Aug. 23: Spirited Away

[Dreamer27]

I finished watching a movie called "Spirited Away." It was a movie I watched on and off in my childhood. In it, there is this spirit called "No Face." The spirit steals people and eats them, taking on the individuals personality and emotions. The spirit adapts to the environment and surroundings, meaning that it takes in the a lot of the negative things (e.g. greed and corruptive thoughts), making the spirit act out viciously. When the main character, a human girl, offers it a chance to leave the town in hopes of a new and better environment, the spirit follows along and then stays there.

I feel like this is what I need: a new environment and new adventures. But that's kind of impossible during this time so I have to settle for the movies and books. The stress of adulting is ridiculous. I'm not ready to "grow up." I want to stay youthful in hopes and adventure. Then I contradict myself and want to grow older so I have the freedom to decide my own fate. I don't want to grow old and bitter but I fear I'm half way there.

[Otaku12]

Spirited Away is one of my favorite movies. I feel the same way as you, I want to go on adventures and experience more that life has to offer, meet new people, take risks, but then I never do because of my OCD and anxiety. I watch a lot of anime and there is always the theme of making new friends and bonding with others and I so want to do that but it's like I don't know how to anymore. I'm 29 so still young but I feel like I've just let life pass me by. I was way too mature for my age in high school and I feel like I missed a lot of key teenage experiences that I will never get back. I've been using books and movies too to get some form of adventure, but I was using them even before the pandemic. I've kind of made it my goal that once it's safe to travel again to go to Japan, ofcourse that's a lot easier said than done.

[Hidden in reply to Otaku12]

There is always adventure to be had even if you wanna avoid ppl because of this illness. You could go camping out in the wilderness for a few days or just go for a hike.

[alfreddy7]

Probably my top 3 anime movies Next to howls moving castle and summer wars