Sakura is a young girl from the country that kino visited in the last episode of the anime series. she has many similarities to kino, including her family owning an inn. in the english dubbed version of the anime, her name was changed from sakura to lily to preserve the explanation that her name, when pronounced differently, becomes an insult. the children call her "silly willy" instead of "mekura" (meaning "ignorant") and "dokura" (meaning "poison") in this version.