melisom:

“The concept of portraying evil and then destroying it - I know this is considered mainstream, but I think it is rotten. This idea that whenever something evil happens someone particular can be blamed and punished for it, in life and in politics, is hopeless.”

—Hayao Miyazaki

One of my very favourite recurring themes in Miyazaki’s work - especially in Spirited Away - is how the grotesque and initially threatening reveals itself to be benign and even compassionate. It’s so beautiful, and a lot more meaningful than the typical good-evil/black-white dichotomy of other mythology.

Or the fact that instead of portraying the typical good-evil, black-white, Hayao often focuses more on obstacles that the main character/s have to overcome, which I think is pretty cool - it leaves room for many more interesting lessons to be learned.

And this is why melisom and I are bros.