Line #47 YMMV/YuruYuri


1	* AccidentalInnuendo: In Season 3 Episode 5 of the anime, Yui suggests a t-shirt that says "I am AHO" for Kyouko to wear. [[ObfuscatingStupidity Kyouko loved it.]]
2	%%* BaseBreakingCharacter:
3	%%** Fans argue over both Kyouko and Sakurako due to having very strong "presence" and getting the attention of seasons one and two respectively.
4	%%** Chinatsu also causes this, due to her [[JekyllAndHyde flipping her switch]] from time to time, and also especially due to the scene where she gives Akari her first kiss and it's played out like borderline ''rape''.
5	* BrokenBase:
6	** Fandom opinion is split over which season of the anime is superior. Fans of the first particularly dislike the decreased focus Kyouko has in the second, as well as the increased focus on the first year students. Fans of the second season find this change in humor refreshing.
7	** With the third season, there's a split between those who don't mind its more cutesy, slice of life approach, and those who prefer the more manic style of the first two seasons.
8	** The series is often criticized by fans of "more serious" YuriGenre works because despite how the manga runs in a yuri magazine and the girls' feelings for each other being more explicit than in most SchoolgirlSeries, the series never directly concerns lesbian relationships and only uses ShipTease between the girls for fanservice and comedy. At the same time, fans and other people pay attention to the fact that this series was conceived as an AffectionateParody of Yuri and a similar fanservice, appealing to the apparent parody of CastFullOfGay and [[ShippingGoggles Chitose's fantasies]].
9	* ClicheStorm:
10	** The series itself is an example of one, as well as consciously [[{{Discussed}} discussing]] it. Almost every "couple" tends to parody certain clichés from the YuriGenre, like TomboyAndGirlyGirl, {{Twincest}} and TeacherStudentRomance. Also, the anime starts with Akari being LateForSchool, [[ToastOfTardiness with a slice of toast hanging out of her mouth]]; very few anime can get more cliched than that.
11	** The ''Secrets of the Super Prominent Protagonist'' gag ShowWithinTheShow looks similar to ''Website/TheGrandListOfConsoleRolePlayingGameCliches''. Good thing we have Website/TVTropes to list them easily.
12	*** [[HeavySleeper "Oversleeps]] [[GoodMorningCrono often"]]
13	*** [[MagicalGirlfriend "Girls fall from the sky"]]
14	*** [[WeirdnessMagnet "Extremely adaptable"]]
15	*** [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement "Found a Legendary Sword"]]
16	*** [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands "Powers awaken at a crucial moment"]]
17	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Akane Akaza, Akari's older sister. She didn't appear in the first season, but she was already getting fanart before she made her official animated debut, and she had plenty of fans beforehand. Her appearances starting in Season 2 were welcome ones.
18	* FanNickname: Some fans call the show "Relaxed/Soft Lesbians" which is another way the Japanese can be read.
19	%%* FanPreferredCouple: Sakurako and Himawari, probably due to an amazing amount of {{UST}}.
20	* FridgeLogic: So, why did [[spoiler:Kyouko]] smell [[spoiler:Ayano's]] shoes, again?
21	** She smelled them because they smelled like green tea, and she knew that because she smelled them!
22	* GrowingTheBeard: The first five chapters of the manga are solid quality-wise, yet they're also a fairly standard [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Seinfeldian]] "manga about nothing" where the characters [[SeinfeldianConversation fill time with random conversations]] while Namori-sensei struggles to come up with a direction.[[note]] Tellingly, she later redid these chapters to make them resemble later volumes more.[[/note]] ''Then'' comes chapter six, where Kyoko realizes Akari lacks presence and calls an intervention to {{Retool}} her into a more interesting character, commenting on and deconstructing its own nature as a manga. For the first time the gonzo, fourth wall-breaking shenanigans formed the actual plot of a chapter, and this gave''Yuru Yuri'' its own identity.
23	* HilariousInHindsight:
24	** In the fourth episode, Ayano declares she wants to go to "Fai Fai Beach!" In 2019, [[Anime/{{Endro}} a Namori-designed character named Fai Fai would, indeed, have a beach episode]].
25	** In "Yuru Yuri Everyday", Kyoko nicknames Akari "Ringo"[[note]] ''Apple'' [[/note]]. In ''Anime/MomokyunSword'', which starred three-quarters of the ''Yuru Yuri'' cast, Ringo was the name of Shiori Mikami's character.
26	** The Doga Kobo seasons started the "No Bulli" meme, which would later become heavily associated with Satania [=McDowell=] from ''Manga/GabrielDropOut''. Not only is ''[=GabDro=]'' another Doga Kobo show, it has pretty much the exact same production crew, including the same director, lead writer, and dozens of animators.
27	** In one chapter, Kyouko sees Nadeshiko and Hanako at a diner and enthusiastically tries to strike up a friendship after she sees Nadeshiko reading a copy of a magazine with Mirakurin on the cover. Yui drags Kyouko away and apologizes profusely for the interruption. [[spoiler: Ironically, Yui and Nadeshiko would later become very close online friends when they start adventuring together in Namo Namo Fantasy 14, without either of them knowing who the other is.]]
28	* MemeticMutation:
29	** "Waaai, <item>! Akari <item> daisuki!"[[note]]translation:"Akari loves <item>!"[[/note]] As demonstrated by the [[https://twitter.com/akari_daisuki/ Akari Daisuki]] Website/{{Twitter}} bot.
30	** Akari the Anti-Bully Ranger. [[https://twitter.com/antibullyranger She even has her own Twitter.]]
31	** [[http://img.memecdn.com/there-amp-039-s-never-enough-yuri-anime-yuru-yuri_o_4041355.jpg Welcome to Yuri Heaven]].
32	** Pretty much anything involving Kyouko and her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ofOXaGv-AA iconic tomato onesie]].
33	* MemeticMolester: [[spoiler:Chinatsu with Akane.]]
34	* {{Moe}}: The entire cast looks and acts in an extremely cute manner.
35	* NauseaFuel: Chitose's '''frequent''' nosebleeds actually come with a sickening "squishing" noise that actually ''sounds'' like "{{Squick}}". And even worse is Chizuru's drooling.
36	* NightmareFuel:
37	%% ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ake5AZhtxdU This MAD]] of Akarin. Warning: not for the faint of heart.
38	** Episode 10: Chitose trying to stop a nosebleed. It pours [[spoiler:out of her [[NightmareFace huge, bloodshot eyes]].]]
39	** The first episode has an in-universe example for Kyouko when she goes into [[spoiler:Akane]]'s room. The music sounds like something out of a horror movie and she is noticeably shaken by the things she sees inside.
40	** The ending animation of S208, drawn [[NightmareFuelColoringBook Chinatsu-style]].
41	* RuleOfFunny: The stage play of Snow White was Doga Kobo's final episode, for which they pulled out all the stops. But it never explains how the Amusement Club can put on a play when they're an unregistered club the school doesn't know about.
42	* ShipToShipCombat: ''Any pairing vs. any pairing.'' With so many overtones and so many pairings, this is expected, even in the yuri community.
43	** This is [[http://pre09.deviantart.net/65ce/th/pre/i/2012/270/5/5/yuru_yuri_by_shigeru_chan-d589tsi.png truly epic]] within the Kyouko[=/=]Yui[=/=]Ayano triangle.
44	** ShipMates: That's not to say there aren't any pairings that get along. Almost everyone ships [[FanPreferredCouple Sakurako and Himawari]], so to go with this pairing you can have the "[[PseudoRomanticFriendship Friendship Pairings]]" where everyone ends up with the person they are closest to, this one ends in the most pairings. Then there is the "[[UnresolvedSexualTension Sexual Tension Pairings]]" where those that have expressed interest for another character, end up with said object of affection. Sakurako and Himawari, of course, manages to be in both pairing types.
45	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong:
46	** [[https://youtu.be/fPIv0d3sfu0?t=62 Mirakurun's transformation music[=/=]character song]] sounds [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBS0AGgGTnQ&feature=youtu.be&t=62 an awful lot like the second opening theme]] of ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya''.
47	** One piece of incidental music that plays during 'sporty' scenes like Chizuru's volleyball test and Kyoko's armwrestling game sounds like a Muzak version of "Eye of the Tiger".
48	* TearJerker:
49	** Episode 3 of the second season while [[spoiler:Sakurako]] watches [[spoiler:Himawari]] help [[spoiler:Chinatsu]] make a scarf for [[spoiler:Yui.......]] The music doesn't help.
50	** The eleventh episode of the second season in which [[spoiler:Akari must decide whether or not to change the past]] and face the consequences of losing [[spoiler:her old memories]] in the place of new ones.
51	** [[spoiler:Mirakurun]]'s HeroicSacrifice in the season one finale. [[spoiler:Though she is back again in season two.]]
52	* UnfortunateCharacterDesign: From a distance, Chitose and Chizuru's glasses look like a frowny mouth and puffed out cheeks, and their actual mouth looks like a double chin, turning them into disgruntled chibi characters. Especially apparent in the season three [=ED=].
53	* UnpopularPopularCharacter: There are Akari fans who hate seeing her as the show's OutOfFocus ButtMonkey, and there are fans who think that this makes her more interesting. WordOfGod has even latched onto the latter opinion.
54	* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForLittleGirls: The series might be about cute middle-school girls, but it has plenty of yuri and it's clearly for a male audience. There's also the running joke about how Akari's older sister Akane secretly has a very incestuous obsession with her.
55	* TheWoobie: Poor, poor Akari. She breaks down crying in the very first episode, after her friends' attempts to reinvent her image [[UnwantedAssistance only end up making her feel worse.]] And from that point on, the show goes out of its way to make sure she's either [[TheChewToy neglected, miserable or both.]]
56	* {{Woolseyism}}:
57	** In the manga, Ayano uses the pun ''Bakkin Bakkingamu'', or "Buckingham (Palace) Penalty". This has become somewhat iconic, to the point of being the subject of her eyecatch, an ImageSong, and even a major scanlation group took their name from it. However, Crunchyroll instead uses "Fine Irvine" since the pun doesn't make sense in English.
58	** Chapter 156, which involves a discussion about the weather, is titled "Genki no Ko" ("Genki child"... or given the context of ''[=YuruYuri=]''[='=]s all-female cast, "GenkiGirl") - a PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle on the film ''Tenki no Ko'' ("Child of the Weather"), released in English as ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou''. Fan translations retain the pun by renaming the chapter "Weathering with [=YuruYuri=]".

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