Kagami Lily

**Kagami Lily** is formerly a boy from the modern world. However, due to an unfortunate accident, he ended up in an air crash during his trip to Japan. During the crash, he was confessed to by his senior sister, who he has admired for a long time. By the time he woke up after the accident, he'd already find himself in a different world. Moreover, in the body of his beloved senior sister.

## Appearance

As a Lily is in Rinne's body she appears as a young woman with well-defined face. With small and delicate nose, snow white skin, and a slender body. That as she appeared in another world wore a purple-colored kimono patterned with blue flowers with a pair of wooden sandals adorning her feet and a paper parasol in her hands with a old copper mirror attached to the sash of her kimono.

3 Sizes:

Chest: 36 inches (90cm)

Waist: 22 inches (55 cm)

Hip: 35.6 inches (89 cm)

## Progress & spoilers

Strength is as of the end of the volume. I will try reveal things in the order they were revealed in the raws

### Volume 1: Sword Saint

* Lily arrives in a world set in 11th century Japan with an ancient mirror and a parasol, clad in a kimono or something. Monsters showed an unnatural attraction towards the mirror while the parasol could hide her from monsters under the moon and held extraordinary defensive properties.
* From the parasol awakes Sakura who gives her the start of Lunar Blossom, the most powerful spirit power training manual. When training, she found that she had great affinity towards the moon and night.
* The ancient mirror released power that seeped into Lily which increased her bodily constitution.
* Throughout the volume, Lily learns horsemanship, archery, tea intent but mainly swordmanship. She shows great talent in all aspects, both physical and psychological. She killed people without blinking an eye and is always willing to risk her life to increase her strength (Lily likes shinies).
* The blade main spirit power awakens which plays a vital role in her strength as a lone samurai.
* This volume focuses on introducing Uesugi Rei, the snow princess, powerful sword saint and a talented general. Rei falls for Lily but Lily is reluctant due to her senior sister sleeping in the mirror and that the body she was moving was her senior sisters body.
* Themes: samurai code, gender stereotypes, war, death, melancholy, REI X LILY
* Summary: the mysterious mirror, the strong-ass parasol, the shikigami Sakura, her senior sister (identity and why is she asleep?), how did Lily end up in this world? These mysteries accompany Lily as she fights her way into the region of Kamakura.
* Actual strength: unparalleled amongst sword saints

### Volume 2 Sakura Blizzard: Beyond Sword Saint

* This volume focuses on the conflict between Hojo Dijon and the Kamakura region. Hojo commits patricide and teams up with the monsters in Fuji mountain to attain Spirit Jade strength at the cost of his humanity.
* Lily continues to display extraordinary talent in fighting and killing as her strength reaches the peak of Kamakura.
* Introduction of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, the strongest hero who died young, as well as Shizuka, Yoshitsune's wife whose status is unknown. SHIMIZU X LILY ARC
* New yuri target Minamoto no Shimizu, kinda yandere. Explores their relationship but Lily is still unwilling. Shimizu also has an ancient mirror that contains a powerful sword manual enabling her to become one of the most powerful in Kamakura.
* Lily visits Shiu's home and takes her away from her father (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°).
* After Yoritomo sends Lily to lead a training exercise with Shimizu, they are surrounded and attacked by demons from Mt Fuji as well as Spirit Jade realm Yuki Mayumi and the demonified Hojo Dijon. Under the threat of death and almost watching Shimizu get killed, Lily activates her Sakura Blizzard domain, a rare type of attack domain which allows her to escape. Shimizu who starts to feel jealousy due to Lily tries to take her mirror but ends up pushing her down the abyss after her own mirror broke. Luckily Nanako steals the mirror and jumps down with Sakura parasol down the abyss as well to save Lily. There they find the first pathway of the Tsukuyomi swordstyle which is how the Genji swordstyle was created from.
* Kagura finds her sword and other part of her soul or something but either way she gets some memories back and Lily is shown a brief vision of Suzuhiko-hime and various other celestial maidens besieged by forces from Yomi and Takamagahara. Tsukuyomi was betrayed by forces from Takamagahara and from this we can guess that something happened from Amaterasu which caused the long nights.
* Summary: what happened to Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu? Why don't the gods just descend into the mortal realm? How did Yoshitsune die?
* Actual strength: early-stage spirit jade

### Volume 3 Tsukuyomi no Mikoto: Early-stage Spirit Jade

* This volume focuses Lily going to Fuji mountain to save find Shimizu and collect materials required for the 9th grade sword Yasutsuna.
* Lily trains in the Tsukuyomi swordstyle which enables her tenfold (or something don't remember) power.
* Finds that Haihime is actually has a super sad story and is forced by Amanojaku to marry him when hne is of age (lol he can't lose his virginity until 300 or something else his cultivation will go haywire). Amanojaku dies on the night that he reached the legal age to have sex lol. Haihime's situation caused people endless anxiety which is understandable but still a good volume.
* After training the second path of the Tsukuyomi swordstyle, she was able to match and even overpower Amanojaku who was a Permanence stage demon.
* Introduction of character Haihime who is saved by Lily and the relationship between the 2. HAIHIME X LILY ARC.
* Volume ends with Lily finding that Uesugi had gone to subjugate Shuten Doji, one of the most powerful demons of the mortal realm. Despite Rei being much weaker than Shuten, it was basically suicide. Lily decides to chase after Rei.
* Summary: not much new mysteries here. Senior sister is still asleep. The ancient mirror and parasol however still show great and mysterious power which greatly aided Lily is her adventures.
* Actual strength: early-stage permanece

### Volume 4 Journey to Yamashiro: Late-stage Spirit Jade

* Literally the journey to Heian capital. Not much to say except for Lily's fight with Tamurakonoe in which she won (of course) but made many enemies in Heian capital before even getting there.
* No introduction of new waifus for Lily but still a great volume nevertheless.
* Actual strength: mid-stage permanence

### Volume 5 Heian Capital: Early-stage Permanence

* This volume focuses on Lily's adventures in Heian capital where she meets Fujiwara Ayaka for the first time. She makes enemies and allies alike, participates Yoshitsune's samurai tournament, steals treasures from the onmioji treasury, enjoys passionate kisses with Ayaka (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) but still ends up rejecting her (ambiguously) due to Senior Sister.
* The whereabouts of Rei is still unknown as Shuten Doji makes some moves that imperial court didn't like so they command the numerous samurai families and their armies to form an allied army to subjugate him.
* OH and the introduction of Tamamo-no-Mae, the fox lady who is the most powerful being in the mortal realm, having lived for thousands of years since before even Tsukuyomi fell. She also has fluffy ears and 9 tails. Steamy massaging sessions (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) and hot springs (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) with Tamamo.
* Lily found that she required hundreds (I think) of magatamas to raise her realm to peak spirit jade which is very abnormal as usually it only requires a few magatamas normally. This allows Lily to have a very large spirit power sea and her strength was much greater than those at the same realm.
* During the tournament, right before she was about to get killed, she comprehended the true intent of the moon through the reflection of the moon from the ancient mirror. Charm and moon intent combined to form a purple moon above her spirit palace, which is her Permanence spirit (or something I dunno I don't do translations)
* Summary: the reason for Tsukuyomi's fall is unknown as the duration of extended nights increase. Why was Lily able to get to spirit jade so quickly and easily? Why does lily require so much resources to raise her realm and why is she so much more powerful than others at the same realm?
* Actual strength: mid-stage throne

### Volume 6 Izumo Mountain: Early to mid-stage Permanence

* Short volume, very little strength increase however very central to the plot. As it takes a few months for the armies to form and to organize the allied army before they set out, Lily goes to Izumo mountain for cultivation purposes and to seek the gods for help.
* Mount Izumo is the tallest mountain in the mortal realm and is said to be the closest place to the Takamagahara. Legend has it that if someone reaches the peak (which no one was able to do), they can pray to the gods to help them.
* Lily reaches the peak of course, however upon kneeling and praying, a powerful lightning blast strikes from the heavens. Lily used Sakura parasol to barely block it but was almost completely detroyed in the process. Half the mountain off the map and Lily was smacked into the forest, almost killing her.
* Well well well. Why do the gods in Takamagahara want to kill Lily? If they wanted to kill Lily, why don't they just come down into the mortal realm?
* It is quite obvious at this point that Tsukuyomi was betrayed by forces in Takamagahara 1000 years ago, and that they are also enemies of Lily. But why do they want to kill Lily? Or perhaps Lily herself, but instead her identity as a Mirror Girl.

### Volume 7 Mt Oe: Late-stage Permanence

* A lightning strike from the high heavens ain't gonna stop Lily from going after her future wife Rei. Lily sets out with the allied army to Mt Oe where Shuten Doji is. We see some nice army scenes as Lily kills thousands of monsters as a Demon Sword Maiden and raises her realm to the peak of permanence.
* In the ancient mirror contains a methods to break through to the Throne stage. the 2 normal ways, and a third way for people that cultivate Lunar Blossom. When female cultivators cultivate Lunar Blossom, their spirit sea becomes much larger than normal but at the cost that each subsequent breakthrough in realm will become much harder. To breakthrough to the throne stage, one must converge their entire spirit sea into a palace of sorts (紫宸殿, can't translate this) which holds the permanence soul within. Lily of course cultivates this third way which requires the souls of thousands of permanence and dozens of throne stage souls to bring Lily's spirit sea to its greatest purity before searching for a chance to breakthrough.
* Lily goes to save Rei and ends up in the deepest tunnels of Shuten's lair. They almost end up getting caught that is until Tamamo-no-mae comes in and rescues them. Shuten activates an ancient array (after all he himself isn't a match for Tamamo) and ends up heavily injuring Tamamo as she had to protect Lily and Rei.
* Actual strength: unparalleled amongst throne stage

### Volume 8 Red Spider Lily: Throne

* At the throne stage, power disparities are based on an individual's intent, body strength, defensive strength, treasures and weapons. The throne stage decides whether an individual will cultivate towards Yomi (the underworld) or Takamagahara (high heavens). It is the foundation for all cultivators if they can further their cultivation.
* Actual strength: 3 soul big dipper
* Lily formed her throne in the shape of a red spider lily (Higanbana), a unique powerful creation enabling her to hold great power

### Volume 9 Dojigiri (doji slayer): Throne

* Slaying Shuten Doji and using his soul to forge Yasutsuna produced a very powerful weapon indeed
* Actual strength: 4 soul big dipper

### Volume 10 Dreams and Baku (tapir): Throne

* Saves Fujiwara Ayaka from her contract with a tapir that entered her dreams and tried to make her tell the Mirror Girl's true purpose
* Actual strength: 5 soul big dipper

### Volume 11 Yamata no Orochi: Throne

* Actual strength: 7 soul big dipper
* The final showdown between Lily and Minamoto no Yoritomo (Lord Kamakura), boi was this arc epic
* Lily is placed on the Takamagahara wanted list

### Volume 17:

Volume 16 would have been the perfect ending, with all the mysteries resolved and the overarching plot reaching its end. Lily having achieved her goal of becoming unparalleled with nobody being able to threaten her. But due to the popularity of the book at the time and various other reasons the author decided the continue the novel by expanding the plot into other worlds.

## Background

Lily was a former otaku first year senior high school student and a boy that died in a plane crash over the Sea of Japan. Is now transported in another world that features Japan in its Heian Period.

## History

### **Volume 1**

#### Night Arc

In a old gloomy street under a bright moon, a girl named Lily woke up not knowing where she is or how she got there. But only knows that her name is "Lily", she is once a boy now a girl and transported to another world set in an ancient time. Lily realized that she is wearing a kimono and has a old copper mirror and parasol on hand. According to what she is a wearing and the style of the buildings. She thought that she might be As she wonders the streets of the city, she decided to find a government building to find shelter. But she suddenly hears a drumming sound ahead of her that carried an ancient rhythm.

## Abilities

* Swordsmanship
* Archery
* Horse riding
* Spirit Power
	+ Spirit perception technique
	+ Blade Maiden Attribute
* Spirit Sight
* Penetration Force
	+ 72 kan (Before learning of spirit power)
	+ 217 kan (After learning and using spirit power)
	+ 389 kan
	+ 450 kan
	+ 871 kan
	+ Immeasurable (vol 16: omikami)
		- Cultivation realm has exceeded the 3 realms, capable of splitting the 3 realms if she wishes to

* Nimble Footwork
	+ She is very nimble and can easily outmaneuver her opponents
* Genji Swordstyle
	+ She is practitioner of this swordstyle and currently learning all the stages
* Heavenly Pathways:
	+ Moon (from Tsukuyomi)
	+ Grudge (from Blade Maiden attribute)
	+ Night (from Tsukuyomi)
	+ Charm (from second life in Heian Empire)
	+ Nadeko (from her sisters, a new Heavenly Pathway created by Lily, literally meaning, lovable, caressable)
	+ Sword (created from Tsukuyomi in Lily's previous life
* Sword Skills
	+ “Sakura-Clad Moon” As its name implied, the sakura’s pink-ish color slowly permeated the blade of Crescent Moon, causing it to shine with a faint layer of light as a few petals materialized amidst the intense spirit power.

## Equipment

* Copper Mirror
* Sakura Parasol
* Seiwa Tamashi (katana "tachi" type) also known as Seitama
	+ 3ft, 7 inch, 6 kg blade
	+ made by an apprentice of Munechika Clan

* Crescent Moon (Cursed Katana)
	+ Length: Three feet nine inches
	+ Blade weight: 127 Kan.
	+ Has a scabbard that is dark and emitts a cold moonlight like a glossy lacquered wood. Engraved on it with golden and silver peony flowers, stylish, and decorated with some small bright-coloured red beans which provoked a sense of melancholy.
	+ The armguard was made of dark gold and some leftover materials of the fifth-grade Tamahagane. It was extremely hard and carved into a clover shape with a simple and elegant hollow pattern.
	+ The handle was made of black wood with black cloth wrapped around it. There was a gap in the middle of the handle, forming seventeen diamond shaped holes, revealing a little bit of gold and looking like stars. Their number was coincidentally similar to Lily’s age.
	+ Has an ability of **Spirit Tempering**-the ability to assimilate the soul force of defeated monsters.
* Auberine Teacup

## Relationships

### **Hojo Clan**

#### Hojo Ujizane

It the samurai that helped Lily during the night parade and guided her to the one of his vassal's home the Matsuda Clan. Also the son of the clan head.

### **Matsuda Clan (Vassal of Hojo Clan)**

#### Matsuda Nagahide

Was Lily's kenjutsu instructor in training her swordsmanship. He treats her equally as one of his disciples and her amazing swordsmanship. At the end of his life he trustly Lily and cares for her enough to go against Hojo Dijon.

### **Genji Dojo**

#### Minamoto no Sakiko

Lily met her when she went to Takeshita for the samurai qualification test. They met in front of the leyoshi's statue while Lily is giving her respect to it. And then she recommended an inn that Lily can stay in that unknown to Lily she is the owner of.

### Ashikaga Clan

#### Ashikaga Makoto

On their first meeting she grew fond of Lily.

### **Traveling Companions**

The people that Lily met and are accompanying her through her travels in this new world.

#### Saionji Nanako

They first meet in the samurai qualifications test and have a antagonistic relationship between them. Especially, Nanako feels arrogant in front of her due to Lily's breasted being big while her is small. Nanako starts to force Lily to become her slave through competitions from the samurai test to there time at the mountain. Until she became Lily's slave during their duel outside the Takeshita village and she chose to honor their agreement for the duel even though Lily said she does not need to become her slave. She is now Lily's slave and traveling companion and the relationship became more friendly.

#### Modo Shiu aka. Yagyuu Shiu

She was once part of the Fuma Clan that was tasked to assassinate Lily. After their fight and Lily's interrogation of her, she became a loyal traveling companion and ninja. She changed her name to "Yagyuu Shiu" reviving her family's name according to Lily's order.

#### Sakura(Shikigami)

Is the first shikigami Lily met and the one that protected Lily during the night parade. She helps give advice to Lily pertaining to spirit powers and other knowledge of this other world. However, due to her losing her powers and memories she stays as a parasol and only can tell what she can remember.

#### Rinne(a.k.a. Senior Sister)

Lily's first love interest and before they died in their world confessed her feelings for him.

### **Six Swords of the Eastern Nation**

#### Uesugi Rei

Is the first female samurai Lily saw as she was awoken in this world. She saw her fight a demon during the night parade and inspired her to strive to become a samurai. They finally meet when Rei suddenly took Lily from the road on horseback and rode towards the Genji Dojo still not knowing her name Lily struggled as they rode forcing Rei to kiss her to stop her. Unknown to them Lily and Rei they both gave away each others first kisses respectively. Lily is currently infatuated to her.

#### Ashikaga Kiyoshi

Lily first met him during the giving of the pass certificates making them samurai. He has a favorable impression of Lily.