#Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu

[bloodraven55]

no but this is so true actually and i feel like we could all benefit from internalising the message that romance can’t be strictly classified by a concrete set of rules bc it doesn’t always look the same for everyone and only the people involved get to define their relationship

#yuri is my job #watashi no yuri wa oshigoto desu #nene nishidera #kanoko mamiya

[yonae]

Yuri is my job! by Miman

#yuri is my job! #Yuri is my job #watayuri #watashi no yuri wa oshigoto desu! #Watashi no Yuri wa oshigoto desu #Watashi no Yuri wa oshigotodesu #Shoujoaisource #Anisource #Animangaladies #Animangahive #Yuri #Yuri manga #GL #GL manga #Wlw #Manga #Mangaedit #Fymanga #Dailymanga #manga aesthetic

[ladyloveandjustice]

Spring 2023 Anime Overview: Yuri is my Job!

Premise: Hime Shiraki is a high schooler whose life goal is to be always cute and loved by everyone so she can achieve her dream of marrying a millionaire and living the easy life. Who cares if that means she has to lie and pretend? But then she’s roped into working at a café. The waitresses of the cafe playact as students from a fictional all girl’s school from a famous novel that focused on ‘romantic friendships’ between schoolgirls. (It’s a Class S yuri café basically. They put on a show that has the vibes and premise of Maria Watches Over Us for customers.)

Hime’s already great at acting, but she’s flummoxed by her co-worker Mitsuki. Mitsuki acts like a doting upperclassman when they’re in front of customers, but the second they’re off the clock, she’s harsh and cold to Hime. Hime is determined to make Mitsuki like her, but Mitsuki may be more than she appears…

At it's core, Yuri is My Job starts out seeming like a fun gay comedy boasting a cast full of quirky lesbians, but then reveals itself to be a complicated and fascinating examination of performance- as it intersects with queerness, girlhood, and the desire to be "likeable" and "cute," The girls at the cafe "perform" romantic friendships with each other- these friendships that they perform are uncomplicated, cute, and consumable to an audience. But the real relationships they have with each other are much less "safe" and much more complex, and the drama they deal with as real people often interferes with the "act".

Hime's entire life is about putting on a performance to seem likeable and acceptably cute to everyone, and she's terrified of seeing that performance fall to pieces. Mitsuki, in contrast, struggled as a child because she COULDN'T acceptably fake that "likeable" cuteness. She was too honest, too blunt and awkward, too "real". Most queer people know the stress of having to put on an act and hide your real self to be acceptable, and YIMJ explores this wonderfully with these characters.

It's not just Hime and Mitsuki,the rest of the cast struggles too. Kanoko is so invested in her role of "supportive best friend" and being the only one Hime drops the act around, she's also suppressing her real self and her real romantic feelings for Hime. As a result, she becomes possessive, jealous, and expresses her feelings in secretive, unhealthy ways. The irony is that she believes in order to access Hime's "real" self, she has to put on her own mask. She can't picture a life outside her role as pining best friend. The pining, obsessive (sometimes in just a mildly quirky way, sometimes not so much) lesbian best friend with an unrequited crush  is a well worn trope both in yuri and non-yuri anime-think Tomoyo from CCS- but YIMJ examines the trauma that comes with that and how suppressing a part of yourself to play a role might feed into that obsessive behavior.

Meanwhile. we have Sumika, who is VERY invested in the romantic friendships of the cafe, and had come to believe real romance is toxic and ruins the purity of those relationships. She panics when confronted with the reality of queerness and when she sees two coworkers enter a blatant queer relationship. Sumika's whole deal is maybe the most fascinating at all, and makes a lot of sense if you look at it as a critique of Class S, "pure" yuri, and the fucked up world of internalized lesbophobia.

In recent years, there's been more yuri critiquing the trappings of "Class S" yuri. Class S is yuri that straddles the line between 'friendship' and 'romance', typically taking place in an all-girl's school sealed off from the rest of society, with an either unspoken or spoken implication that the lesbianism is just a transient phase and all the girls will eventually renter the "real world" have to settle down and marry a man.

There's been some pushback against these ideas, obviously. Bloom into You, Run Away with me Girl and many other yuri examine how harmful  'just a phase' rhetoric is towards lesbians. Flip Flappers famously had the episode where the girls were caught in a creepy Class S school that led them on an endless cycle where nothing ever changed and the days were horribly repetitive. Yurikuma Arashi also gave it's (somewhat muddled) critique of Class S. And it's impossible to fully analyze Yuri is my Job without seeing the skillful critique of Class S that's woven into the narrative.

The trappings of class S aren't confined into the world of manga- the idea that lesbianism is just a phase, that girls expressing real romantic or sexual desire toward each other is toxic and sullies the purity of sisterhood, that it's okay to be a LITTLE gay with your gal pals but you can't cross that line!!!- all of that is part of the stigma real queer women struggle with and sometimes internalize.  So when we consider Sumika''s terror of actual "romance" invading the cafe and ruining the sisterhood, her ideas that romance must be toxic, her belief that the cafe is this safe space sealed off from the rest of the world where girls can be a little bit queer, but they musn't let the actual problems and messy realities of romance invade- it's not just a Class S critique, it's about a mindset most queer women are familiar with and have to struggle to unlearn. And seeing Sumika grapple with this makes her a very real and wonderfully realized character. And the manga will only continue to go further with those themes.

But Yuri is my Job doesn't just work as a nuanced examination of queerness- it's also a well told drama full of wonderfully fraught relationships. It's fun to see the growing romances and the sweet connections growing between the characters, as complicated as they are. The backstory reveal that explains the tension between Mitsuki and Hime is top tier drama and relationship writing, and there's also a good dose of comedy to keep viewers entertained. Watching this web of relationships become even more tangled, and discovering the baggage all the girls carry is a good (and sometime heartbreaking) time. They're well-done characters. If you enjoy fucked up girls and don't mind a touch of soapy melodrama, you're in for a treat. These girls are a MESS, but a fascinating one.

I should note that it's also very easy to read these characters as neurodivergent- Hime having to craft a "facade" just to socialize regularly, while Mitsuki very obviously struggles with social cues- well, Vrai wrote a whole article on this with their article What role are you playing? Communication, queerness and nerodivergence in Yuri is My Job, so I'll leave that to them.

Yes, Yuri is My Job has all this amazing nuance...and there's a half an episode where Mitsuki's boobs bounce a bunch. It contains multitudes. The episode does touch on both Hime's obvious fascination with what Mitsuki's packin' and the struggle big chested women face when just wearing normal clothes is seen a "lewd"- but YMMV on how it's resolved. They definitely centered Mitsuki's pain (and Hime's thirst), but also mined it for mild comedic fanservice, and the ending is more "we found a good compromise" than the pure "fuck people for sexualizing you in a normal outfit because you have big boobs, wear whatever you want" message that people might want.

I also saw a lot of people get frustrated with how hard everyone is on Hime in the early episodes when she's new to the job- this pretty much stops after episode 3 and the attitude toward her is fully explained, so please give this four episode watch to fully see if this show is for you. (But of course, if you don't like to see girls sometimes expressing attraction in suppressed, unhealthy ways (eSPECIALLY Kanoko), no matter how it's ultimately examined thematically, this isn't the show for you.)

Overall, the YIMJ anime was a faithful adaptation of a wonderful manga- unfortunately, I worry that we'll never get the season two that gives us some of the best moments of the story so far. But hopefully seeing it will inspire you to check out the manga and see how hard this story can go! It's definitely a special one, and I really recommend it.

#yuri is my job #yuri is my job! #watashi no yuri wa oshigoto desu! #watayuri #watashi no yuri wa oshigoto desu #spring 2023 anime #anime overview #my reviews #yuri #anime

[tamaki-ako]

yuri is my job! | episode 12

surprisingly accurate representation of the shame people, even your peers, can make you feel when you're a large-chested teen—pretty great final episode

#anime #seasonal anime #my posts #anime 2023 #shoujo ai #shoujo-ai #gl #yuri is my job! #spring anime 2023 #spring anime #watashi no yuri wa oshigoto desu! #watashi no yuri wa oshigoto desu #yuri is my job #mitsuki ayanokouji #mitsuki #mitsuki yano

[randmsapphic]

yuri is my job really understands that a vital part of height gap ships is the looming

#yuri is my job #watashi no yuri wa oshigoto desu #hime shiraki #mitsuki yano

[animescreencolle]

Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu! E12

#anime subs #watashi no yuri wa oshigoto desu #yuri is my job #yuri

[saccharinescorpion]

a cute thing about the Yuri Is My Job anime is the OP theme song is called “Himitsu Melody” with “himitsu” meaning “secret” but also serving as a viable ship nickname for HIMe/MITSUki

#Yuri Is My Job #Yuri Is My Job! #Watashi No Yuri Wa Oshigoto Desu

[rachelraygifs]

The only character we don't know anything about in Yuri is My Job is Mai which is super funny because she's like, the manager. She created this place as her blorbo factory and we literally know nothing about her motivations. She's ambiguously the oldest character in the entire manga. She obviously puts on a childish act for reasons. She is a scammer. Shes the only one we've seen who isn't gay (YET). Why is she doing this. What is her end game.

#watashi no yuri wa oshigoto desu #yuri is my job #yuri is my job!

[crazys-art]

day 22 - sailor dress/school uniform

originally was just gonna draw my beloved compulsive liar but her girlfriend also showed up

#hime’s introduction where she’s just immediately like ‘oh yeah i’m lying constantly’ is one of my favorite character intros ever ngl #cringetober #cringetober 2023 #yuri is my job! #yuri is my job #hime shirasagi #mitsuki ayanokouji #crazy's art #csp #artists on tumblr #ayanokouji mitsuki #shirasagi hime #yuri is my job fanart #anime fanart #fanart #watashi no yuri wa oshigoto desu! #watashi no yuri wa oshigoto desu

[momo-no-tane]

#Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu! #Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu #Yuri is My Job! #Yuri is My Job #Mamiya Kanoko #Peach Pit #End Card #Fanart by Peach Pit

[bloodraven55]

subversions of tired character archetypes my beloved

#yuri is my job #watashi no yuri wa oshigoto desu #sumika chibana

[suzumeca]

Um, that's not her face, Hime...

#watayuri #watashi no yuri wa oshigoto desu #yuri is my job! #yuri is my job spoilers #yano mitsuki #shiraki hime

[animegadaisukiidesu]

that’s why the name of the anime is “Yuri is my job” but…

it seems you guys are really pretending being in love

#Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu #Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto desu! #Yuri is My Job! #Yuri is My Job #anime #ep08 #passione #comedy #yuri #shoujo ai #girls love #workplace #Schwestern in Liebe #watayuri #Schwestern in Liebe! #私の百合はお仕事です #私の百合はお仕事です!

[animefeminist]

Anime Feminist Recommendations of Spring 2023

Hurting for summer shows? Your backlog’s about to be spoiled for choice.

How did we choose our recs?

Participating staff members can nominate up to three titles and can also co-sign other nominated shows. Rather than categorizing titles as “feminist-friendly” or “problematic,” they are simply listed in alphabetical order with relevant content warnings; doing otherwise ran the risk of folks seeing these staff recommendations as rubber stamps of unilateral “Feminist Approval,” which is something we try our hardest to avoid here.

The titles below are organized alphabetically. As a reminder, ongoing shows are NOT eligible for these lists. We’d rather wait until the series (or season) has finished up before recommending it to others, that way we can give you a more complete picture. This means we also leave out any unfinished split-cour shows, which we define as shows that air their second half within a year of the first.

Because it aired late in June, and because this season was so packed with good titles, Ooku: the Inner Chambers will be considered as part of the summer recommendations.

Read it at Anime Feminist!

#gundam witch from mercury #gwitch #sulemio #witch from mercury #oshi no ko #birdie wing #tokyo mew mew #tmm new #tokyo mew mew new #otaku elf #loving yamada at lv999 #my love story with yamada kun at lv999 #yamada lv999 #skip and loafer #skip to loafer #skiploaf #yuri is my job #yimj #watayuri #watashi no yuri wa oshigoto desu

[tamaki-ako]

yuri is my job! | episode 10

#anime #seasonal anime #my posts #anime 2023 #shoujo ai #shoujo-ai #gl #yuri is my job! #spring anime 2023 #spring anime #watashi no yuri wa oshigoto desu! #watashi no yuri wa oshigoto desu #yuri is my job #nene saionji #yoko gotou #nene x yoko #yoko x nene

[randmsapphic]

Honestly one of the funniest plot points of Yuri is my job is that the manager actually went to a lesbian bar to try and pick up girls to work at her yuri cafe. 

She had her sales pitch ready to go and everything. 

#yuri is my job! #watashi no yuri wa oshigoto desu #yuri is my job! spoilers #shes so weird shes great