Liz

Liz (リズ) is a character in Liz and the Blue Bird. She is one of two main protagonist of the fairytale of the same name referenced in the film. She works as a clerk in Arlt's bakery.

Appearance
Liz is a young girl of average build and height. She has fair skin and bright turquoise eyes. She has long, golden-orange hair tied in a braid, draped over her right shoulder. She typically wears a cream-colored turtle neck and a pale yellow apron.

Personality
Liz is a kind, but lonely person. She only socializes with the forest animals, feeding them bread from the bakery. When the Blue Girl arrives, Liz is quick to take action and welcomes the girl into her home to rest. Liz takes care of her, preparing food, doing laundry, and bathing her.

Liz's emotions conflict with each other when she is faced with the decision to let the bird fly free. Both she and the bird have become dependant on one another for company, but Liz recognizes that it is cruel to keep a bird caged in her home, unable to spread its wings. Thus, in an act of love, Liz pushes her selfish needs aside and allows the bird to return to the sky where it belongs.

Chronology
Liz spent her life quite monotonously, traveling to the city each morning to work in the bakery, and returning home at sunset to prepare dinner and go to sleep. On her days off, she spent time with the woodland animals. Once the blue girl arrived, she spent all her time taking care of her, as well as bringing her to the bakery while she worked.

Liz noticed the girl was missing one night, with the window open. Unable to fall back asleep, she heard her climb back in through the window and into bed. Liz then decided that because she loved the girl so much, she should release her from the cage that is her home and herself.

Nozomi Kasaki draws the similarity between herself and Mizore Yoroizuka, and Liz and the girl. Mizore picks up on this too, and the two separately decide themselves as Liz (Mizore) and the bluebird (Nozomi). However, later in the film when Mizore is confronted by Satomi Niiyama about how she thinks Liz feels, Mizore realizes that she is more similar to the bird. Nozomi simultaneously draws a similar conclusion that she is most similar to Liz when confronted by Yuuko Yoshikawa.