Lou

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**Lou** (ルウ, *Ruu*?) is one of the side protagonist in the Shadows House series. She is a Living Doll working as a maid in the house and acts as Louise's face.

## Appearance

Lou is a young girl with short curly pink hair and bright yellow eyes. She wears a maid dress reminiscent of the Victorian style, with dark sleeves and a white apron and skirt, or a Portrait when serving as Louise's face. She has a black bow on the left side of her bangs.

Before entering the House, she wore a pale-yellowish dress with a frilly collar, white tights and black shoes. In her hair was a white ribbon.

## Personality

Lou is a quiet and obedient girl who listens to her master's every order. Her top priority is taking care of Louise and her own safety. She often gets worried about her face getting damaged and has been known to invade in people's personal space. When she sets her mind to something, she's very determined to achieve it, especially if it has to do with Louise. Unlike Emilico, she doesn't think of "unnecessary thoughts" and has the potential to be an outstanding Living Doll. Although, since she only thinks of herself as a face and nothing more, she is really bad in making decisions.

## Early life

Louise used to attend school in Mirrorside Village along with John, Patrick and Shirley. She used to be a role-model for her classmates, smiled a lot, (according to Rum), and liked to tease Patrick.

On the day before selection, Louise came up to Patrick's house, asking him to come with her to the circus. He refused, telling her that he needed to prepare for the selection, but came anyway, after she dragged him by the hand, saying that they should at least make some memories together, if this is their last day in the village.

The 4 of them went to the circus where they met a nameless orphan girl named, Emilico. They decided to help her get into the selection with her using a fake name - "Kate". The next morning, Louise, Patrick and John came to Shirley's house, where they helped their new friend get ready. Louise commented on how they should call her "Kate" now and teased Patrick about his new hairstyle.

After the selection, Louise, along with the others, was brainwashed via coffee and brought into the House, where she was approached by a morph.

## Plot

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### Phantom Incident Arc

Rosemary’s Team gathered for lessons to teach Lou and Emilico about Shadows House and the Debut. Suddenly, a bell rang and they all were summoned to the Utility Room. Everyone put on their Soat Coats and went to fight the phantom. Two Clingers jumped onto Rosemary’s head and formed a small phantom on top of her. Lou pulled out a spray bottle from her cleaning kit, noting that she read that soot gets crumbled by water in her manual. She trying spraying it at the phantom, but the spray bottle didn’t have enough range to hit it. Emilico threw vase water at it and the phantom dissipated. Lou told Emilico she was amazing and that Lou couldn’t have thought about such an idea. Mia teased Lou for empty headed-ness. The Medic Team took Rosemary away and Lou started to clean up the mess the phantom made.

Lou was there for the next Deep Clean day where Barbie tasked Rum, Emilico and Shaun to explore for what caused the phantom at night. Lou did not comment on anything.

### The Debut Arc

Before the debut, Louise did Lou’s make-up and talked about beautiful her face was. Louise touched Lou’s face, leaving soot behind. She quickly cleaned it up and they both of them went to the debut hall.

At the debut, the examiner Edward asks the Living Dolls why the corridor is so long and Lou and Ricky answer, “It isn’t something Living Dolls should think about.” Lou properly acts as Louise’s face and the both of them secure first place in the ranking. The Patrick pair starts dancing and Louise and Lou follow their lead.

### Introduction Arc

The 5 children came to the mansion, they drank coffee and they said their duty as living dolls Mia introduced Lou to Emilico. Lou is one of the members of Rosemary's Team along with Mia and Emilico. According to Mia Lou doesn't talk much. Lou helped clean up with her group until they were done.

### Phantom Incident Arc

Rosemary's group got together again. They explained to Emilico things she didn't know yet. Suddenly there was an emergency and Barbie ordered to defeat the phantom. Rosemary was hit by soot and covered her whole face. Mia tried to save her but Rosemary just kicked her. Lou says water is the solution here. She sprayed phantom but it couldn't reach everyone but Emilico took a pot full of water and threw it at Rosemary. The next day they came together again to take a bath but Lou separated from them and she was with Rosemary when she take bath. They went to Mia and Emilico when they were finished and they were happy to see that Rosemary was fine.

Barbie called all the living dolls. Barbie said one of them was lazy to clean and she said it caused of phantom mayhem. She was strict with Rosemary's group because she judged them as the perpetrator. She is also strict with the new 3 living dolls Emilico, Rum and Shaun. In Rosemary's group and in the new living dolls, Lou was the only one she didn't restrict.

## Relationships

### Louise

The relationship between Louise and Lou, is like a puppet on strings. While they get along well, Lou often is controlled by Louise who changes her expression on demand. As time went on, Louise learned to let Lou express herself.

### Emilico

As members of the same team, they interact a lot during cleaning. Lou respects Emilico's ideas, as she herself has hard time deciding on things and supports her. She jumped in to catch Emilico on multiple occasions, most notably, when she was acting as a "Face".

### Ricky

As shown in Chapter 27 of the manga while Lou was searching for Louise, she stumbled into Ricky. Later, she asked Ricky for a guide to find her Shadow Master. She unknowingly flusters Ricky by putting her face very close to his and asks if her face was damaged. She is grateful for his help during the maze and gives him her shears in secret, telling him she has never done something like this before and that she wants both him and Patrick to pass the Debut. It's unknown what exactly she thinks of him, but as the influence of coffee has started to fade she started to act differently around him, like asking for a flower while they are acting as "Faces", explaining her breaking the rules with "It's because it's Ricky." as well as looking back at him as she walks away.

In the past, Lou was always leading him around by hand and often teasing him.

## Etymology

* **Lou** means "famed warrior" and is of German origin.

## Gallery

**Image Gallery of Lou**

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Lou's profile.Lou in manga.Lou’s face being manipulated by Louise.Lou anime designLouise and LouLouise and Lou anime promotionRosemary's TeamLou talksRosemary's face is covered with sootLou falls of the cliffRicky tends to Lou's woundsShadows House Theatre - Introducing Louise & Lou -English Sub-Kate and Louise and their living dolls
## References

1. ↑ Shadows House Height Comparation Sheet by Cloverworks