She was born on December 8th, 1980
at 10:50 p. M
The exact time, Mark David Chapman killed John Lennon
For me, though that's just a coincidence
All I care about is that she was born at that exact moment
Her name
Lily Chou-Chou
Genius
Or rather genesis
The Ether personified
From: Philia
Liberating our thoughts for that reason, SHE IS
The shadows SHE releases into the Ether sublimate its wavelengths
transcend the spectrum
reach the transparent beyond
A permeating image of pain fills the gaps of serotonin
From: Cornea
The Ether heals my pain
From: Dream Child
The things you hold dear, friends, family
lovers, hurt you the most
You live with that
That's why we have Ether
A place of eternal peace
That's the Ether
From: Les Paul
Lily sees something, no one else can see
If that's the Ether, then we must listen to her
From: Ice
Does anyone else make music from the Ether?
The Beatles, for sure
From: P
Bjork, for me
From: P-O-W-E-R
UA!
She cuts right to my soul
From: MINAKO
Definitely Sheana Ringo
From: SAKIYA
You think Sheana Ringo has the Ether?
No way
Only Lily has the Ether
From: Sleepy Head
I am the Ether's Chosen One
The one who guards Lily
I must carry out my orders
and lead fool to the true Ether
So they will not err again
From: Rod
This sounds like a cult
Can't you live without this Ether?
From: Cuttlefish
I may be wrong
but I don't feel the Ether from Lily
Am I crazy?
From: Kaiser
I mean, she's just a person
I mean like who the hell is Lily?
From: S
Exactly!
She doesn't do anything for me
You're all brainwashed
From: Kaiser
What's this "Ether" you're all talking about?
From: Free Bird
ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU
Written and Directed by Shunji lwai
What's this?
How can I read it?
What's this?
Promissory note & Certificate of title
Ain't worth shit!
Hey, wait!
Come back!
Run, Clione!
Smash the alarm!
My parents said it's ok, see?
You know we don't buy hot CDs
Hot?
Hot... shoplifted, stolen
But the customer's always right
And welcome CDs, even brand new ones
Every little bit helps, you know
These aren't "hot"
Excuse me...
Is this for sale?
If you want it, it's yours
That's so lame
Can I change the channel?
Youth Hijacks Expressway Bus
They still haven't caught him?
Kids these days are very scary
Is your boy all right?
Yuichi? He's a good kid
Has he asked to dye his hair yet?
He hasn't said anything
But I'd dye it for him if he wanted
Yu-ichi and "Shin-ichi"...
ichi means "eldest son"
So we should change "Shinichi" to "Shin-ji"
I suppose...
Shin-ichi, you be "Shin-ji"
No!
Quit complaining!
It's only fair since Yuichi has to change his last name
Good?
Hello
I'm "blue cat"
I never knew there was a site like this
So you probably don't think I'm a true fan
But, I hope I'm welcome
From: Blue cat
Hello, blue cat
This is a free-zone in the Ether for those who love Lily
Lilyphilia
I'm Philia, site manager
The rule here is you have to love Lily
That's all
So, feel free to write here anytime about your passion for Lily
From: Philia
Hello?
Shinichi! Watermelon!
Don't sleep there. You'll catch a cold
Shinichi!
They haven't caught him?
Nope. They haven't
You're late
Let's go!
Move it!
They should hang him
Hey, good night!
Yuichi!
Spending money
Don't tell your mom
Lucky you
Whoopee! They just got the hijacker!
From: Yodo
Tear gas pours from the bus as the SWAT team goes in...
Breathe is on sale!
I bought it!
A new hit from the Ether!
Oh! I'm a complete Lilyholic!
Kind of
From: Bear
It made me feel like I was drifting in the warm wind after a typhoon
From: Nazna
Would a lullaby like this put a baby to sleep?
I've given myself to the baby inside me
But I'm so busy "Breathing"
I can't sleep: -)
From: Rodem
The frequency summoned me
what is here?
From: M13
A new CD just came out
From: Bancy
Thanks
I'll buy it tomorrrrow
But I have
NO EARS
From: M13
Manager!
I'm Osanai from Ayu J unior High
Thank you for coming over
He's one of my students
It's just one CD
What are you doing?
Why didn't you just buy it?
I'm really sorry about this
You're his teacher?
He's a Lily Chou-Chou fan
This rots the Ether, you know
He used to be a bully...
You don't have to buy that
No, I wanted it, and I'm here anyway
Osanai?
Sato?
It is you!
It's been ages!
You work here?
Yeah. And you're a teacher?
That's hard work!
Hey, don't give her a hard time!
You have different tastes
Show me
Breathe
Arabesque
So you got caught shoplifting?
Was it fun?
Guess not, huh?
Mr. Onda
She's in the guidance office
All right!
Is that Chopin?
It's Debussy
Arabesque
The first song on "Breathe"
Arabesque is an homage to Debussy
Arabesque!
Lily says the first to make ethereal music were
Debussy and Eric Satie
But make no mistake
Lily's Ether is influenced by no one
Lily was high on the Ether before she ever heard Debussy
From: Philia
Hello
Oh, I didn't know that... you are expecting
You never told me!
I'm sorry to bring you all the way down here
in your condition
I should have come to see you
Please, sit down
That's right. I should've gone to see you tonight
So I wouldn't have had to skip baseball practice
Excuse me?
The fact is that Yuichi... was caught shoplifting
By the way, when is your baby due?
What the hell is wrong with you?
What're you doing?
Take it easy, Mrs. Hasumi!
Let's talk about this
It was only one CD
Ms. Osanai went to the record store
I apologized and cleared his name
Even if it's just one CD, stealing is stealing
Well, it's not unusual for kids these days to shoplift
But over reacting won't be solve anything
Besides, kids these days have a lot of strange ideas
In my darkened room arms around my knees...
I think he's really sorry
That's all I remember says Lily
Even one CD, stealing is stealing
Well, that's true
Arms around my knees no TV, no music
Lily says, "It's always sunset
As it grows dark...
when the air splits in two
sound swells in my head, and the light leaks through
I don't remember when it started
One day it was just there"
says Lily
This was the most important episode in her awakening of the Ether
If that idiot interviewer hadn't asked her this question
She might have shown more of what's inside of her
What music influenced you?
She didn't answer
She didn't have to
She has no need of other music
She conceives and gives birth to it
The Ether is the amniotic fluid that nurses her music
That's all
From: Philia
Hello?
It's me. Hoshino
Why don't you come out
You know why we're here, don't you?
You ratted on us, didn't you?
No
Liar!
Tsuji!
Leave that. Come here
- Get up! ...Pussy!
The band with Lily at its heart
Philia on Feb. 21, 1995
reached number one in the charts
The first song was "Addiction"
But "Philia" broke up
This guy's a Lily Chou-Chou fan!
...two short years later
Fucking creepy!
Of them only "Kamakatsu" has gone on to better things
Kayama Katsuhiro or "Kamakatsu"
Now leads "Yellow Fellows"
What's wrong? Can't you stand?!
Give us a hand
Take your pants off
Hurry! Take them off!
Your underwear, too
Yeah, them too. Move it!
Hurry up! Hey! Move it!
Jerk yourself off
Do it!
Spank your little monkey!
Rub yourself raw
Turn this way, so we can watch you
Fuck! He's really doing it!
What a pervert!
Skanky! It's making me puke!
1, 2, 3, 4!
2, 2, 3, 4!
1,2,3,4,! 2,2,3,4
1, 2, 3, 4! 2, 2, 3, 4!
Keep in time!
Where's your sense of rhythm?
Get over here!
1,2,3,4! 2,2,3,4
Keep in time, I said!
Hey...
Enough with the rocks
You'll kill him
So? Is that a problem?
Let's bail
I'm getting sick of this
You two stay here and make sure he comes
Bring us a sample
Kamakatsu used the band "Philia"
as a stepping stone for his career
So all of us Lily fans will never forgive him
From: Philia
Please stop now! Go home
That's enough. I can't watch this!
That's gross! Stop it!
Let's go
Please stop!
Lily likens the Ether to colors
Breathe was blue Ether and "Erotic" was red
From: Philia
Erotic was a masterpiece!
I still remember the rush I got
when I first heard it last year
From: Blue cat
I didn't get to hear it when it came out
It was only a year ago
But I still didn't know about Lily
From: Philia
Representing the 1st-year students
Hoshino Shusuke, Class 2
New students and teachers, stand!
Bow!
As we enter Ayu J unior High...
...our hearts are filled with hope...
He was Class President at Ayu Elementary
Why's he representing us?
Hey, Sasaki...
Too bad, huh?
I don't care
...as we help each other
and make new friends
Hoshino Shusuke, 1st year
1999
13 years old
You call them rose-colored days if you call today is gray
From: Philia
From Tanago Elementary
Terawaki Hitoshi My sports is kendo!
Pleasure to be here!
Louder!
From Tanago Elementary!
Class 3, Terawaki Hitoshi!
My hobby is kendo! Pleasure to be here!
From lwana Elementary
Class 5, Shimizu Kyota!
My hobby is Karaoke! Pleasure to be!
OK...
You're next!
From Ayu Elementary
Speak up!
Ayu Elementary, Hoshino Shusuke
I hope kendo will make me stronger
Pleasure to be here!
That's him. Hoshino
From Ayu Elementary
Murakami Natsumi
Well... I admire lkeda!
Hey, you can't say that!
Masks!
Come on, lkeda!
Disturbing practice?
We're not disturbing anything!
We are serious about kendo
Business is business and pleasure is pleasure
You're mixing it up!
We're not!
You're cheering for lkeda
We're supposed to cheer! They told us to!
We don't have to take this from you
You can't make us quit the club
Are you jealous?
You like one of us?
Or maybe it's lkeda they like!
Homo!
Faggot!
Get out of here!
Hoshino, you really think highly of yourself don't you?
Almost everyone in school hates you
Did you know that?
It's such an asshole... its essence is an asshole
You think winning the marathon means you can brag?
Or being smart means you're better than us?
Or making a speech makes you a big shot?
Let's go!
Fuck them!
They're nuts
I didn't ask to make that speech
Those girls joined the ping-pong club
What!? They quit kendo!?
Now they're cheering for another guy
Whatever
I wish they'd been a bit more hotter
There are hardly any hot girls in our grade
Really?
Yeah
There were only 20 girls in 6th grade
The best one was Masumi
Nice name
No. She was called "Gorilla"
She had a monkey face
And she was the prettiest?
In the monkey world, yes
But junior high's a different world
It's not only about girls
I've never seen such smart guys like Hoshino here
So now I'm almost like a frog out of its pond
Kendo is sometimes like that too
The Nationals are full of guys
you can never beat
You'd never think they were in junior high
Are they that good?
He's getting fired up!
An ambitious guy, as usual
We've never got past the Regional
But maybe you guy will do better
We've got you
J ust leave it to me
I didn't mean you
At least let me say it!
I'm going this way
Thanks for treating
He is... a nice guy
Sweetheart?
Help me with this
A friend?
Hello
What's all this?
It was on sale
You loaded it yourself?
Sure did
What is it?
Dog food
Is this your room?
You want to take a bath?
I'm fine
I'm gonna take a quick shower
I gotta go
Why? You should sleep over
What was your name?
Hasumi
Hasumi... what's your first name?
Yuichi
Yuichi... so you're the eldest
Any brothers or sisters?
No
Really?! Another only child
Why don't you stay for dinner?
I just had some noodles...
You're a growing boy You can still have some more
Why don't you spend the night?
It's Sunday tomorrow
I'll call your parents
That's OK
No, I insist
Here's pajamas and underwear
You can use his shampoo and conditioner
These?
Those are Grandma's
These?
They're mine
These?
Yep. That's his
You're adorable, Yuichi
Can we adopt you?
Guess not, huh?
Sweetheart
Come give us a hand
J ust leave it open
Goodnight, then
Is that your sister?
My mother, stupid!
That's bullshit!
No, it's not
You came out of her?!
Yeah
No way!
Yes way
Before the Big Bang, there was nothing
Amazing, huh?!
The beginning of the universe!
It's still expanding
Do you believe in aliens?
Maybe there're life forms we don't know about
lt'd be strange if there weren't
Because then, what are we?
I'm dubious about UFOs, though
Dubious?
Uncertain. The evidence isn't reliable
You're like an alien yourself
Why?
Because you're so intelligent
And your mom's so pretty
Everyone's got me wrong
What?
I'm not that smart
You're the top student in our year!
No, I wasn't. I was seventh
I wasn't first
Be careful of rumors
They said I came first in the personality test
You didn't?
Think about it
You can't come "first" in a personality test
Nobody understands me
But seventh is still pretty awesome
Then I wish they'd say "seventh"
Why "first"?
Whoever came first thinks I'm lying about it
Maybe they're calling me a liar behind my back
Let's go to sleep
What's that?
Lily Chou-Chou
I've recently gotten into her
Someone guided me to Lily
Someone who liked Debussy
From: Blue cat
Run! Run!
I sat beside her for a long time
It was in 5th grade before I changed schools
Here's the bus!
Ouch! Ouch!
Don't push
Sorry
When I changed schools, she gave me
Philia's "Manic & Depressive"
I didn't understand it then
In junior high I started liking it
Maybe because I met her there again
But now... we're not even in the same class
I can never talk to her
I'm a stranger to her
I wonder if
she still likes Lily
From: Blue cat
I won!
Who said we were trying?
Cool him off a bit!
Hoshino, too!
Why me?!
J ust because!
You're next!
Go for it
That girl was hot, huh?
Who?!
The one Hoshino bumped into
You mean Kuno?
Kuno?
How do you know her?
I don't know her
Which one is she?
What Kuno?
Kanda Kuno?
It's Kanda Kuno!
Kuno is her family name
Class 1, maybe
You know her
No, I don't
No?! You're holding back something
I really don't know her
Have you ever heard me talking about her?
Bullshit! Tell us about her
Why are you freaking out?!
She was hot. Right?!
Miss Kuno!
I can't believe he's calling her!
Paging Miss Kuno!
Yes?
What a fucking retard!
This train is bound for "Misskuno"
Does he go to your school?
She was right next to me!
Hoshino!
You! Hoshino!
We meet again, pussy!
Let's kick his ass
What are you staring at?
Look somewhere else
Can I hit him?
Leave it!
I don't care
Think fast, dickhead!
I can't stand your face! Beat it!
What do you want? What do you want?
Asshole! Midget!
Fuck off You fuck off
You call me a midget?
Yeah, so? Any problem?
Asshole. Yes, I do. Any problem, midget?
Don't yell
I'm not yelling
You're too fucking loud
Too bad
What? So what?
You got a problem? Yeah, you
Get out of my face!
He must have been bullied
From class wimp to class president
Hoshino's come a long way
He doesn't seem like the kind of guy you mess with...
Sure he does!
You should see his mother she's a babe
His mother?
She's really hot
How old is she?
Who cares? Pretty is pretty
She looks like...
Who?
Inamori lzumi
She's like her clone
When I stayed over
she fed me till I just about burst
I think it was a ploy
What do you mean?
Rich people do it all the time
They feed you
so you'll be friends with their kids
Fight!
Thank you for everything!
Present the flowers!
Thank you!
Say, "cheese"!
Picture, please!
Say, "cheese"!
Bow!
Begin!
Fuck this!
I can't do this every day!
The Charm of the Sea! Sea! Sea!
The sea!
I want to go!
But there's no way
10,000 yen, 20,000 yen...
38,000 yen...
That won't get us to Okinawa
Fuck Okinawa!
Fuck coral reefs!
But, I don't want to beg my parents
I hear you!
They'd never let you forget it
And Play Station 2's coming out Really?
So we gotta be patient this summer
It plays DVDs
Wow! What's a DVD?
We can't go to Okinawa with our money
My folks will be all, "No way"
You can't go for 100 years
Go to the public pool
Money! Money! Money!
Any ideas? We can get a job
Manual labor!
Deliver papers!
Deliver milk!
That's hard work!
Pick pockets!
That's hard time!
A Porsche!
The guy's rich!
Now what?
I can't do it
You go, then
Nice car you got there!
Give us your money!
Quick!
What are you doing?
Cut it out!
A hold-up!
Cool!
There's nothing in here!
Not that!
He's loaded!
Give me that!
Give it back!
Oh, fuck!
Hoshino!
They're coming this way!
Get down!
Get out here!
Get in shape, assholes!
You know the southern island
in Lily's "Arabesque"?
It may not be the same place
But in Okinawa there's a small island like it
It's written "New Castle"
and pronounced "Aragusuku"
They say the Gods live there
From: Blue cat
I know that name
I wonder why?
I can't remember
From: Philia
Wow! Girls!
Hello. Welcome!
Thank you for using Marine Tour, Ltd
This island is "West Front"
But in Okinawan it's "Irifront"
West is "Iri" in Okinawan
East is "Agari"
South is "Fue"
North is "Nishi"
He's asking how you say "West"...
Iri?
Very good
Let's get in the van
We'll bring your luggage
I'll shoot the video!
No, I will!
We'll be at the hotel soon
Here we go!
Are you going to the Shirahama?
Can I hitch a ride?
Can we give him a lift?
All right?
Thanks
Sorry to bother you
Are they ever fast!
Okinawans say man was
made from woman's rib
So women here are very powerful
You guys be careful
Can I try it?
What do I do?
The red button?
OK, everybody smile!
Say, "Cheese"!
This is good right here
I'll get out here
Nee Faa Yaa
Thanks!
Nee Faa Yaa
Take care
My video camera...
Oh, that's right... sorry!
See you!
Take care
See any wildcats?
Wildcats? That'd be lucky
We didn't see any
We want to see one
He says no one knew they existed
until a few years ago
I've never seen one
Are they that uncommon?
So rare that people would eat any they found
What are you doing here?
Poaching?
No. I'm exploring
Exploring? Cool!
That looks good
Goya ice. Want some?
Really?
Nee Faa Yaa
Thank the boys. They paid for it
Thanks
Is this your first time here?
My fourth
I want to see a "Gorakius"
What's that?
A bird. A kind of heron
It's the right time of year
Bye!
Take care!
Hey! The camera!
You look seductive
Yeah?
So does she!
You look good too! Not at all!
Hey, what's that?!
It's lit
That's great
Pretty?
Does it makes a circle?
Yeah!
It's so beautiful
You're prettier
Can I light it on you?
Me? No way!
Oh, it's out
Your firecracker may go out, but mine won't
It's beautiful!
That's it
Rocket Fireworks!
Careful!
Freaked me out!
Great!
Hey, girls!
What are we gonna do now?
Let's go see the turtles lay their eggs
Turtles? Can we see any?
Almost every day in August
So they'll be there tonight?
Probably
They aren't coming
Nope
So there's no guarantee?
I'm afraid not
I'm not a turtle
Look at those stars!
Smile, everyone. Look this way
No turtles!
Ot tonight, I guess
Shall we head back?
Let's go
It's late and I'm sleepy
Don't you ever get excited, Hoshino?
Put out that light!
Something flew at us!
Did it hit you?
What is it?
What?
A fish?
What is it?
A flying fish!
It's huge!
It's not a flying fish It's called "Shijar"
Shijar?!
They come flying out of the water
They're attracted to light
They could kill you
Are you all right?
It's huge!
Did you get stabbed, Hoshino?
Hand me a light!
It's huge!
Look! Lts mouth is like an arrow!!
Are you all right, Hoshino?
She's cool!
I can't swim like that
Great!
Is it good?
Yum, yum
There's that guy again
What's he doing here?
I thought I smelled something
Would you like some?
Do you mind?
There's some food left
My lucky day!
Here you go
Thanks
Thank the boys
Having fun?
Convenient timing
...so this Ficus tree is also called the "Strangler Tree"
You know why?
Because it wraps itself around another big tree and kills it
If you shot that in time-lapse it'd be horrifying, huh?
Coral's the same
It sticks out a thin tentacle
and kills the coral next to it
It does?
Yep
For us the natural world is a playground
But for the things that live in it it might be hell on earth
But that's nature for you
It's good for me
The place life and death are side-by-side
It's exciting, don't you think?
That's why I keep coming back
You said you saw a "Shijar"?
The same family as the "Needlefish"
That's it!
It hit our friend
That was close!
Get off me!
Shut up!
She can sit on me, though...
What's that song called?
The Aragusuku
Aragusuku? What's that?
An island
The one over there?
The one past that
It's the most beautiful of these islands
Aragusuku
Are you OK?!
Hey! Somebody!
Are you OK?!
Hoshino!
Are you all right?
All right?
In Okinawa we say a person has seven lives
You've lost two, so you've only got five left
Are you sure you didn't bring something bad here?
You can't live with the Gods angry at you
Remember
Life is precious
Something's happening
What?
They're stopping
Are you all right?
He jumped out in front of us!
It's not our fault!
He came out of nowhere
It's not our fault
It's his fault
It wasn't our fault
It was his fault
Don't throw the garbage!
That wasn't garbage!
Summer, 1999
Nostradamus was wrong
but if the world had ended
if my life had ended during my summer vacation
I might have been happier
From: Philia
It did end
Humanity's extinct
The world we live in now is "The Matrix"
From: Blue cat
If that's true, humanity's last day was September 1, 1999
The first day of school
From that day on, the world was gray
From: Philia
Long time no see
I was just telling them
You almost drowned?
Tsujii! What's with the hair?
I dyed it
Who said you could do that?
Tomorrow I want it black
Inubushi...
You're a fine one to talk!
Look in a mirror!
What?
Your hair
My hair? What about it?
You're a fine one to talk
You've got a lot of balls
You feel really tense
Let me in there!
Cut it out!
Hold him down!
He jumps...
He's got a blade!