maltedmilkchocolate:terriblepersona:milkpeu:beginning and endTHEY WERE MISSING FOR FUCKING YEARS OMG
maltedmilkchocolate:terriblepersona:milkpeu:beginning and endTHEY WERE MISSING FOR FUCKING YEARS OMG, THIS ALWAYS UPSETS ME SO MUCHI always see the discussion that many days, months, years have passed during this story. I present to you a different idea.There’s several themes behind Spirited Away: Capitalism’s effect on Japan, Environmental issues, and notably, Chihiro’s coming of age story.From what I know, the idea of time passing differently in spirit worlds, is more based on western stories of the fae. But something more common in Japanese folklore is spirit trickery/deception. Or more accurately. What you see, isn’t always what’s actually there. Chihiro starts this story as a young child, before her coming-of-age arc, that more or less forces her to become ‘an adult’. More accurately. The challenges she faces makes her mature as a person.What’s the most common thing in folklore? Children see what’s actually there. Keep reading -- source link
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