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Because (someone) ate the food offered to the gods without permission.

After Chihiro and her parents wander into the world of the spirited, her parents help themselves to a meal they find. In fact, the food was meant for the gods who visit this world. Because they ate the gods’ food without permission, they were punished by being turned into pigs.

turned into an animal

In this film, the protagonist Chihiro’s parents are turned into pigs after eating the food. At the bathhouse, it’s implied that those who don’t work are punished by being transformed into animals.

Zeniba

Yubaba’s twin sister’s name is Zeniba. In Spirited Away, the protagonist Chihiro goes to meet Zeniba and discovers that she looks exactly like Yubaba. Zeniba lives elsewhere and is a strict yet kind-hearted character.

River deity

In this work, Haku is a river god whose real name is Nigihayami Kohakunushi. He is the spirit of the river that once saved Chihiro when she nearly fell in as a child, but the river later disappeared due to development.

oil shop

In Spirited Away, the protagonist Chihiro ends up working at a bathhouse called the Aburaya in a mysterious world. The bathhouse is a place visited by the gods and spirits of this world, and Chihiro grows as she faces various challenges.

Mother and Child

Boh and Yubaba have a mother–child relationship. Boh is Yubaba’s son, and in the story Yubaba is depicted as doting on him.

eight million gods

"八百万" is read as "yaoyorozu." It refers to countless deities and comes from the Shinto belief in Japan that gods dwell in everything that exists in the natural world.