Let's catch that train
Kaonashi is a character from 2001 Japanese anime 'Spirited Away' by Hayao Miyazaki. The word 'Kaonashi' means No-Face/Faceless as this mysterious creature has only a gloomy mask on an ambiguous black body. This strange spirit is so lonely and is so desperate to find a caretaker. Kaonashi finds Chihiro, a little girl but when he finds it difficult to persuade her with bribe, he tries other workers in the bathhouse in which Chihiro is working. Kaonashi blinds everyone with his gold and swallows them all. He then absorbs the characteristics of things and people he ate. Eventually Kaonashi becomes a greedy and grotesque monster with a horrid voice. But in the end, Chihiro helps him to puke everything out. He finds solace in Chihiro's hands and follows her. This fictional character and the enchanted philosophy it possesses never failed to fascinate me whenever i think about it. There's a reason, or many reasons why I chose this name for my blog. I want to w...