Susuwatari <3
As a result of my recent interest in Asian culture, I decided to watch Spirited Away with a friend last week. I like to think of it as an anime movie for people who don’t think they’d enjoy anime. I first saw it after it came out on video. My whiny high school self had to be convinced to even give it a chance. I thought anime was so silly (Pokemon / Dragonball Z / I don’t know). I still don’t particularly like cartoons or animated movies. However, I was completely impressed. And I think I appreciated it even more this second time around. Vanessa and I squealed with delight when we saw Lin feed colorful stars to the adorable dust bunnies!
My curiosity caused me to do some Google research on these dirty dust balls. I realized they’re actually called Soot Sprites or Susuwatari, meaning “travelling soot” in Japanese. Look at :45 to see the scene where I fell in LOVEEEE!
Besides Soot Sprites existing in Spirited Away they’re also featured in Totoro, which I have not seen.
The reasons I like them:
-lanky
-curious
-adoring
-minuscule
-modest
-fuzzy
-loyal
-shy
-frightful
They’d make great pets and I don’t even prefer pets.
Also, I found these awesome shoes. I want to make some!
