Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu!

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.

Yuri is my job is quite...An interesting watch.

If you're here for a full blown Yuri anime, you might be mistaken, as the tags on MAL may lie to you, As I can pass on the synopsis, as you wouldn't want to know every detail about a show, and as someone said in one of the forums. 'You don't know all the answers from the first episode.' The tagging more or less comes from having the 'comedy' tag on it, when it's more a 'drama' then a comedy, as there isn't anything 'comedic' about it. Sure, comedy is subjective, but you'd be racking your head ... in trying to find what is comedic about this anime, which honestly hurts it, as it's a decent show.

Story and characters: 7
Yuri is my job feels like it's a stage play, that's come out of a theater. With our MC Hime, having accidentally injured someone, only to end up working for them as a result. But there is more to Hime then meets the eye. You'll often wonder if you know the 'real' Hime, and if she herself, knows who she really is in fairness. While I will admit, the story does take a good moment to get into, but once it's cooling period is done, it's a good watch.

As stated within my first point, the anime does a great job of not presenting all it's cards at once. Leaving in blanks in order for twists later on. It's why it comes across as a Drama stage play for me. As if you're waiting for the next act to come, and thenext turn in the story to happen.Keeping you invested. The ending of the third episode is prime example of that, and while the half way point is 6 episodes, considering this is a preliminary, it almost feels like that. Which can only add more to the show itself.

Which then only makes it natural that you'll have mixed emotions when it comes to it's cast members. You'll bound to like some, and you'll bound to not like others. As if each are cogs in a big wheel, each having their own role, and again, we don't know the full context, till we see more and more, and I do believe it's done enough to want more from not only myself, but from you too. Having a good variation of characters, that can really make for a decent story, makes for a decent show.

Art and sound: 8
This does deserve a high mark, as the bright colours really make it flashy in a good sense. But then having a neatly coloured style, that is pleasing on the eye. Not to mention through the effects that they give off when it comes to some of the reactions, along with a great job from the people voicing the characters, and making them feel more alive. Where that be in a more sweeter sense, or a more serious context.

Yuri is my job is quite an interesting drama of an anime, that deserves a watch. Do be mindful of it's wrong tag, unless this makes you laugh out loud of course. But I would recommend it.

I don't really know where to start... Since I'm a fan of yuri genre, I tend not to skip any yuri anime that seems captivating, emotional or at least cute. In this case I was hoping for "cute" but instead we get something that makes me re-evaluate relationships with my coworkers since they now seem quite nice compared to the working team in the focus of this anime.

The story follows Hime Shirasaki who always wears a "cute mask" to appeal to people around her in hopes of getting a rich husband. This already seems ridiculous enough as a personality trait but I can see how ... the transformation of such personality into something more genuine can be interesting to watch. BUT the problem is, I don't see how this transformation is supposed to happen in the environment of constant aggression and borderline blackmail (for the stupidest of reasons in this case).

Which brings us to the main problem. The work environment portrayed in "Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu!" is abusive and lacks any common sense but in the same time tries to pose as cute and sweet.
Make a random girl do your work because of an accidentally broken arm? Check!
Push her into a new (rather uncommon) environment without any guidance and without explaining any rules? Check!
Be aggressive to her and almost bully her for the mistakes she makes because YOU didn't provide her ANY information about your rules? Check!
Imagine, you run a cafe 1. with a very specific setting, 2. where every waitress plays a role fitting for said setting, 3. where menu items are in German. And you hope that a random girl you literally just met would be able to 1. fit into this setting without even introducing her to it, and 2. understand what the customers are trying to order without not only helping her to get accustomed but even without letting her take a look at the menu first.

It was really irritating watching this for the whole three episodes hoping it would take a better turn. The personalities of most of the characters are over-the-top and in some cases even repulsive. With that being said, I also don't find any pleasure in seeing the main character being unfairly bullied by people who apparently know nothing about common sense.

Plot: relatively no plot whatsoever, I won't rate it since I didn't expect any meaningful plot from the beginning.
Characters: 2/10, not interesting nor likable
Art: 5/10, nothing to note, really, except for too exaggerated big foreheads
Enjoyment: None

Overall: I highly do not recommend to watch it, any other choice in the same genres would be a better option.

A hidden treasure and little story of tender sentimentality between juvenile girls disguised as a yuri comedy trash. A story of genuine love and salvations of minorities through it. A good balance of literature, philosophy and pure entertainment.


-Recommended for audience who prefer a slow and sentimental plot


Admittedly the beginning of the work and the setting of the stage is not very reasonable, and some of the development of the story is too dramatic, making the work seems an unthouroughly developed yuri comedy trash.

This is because the work paces the plot very delicately, hiding its intentions but leaving only a small track, viz. Mitsuki's unreasonable ... rage when called お姉さま (sister-master?) that should stimulate the audience to continue watching. However, it is so small a track that most people including me just take it as a personality of Mitsuki, and then are distracted from continuing.

Not until later episodes would the audience understand the reason for Mitsuki's rage and see how the plot is carefully laid out, which brings us to the merit of the show: the plot. Everything of the plot except the stage itself - the weird yuri cosplay cafe - is perfectly reasonable. There is always a reason for a character's action which is clearly explained to the audience and not just taken as inexplicable personalities. It is also for this reason the main characters' personalities are thoroughly depicted. The good plot and characters make the show a very good story despite lack of stimulation. The story itself being reasonable adequately reveals problems of the heroines step by step and their relationship developed with an exciting and steady pace. Along with focuses on depicting thoughts of the characters, the plot does very good pushing the once together pair now separate back again together.

The pearl of the show is that the plot is so perfectly developed for the sentimentality between the heroines. The climax in episode 6 is surprising but reasonable because of the plot and so the explosion of emotions is so powerful that made me cry. The love between them is so genuine and tender as the girls themselves are tender. As minorities suffering from the cruelty of the collective social-ness of people, from the lack of care and empathy in society, and as tender they are as girls not cruel enough to fight as fiercely as boys do, they take care of each other and thus form a most precious love. It is an illuminating depiction of our own conditions as individuals unable to change the society as a whole per oneselfs will, of how we will react, "lie" like Hime, hide away true emotions like Mitsuki, or be a part of cruelty like the other students in the elementary school in the story, and of a precious "true love" the mutual salvation we desire, an escape from all these.

Overall the story is little in elaborating its ideas as compared to similar works like Revolutionary Girl Utena, but it is also so delicately developed that makes it a wonderful little story good as an entertainment that gets you something.

So far, an excellent and deeply involving character study. Hime is a girl who can pretend to near perfection in her goal of making everyone like her. Mitsuki cannot understand pretence, with the result that noone likes her. Yet both must act the part of affectionate schoolmates in a cafe modelled on yuri classics like Maria Watches Over Us.

Hime and Mitsuki must go on a difficult and emotional journey as the both navigate their feelings while maintaining their public and private facades. Is what they express what they really feel, or is it part on the act? Will they survive an avid cafe clientele ... who dissect their every word and action online?

This isn't a show about fluffy, fantasy relationships. It is about very real characters fighting to understand and be understood, and often making poor decisions along the way.

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 to ... said 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.

This is a story with two sides to it. One side involves a sort of theater that the cast puts on. They play elite students from a girl's academy called Liebe. It's an opulent school with mansion-like halls, gardens, and galas. The students are elegant and promising, and yuri storylines play out based on their support for one another. The other side is the real world. There, our characters are stranded in the desert of modernity, struggling with personal and social issues, and living in more or less meager circumstances. There are relationships between the girls here, too - but they are not elegant. They ... are pained, and they have a different nature than the ones they take on in the make-believe world of Liebe. By episode 4, the series really hits its stride; these two worlds play off each other and involve the characters in high drama. It's not easy, or even possible, to keep their feelings about the two worlds entirely separate. Perhaps the world of theater can provide a place for them to resolve certain personal issues that normally can't be touched due to problems with communication.

The soundtrack is quite good. There are some odd CGI elements used in transition scenes, but they aren't too offensive. On the whole the visuals are enjoyable, especially the character art. But the best part of this show is the storyline and drama.

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 so ... forced 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.

“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 the ... same 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.

Some reviews are opinions. Some reviews are warning signs. This is a warning sign telling you to not waste your time.

Plot: MC accidentally hurts the manager of a roleplay cafe, and has to help her out until the injury is healed. The rest of the plot is just forced drama based on misunderstandings between characters.

There are a lot of complaints, but the problem is actually something much more fundamental. This anime doesn't have atleast one positive thing to capture the audience. The setting is boring. The characters are boring. The plot is boring. No comedy. No romance. No yuri at all. No fan service ... either.

And instead, things just get more and more annoying. The show is basically a teenage "Drama", and most of the drama is derived from forced misunderstandings. I shall give you two examples:
1. MC talking about a friend with some other classmates, and the friend overhearing the conversation at just the wrong time and misunderstanding the intention due to not knowing the context of the conversation.
2. MC talking outside a dress changing booth, thinking its her friend inside.. and well, its not. drama again.

This is how anime used to be during 2010 tbh. and i hated them. Continuously screaming at the monitor, telling the characters to just talk with each other and resolve all this bullshit in two minutes instead of stretching the emotional circus for 3 episodes. The characters are so shallow, and i guess the only personality they will ever have is probably their "past trauma".

Honestly, i have no idea how i watched this anime for 4 episodes without fast forwarding. Thinking back, every single minute of this anime was just sad cringe pretending to be some "deep" reflection on trust issues.

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 Liebe ... Academy “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.

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 music ... are 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.

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.

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！

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 first ... arc, 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".

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 in ... the 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.

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, and ... Tamao 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

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)

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 choices ... and 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.

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 a ... try.