Yuri Is My Job!

Yuri Is My Job! (私の百合はお仕事です!) 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 aired from April to June 2023.

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)
 * Hime dreams of marrying rich and living an easy life of wealth. To achieve this dream, she always presents a charming persona to endear herself to others, leaving few to know her true character.
 * Hime dreams of marrying rich and living an easy life of wealth. To achieve this 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)
 * 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.
 * 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)
 * 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. Kanoko is secretly in love with Hime to the point where she is obsessed with her.
 * 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. Kanoko is secretly in love with Hime to the point where she is obsessed with her.


 * Sumika Chibana (知花 純加)
 * 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 feelings for Hime.
 * 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 feelings for Hime.


 * Mai Koshiba (小柴 舞)
 * The manager of the café. Mai guilts Hime into working at the café after Hime accidentally injured her arm.
 * 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)
 * One of the first waitresses hired at the café alongside Sumika. However, she has since moved to become part of the kitchen staff instead.
 * 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)
 * 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.
 * 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)
 * A new member of the kitchen staff who works alongside Nene. While she does not fully understand the concept of the café, she still finds it charming.

Manga
Yuri Is My Job! is written and illustrated by Miman. It began serialization in Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime on November 18, 2016. Ichijinsha has compiled its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on June 16, 2017. As of January 17, 2024, thirteen volumes have been published. Kodansha USA licensed the manga in English as the company's first yuri release.

Ichijinsha published an anthology of the series, titled Yuri is My Job! Official Comic Anthology (私の百合はお仕事です！ 公式コミックアンソロジー), on May 17, 2023.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on May 14, 2022. It was 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. The series aired from April 6 to June 22, 2023, on AT-X and other networks. The opening theme song is "Himitsu♡Melody" (秘密♡Melody) by Yui Ogura, while the ending theme song is "Yume ga Sametemo" (夢が覚めても) by Ogura and Sumire Uesaka. At Anime NYC 2022, Crunchyroll announced that they had licensed the series.

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". Anime UK News gave the first volume 8/10, praising its strong setup and additional German translation notes.

In 2018, Yuri Is My Job! was part of the top 20 finalists featured in the Niconico and Da Vinci's Next Manga Awards. The series has also been featured on BookWalker's top-selling manga for 2019 and 2020.

As of May 2023, Yuri Is My Job! has 1 million copies in circulation.

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.