Yuri Is My Job!
Yuri Is My Job! (Japanese: 私の百合はお仕事です!, Hepburn: Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto Desu!) is a Japanese yuri manga written and illustrated by Miman. It has been serialized in Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime since November 2016, and is licensed in English by Kodansha USA as the company's first yuri release. An anime television series adaptation by Passione and Studio Lings premiered in April 2023.
Yuri Is My Job! | |
![]() Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Mitsuki Yano as Mitsuki Ayanokouji (left) and Hime Shiraki as Hime Shirasagi (right) | |
私の百合はお仕事です! (Watashi no Yuri wa Oshigoto Desu!) | |
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Genre | Comedy, yuri[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Miman |
Published by | Ichijinsha |
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Magazine | Comic Yuri Hime |
Original run | November 18, 2016 – present |
Volumes | 12 |
Anime television series | |
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Produced by |
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Written by | Naoki Hayashi |
Music by | Megumi Ōhashi |
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Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS Fuji, BS NTV |
Original run | April 6, 2023 – present |
Episodes | 7 |
Plot
Hime Shiraki is a high school girl who deeply cares about her image as a sweet, helpful princess but on the inside only cares about herself. So when she accidentally injures a café manager named Mai Koshiba, she is willing to cover some shifts to keep her façade intact. Hime ends up working as a waitress at a place that is part café, part theater, where all the waitresses pretend to be students at a fictional all-girls boarding school known as Liebe Girls Academy. Hime finds herself drawn to another waitress at the café, who in front of the customers gives Hime love and devotion like she has never known. However, behind the scenes, the girl seems to hate her guts.
Characters
The following names represent a character's real name / Liebe Girls Academy name:
- Hime Shiraki (白木 陽芽, Shiraki Hime) / Hime Shirasagi (白鷺 陽芽, Shirasagi Hime)
- Voiced by: Yui Ogura[2][3] (PV, anime)
- Hime dreams of marrying rich and living an easy life of wealth. To achieve her dream she always presents a charming persona to endear herself to others, leaving few to know her true character.
- Mitsuki Yano (矢野 美月, Yano Mitsuki) / Mitsuki Ayanokouji (綾小路 美月, Ayanokōji Mitsuki)
- Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka[2][3] (PV, anime)
- A beautiful and graceful girl who plays the role of a kind senpai at the salon. She very quickly comes to dislike Hime, since unbeknownst to Hime, the two are old friends who parted on bad terms.
- Kanoko Mamiya (間宮 果乃子, Mamiya Kanoko) / Kanoko Amamiya (雨宮 果乃子, Amamiya Kanoko)
- Voiced by: Minami Tanaka[4] (anime)
- A shy girl who has been Hime's friend since middle school and actually knows Hime's true personality. Kanoko comes to work at the café after following Hime there.
- Sumika Chibana (知花 純加, Chibana Sumika) / Sumika Tachibana (橘 純加, Tachibana Sumika)
- Voiced by: Makoto Koichi[4] (anime)
- Sumika plays a cool and collected senpai in the café. However, outside of work, she is considered a gyaru. Sumika becomes more involved with Kanoko once she begins to believe that Kanoko may harbor unrequited feeling for Hime.
- Mai Koshiba (小柴 舞, Koshiba Mai) / Mai Mikoshiba (御子柴 舞, Mikoshiba Mai)
- Voiced by: Yukari Tamura[4] (anime)
- The manager of the café. Mai guilts Hime into working at the café after Hime accidentally injured her arm.
- Nene Nishidera (西寺 寧々, Nishidera Nene) / Nene Saionji (西園寺 寧々, Saionji Nene)
- Voiced by: Asami Seto[4] (anime)
- One of the first waitresses hired at the café alongside Sumika. However, she has since moved to become part of the kitchen staff instead.
- Youko Gotou (後藤 葉子, Gotō Yōko) / Youko Goeidou (五影堂 葉子, Goeidō Yōko)
- A former member of the café. When she worked there, she played a seductress character who got between Nene and Sumika's personal and professional lives.
- Haruko Shinooka (篠岡 春子, Shinooka Haruko)
- A new member of the kitchen staff, she works alongside Nene and while she does not fully understand the concept of the café, she still finds it charming.
Media
Manga
Yuri Is My Job! is written and illustrated by Miman. It began serialization in Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime on November 18, 2016.[5] Ichijinsha has compiled its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on June 16, 2017.[6] As of May 17, 2023, twelve volumes have been published.[7] Kodansha USA licensed the manga in English as the company's first yuri release.[1][8]
Volume list
No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | |
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1 | June 16, 2017[6] | 978-4-7580-7693-7 | January 22, 2019[9] | 978-1-63236-777-8 (print) 978-1-64212-623-5 (digital) | |
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2 | October 18, 2017[10] | 978-4-7580-7739-2 | March 26, 2019[11] | 978-1-63236-778-5 (print) 978-1-64212-767-6 (digital) | |
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3 | April 18, 2018[12] | 978-4-7580-7804-7 | May 21, 2019[13] | 978-1-63236-779-2 (print) 978-1-64212-874-1 (digital) | |
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4 | November 15, 2018[14] | 978-4-7580-7868-9 | July 16, 2019[15] | 978-1-63236-806-5 (print) 978-1-64212-944-1 (digital) | |
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5 | June 18, 2019[16] | 978-4-7580-7948-8 | October 12, 2019[17] | 978-1-63236-862-1 (print) 978-1-64659-152-7 (digital) | |
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6 | January 17, 2020[18] | 978-4-7580-2075-6 | September 1, 2020 (digital) November 3, 2020 (print)[19] | 978-1-64659-488-7 (digital) 978-1-63236-930-7 (print) | |
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7 | September 18, 2020[20] | 978-4-7580-2161-6 | July 13, 2021[21] | 978-1-64651-079-5 (print) 978-1-63699-074-3 (digital) | |
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8 | April 16, 2021[22] | 978-4-7580-2242-2 | February 8, 2022 (digital) March 1, 2022 (print)[23] | 978-1-63699-183-2 (digital) 978-1-64651-238-6 (print) | |
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9 | November 18, 2021[24] | 978-4-7580-2325-2 | July 12, 2022 (digital) July 26, 2022 (print)[25] | 978-1-68491-298-8 (digital) 978-1-64651-417-5 (print) | |
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10 | May 18, 2022[26][27] | 978-4-7580-2413-6 (regular edition) 978-4-7580-2414-3 (special edition) | November 15, 2022[28] | 978-1-64651-619-3 (print) 978-1-68491-105-9 (digital) | |
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11 | November 17, 2022[29] | 978-4-7580-2472-3 | June 27, 2023[30] | 978-1-64651-746-6 (print) 979-8-88933-080-6 (digital) | |
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12 | May 17, 2023[7] | 978-4-7580-2537-9 | — | — | |
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Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on May 14, 2022. It is produced by Passione and Studio Lings, and directed by Hijiri Sanpei, with scripts written by Naoki Hayashi, character designs handled by Taisuke Iwasaki, and music composed by Megumi Ōhashi.[3] The series premiered on April 6, 2023, on AT-X and other networks.[4][31] The opening theme song is "Himitsu♡Melody" (秘密♡Melody, "Secret Melody") by Yui Ogura, while the ending theme song is "Yume ga Sametemo" (夢が覚めても, "Even If I Wake Up from This Dream") by Ogura and Sumire Uesaka.[32][33] At Anime NYC 2022, Crunchyroll announced that they had licensed the series.[34]
Episode list
No. | Title [35][lower-alpha 2] | Directed by [35] | Written by [35] | Storyboarded by [35] | Original air date [37] | |
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1 | "Welcome to Liebe Girls Academy" Transcription: "Yōkoso Rībe-jo Gakuen e!" (Japanese: ようこそリーベ女学園へ!) | Mitsuki Kitamura | Naoki Hayashi | Hijiri Sanpei | April 6, 2023 | |
Hime Shiraki is beautiful, intelligent and popular, but beneath her façade of perfection she is selfish and manipulative. One day, Hime falls down some stairs and onto Mai Koshiba, breaking her arm. Mai reveals she manages Café Liebe, a café where waitresses cosplay as students of the fictional Liebe Girls Academy. Unable to work, Mai and waitress Sumika Chibana guilt Hime into working at the café until her arm heals. Hime is uncomfortable with the café’s shōjo manga atmosphere and does not perform well. To her surprise, fellow waitress Mitsuki Ayanokouji treats her kindly in front of the customers but becomes cruel to her once the café closes. Kanoko Mamiya, Hime's friend who knows her true personality, frets over Hime getting such a strange job. Mai decides, due to customer reviews, Hime and Mitsuki will act as sister-like best friends, which Mitsuki immediately rejects. Hime does her best to convince Mitsuki to agree during their next performance, but it comes off as pushy and manipulative and Mitsuki is forced to agree to the role. Hime becomes confused when Mitsuki privately reveals she deeply despises her. | ||||||
2 | "Let's All Be Waitresses Together" Transcription: "Minasan de Okyūji o Hajimemashō?" (Japanese: みなさんでお給仕を始めましょう?) | Takahiro Majima | Naoki Hayashi | Ikuo Morimoto | April 13, 2023 | |
Mai asks Hime not to tell her friends about the café since having friends as customers makes acting difficult. Hime tries to help Kanoko be more assertive, but Kanoko is overcome with nerves trying to tell Hime something important. When Kanoko visits the café, Mai insists Hime treat her like a stranger. Kanoko obliviously causes a scene when Hime does this while acting as Mitsuki's friend. Soaked with water, Mai lets Kanoko borrow a waitress uniform, which Hime comments makes her look cute. The next day, Mai hires Kanoko as a waitress; Hime is convinced Mai is blackmailing Kanoko too, even though Kanoko took the job willingly. Mai has them practice taking customer food orders in character. Hime makes numerous mistakes while Kanoko's nervousness actually makes customers adore her. Mitsuki expertly covers Hime's mistakes, making her think Mitsuki is looking out for her. Hime is surprised when Kanoko assertively scolds her for causing Mitsuki trouble, then both scold her together for continuing to repeatedly make basic mistakes. | ||||||
3 | "What Should I Believe?" Transcription: "Nani o Shinjitara Iin Desu no?" (Japanese: 何を信じたらいいんですの?) | Shige Fukase | Naoki Hayashi | Naruyo Takahashi | April 20, 2023 | |
Growing tired of Mitsuki's criticisms, Hime deliberately puts extra effort into her façade to prove Mitsuki wrong and secretly gloats when Mitsuki praises her. However, after the customers leave, Mitsuki once again scolds her. Kanoko wonders why Hime is trying so hard to impress Mitsuki. Hime explains when she was in elementary school, a mean girl named Yano exposed her selfish personality to her friends who then rejected her, teaching her that people who dislike you are the ones you should impress the most to survive. Hime is devastated when Mitsuki overhears this and panics so much that Mitsuki might reveal her secret she cannot focus, so Mai sends her to work in the backroom instead. Fed up, Mitsuki finally confronts Hime about hiding her personality but promises to tell no one. Realizing Mitsuki is a good person at heart, Hime explains how the cruel Yano exposed her secret years ago. This causes Mitsuki to furiously reveals her real name is Mitsuki Yano and she was the girl who exposed Hime. | ||||||
4 | "I Hate You" Transcription: "Daikirai Desu wa" (Japanese: 大きらいですわ) | Mitsuki Kitamura | Naoki Hayashi | Royden B | April 27, 2023 | |
Hime recalls that in elementary school, she struggled to get Mitsuki to like her like everyone else until they bonded over their piano playing. They quickly grew close enough that Hime confessed about the façade she used to make people like her. Mitsuki was happy with this as it meant she was Hime's only real friend. The other girls in their class grew jealous and accused Mitsuki of bullying Hime into being her friend. Hime would eventually quit playing the piano as it was making Mitsuki a target of bullying. Not knowing this, Mitsuki revealed Hime's façade, exposing her selfish personality. The girls abandoned Hime, who had no friends until she graduated to middle school, while Mitsuki transferred schools and never saw Hime again. Back in the present, Mitsuki is upset Hime did not recognize her, despite working together for weeks, and confirms she still hates her. Hime is still angry about Mitsuki's betrayal and hates her too. | ||||||
5 | "If We Could Start Over" Transcription: "Moshi Yarinaoseru no Deshitara" (Japanese: もしやり直せるのでしたら) | Shun'ichi Katō | Naoki Hayashi | Mitsuki Kitamura | May 4, 2023 | |
Hime is furious until Kanoko points out if Mitsuki knows about her façade then Hime does not need to try to make Mitsuki like her anymore. Flashbacks show Mitsuki hoped to rekindle their friendship until she realized Hime had forgotten her. Sumika notices Hime and Mitsuki have stopped acting like loving sisters and prompts Hime to do so, but it only causes Mitsuki to have an angry outburst. Afterwards, Mai considers removing the sister part of their act. Mitsuki later confronts Hime alone and finally learns the truth as to why Hime quit playing the piano. As such, Mitsuki decides they will continue to play their role as sisters as long as it takes to get it right. Mai puts them through a practice run, telling them to put their real feelings into their characters, and they manage to convincingly portray loving sisters again. Hime realizes she wants Mitsuki to like her for real. The next day, Sumika tells Hime that Mitsuki's outburst has received negative reviews online and many customers think Mitsuki is bullying Hime. | ||||||
6 | "So There's No Need for Lies Anymore?" Transcription: "Uso wa Hitsuyō Nai no Desu ka?" (Japanese: 嘘は必要ないのですか?) | Shigetaka Ikeda | Naoki Hayashi | Takashi Sano | May 11, 2023 | |
Mai hides the reviews from Mitsuki while Hime decides to put extra effort into her performance to satisfy the customers. While Mitsuki tries to act normally, the atmosphere becomes so uncomfortable a customer openly tells Hime she should stop trying so hard. Hime leaves upset so the customer hurriedly explains to Mitsuki that she only meant she preferred their relationship prior to the rumors starting. Kanoko is confused about the situation, but Hime insists none of it is Mitsuki's fault. Mitsuki, now aware of the rumors, cannot reconcile Hime's kindness with her past as a liar. To spare Mitsuki, Hime publicly declares her sisterly love in front of the customers. Mitsuki realizes Hime was telling the truth and admits she loves her too, much to the customers' delight. After they leave, Hime is happy to be friends again, but Mitsuki, having meant it as a romantic declaration, becomes angry and embarrassed, confusing Hime. Their reconciliation draws in even more customers, despite Mitsuki blushing every time she and Hime interact lovingly. Sumika worries that Kanoko is visibly jealous, especially when she finds Kanoko's phone, which contains numerous photographs of Hime. | ||||||
7 | "It's Called Gyaru, Right?" Transcription: "Gyaru to Īmasu no ne?" (Japanese: ギャルといいますのね?) | Terufumi Komori Tatsuya Hagino | Naoki Hayashi | Naruyo Takahashi | May 18, 2023 | |
Mai announces the yearly Blume election to determine the most popular waitress, with the winner getting to create a new rule for the café. When Hime becomes unsure whether to vote for herself or Mitsuki, Kanoko announces she will vote for Hime. Sumika tries to return Kanoko's phone but struggles due to Kanoko's hesitancy. Hime scolds Kanoko since Sumika is not exactly a stranger anymore. Hime tries to gain customer votes for herself, yet she notices Mitsuki trying to push votes towards Sumika. Sumika suggests she may seduce Hime away from Mitsuki, but Kanoko jealously gets between them. After Sumika gives Kanoko her phone back, she worries she teased Kanoko too much. Hime and Kanoko see Sumika in her normal clothes and realize she is a gyaru, making Kanoko even more nervous of her. Kanoko confirms Sumika's suspicion about the former's jealousy when she hints she may vote for Hime. While Hime and Kanoko are in the back, Nene points out that despite her gyaru appearance, Sumika is a hard worker. Sumika and Kanoko manage to talk about books and Kanoko realizes Sumika is not really scary after all. | ||||||
8 | "For Whom Shall I Cast My Vote?" Transcription: "Donata ni Tōhyō Itashimashō?" (Japanese: どなたに投票いたしましょう?) | TBA | TBA | TBA | May 25, 2023 |
Reception
Manga
Rebecca Silverman from Anime News Network gave the first volume an overall B+ grade. Silverman noted that the first volume was "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 yuri is probably going to make the book more enjoyable".[38] Anime UK News gave the first volume 8/10, praising its strong setup and additional German translation notes.[39]
In 2018, Yuri Is My Job! was part of the top 20 finalists featured in the Niconico and Da Vinci's Next Manga Awards.[40] The series has also been featured on BookWalker's top-selling manga for 2019 and 2020.[41][42]
As of May 2023, Yuri Is My Job! has 1 million copies in circulation.[43]
Anime
The anime was received positively. Alex Henderson of Anime Feminist reviewed the first episode, stating that there is "fun to be had" with the show's premise, with a potential for satire and meta commentary in the show's cafe, arguing those working there are "literally performing an idealized girlhood", argued it had a premiere with "potential", and said she is excited for the series going forward.[44]
Notes
- Chief episode director (チーフ演出)
- All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.[36]
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External links
- Official Japanese manga website
- Official English manga website
- Official anime website (in Japanese)
- Yuri Is My Job! (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia