[[WARNING: Spoilers for When Marnie Was There and Porco Rosso]]
Ever since I watched When Marnie Was There (Omoide no Marnie) in theaters a month or so ago I've engaged in a struggle to understand the reality that is put forth by movies with singular fantastic components. Rewatching Porco Rosso (Kurenai no Buta), one of my favorite Ghibli movies, a few weeks later really developed this desire to understand what exactly was going on in these movies. I've thought of these movies as incredible
Last week I read It's A Hard Life. Three years ago I read Katawa Shoujo. And here I sit, writing, having finished neither of them. I bring this up because it says something about me that might not be immediately obvious and I wonder if maybe this actually matters. I think I'm in dire need of some accountability and of some understanding of what I'm really doing with myself.
So, the first thing to do is to take a step back and think about why I haven't finished half of my favorite stories. Fro
