How Spirited Away taught me about life

We should leave a fine line between absolution and vagueness. We don’t want to have definite answers in life, that would be lackluster and meaningless, we want some FUD in life in order to spice up the game.

The uncertainties that Chihiro encountered in the beginning of the film made the film successful, so in life, we should embrace the uncertainties, not whining about.

For me, I interpret Spirited Away in three aspects: Societal flaws, personal growth, and personality.

For societal flaws, I would be talking about the prostitution problem and the economic flaws in the society. Societies of Asian countries are just too conservative. When we want to belie the inadequacies of ours, we tend to vent them in other places in an even more severe fashion. Since sex is seen as a taboo in Japan, it is not surprising to see how many male animals are commit subtle and severe sex crimes on a everyday basis. The movie talked about how Chihirow was somehow persuaded and gravitated to this mystical area where only spirits were allowed. She knows nothing and was completely oblivious in this world. Then, Haku told her that in order to be around in this world, she has to work for Yubaba in order to prevent herself from being magically turned into a pig. This is crystal clear to me when I type this sentence about the “work” and “pig” part. When…