Crunchyroll will stream Yuri is My Job!, there’s a trailer, but you have to watch to the end for the twist.
The series is due to start in the spring of 2023, but this English-subtitled trailer will give you an idea of the plot we’re a few months out from.
That trailer was looking all too sickly sweet to me; nothing new, just safe yuri tropes – until the twist.
Yuri is a genre of anime and manga that focuses on romantic relationships between characters of the same gender. It typically follows the same conventions as traditional romance stories, and the characters are of the same gender. Yuri stories often explore themes of gender identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, and acceptance.
However, the plot synopsis for Yuri is My Job! is;
Hime gives off the image as a sweet, helpful princess but on the inside only cares about herself. Against her will, Hime gets manipulated into working as a waitress at a place that’s part café, part theater, where all the waitresses pretend to be students at a fictional boarding school. Hime finds herself falling for another waitress at the café but there’s just one problem: Behind the scenes, Hime’s crush hates her guts.
Hijiri Sanpei of Wasteful Days of High School Girls is directing, with production from Passione and Studio Kings.
There’s a light novel from Miman available on Amazon and from Kodansha. It’s 24th in Yuri Manga books and 51st in Amazon’s LGBTQ+ fiction for young adults. A twist on a twist?
Via Crunchyroll.
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