Lilies Background Effect

In manga and anime, sometimes lilies are used as a background effect in panels, behind or in front of characters, and, sometimes, these white flowers are a visual pun on a romantic relationship between two girls.

• yuri
  百合
  Lily. (the flower.)
  Lesbian fiction. Girls' Love. (in manga, anime, etc.)

Left: Fujioka Haruhi 藤岡ハルヒ
Right: Amakusa Benio 天草紅緒
Anime: Ouran High School Host Club, Ouran Koukou Hosuto-Bu 桜蘭高校ホスト部 (Episode 9, Stitch, Censored)

For the gay counterpart, see rose background.

• Examples

Examples

For reference, some examples. Typically they occur when a third character fantasizes that two characters are lesbians, rather than them actually being lesbians.

Left: Kirishima Shouko 霧島翔子
Right: Himeji Mizuki 姫路瑞希
Anime: Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu バカとテストと召喚獣 (Episode 2, Stitch, Censored)

Left: Moritani Hiyori 森谷ヒヨリ
Right: Kotoura Haruka 琴浦春香
Anime: Kotoura-san 琴浦さん (Episode 5, Censored)