Lily Hoshikawa

Lily Hoshikawa (星川 リリィ, Hoshikawa Ririi) was a breakout star in a long-running drama show and a famous actress who starred in multiple primetime shows of multiple networks. When she was born, she was named Masao Go (豪 正雄, Gō Masao) who died of a sudden heart attack stemming from a combination of severe exhaustion and the mental shock from growing a facial hair. She's also a member of the idol group Franchouchou.

She is titled as the Legendary Child Actress Prodigy (伝説の天才子役 Densetsu no Tensai Koyaku).

Lily Hoshikawa
Not only is she the youngest of the zombies in terms of age at death (twelve years), but she is also the youngest in terms of date of birth (1999); Taking all of this into account, this means that if she were still alive, she would have been nineteen years old in 2018, which still makes her the youngest overall. In comparison, Ai would technically be around 26, Sakura 27, Saki 39, and Junko 54; Yugiri would have died a long time ago (although for the sake of statistics, she would have been around 155 years old), while Tae, although her origins remain ambiguous, could be safely considered to be no less than 29 years old.

When she was alive, Lily was very close to her father, who raised her alone. Since her father loved to watch television, Lily decided to become an actress in the hope that she could make him happy by appearing on television. In fact, her father was very proud of his daughter's success, but sadly, their relationship became strained as he began to pay more attention to her career. While she died of a heart attack after discovering an unwanted outburst of male puberty, it didn't help that the stress of her acting career had been affecting her body at a very young age, with her father/manager Takeo. not realizing that her health was deteriorating until it was too late.

After returning as a zombie and meeting her father again, Lily realizes how sorry he is for what happened to her and forgives him. Although she cannot tell him that she is his daughter, she writes him a song to express how happy she was that he was her father.

There are hidden clues to her identity, and some viewers predicted predicted it from a few weeks before episode 8 aired.

By the way, she was positively accepting that she turned into a zombie because she could forever keep the adorable looks she inherited from her mother without growing up or aging and without the masculine characteristics.

Also, in episode 11, Sakura stepped on her while she was sleeping and made a strange face and a clear position, the girls won't understand that pain. What a cruel thing...

Human appearance
As a human, Lily has two bright blue pigtails with dark blue bows. She also has a large orange star and other stars in the middle of her hair. She has orange/yellow eyes and pale skin. She wears a school uniform which consists of a green shirt, a dark blue bow, a white skirt, brown shoes with white socks.

Zombie appearance
As a zombie, Lily has her heart (for real) stuck outside her body and like the other zombies, her blue-gray skin.

Idol appearance
Her idol outfit changes throughout the series: She wears a dress similar to the other girls only changing her color, in the first episodes she wore pantyhose that covered all her legs

Character concept
They said they were aware of the "childish" aspects of Lily's design, like the width of her shoulders. They liked designing Lily's clothes, as she seems to be very important to the cuteness of the show, "the design of" Pappy "may seem like a joke, but it becomes more meaningful when you understand it in the context of the script."

Personality
Lily is often seen with a smile, and due to her young age, she is also shown to be quite playful. She has also shown a professional aspect of her experiences before her death.

As befits her age, Lily is prone to saying exactly what she has in mind without thinking it through, or sometimes just not caring. For example, when Kotaro reveals the Franchouchou shirts that they must wear for the Gatalympics, she immediately and gleefully declares that they are the ugliest shirts she has ever seen.

Shortly before her death, Lily was very concerned when her body began to enter puberty because she never wanted to become an adult and develop a body that would conflict with her gender identity.

One of the interests listed on the official site is in heavy machinery magazines, which will often be seen reading in the background. The end credits of Episode 8 also reveal a flashback of Lily and her father sitting together on a bulldozer.

Sakura Minamoto
It seems that Lily is also adored by Sakura, who has a kind personality.

Saki Nikaido
Saki annoys her a lot, but deep down she loves her, however, it was Saki who knew the truth about Lily and accepted her first.

Yugiri
Although they are exactly the opposite, the two look like mother and hika but the age difference is only 7 years, maybe Lily will give her the vestiges of her late mother.

Junko Konno
Although she was surprised with the revelation (in her time that was taboo) she managed to accept it because she understood that the world has changed

Tae Yamada
She was scared of her when he first met her, but unlike Junko, she soon got used to her.

Kotaro Tatsumi
Of course he knew that Lily was Masao.

When Sakura and her friends asked about that fact, he simply said that "Lily is Lily"

His diary (synopsis of episode 8 of the official site). It seems like he was internally concerned if Lily would be accepted by the girls, for example, describing that as a "significant fact".

Takeo Go
Lily's father. Big and strong, but with a good heart.

With his wife dead, he worked as his manager but he over-exploited her, which was Lily's dream of making her father happy became her cause of death.

Met Franchouchou, who had gained popularity in Saga Rock, finds number 6 (or herself) that looks exactly like her daughter.

Due to her incident, he decided not to return to the girls' live shows, but after seeing the ticket delivered to the office, he went to the live show. Then, hearing song of No.6, he shed tears and regained the energy to live. After that, he can watch TV, his presence reminded other girls that "some may be saddened by their death."

Omen
Some people predicted her true identity and cause of death


 * She likes heavy machinery
 * her reaction when Kotaro said they were going to the hot springs
 * The phrase "Age, gender and timeless" in the introduction of the official website
 * In the illustration of the swimsuit, she does not wear a bikini but pants.
 * In the description of the relation b/w/h
 * The word Lily itself has a meaning like "a feminine man"

Some viewers predicted that "she is actually the daughter of a man" and the cause of death her death due to overwork due to a busy schedule, all this due to the clues that the series left in previous episodes and her outstanding heart

Etymology

 * The name Lily is a feminine given name directly derived from the flower, lily.
 * Lillies are often used to represent purity, passion and rebirth.
 * Lily's former name Masao means "right, proper" (正) (masa) and "hero, manly" (雄) (o), which literally means "righteous man".
 * Lily's surname Hoshikawa means "star" (星) (hoshi) and "river, stream" (川) (kawa), which a possible homage to the stars she has in her hair and her attire (idol ribbon and in a flashback on Episode 8).

Trivia

 * Lily was only 12 years old when she died in 2011.
 * Lily died one month after her twelfth birthday.


 * Lily is the only one out of the zombie girls with an exposed organ. Her exposed and often rapidly beating heart represents her cause of death, a heart attack/cardiac arrest which was caused by mental shock.


 * Lily is the only Zombie not shown with bandages or stitches (likely due to her death not being from an outward injury).
 * Lily is the first (and so far only) official LGBT+ character in the series and the first canonically transgender character in a popular idol franchise.

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