Nekomura Iroha

**Nekomura Iroha** is a major character and a former antagonist in *Silylily - The Story*.

## Summary

### "The Wild Cat"

Nekomura Iroha is a *Hello Kitty* obsessed cat-girl from the AHS household, where she lived with Hiyama Kiyoteru, Kaai Yuki, and SF-A2 miki before moving out on her own and adopting many cats. Her adventurous personality leads to her being reckless, sometimes even criminally. After wandering too deeply into the Execrated Forest, Iroha is possessed by an Indefinable Shadow Beast and haunts the forest alongside the ghost of Suzune Ring. When Lily from anim.o.v.e hosts a major camping trip in the forest, Iroha seeks to ruin it, going under the guise of a wild cat.

On the first day, Iroha stalks Lily and kokone while they are scavenging for supplies. She attacks their campsite overnight, causing Lily and Sukone Tei to hunt for her. On the second night, during a storm, she heads to another campsite and kidnaps Kagamine Rin, Meiko, Merli, Xin Hua, and Yanhe. When Kaai Yuki stumbles across the abandoned campsite, Iroha also captures her. Iroha, Ring, and an army of Indefinable Shadow Beasts later find Lily and Cocorobo at the Fountain of Diolacov, a magic fountain capable of curing any ailment. Iroha captures them both and brings them to a dungeon with the other campers. Before she is able to curse them, the campers escape their restraints and fight back. Iroha escapes during the scuffle, but she is pursued by Lily, who is able to call Otomachi Una to come in with a helicopter.

Iroha sneaks up on Lily and the two battle into the Fountain of Diolacov, which Lily throws Iroha into. Iroha is cured of her possession and apologizes to Lily before helping her and the other campers escape the forest in Una's helicopter. Having returned to society, Iroha starts a life of crime, becoming a famous thief known as the "Cat Bandit." She also receives a mansion from a mysterious individual, who tells her to give it to Lily. Iroha complies, but the mansion ends up being haunted. When Iroha is called and asked about it, the reception is cut. After doing some research, she learns the identity of the person who gave her the mansion and goes to the house to tell the guests personally. Before Iroha can tell anyone anything, the guests are attacked by a masked "monster," and Iroha is captured by it. The monster and former owner of the mansion turns out to be Luna, Lily's ex-girlfriend. Lily and Luna are able to reconcile before the mansion explodes, allowing everyone to escape beforehand.

### "The Cat Bandit"

On the night of Christmas Eve, Iroha appears to Lily as the "Ghost of Christmas Pyaast." She shows Lily memories of meeting Luna and eventually breaking up with her to become a vocaloid singer. Her lessons teach Lily not to put fame over friendship anymore. The two also hang out in the real world, doing photoshoots in matching outfits and remaining in regular contact with one another. Iroha also befriends Catwoman, a fellow thief that helps further her criminal record. Around this time, Iroha steals a car, but intends to get rid of it after its purpose is fulfilled. She also comes across a lamp that has Merli trapped inside. She gives both of these to Lily, who asks her for supplies to break into a concert.

When Iroha and Catwoman go out of town to commit a major robbery, she leaves Lily and Gumi in charge of watching her cats. One of them, Scourge, turns out to be evil and they seek the assistance of supervillains Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy to help watch him. Iroha returns and Scourge becomes friendly again, viewing her as the leader of the house. Iroha is then arrested by superhero Batman for her crimes. Iroha remains in prison until she is rescued by Lily and Merli, who require her help with fighting the magic fairy Aoki Lapis.

### Helping Lily

While staying with Lily and Merli, Iroha joins them when they launch an attack on Lapis' kingdom. Iroha puts up a good fight, but is quickly overwhelmed by Suzune Ring, SpongeBob SquarePants, Namine Ritsu, and Violet. Lily's friends arrive to save the day, forcing Lapis and her minions to flee. Merli's army is then visited by Prima, a mysterious girl who has been watching Lily. She explains that Lapis is after an artifact blessed by the goddess LUMi, VY1, and a select group of carefully chosen individuals must find it first.

Lily and Iroha awaken on a vessel headed to the abyssal plain underwater, along with sixteen others. They are debriefed on their mission by Prima, who tells them to keep an eye out for Solaria and warns that Lapis is controlling the fish to find VY1. Lily is given LUMi's sacred sword VY2 and placed in charge. Soon, the team is attacked by a giant anglerfish, forcing them to split into smaller groups. Iroha winds up with Lily, Cocorobo, and kokone. She and Lily constantly argue as they search for VY1, annoying their teammates. They eventually find it in old ruins, but they are attacked by Lapis and Violet. Merli shows up and fends them off, but Cocorobo is captured and VY1 falls adrift. Merli leads the group on as they fight through armies of fish, but when they settle down to camp, kokone is kidnapped by Violet. Lapis attacks and Merli fends her off so Lily and Iroha can escape.

The bickering duo is later drawn to a location by Solaria, where they meet flower and find VY1. They travel together, but when Lapis attacks, Iroha fends her off and lets Lily and flower escape. She is captured and imprisoned with her other captured teammates, but Lily meets LUMi and receives a blessing from her. LUMi is then killed by Lapis, but with help from Ritsu, Lily is able to storm the castle and save everyone. Ritsu is then killed for betraying Lapis, but Yuki stabs Lapis with VY2 before escaping with everyone else. Lapis dies and VY2 disintegrates, but Violet takes over the ocean and sends her fish army after the heroes.

The team fights through the onslaught of fish until they reach cover. Learning that VY1 requires a sacrifice to be used, Merli gives her life to open the vortex needed to seal Violet away. When Iroha argues with Lily over her inability to come up with a plan, Lily remembers something LUMi told her and brings Iroha along to fight Violet. Just before they are killed, they merge together into "Rio," who easily pummels Violet. When they return to their regular forms, Lily is able to seal Violet away for eternity. The surviving team members then return to the surface.

## Characterization

By being a character regularly paired with Lily, silylilyanimove's admin always intended for Iroha to play a large role on the account, but had difficulty figuring out where to squeeze her in. When Camp Lily began, she was implemented into the story by being the main antagonist, but by the end, her ways were changed. Her later appearance in Lily's Mansion put her in a more heroic position, but kept some of her antagonistic tendencies. Maintaining her existing character quirks, she became a blend between good and bad as the series progressed. In a scripted comic that was never posted, Iroha's criminal tendencies were meant to lead her into becoming a major antagonist. Despite the comic nearing completion, it was scrapped after silylilyanimove's admin deemed it too serious for its point in the storyline. Taking a different direction, Iroha was upgraded to being a main character following her return to the series. The initial comic set a record low number of likes, and following posts that featured Iroha underperformed. This once again caused silylilyanimove's admin to reconsider her position in the series. Nevertheless, Iroha's relationship with Lily has received praise and the two have become a popular pairing on the Twitter account, sometimes even being paired together romantically.

## Trivia

* In Lily Needs a Date, Lily asks Iroha to a dance while the latter is in jail.
* In Lily's Twitter Problem, Iroha is shown to be an expert on internet and meme culture.
* Iroha saw Lily and kokone kiss in A Vocaloid New Year.
* It is unknown if Iroha is aware of Scourge's association with Aoki Lapis or not.
* It is unknown if the "Ghost of Christmas Pyaast" is the same person as Iroha or a manifestation in her image.