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YuruYuri (ゆるゆり; lit. "Easygoing Yuri"), also known as Happy Go Lily, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Namori. The series began serialization in Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime S magazine on June 12, 2008, before being moved over to Comic Yuri Hime in September 2010. An anime adaptation by Doga Kobo aired in Japan between July and September 2011, with a second season airing between July and September 2012. An original video animation by TYO Animations was released on February 18, 2015, followed by two television specials that aired in August and September 2015. A third season by TYO Animations aired between October and December 2015. Another OVA by Lay-duce, announced to celebrate the manga's tenth anniversary, was released on November 13, 2019, and was televised on AT-X on February 23, 2020. A spin-off original net animation, titled MiniYuri, by DMM.futureworks and W-Toon Studio premiered on YouTube on September 25, 2019. A spin-off web manga, Ōmuro-ke, began its release on Nico Nico Seiga in July 2012. Two anime film adaptations of Ōmuro-ke by Passione and Studio Lings premiered in February and June 2024.

Taking place at the fictional Nanamori Middle School in Takaoka, Toyama, the series revolves around the daily lives of the Amusement Club (ごらく部, Goraku-bu), consisting of Akari Akaza, her childhood friends, Kyōko Toshinō and Yui Funami, and her classmate, Chinatsu Yoshikawa, along with the school's Student Council, which is made up of its own set of characters.

YuruYuri began its serial run in Ichijinsha's Japanese manga magazine, Comic Yuri Hime S, on June 18, 2008. In September 2010, YuruYuri was moved to Comic Yuri Hime when Comic Yuri Hime S ended its publication. The series went on an indefinite hiatus starting on July 18, 2018, but resumed publication in January 2019. As of December 2011, over a million copies of the manga had been sold. The manga was briefly released in English on the online reader site JManga before it shut down.

Another manga series set in the same universe, Reset! (りせっと!, Risetto!), began serialization in Caramel Febri magazine's first issue, released on July 24, 2010, and went on hiatus after the fourth issue, on January 25, 2011.

A spin-off web manga by Namori focusing on the Ohmuro sisters, titled Ōmuro-ke (大室家), has been released on Niconico's Niconico Seiga service. The series first released chapters alongside episodes of the second anime season between July 2, 2012, and September 17, 2012, before resuming on Ichijinsha's Niconico Yuri Hime web manga publication on February 17, 2013. An isekai spinoff manga series titled Tensei Shitara Akari dake Slime Datta Ken (転生したらあかりだけスライムだった件, That Time Only Akari Got Reincarnated as a Slime), a parody of the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime light novel, was teased as an April Fools' joke on April 1, 2020, before being officially announced on April 17, 2020. The series will be drawn by Naya Minadori and released on Kodansha's Suiyōbi no Sirius section of Niconico Seiga. A prequel spin-off by Namori centering around the teachers featured in the main series, titled Touzainanboku! (東西南北!, East, West, South, North!) began release on July 31, 2020.

An anime television adaptation of the manga series was announced in the May 2011 issue of Comic Yuri Hime. Animated by Doga Kobo and directed by Masahiko Ohta, the series aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between July 5 and September 20, 2011.

A second season, titled YuruYuri♪♪, aired in Japan between July 2, 2012, and September 17, 2012. Both series were simulcast by Crunchyroll. The series won the television award at the 17th Animation Kobe Awards. NIS America has licensed both seasons in North America, releasing the first two seasons on Blu-ray Disc on September 3, 2013, and January 7, 2014, respectively. Later, NIS America released it on Blu-ray and DVD on January 7, 2014.

An original video animation titled YuruYuri Nachuyachumi! (ゆるゆり なちゅやちゅみ!; YuruYuri Summer Vacation!) was screened in five theaters in Japan on November 29, 2014, before being released on Blu-ray and DVD on February 18, 2015. Unlike the series, the OVA is animated by TYO Animations instead of Doga Kobo, with Hiroyuki Hata replacing Ohta as director, Michiko Yokote replacing Takashi Aoshima as scriptwriter, and Motohiro Tanaguchi replacing character designer Chiaki Nakajima and serving as chief animation designer. Two additional episodes, titled Nachuyachumi!+, aired on August 21 and September 18, 2015.

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