While depicting a cruel life pessimistically,
It contains a strong message about existence,
An ironic masterpiece that highlights Shunji Iwai's experimental spirit.

On April 1, 2000, a strange story began on a bulletin board.
The title of the story is "All About Lily Chou-Chou."
Author: Shunji Iwai.
On the day everyone had been waiting for the site to open, there was no writing in the format commonly considered novels to be found there. Instead, there was only the filmography of a fictional artist named 'Lily Chou Chou', articles about events related to her, and this sentence written as the only hint.

Welcome to the world of ether.
April 1st Lily Fansite
'Lilyholic' opens.
The story begins here.

After summer vacation in his first year of middle school, Yuichi is suddenly bullied by a classmate who was his close friend.
Yuichi seeks to heal his emotional pain through the world of the charismatic Empress Lily Shushu.
As if that were the only emergency exit where I could be myself...
School violence, theft, and prostitution... 14-year-old Yuichi lives in the gap between his daily life, which feels oppressive with a sense of isolation, and the extraordinary, which he finds refuge in, Lily Shushu's fan site.
The internet bulletin board novel that became the basis for the 2001 film "All About Lily Chou-Chou," which realistically depicted the dark side of youth and created a buzz, has been translated and published after about 20 years.