Light Novel 'Heroine? Seijo? Iie, All Works Maid desu (Hokori)!' Gets TV Anime

Question for those who have read the novel. Is that Yuri or not? :) 10-10

@Dranex752
A little bit, but not really

There are definitely yuri moments (Luciana, the young lady Melody is serving as a maid, is very fond of her and likes to express that), but I would say there is at least just as much focus on the spicy interactions with the former male love interests from the otome game (and our protagonist herself isn't all that interested in romance)

@Vaturna Is this another female-focused "I'm taken female lead of an otome game" like "I'm in love with the Villainess" etc? I've seen manga adaptations on manga resources, but usually passed by because I'm not particularly fond of potential yuri titles, where any argument about whether it's yuri or not quickly creates toxic conflict. Although to be honest, I'm confused that even the shipping-loving people from Anilist didn't add any thematic tags to the page of this title.

@RobertBobert
I have to admit that I'm not very good at judging yuri elements in a story, especially when the relationship between the two characters is not really the focus of the story like it is here.


It's a story about the main character (Melody) being reincarnated as the female lead (the saint with powers to defeat the ancient evil) of an otome game, but the original plot gets messed up because Melody decided to become a maid.
Melody and her lady Luciana are generally the center of the story, but in the novel there are also multiple other important POV characters (both male and female).

Up to the point I've read, it's definitely not a romance story and Melody the main protagonist makes very clear that she's not interested in love at all. Beyond that it's kind of up to everyone's imagination:
Luciana really likes to hug Melody, enjoys dancing with her and is probably a little possessive, but in the novel it's never expressed as anything explicitly romantic.
(If you ask me personally, Luciana's affection for Melody is closer to what you'd see between very close siblings or friends, but I can think of two scenes in particular that will prompt people with vivid imaginations to ship them anyway - depending on how much of the story will be covered by the anime)

@Vaturna So, it's more like a shoujo version of nakama power battle shonens that put a strong focus on male leads bonds without sexual or romantic nature? Last year there was a similar otome isekai "Akuyaku Reijou Tensei Ojisan", but there, as far as I understood, everything somehow comes to the father-daughter dynamic, and not romantic relationship. In the case of anime, I think a lot will also depend on how the adaptation is packaged. Because sometimes the way a studio sells an adaptation, even at the OP and ED level, somewhat clarifies how the work is should be perceived.

@RobertBobert
Probably yes.
"Akuyaku Reijou Tensei Ojisan" is not the best example though, because the dynamic between Melody and Luciana is a lot more equal than between Grace and Anna. If I had to compare it with something it would be closer to "Lycoris Recoil" (which incidentally has a lot of people who ship the main characters)

@Vaturna Shipping is a somewhat separate issue, as it does not always correspond to the original intentions of the authors. But it will not be superfluous to remember that, except for obvious situations, we are not always aware of these intentions at all. One can recall how shocked people were when they found out who the author of Bakarina write as the main love interest of Katarina. So, in this overall you're saying that their relationship is easily shipable, but at this point the story is clearly not about that?

@RobertBobert

Exactly that!

And yes, the true intentions of an author aren't always clear 😅 (And maybe they sometimes just don't intent anything at all and leave it for the audience to figure out)
Sorry for beating around the bush with my answers^^