Yuru-Yuri stars three middle school girls, Kyouko, Yui, and ... um, y'know, wosshername. (checks hand) Akari, that's it. When the tea ceremony club disbands from lack of interest, they take over the room for their own "amusement club," which is an excuse to goof off and hang out with much silliness ensuing. Eventually, a new cast member shows up in Chinatsu, a new student who just wanted to join the tea ceremony club and the club ends up using her to complete their Four Girl Ensemble. After a bit, student council members Ayano and Chitose and their juniors Himawari and Sakurako get involved in the story and even more silliness ensues.Yuru-Yuri is a MoeSlice of Life comedy that originally ran in the Yuri Genre anthology Yuri Hime S. An anime adaptation debuted on the Summer 2011 Anime season. From this series, the audience can expect a fair bit of Les Yay and Breaking the Fourth Wall humour. There is also a spin off of manga one-shots called Yuri-Yuri, which puts the romantic entanglements in a more serious light and subsequently scores considerably higher on the yuri-scale.A second season has been green-lit.
Inverted and played straight: Himawari feels that her abnormally large bust size alienates her from the rest of the girls, which is always followed by Sakurako going jelly.
Once, it managed to depress overhearing Akari and Chinatsu.
Played straight again at the beach when Ayano and Kyouko find Yui's bust a significant threat.
Aesop Amnesia: Kyouko feels bad about things she did to Chizuru. The next day she's on it again.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Chinatsu comes off as fairly sweet in her first appearance (and around Yui), but her true self can be seen through her art and actions.
Brother-Sister Incest: It's suggested that Akari's brother has a complex about his little sister.
Sister-Sister Incest: It becomes this after Akari's brother was retconned into a sister.
Butt Monkey: Akari. Taunted by nature, toyed with by cameramen, ignored by her own friends, getting forcibly frenched by Chinatsu and Chitose... Girl can't catch a break.
Episode 12 takes Akari's Butt Monkey status to its extreme...
Call Back: At the end of episode 11, Ayano and Chinatsu display the wooden swords purchased in the last episode, as they group prepares to cure Akari's head injury induced Personality Swap, with another.
Episode 12 has another one from episode 5. Akari makes the same face after being forcibly kissed by Chitose, as she did when kiss by Chinatsu last time, complete with dramatic tear dripping down.
Camera Abuse: In the introduction to episode 7, Akari trips and hits her head on the camera.
Chekhov's Pudding: Kyouko found one in the student council's fridge... with Ayano's name written on it. A few scenes later, Ayano came back into the student council's room looking for it.
Couch Gag: The opening scene in which Akari tries to tell the audience that the show is starting, and how it fails.
Cranial Eruption: Appears prior to, but most prominently in episode 11 where it gives Kyoko (and later Akari) a Personality Swap
Cute Mute: The student council president, Rise Matsumoto. Her mouth moves, but the only one who can hear her is Nishigaki-sensei. Also revealed to be present during most of the events of the series, but just off screen.
Decoy Protagonist: The opening and ending credits, as well as the first few minutes of the first episode make it seem obvious that Akari is the main protagonist. However, she loses focus quickly (i.e. mid-way through the first episode) which leads the girls to talk about it and try to make her stand out more. Also, Kyoko (who gets the spotlight after Akari loses it) says on the previews that she is the main character.
Defeat Means Friendship: The dialogue we hear from the Mirakurun movie in episode 7 suggests this.
Demoted to Extra: This happens to Akari in the manga, after which the cast tries to help her getting noticed more.
Going Commando: Ayano forgot to bring her underwear along with her to the beach. She uses her yukata to keep her safe from a possible case of scandalous Vapor Wear.
She doesn't get away with it. Cue yet another nosebleed from Chitose.
Heel Face Turn: It's strongly implied in Mirakurun The Movie that Raika-chan/Rivalun? decided to work together with Mirakurun.
Mirakurun: If we work together, we can defeat anyone!
Raika-chan: I suppose I must. After all, I'm so nice.
Hostile Show Takeover: Every On The Next has the character giving it declare themselves some form of protagonist, except Akari. In episode six, Kyoko (in an Akari mask) does the Couch Gag in place of Akari.
Imagine Spot: Chitose and Chizuru in fantasizing mode
Improbably Female Cast: There are no named males in this series, and it avoids using them as background characters as much as possible. Even in episode 7, where a surprisingly rational number of males are shown, they never draw faces for them, always panning the camera behind or below the head. Until the very end of the episode, which shows one of Akari's younger male relatives from the front. It was a New Years' miracle.
Even Akari's brother, in the manga was changed to a girl in the anime and RetConned into a girl in the manga.
Love Dodecahedron: It's starting to shape up into this with Ayano>>Kyouko>>Chinatsu>>Yui, and Chinatsu kissing Akari.
Love Triangle: Type 5. Kyoko is crazy about Chinatsu (for the cosplay potential, if nothing else), but Chinatsu is in love with Yui (at least in part for offering to protect her from Kyoko). Yui is rather indifferent about the whole thing.
Medium Awareness: The couple of pages that were made in colour have the characters show this trope.
Show Within a Show: Mirakurun, a Magical Girl series. Chinatsu reminds Kyouko of the title character, to the point where Kyouko is determined to get her in costume.
Society Is to Blame: The... profound plea from Himawari's little sister about Sakurako's craziness. It's so profound that Sakurako actually stops it and begs her for mercy.
Sprouting Ears: Both Ayano and Kyouko at different points.
Stripperiffic: Rivalun, resulting in an very embarrassed Ayano when she's forced to cosplay as her.
Terrible Artist: Chinatsu's slideshow caused poor Akari to go speechless with horror and develop Blank White Eyes and Kyouko and Yui to desperately try to make it end by any means! Chinatsu, of course, believes she is a good artist.
Yonkoma: A special manga chapter is done in this style. One of the strips is about Kyouko attempting to come up with a punchline for the fourth panel. She fails.
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