History YMMV / YuriIsMyJob

* ArcFatigue: The events of the month of July, in which, among other things, [[spoiler:Mitsuki confesses to Hime and Hime resigns from the salon]] stretch from the start of Volume 5 to near the end of Volume 8, about half of the series to that point. Minman acknowledged that the arc would drag on for a while, lampshading in Volume 7 that "[[WebcomicTime We've spent the past three volumes of the series in the month of July]]!"

** Kanoko has also proven rather divisive. Some people find her sympathetic, and appreciate her developing romance with Sumika. Others, however, despise her for her selfish obsession with Hime and her intense jealous hatred of Mitsuki.

** Kanoko also counts. She selfishly wants Sumika to abolish the Schwester system, since Kanoko feels threatened by Hime's closeness with Mitsuki. That said, once you understand what Hime's friendship means to Kanoko, and how hard it can be for her to bear her unrequited love for Hime, you can see why Kanoko doesn't want to lose Hime. As Kanoko's jealousy of Mitsuki worsens, her relationships with Sumika and Hime suffer as they (rightfully) insist that she needs to learn to get along with Hime, but Kanoko ends up becoming more isolated and emotionally unstable.

*** Later on, Sumika is talking with Nene([[spoiler:also known as Saionji]]) about how "Same-sex crushes don't always pay off." Nene, assuming that Sumika is talking about her rather than [[spoiler:Hime and Kanoko(the latter of whom refuses to confess to the former, knowing she'll never return her feelings)]] gets offended and starts to leave before Sumika clarifies. After Nene sits down and agrees to hear Sumika out, Sumika casually says, "Thanks, Nene-san. I love you." Nene calls Sumika out on joking about something like that, and Sumika apologizes, but one has to wonder if [[spoiler:she still has feelings for Nene without realizing it, since she initially thinks her feelings for Kanoko are those for her schwester.]]

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Hime. Supporters like her as a cute and funny, yet surprisingly complex character, while detractors are often turned off by her first scene establishing her as a GoldDigger, and don't even give the series a chance because of that.

** Kanoko also counts. She selfishly wants Sumika to abolish the Schwester system, since Kanoko feels threatened by Hime's closeness with Mitsuki. That said, once you understand what Hime's friendship means to Kanoko, and how hard it can be for her to bear her unrequited love for Hime, you can see why Kanoko doesn't want to lose Hime.

* DiagnosedByTheReaders: Mitsuki's bluntness, difficulty considering others' perspectives, and inability to pick up on subtle social cues suggest that she might be on the autism spectrum.

* ArcFatigue: The events of the month of July, in which, among other things, [[spoiler:Mitsuki confesses to Hime and Hime resigns from the salon]] stretch from the start of Volume 5 to near the end of Volume 8, about half of the series to that point. Minman acknowledged that the arc would drag on for a while, lampshading in Volume 7 that "[[WebcomicTime We've spent the past three volumes of the series in the month of July]]!"

* LesYay: Although some characters are explicitly in love with other girls, (Kanoko toward Hime, possibly Hime and Mitsuki), some interactions fall into this trope.

** Later on, Sumika is talking with Nene([[spoiler:also known as Saionji]]) about how "Same-sex crushes don't always pay off." Nene, assuming that Sumika is talking about her rather than [[spoiler:Hime and Kanoko(the latter of whom refuses to confess to the former, knowing she'll never return her feelings)]] gets offended and starts to leave before Sumika clarifies. After Nene sits down and agrees to hear Sumika out, Sumika casually says, "Thanks, Nene-san. I love you." Nene calls Sumika out on joking about something like that, and Sumika apologizes, but one has to wonder if [[spoiler:she still has feelings for Nene without realizing it, since she initially thinks her feelings for Kanoko are those for her schwester.]]

* ArcFatigue: The events of the month of July, in which, among other things, [[spoiler:Mitsuki confesses to Hime and Hime resigns from the salon]] stretch from the start of Volume 5 to near the end of Volume 8, about half of the series to that point. Miman acknowledged that the arc would drag on for a while, lampshading in Volume 7 that "[[WebcomicTime We've spent the past three volumes of the series in the month of July]]!"

** Later on, Sumika is talking with Nene([[spoiler:also known as Saionji]]) about how "Same-sex crushes don't always pay off." Nene, assuming that Sumika is talking about her rather than [[spoiler:Hime and Mitsuki(since the latter confessed to the former and was rejected)]] gets offended and starts to leave before Sumika clarifies. After Nene sits down and agrees to hear Sumika out, Sumika casually says, "Thanks, Nene-san. I love you." Nene calls Sumika out on joking about something like that, and Sumika apologizes, but one has to wonder if [[spoiler:she still has feelings for Nene without realizing it, since she initially thinks her feelings for Kanoko are those for her schwester.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: On a first reading, nothing seems particularly odd about Mitsuki's meeting Hime, even after it's made clear that Mitsuki dislikes Hime. Later on, though, it's made clear that Mitsuki was overwhelmed with emotion upon seeing her old friend again, and was quite upset to see that Hime didn't recognize her.

* ValuesDissonance:
** Hime once asks why a school for rich girls like the one that the café portrays is willing to let its students talk about taking part time jobs. In Japan, many schools do not allow their students to have part time jobs, especially not a prestigious one like the one portrayed by the café, and the localization notes explain this rule. That said, Hime's school seems to be an exception.
** All throughout the first volume, Hime is basically blackmailed into working at the café, thrown into the workplace without any instruction or being taught anything on how things work around there, and whenever she messes up, she's basically berated and bullied for it. Nobody ever calls the girls on their behavior toward Hime and act like everything is Hime's fault for not knowing anything about how their café works. Westerners would very likely side with Hime, as she's basically being abused in a workplace, and the boss and employees would likely be fired if word of their behavior ever got out.

** All throughout the first volume, Hime is basically blackmailed into working at the café, thrown into the workplace without any instruction or being taught anything on how things work around there, and whenever she messes up, she's basically berated and bullied for it. Nobody ever calls the girls on their behavior toward Hime and act like everything is Hime's fault for not knowing anything about how their café works. Westerners would very likely side with Hime, as she's basically being abused in a workplace, and the boss and employees would likely be fired if word of their behavior ever got out.
* WhatAnIdiot: In elementary school, Hime hears that her classmates are spreading rumors about Mitsuki having bullied Hime into doing the recital with her. She concludes, not unreasonably, that this will only get worse as long as she stays with Mitsuki.\\
'''You'd Expect''': That she'd talk this out with Mitsuki, so that even if there's no other choice than to leave, that Mitsuki would understand her intentions.\\
'''Instead''': Hime quits the recital and doesn't tell Mitsuki, who learns of Hime's decision from the music teacher. Mitsuki then overhears Hime talking with her friends, and concludes that Hime's decision was an intentional betrayal.

** Kanoko also counts. She selfishly wants Sumika to abolish the schwester system, since Kanoko feels threatened by Hime's closeness with Mitsuki. That said, once you understand what Hime's friendship means to Kanoko, and how hard it can be for her to bear her unrequited love for Hime, you can see why Kanoko doesn't want to lose Hime.

** While the schwester bonds aren't supposed to be romantic, when Sumika tells Kanoko the story of how [[spoiler:Goeido dissolved Sumika's schwester-ship with Saionji by worming her way into the latter's heart]], you can interpret Sumika's attitude as like that of a jealous loser in a LoveTriangle, who's angry at [[spoiler:Goeido]] for stealing the girl she loved.

-->"We got along fine, but we weren't in love. I had no chance against [[spoiler:Goeido]] and the romantic feelings she brought along with her."

** Both Hime and Mitsuki are to blame for their friendship falling apart, but the falling out was hard enough on both girls that you can still feel sorry for them. It's even worse considering that at the time, they were each other's only real friends, and ended up friendless for the rest of elementary school.

* WhatAnIdiot: In elementary school, Hime hears that her classmates are spreading rumors about Mitsuki having bullied Hime into doing the recital with her. She concludes, not unreasonably, that this will only get worse as long as she stays with Mitsuki.
-->'''You'd Expect''': That she'd talk this out with Mitsuki, so that even if there's no other choice than to leave, that Mitsuki would understand her intentions.\\

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Some readers got turned off by the first few chapters, in which the main character gets roped into working for what is uncomfortably similar to a host club, and how most of the cast comes off as a {{jerkass}} of one kind or another.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Considering that the series has a CentralTheme about truths, lies and people putting up facades of various sorts, it's natural to question various characters' motives.
** After learning that Mitsuki is Hime's former friend, and the one who maliciously exposed Hime as a liar, Kanoko tells Hime that she no longer needs to put up her façade in an effort to get Mitsuki to like her, [[ArmorPiercingResponse and her remark leaves Hime at a loss for words]]. A moment after that, Kanoko quickly adds that Mitsuki is "just one person," and that everyone else loves Hime. Was Kanoko trying to get Hime to [[BeYourself be herself]], write off Mitsuki as a lost cause, [[TakeAThirdOption or both]]?
** Did elementary school-aged Mitsuki need lessons in tact and making herself seem likable to others, or did she act the way she did in part because she correctly realized that her classmates weren't worth befriending? The fact that she's slightly more polite to Sumika, Mai and Kanoko can be seen as proof that she's [[TookALevelInKindness changed for the better]] or likes them more than her old classmates.
** Does Hime genuinely see Mitsuki and Kanoko as her friends, or does she merely want them to love her like everyone else does? On the one hand, she does admit that [[LastLousyPoint if someone dislikes her, then her attempts to get everyone to love her façade will be ruined]], but on the other hand, she has actually confided in both Mitsuki and Kanoko, even admitting that she puts on a façade, despite knowing of the risk that her secret could be leaked. Kanoko also is aware that Hime treats her differently from the rest of her "friends," which could be proof that Kanoko is one of the only real friends Hime has, or Hime manipulating Kanoko to love her.
** Sumika is determined not to let others bring romance to the salon, especially in the case of UnrequitedLove that invites jealousy. Is her concern for the salon as a whole commendable, or is she needlessly meddlesome in her coworkers' private affairs? Similarly, when it comes to the incident that inspired this, namely [[spoiler:Saionji having her heart broken]], does it justify Sumika's attitude, or did [[ItsPersonal Sumika happen to take it too personally]] because [[spoiler:Saionji used to be Sumika's schwester]] (for the latter, [[spoiler:even Saionji herself insists that she should be allowed to make her own decisions and that getting one's heart broken is only natural in love]])?
** Did Hime and Mitsuki's classmates spread rumors about Mitsuki bullying Hime out of malice, or did they genuinely think that Hime was participating in the recital against her will ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero partly because of Hime lying about not being good at the piano]], and partly because of seeing Mitsuki insist that Hime come to practice with her)? Did they know that the teachers would ask Hime if Mitsuki was bullying her, and would they have cared if Mitsuki had actually gotten in trouble?
** Why didn't Hime tell Mitsuki about quitting the recital? Was this simply due to [[DidntThinkThisThrough not considering how Mitsuki would take it]] (since she points out that she'd assumed Mitsuki would accept her decision)? Or did Hime not want Mitsuki to find out that she was starting to acquire a reputation as a bully, and/or blame herself for Hime's departure?
** Was Mitsuki's exposing Hime as a liar in front of their classmates a spiteful act of {{revenge}} for Hime's supposed betrayal? Or did Mitsuki want to warn the other girls that Hime didn't really think of them as her friends? Would Mitsuki have gone this far if she hadn't overheard the conversation between Hime and her other friends ''almost immediately'' after hearing that Hime had quit the recital?

** While the schwester bonds aren't supposed to be romantic, when Kanoko tells the story of how [[spoiler:Goeido dissolved Sumika's schwester-ship with Saionji by worming her way into the latter's heart]], you can interpret Sumika's attitude as like that of a jealous loser in a LoveTriangle, who's angry at [[spoiler:Goeido]] for stealing the girl she loved.

** Does Hime genuinely see Mitsuki and Kanoko as her friends, or does she merely want them to love her like everyone else does? On the one hand, she does admit that [[LastLousyPoint if someone dislikes her, then her attempts to get everyone to love her façade will be ruined]], but on the other hand, she has actually confided in both Mitsuki and Kanoko, even admitting that she puts on a façade, despite knowing of the risk that her secret could be leaked.
** Sumika is determined not to let others bring romance to the salon, especially in the case of UnrequitedLove that invites jealousy. Is her concern for the salon as a whole commendable, or is she needlessly meddlesome in her coworkers' private affairs?

** Did elementary school-aged Mitsuki need lessons in tact and making herself seem likable to others, or did she act the way she did in part because she correctly realized that her classmates weren't worth befriending?

* ValuesDissonance: Hime once asks why a school for rich girls like the one that the café portrays is willing to let its students talk about taking part time jobs. In Japan, many schools do not allow their students to have part time jobs, especially not a prestigious one like the one portrayed by the café, and the localization notes explain this rule. That said, Hime's school seems to be an exception.
** All throughout the first volume, Hime is basically blackmailed into working at the café, thrown into the workplace without any instruction or being taught anything on how things work around there, and whenever she messes up, she's basically berated and bullied for it. Nobody ever calls the girls on their behavior toward Hime and act like everything is Hime's fault for not knowing anything about how their café works. Westerners would very likely side with Hime, as she's basically being abused in a workplace, and the boss and employees would likely be fired if word of their behavior ever got out.

** Did elementary school-aged Mitsuki need lessons in tact and making herself seem likable to others, or did she correctly realize that her classmates weren't worth befriending?

** Both Hime and Mitsuki are to blame for their friendship falling apart, but the falling out was hard enough on both girls that you can still feel sorry for them.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: After learning that Mitsuki is Hime's former friend, and the one who maliciously exposed Hime as a liar, Kanoko tells Hime that she no longer needs to put up her façade in an effort to get Mitsuki to like her, [[ArmorPiercingResponse and her remark leaves Hime at a loss for words]]. A moment after that, Kanoko quickly adds that Mitsuki is "just one person," and that everyone else loves Hime. Was Kanoko trying to get Hime to [[BeYourself be herself]], write off Mitsuki as a lost cause, [[TakeAThirdOption or both]]?

* JerkassWoobie: Both Hime and Mitsuki are to blame for their friendship falling apart, but the falling out was hard enough on both girls that you can still feel sorry for them.

* ValuesDissonance: Hime once asks why a school for rich girls like the one that the café portrays is willing to let its students talk about taking part time jobs. In Japan, many schools do not allow their students to have part time jobs, especially not a prestigious one like the one portrayed by the café, and the localization notes explain this rule. That said, Hime's school seems to be an exception.