LogFAQs > #967979538

148. Yuru Yuri
https://myanimelist.net/anime/10495/Yuru_Yuri
Summer 2011 (12 episodes), Summer 2012 (12 episodes), Fall 2015 (12 episodes)
My Score: 5/10, MAL Score: 7.58/10 S1, 7.83/10 S2, 7.92/10 S3
Best Character: Akaza Akari

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a9kVT52jR4
(Couldnt find the S1 OP, which is too bad because that song is great, so heres the S2 OP)

Premise: Four friends, including Akaza Akari, have taken over the former tea club room. They hang out there having fun and looking for new ways to amuse themselves.

The Good: Yuru Yuri is a cute girls comedy anime with no specific focus. They mostly just hang out and their zany personalities lead to jokes. Akari was my favorite character, which might be controversial because her gimmick is having such little presence that sometimes she literally fades away. People always seem to forget about her in the show, but I found her hilarious. One scene was just Akari alone at a train station reacting to text messages and it was my favorite bit in all three seasons. I also liked Ayano, her tsundere crush on Kyouko was cute.

The Bad: While I didn't dislike any of the characters, I found some of the more prominent ones to be very hit-or-miss. Chinatsu, Yui, and Kyouko all had running gags thst never worked for me. Kyouko thinks Chinatsu is cute, but Chinatsu thinks Kyouko is annoying and idolizes the dashing Yui! Nothing about those dynamics is as funny as Yuru Yuri thinks it is. Kyouko also had a powerful personality that often verged on annoying.

Overall: I enjoyed Yuru Yuri, especially Akari and some of the side characters. The other major characters weren't the best, but they all had some great moments. Overall, this was a solid cute girls comedy anime that simply wasn't one of my favorites.