Characters

No-Face is a lonely, absorbent spirit who becomes monstrous when the bathhouse teaches him that attention, consumption, and gold are substitutes for connection.

Haku is a river spirit trapped under Yubaba’s control, and his bond with Chihiro is built on forgotten gratitude, identity, and the recovery of his true name.

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