This video essay is a deep dive into Princess Mononoke's most iconic scene: The Shishigami, the Great Forest Spirit, saves Prince Ashitaka from certain death. Let's give this magic a look and pay attention to its details so we can enjoy it even more.

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Hope you had a great meal.

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00:00 Intro: a Rare Narrative Gift
01:07 Healing spells in fantasy
02:15 [1.0] Opening the Temple
04:00 [2.1] The Kodama's Curiosity
06:44 The Emotion of Wonder
07:50 [2.2] The Nightwalker
09:10 [2.3] One Being, Two Worlds
09:59 Bridge Characters
10:38 [3.0] Judgement
11:48 [4.0] One Step After the Magic
12:47 Instead of Understanding - Sensations
14:18 Explore further

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Evidently I do not own Princess Mononoke, it is a Studio Ghibli movie:
https://www.ghibli.jp/

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Soundtrack:

A special thanks to LuvByrd - thank you for lending me this adorable Ghibli lofi soundtrack and also being a sweetheat in our email exchange.

Luvbyrd - The Legend of Ashitaka (princess mononoke lofi)
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And find more music here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1uyhq...

Mikel - Hateno Village
Part of the absolutely gorgeous Zelda & Chill
   • Zelda & Chill  
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Jokabi - Forest Temple (feat Mikel)
Part of the dream-inducing Chilltendo Deluxe album
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The two latter songs above (by Mikel and Jokabi) were a courtesy of ‪@gamechops‬, an amazing game and music combining project. Music distributed under a CC (attribution) license.
https://gamechops.com/

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Note on AI imagery:

I used Adobe Firefly here naively believing their 'ethical stance' on training their in-house AI models. Months later, I was proven awfully incorrect, when it was reveleaved they were (oh, big surprise) stealing from their own users.

I'm sorry about that.

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