YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily

On her first day attending the all-girls Nanamori Middle School in Takaoka, Toyama Akaza Akari oversleeps, to be awakened by her one-year-senior childhood friends: the level-headed Funami Yui and the often self-centered Toshinou Kyouko. Planning on exciting club activities at school, Akari joins the club her older friends have set up. But as it turns out Kyouko and Yui simply took over the former room of the now defunct tea ceremony club for their own Amusement Club. In regard to what the club does, Kyouko explains: "We just hang out and do whatever we want!" This is not exactly what the helpful and energetic Akari had hoped for. Surprisingly a few days later Yoshikawa Chinatsu joins the club even though she mistook it for the former tea ceremony club. And so the four fun-loving girls could enjoy spending their spare time at the club were it not for the student council, in person of vice president Sugiura Ayano, who does her very best to shut down this unauthorized club.

YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily (2011-2015) is a Japanese television slice of life anime comedy produced by Doga Kobo and broadcast on TV Tokyo. Its three seasons and thirty-six episodes follow Akari Akaza (voiced by Shiori Mikami), who arrives at the all-girls Nanamori Middle School in Takaoka, Toyama, and joins the unofficial Amusement Club run by her older childhood friends Yui Funami (Minami Tsuda) and Kyouko Toshinou (Yuka Otsubo). Their plan is simply to hang out and do whatever they want, and the engine of each episode is that small, low-stakes pursuit of fun. The main obstacle is the student council, led by vice president Ayano Sugiura (Saki Fujita), who keeps trying to shut the club down. Episodes are self-contained, built from everyday school routines, club activities and playful banter, with new members such as Chinatsu Yoshikawa (Rumi Okubo) joining the group. The mood is gentle, cozy and breezy, with affectionate, teasing intimacy among the girls running through the comedy. Fans of K-On! and Lucky Star will find the same warm, pointless charm in this lighthearted anime about friendship and school life.

Audiences rate the series positively, appreciating its lighthearted, low-stakes portrayal of friendship among schoolgirls.

• Lucky Stargentle slice of life comedy, girls school setting, light cozy tones
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• K-On!all-girls school setting, close friendship comedy, gentle episodic structure
• Non Non Biyorigentle comedic slice of life among teenage girls, episodic everyday humor

Release Date

2011-07-05

Episode runtime

24 min

Rating

7.5 / 10 (136)

What is YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily about?

Four junior high girls who run an unofficial Amusement Club at Nanamori Middle School spend their days hanging out while a strict student council vice president tries to shut them down.

What is YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily as measured, its intensity as subtle and its storytelling as simple.

Is YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily violent?

No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily.

What did critics think of YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily?

Audiences rate the series positively, appreciating its lighthearted, low-stakes portrayal of friendship among schoolgirls.

Which shows are like YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily?

Shows with a similar feel include Lucky Star, Sweet Pretty Cure, K-On!, and Non Non Biyori.

How long is YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily?

YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily: 3 seasons, 36 episodes.

Is YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily still running?

No, YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily has ended.

Where can I watch YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily?

In United States, YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily streams on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel.