A good anime

Rating: 10/10 (20 March 2020)

In Spirited Away, the cute ten-year-old girl, Chihiro, strayed into the ghost world with her parents, whose parents turned into big pigs because of gluttony. In order to save the whole family, Chihiro had to work for the mother-in-law Tang who was in charge of the baths in the spirit realm, and at the same time gave up her name-which also meant giving up on herself. In fact, most of the people working in this bath are lost children, giving up self, only seeing money in their eyes, or the desire for life represented by money.
The happy ending of the cartoon is not unexpected, and the relationship between Chihiro and Bailong is also reasonable. But I don't think it's a movie about emotions, not even Chihiro's extraordinary courage. What I see is a return from beginning to end, a return to innocence, a return to childlike innocence.
I always feel that the bath has a special meaning in this story. The bath was originally a place where the dust was cleansed to purify the soul. The huge river god was moved by Chihiro 's innocence in the bath. He washed away the pollution before giving her the god of river; His true colors. And the reason why Chihiro can not be moved by desire from beginning to end is because she can maintain the precious innocence from beginning to end.
Innocence is valuable because it is not stubborn, or persistent, changed by the external environment. The biggest difference between adults and children is not the soundness of the mind and the clarity of the mind, but the growing loss of possession and happiness. Because there is too much temptation in the adult world, adults often judge themselves based on what they see in others' eyes, whether they should be successful, and whether they should feel happy. In the child's innocent heart, the entire world is rewarding itself, laugh when you are happy, and cry when you are sad. Live simple, so happy. Chihiro's salvation and salvation all come from her innocence. Even if she is in desire, a childlike heart can always lead her out of her confusion. So this return to the self is not only because of the courage of Chihiro, but also because of her innocence from the heart.