Lilico is the star of her junior high school basketball team in Osaka Japan. Everyone loves her. Her team loves her. Her school loves her. Life is great… until her father accepts a job offer in America. Lilico’s life is about to be turned upside down.
At her new school in Brooklyn, Lilico meets kids who are different from her friends in Japan. Nala is an anime-loving and self-taught cosplay designer. Henry is goofy, shy and obsessed with samurai ninja culture. Emma is pretty, aggressive, and plays basketball on the girls’ team. Noah is popular, funny, and the star player on the boy’s basketball team.
At first, Lilico is excited to join the basketball team at her new school, but she quickly realizes that she’s an outsider. No matter how hard she tries, her efforts to fit in backfire more and more.
Everything is so overwhelming to her! How is she going to survive this new crazy life?
Well, she ends up getting help from an unexpected source… her cat, Nicco, who becomes her guardian spirit!
Lilico
A junior high school student.
She loves playing basketball and with her cat, Nicco.
She just moved to America and struggles with a whole new culture.
Nicco
Lilico’s cat.
He is Lilico’s guardian sprit.
Nala
A junior high school student.
Lilico’s new friend in America.
She loves Japanese culture and making clothes.
She wears a colorful wig and clothes that she makes.
Emma
A junior high school student.
She is a popular kid and plays a basketball at school.
She is a confident and tough girl. But there is a secret about her life that nobody knows.
Noah
A junior high school student.
He is a popular kid and plays a basketball at school.
He can be a class crown, but is actually a thoughtful kid.
Henry
A junior high school student.
He is Nala’s best friend and also loves Japanese culture especially Samurai.
He corrects all sorts of old Japanese culture stuff and kawaii toys.