fellow members through the theme of the "academy" and tries to have her coworkers get along. Later on, as she finds out about Kanoko's feelings for Hime, she struggles to keep those away from her work, believing they would destroy the workplace and the friendship among the girls.
Lastly, a major problem of the show was Mai. Not only does she blackmail Hime, but she also treats her terribly. Gladly, she does not have a lot of screentime.
Overall, I consider Yuri is my Job! a great drama experience with four relatable, complex and deep characters of various personalities coming together under the intriguing setting of "Café Liebe".
OrkusReOrca
Good: Yuri, Art, and Music Mid: Plot Bad: Too much drama, inconsistent feels I never not recommend anime to anyone, since at the end of the day it depend on your taste on weather would you like it or not so. You might like it since, yes, the amount of yuri wholesomeness to plenty in this anime. But tat the same time it took some too much drama turn and took down the mood of the whole show from just cheerful and fun to sad af. Character are a bit above average, since all of them feel natural and good enough to be a normal human being inthe show.
The thing I like most about this show is the Yuri, Art, and music. All OST of this show it top tier (in term of these kind of shows) and fit very well with the show and help with the mood a lot. The art style is also nice and refreshing, using a very bright and colorful style of drawing. And lastly of course the Yuri is top tier of the Yuri industry.
Overall, good slice of life yuri show, to watch.
SanaeK10
Before we begin, I must mention the fact that this website categorized this show as a "comedy". Seeing this was the only thing that made me laugh throughout my entire experience with this series outside the manga. And so, let us begin. Watayuri is a melodrama. Everyone is uniquely terrible and unlikeable in their own way and watching it can make for a miserable experience at times, but in a "watching a train slowly derail" kind of way. Hime has self-esteem issues and cannot be truthful to herself or to others, Yano is insistently stubborn and cannot read into social situations, Sumika is a cuck, andTamao is Tamao. A romance blooming in the middle of a workplace as volatile as this can only really lead to misunderstandings, anger, sadness, and frustration, many times on the part of the audience, but yet there is something that just keeps drawing you in to see how low it can really go. You're only in it for the madness, not for any happy resolution, and so Watayuri does satisfy in that regard, or at least prepare a primer for the actual suffering in the manga chapters after the anime's end.
This show ain't for everyone, but if you grew up on telenovas or soap operas as a kid like I did, you'll feel oddly right at home with this.
6/10
narsass
I don’t usually write reviews but I wanted to write this to encourage people who enjoy media the way I do to give this anime a try. I want to disclaim that I am a long time manga reader and I was thrilled when the adaptation was announced. This anime (and manga) is not for anyone who is looking for something cute. The colors are bright and the designs are beautiful, but the story is anything but sweet and pure. The focus of this story is to portray flawed characters with conflicting feelings involved in complicated relationships. If you dislike conflict, characters making wrong choicesand hurting each other, being selfish, rejection, etc., then drop this immediately. However, if you’re like me who enjoys the drama and toxicity in yuri romance (especially because you’re tired of yuri always being pure), PLEASE watch this. I assure you will not be disappointed.
Yuri is My Job! is for the specific audience that has a hard time enjoying pure fluff and perfect (unrealistic) yuri romance. It delivers a rich variety in characters that carry different values and priorities, different perspectives on romance, and different flaws regarding the way they perceive each other. There is not a single perfect character in this series and it makes the story enjoyable for character analysis, as you get to try to understand the reasoning behind everyone’s individual struggles and choices.
This series explores what I believe to be way more true to what real lesbian relationships can be like: being afraid to ruin a friendship, being scared of identifying as a lesbian, being jealous of someone else’s feelings, being “satisfied” with what you have. There is exploration about everything regarding sexuality, romance, and platonic feelings with each individual character.
Again, if you prefer something sweet and pure, please do not watch this. If you enjoy the morally grey yet realistic aspect of lesbian relationships, this anime (AND manga) is for you.
JennyAysgarth
There is one big problem with this anime: no matter how you look at it, it shouldn't exist in its current form if it wants to be adequately understood or fulfil its purpose. The original manga may be polarizing for some yuri fans, but there's one quality to it: its narrative is developing slowly and majestically, like Ravel's Bolero. With the same unchanging rhythm and repeating undertones, it piles layer after layer upon the same narrative thread. And it does take its time to reach the climax properly. So, the problem is, with the standard cour and 12 episodes, the anime never had the chance to evenreach the climax.
If the original manga were a classic drama, and you went to a theatre to watch a show based on it, you'd find yourself quite perplexed seeing the actors taking the bow before the end of the first act. If you read the drama beforehand, you would probably find yourself wondering, why they cut everything off so early. But if you never read the drama, you'd probably be insanely confused and start questioning yourself if wasting your time on something without a climax or conclusion was a wise choice.
This is exactly what happened here.
The anime basically adapted the source material up to volume 4 + added the first and partially second chapters of volume 5. And it's not surprising since, on average, that's how much you can squeeze into 12 episodes of an anime. The problem is that, in the manga, you only get your first kiss in the middle of volume 6, which can easily count as a climax in terms of classic drama, and would be a perfect ending for Act I. The anime never had a chance to reach that in the course of a single cour.
We're all aware that anime exists, apart from other things, in order to support manga sales. There's nothing wrong with that. But I get the feeling that this particular anime was made solely for this one reason, and nothing else. And, if it's true, it failed miserably. I'd read the manga before the adaptation, so I understand what was going on, but there was no need to market the manga I have already bought to me. On the other hand, the anime probably looks like an abominable mess to someone who hadn't read the manga, so it's very unlikely that they would want to pick up the manga after seeing something that looks half-assed at best. Either way, it fails at its mission to drive up sales.
On the upside, the anime is very faithful to the source material, the voice acting is impeccable, and the art is great. In every aspect, it should have been a great anime, but it isn't for the abovementioned reasons.
I rated it 7 out of respect for the source material since it was easier for me to watch the anime knowing what was going on. But if you never read the manga, I'm afraid the anime never gave you any chance to understand what was happening. No wonder there are so many dismissive reviews.
What a waste, my fellow yuri fans. What a disastrous waste.
shiru-
There's a 3-episode rule that many people follow, but I'm begging you here - please watch at least 4 episodes before judging. The first 3 ones are weird, characters seem unfathomably stupid and the plot too. But from the 4th episode onwards a beautifully written yuri drama starts to unravel. No comedy, it's a drama anime. But I found it quite charming and it actually made me cry a couple of times. You might finish this anime and still don't get why some characters act the way they do, but you will now see them as 3-dimensional characters with their own feelings. Please give it atry.
NogueraB
For the beggining, this anime is more about a yuri comedy than a yuri romance, they have some key moments of drama, about how the people want to give to the other a "perfect himself" and hiding his true himself, talk about how the apparence is something that in most of time the people wants to see more than the "true face", this subject is discussed several times during the anime, and the ending is something like the most common that what we must do, that's, Be Yourself f--k what the others think about you. And for that people aromantic, I'll say that you guys willhave a amazing surprise on the finals episodes.
KANLen09
There are two things I hate about AniManga in general: pretentious over-the-top drama, and Yuri (if done wrong). And unfortunately, mangaka miman's Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu! a.k.a Yuri is My Job!, just didn't go anywhere and meanders around its footprints to create a convoluted story that, honestly, can be done in a short and small order, or that the mangaka had something in mind to weed out from a Yuri love story that could go far based on the setting alone. Over the past few years, Yuri shows have gotten a lot more diversified, though whether based on existing source material or made original,we, the audience, will always take a shot to see if it's worth the time to either roast or compliment the hell out of it for being what it is. And more often than not, if what the past years of Yuri-centric shows have taught us is true, it's the case of a relationship falling in love either in the most cutesy and fluffy of ways (i.e. Adachi and Shimamura, Liz and the Blue Bird), or in the most extreme way of cringing and being uncomfortable (i.e. Citrus). And in the circumstances for this show, it definitely falls on the latter side of things, and I quote ANN's Rebecca Silverman's review of the manga's first volume, being "much more interested in the parodic aspects of the story, though, so readers should be prepared for more humor than actual yearning glances, and a certain degree of familiarity with Class S (a.k.a. girls' love, in a Senpai-Kouhai relationship) yuri is probably going to make the book more enjoyable"...which it is, but the story thereafter is just a mess and test of frustration.
The case of humans being born and embedded with sin, so compelling that the name of the game is one aspect: the façade. In an era where ChatGPT is easily accessible and more often thought out than one that you would try to search countless resources from, try asking a question like "Is it human nature to put on a facade in front of others?", and it would tell you that "It is a common human tendency to present oneself in a particular way, or to put on a facade, in front of others. This can be done for a variety of reasons, such as to impress, to protect oneself from vulnerability, or to hide one's true thoughts and feelings. Factors such as socialisation, culture, and personal experiences can influence how and why individuals put on facades. However, it's important to note that this is not a universally held belief, and some people might argue that it is not a part of human nature." And yet, this is the exact case for one girl: Hime Shiraki, who, other than the girl who can reel in anybody to the tunes of her body language, only cares about herself while upholding her sweet and helpful princess-like behaviour. And her encounter with one Mai Koshiba, the two's coincidental bump that causes the latter to sprain her arm, reels in the effect that to compensate for her actions, Hime would be invited to this unassuming café, that from the outside, looks every bit as ordinary as a normal cosplay café of sorts. But nope, what Hime got herself into is a café that's every bit as internally private as it counts: the part-café, part-theatre of Liebe Girls' Academy, where waitresses pretend to be students of the fictional all-girls boarding school. There is no doubt that the co-workers of girls of varying ages and looks are good enough to be able to sing to her good graces, at least that is what Hime thinks. But she could not be farther from the harsh truth, because this café is where all the nightmares of Yuri drama come to life, in the most toxic of ways one could've ever imagined.
Hime, now under her Liebe name of Shirasagi, attempts to glide over the incident with Mai, who so happens to be the manager of the café itself and looks after the various girls just working their way through like a normal part-time job. The charming persona character of Hime's, which acts as her main façade, crosses paths with the first girl that, for some reason, does not get along well with her, and that girl is Mitsuki "Ayanokouji" Yano. The clear role of the Senpai in the salon, she is the beautiful and graceful girl that earns the adoration of the customers, while simultaneously acting true to her character on and off at times. What Hime does not know is that her façade, which she has been trying to perfect since she was young, unfortunately takes a misstep with Mitsuki, because she knows who she is like since their first "friendship" back in their school days, which only takes a turn for the worse as misunderstandings and misinterpretations can only get this friendship so far gone. And even though after this horrific episode she seems closed up, even with the unassuming gyaru of Sumika "Tachibana" Chibana, playing the role of the cool, calm, and collective Senpai who knows of Mitsuki's real character and often teases her, why? Because the salon has a relationship in the form of the Schwestern a.k.a sisterhood, promised by the German Cross (or the Deutches Kreuz) between two girls playing the Class S yuri senior and the sister role. That's why the original work's title in German shows it as such: "Schwestern in Liebe!".
Alas, this salon has no shortage of drama that can fill like the author wanted to break his/her limits of a typical Yuri-esque work, and other than the feud between Hime and Mitsuki, there is the next offensive character: Kanoko "Amamiya" Mamiya. The ACTUAL friend of Hime's since middle school, who conspicuously was moments away from realising the bad blood between her and Mitsuki, is the character who is always in the dark most of the time. But when the truth comes out in light, Kanoko poses her crazed obsessive behaviour that's similar to that of a yandere, because more than her finding that she has feelings for her best friend, the salon strictly is a place where romance is not allowed to take place, not after a similar incident like it happened before, which saw the devastation of a Schwestern relationship with romance taking centre stage, burning the friendship bridges, that coincidentally involves the kitchen staff who's always behind the scenes: Nene "Saionji" Nishidera. It's this kind of drama that evokes the ugliness of human nature, fighting against tradition and people being selfish to the satisfaction of themselves. There is no doubt that scenes like this in the manga felt a certain level of impactfulness, however, the anime cranks this aspect up to 11, and often times I feel irritated, disgusted, and frustrated at both the victims and the victimized for their "seemingly easy to solve" issues that only escalate to an even bigger problem of luring other innocent people into the fray as well. Once again, it's human nature that things like romance cannot be defined by thoughts and feelings alone, as people will question themselves if it's moral or immoral to love a person of the same sex, at the cusp of trashing people if they are in the way of their objective. It should not be so hard to understand if one is either gay or lesbian, but as humans, fallacy is pretty much imminent to the point of understanding and contradiction. And that is how the Liebe Girls' Academy is like: a haven of human delusion, questions and answers easy but hard to come by, and you can feel an inch of toxicity that foretells one to look in the heart to say: "Is what I'm doing right?"
If you ask me, the production collab between the "Men of Culture" studio Passione and Studio Lings didn't really add much to the anime overall, other than some decent animation and the like; that is just an adequate adaptation of the manga's first 4 volumes at best. The OST is just fine as well, though the character-focused ED of Hime and Mitsuki is probably the highlight overall. I'm not even fazed by Yui Ogura's songs, as they've grown blander than ever. Decent songs, but only worth a listen once.
And there you have it: what seems to be a competent story that foretells its drama to add some good beats to the setting, becomes a drag when you realise that there is nothing to be found here other than cutesy, mindless, and endless levels of contradiction that seem to never see the finish line. It's certain of what the original source material is hoping to be initially, but it wanes and wears off its welcome once you get past the beginning mark, only to fall into a deep abyss that sees no light in the sky other than it emanating from the café that it stems from.
It's cute, but that's the only thing it has to offer. Be ready for all the false faces if you want to experience Yuri crap at its finest.
minibunnixo
i loveeee class s media and the girls school setting so after watching the trailer for "yuri is my job" i was super excited for it to release :D my high expectations were met as this was a great anime \(｡☆ ▽ ☆｡)/ it has compelling drama that revolves around a relatable cast of characters and the romance was v nuanced and intertwined. there were some fun moments sprinkled in too ! sumika’s character stood out to me the most. her want to keep romance out of cafe liebe, her backstory with the old members, her complicated relationship with kanoko…all of these things/events weigh on heras she tries to be a cool, collected, dependable person. there are a few moments where that cool exterior cracks and it really helps to balance out her character and make her realistic.
not going to spoil anything but omg the scene on the stairs in episode 11 was my favorite scene. it was sooo well written, animated, and voice acted (and i also rlly like the pairing lol). i rewatch that scene sm :)
i loved the artstyle of this anime! the characters were rlly cute and soft looking and the backgrounds in the ‘cafe liebe world’ were beautiful :0 also rlly loved the flower border scenes lol. the violin and piano heavy ost was great too and really added to scenes and the anime's atmosphere.
if u enjoyed the anime i def recommend continuing the story in the manga since the story gets even better :D (vol. 6 and vol. 11 especially (╥﹏╥)♡)
overall, i love yuri is my job and would recommend it if ur a fan of yuri, drama, and complex characters :) im excited to rewatch it before volume 12 releases :D
Cocoa_030
Oh this one fell hard. The initial story and characters was really great. I would gladly give a 8/10 for the first half of the anime. The MC having a Miss Perfect facade cause she wants to marry a rich guy in the future is really funny, and getting to see the story from her POV got me very hooked. On top of that, the "main" ship with her big sister schwester kinda thing is really cute. I'm a sucker for both cute girls and enemies to lovers and the characters development of Hime and Mitsuki was a really well paced mix of drama andsweetness.
So how could that promiscuous beginning fall so hard? Let me be straight; MMISCOMMUNICATION Don't get me wrong, the first half already had plenty of it, but it had enough comedy and interest for it to be entertaining. Therefore, the second half of the anime really lacked the comedic and sweet romance effect that was so balanced in the debut. To make things worst, the entire plot gets around one annoying aa character and take easily all the screentime just for it to be painfully slow and forced. Istg I didn't even recognize the anime at this point because of how frustrating watching it was for me.
Here's my advice and overall review; watch it until it gets bad and then read fanfiction to cope with the pain and fall down of this anime 🙏
