Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu! Episode 3 Discussion

RedChrome said:
I'm losing interesting with this show, it's nothing but boring and stupid characters

Mcsuper said:
This drama just feels so superficial, and despite having a rather positive outlook on this to start, the characters are starting to wear on me a bit. I did like the reveal at the end with Mitsuki, but that was not a surprise at all. The interactions feel so... off, I don't really know how to describe it. There's potential here, with the theme around facades, but the execution just wasn't particularly there this episode. Here's hoping there's some improvement down the road.

Why said:
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traed said:
When they showed the flashback with Hime I could tell that other girl was probably Ayanokouji but still it being revealed I was like "OOOOOOOhh you're in an awkward place now Hime".

I just wish they would give a proper explanation on why Hime is the way she is other than her coming off like a sociopathic gold digger. Would be better if she was also afraid of rejection and abandonment and afraid of getting close to people where they can know the real her. 


The people their know it's a show though so I wouldn't call that lying exactly.  It's basically a schoolgirl cafe with a type of dinner theatre where they are expected to remain in character because it ruins the immersion experience if they don't. 

BlackAkuma666 said:

I'd say it's appropriately disliked It has a plot that could work but it makes little mistakes that compound to rubs people the wrong way:

1. None of the characters are likeable, they aren't horrible but there's no one who's immediately endearing.  Many Unlikeable characters can work well as they're easy to develop but there has to be someone that the fandom universally loves from the beginning or other problems in the show will make the audiences patience wear thin quicker.  (the closest is the blue haired girl but they messed that up by making her a stalker) .

2. The protagonist is bland while constantly telling us about this secret dark side that the show poorly shows makeing someone who is supposed to be two faced somehow a one note character. I'm not even asking for a yandere or a sassy internal monologue i just want the show to display that her internal personality is uniquely distinct from the façade or let the mask of the facade slip with her blue haired friend. This episode drama over ayanakoji finding out she was fake would have hit harder if from the start she let that different personality slip in conjunction with simply telling her I'm only faking liking her. 

3. Much of the drama when you think about it logically falls apart which leads to interactions feeling awkward and characters feeling less lifelike . 
a. The Coworkers have more distinct personalities between work and non work mode, why the heck would should they care if this girl who is only temp working here is fake nice to them they're profession is literally being fake nice to people. It would be hypocritical for them to care.

b. The protagonist has no real reason to even work at the café, the only reason she filled in the first place was mainly to maintain her façade in public of being a nice girl that wouldn't abandoned a injured girl along with being physically intimidated by a street gang girl gyaru. At the end of her shift the manager comes back with a cast and is just like "I'm injured this one time thing is now permanent ". And for some reason the protagonist just accepts this without any protest, she could literally just never come back and they would never hear from that café again. The scene after where she just says she is forced to isn't a strong of enough reasoning when you look at the circumstance and decision making to first accepting. this scene could have easily solved the problem by  e.g. Protagonist states she likes the jobs pocket money, she was threatened to be sued or to have to pay the managers medical bills if she quits, or she sees it as great practice to being the perfect wife. CUT AND PASTE any of these and that hole is filled. 
 
c. I'm not one to generally complain about plot holes if they are only visible in hindsight but if you know that you have an easy solution to the conflict in the midst of watching it hurts the experience. In this case all of the drama seen in the show is instantly solved if she stops working there.
Think about it if you quit a job do you care about the details in coworkers drama anymore? Even conflict with non coworkers is addressed like the blue haired girl drama of not getting enough time with the protagonist is solved because the main reason she works there is to spend more time with her stalking subject.
It's hard to focus on any of the drama that happens at work if it can be instantly solved by one action that the protagonist can make at anytime. With obvious plot holes like this generally writers provide reasoning why that can't occur to strengthen the foundation of the narrative. 
 

BlackAkuma666 said:
I agree I'm hoping that this weeks episode shows she hasn't been just a sociopath and its a coping mechanism. Because as of this moment it just feels like poor writing of stating she is putting on a facade but hime literally is always the same flowery personality aside from the initial scene where she internally says a guy is too poor for her taste. It would have been nice if she showed a bit more of her real personality or we had an extremely different internal monologue contrasting with her standard sweet behavior. 

True but it is kind of weird people who are paid to be fake nice would be the ones to be mad about someone (especially a temporally coworker) being fake nice to work smoother. If anyone would get the nuance of putting on airs it would be these women. Just because you are fake nice doesn't mean you can't have real moments, they would get that. "fake" in this meaning only referring to exaggerated over your baseline.