Who is the villain in Spirited Away?

Yubaba
Yubaba
Yubaba mean Elderly woman (baba) of the hot water (yu). She is called Baba by her son Boh. The first syllables of Zeniba and Yubaba form the Japanese word sento for bathhouse.
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is the main antagonist of Hayao Miyazaki's twelfth animated feature film, Spirited Away. The character makes her first appearance when she is met by Chihiro Ogino
Chihiro Ogino
Chihiro is a ten-year-old girl who has brown hair, brown eyes, and rosy cheeks. She is very petite and has a childish appearance, and a pudgy face.
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. She is a greedy witch, the proprietor of the Bathhouse, the identical twin sister of Zeniba and the mother of Bôh.
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Who is the evil spirit in Spirited Away?

No-Face is a dark spirit who resembles a black humanoid being with a white mask. He devours other spirits and can absorb their emotions into his own soul, causing him to take on their attitudes, especially negative ones, which lead to his transformation into a villain. He serves as an antagonist until his redemption.
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Who is the main villain of Spirited Away?

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Yubaba, (湯婆婆, yubaaba) is the proprietor of The Bathhouse and the main antagonist from Spirited Away.
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Is Yubaba evil Spirited Away?

The twin sisters Yubaba and Zeniba teach Chihiro that good and evil both exist in the world, and often exist within the same person. While Yubaba represents evil and can be quite scary, she also honors her word and is scrupulously honest in her business dealings.
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Who is the masked spirit in Spirited Away?

No-Face is a lonely spirit who begins to follow Chihiro Ogino after having developed an interest in her sincerity. His vocabulary consisted of grunts and moans as opposed to coherent words.
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Is No-Face a human?

One theory is that No-Face is actually a human being trapped in the Spirit World with no way out. His transparency, along with the see-through nature of Chihiro when she first enters the Spirit World, and the transparency of the passengers on the train, is what people use as evidence to support this particular theory.
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Did Haku like Chihiro?

He has the ability to fly in his true form, which is a dragon. Over the course of the movie his relationship with Chihiro becomes stronger, especially after she learns he is a dragon. This bond eventually leads to them falling in love, for it was their love for each other that broke Zeniba's spell on Haku.
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Why did Haku tell Chihiro not to look back?

In my vantage point, Haku told Chihiro not to look back because she would've been somehow stuck between the two dimensions. If not that, Haku just probably didn't want her to remember looking back at his face while she was leaving the spiritual world.
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What kind of spirit is Lin?

Type of Hero

She is a servant in Yubaba's bathhouse, and a transformed spirit of a Byakko, a white tiger (possibly fox ) that brings people happiness.
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Is Haku Chihiros brother?

It's because Haku is Chihiro's dead brother. That day, Chihiro didn't lose her shoes in the river, she fell into the river. And her brother pulled her hand to save her, but instead, he was swept away and never came back. Because he gave his life for others, he was able to become a god in this river.
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What did the stink spirit give Chihiro?

He is shown to be very energetic once freed of his polluted burden and displays a hefty amount of gratitude to Chihiro, who freed him, by giving her a famous type of medicine as thanks.
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Does Chihiro remember?

It is mentioned by director and creator Hayao Miyazaki that Chihiro has 'lost' all her memories of the Spirit World following her exiting of the tunnel. However, according to Haku's promise, he and Chihiro will meet again someday.
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What does no face represent?

In an interview, Miyazaki reminded us that Japanese spirits do not have a form, so each spirit, including No-Face, is really just a representation of that god or spirit in a more solid form. "Japanese gods have no actual form: They are in the rocks, in pillars, or in the trees.
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Is Haku evil in Spirited Away?

In Spirited Away, every character is a mix of good and bad qualities and actions. Even those who seem good at first, such as Haku and No-Face, have their share of evil qualities.
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What does Haku represent in Spirited Away?

In his guise as a white dragon his appearance suggests a river: flowing and graceful. As Haku, however, he is not always so composed, and he exhibits both bravery and real sadness. The river he once represented, the Kohaku River, was drained and paved over to build an apartment complex, and Haku is truly a lost soul.
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Why is the baby giant in Spirited Away?

Yubaba has a giant baby because everyone has a grating weakness they find difficult to manage. Whatever Zeniba's seal represents, Yubaba wants it because she's greedy and grasping for power. Chihiro falls into the spirit world because she's on a hero's journey, and everything follows from there.
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Why did her parents turn into pigs?

In it they explained that Chihiro's parents turned into pigs because the transformation represented the greed that took place during the Japanese recession of the 80s. The letter also explained that the transformation was irreversible in order to reflect the nature of greed in the real world.
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What happens to Haku after Chihiro leaves?

Haku is already dead at the start of Spirited Away - he is a river spirit and 'dies' when his river is filled in/redirected. That's how he ended up with Yubaba in the first place. However, death is different for spirits. Chihiro releases Haku from Yubaba's service, which releases his soul.
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Is Lin human Spirited Away?

Lin is portrayed as a human being in the film. In the Japanese picture book (The Art of Spirited Away in English) Lin is described as a byakko (Japanese: 白虎), a white tiger, in the draft, which was later changed to byakko (Japanese: 白狐) meaning white fox..
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Did Haku and Chihiro ever meet again?

So when one fan asked if Chihiro and Haku ever reunited, they learned it was possible. "Haku was the spirit of the river that runs near the house where Chihiro used to live. If Chihiro ever visits that river...," Suzuki wrote. So, there you have it.
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Does Chihiro remember Haku?

Chihiro doesn't remember Haku but Haku, as the older sibling, remembers Chihiro and even knows her name without her having to tell him, saying he's known her since she was little.
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What is the relationship between Chihiro and Haku?

Both Haku and Chihiro's storylines follow a similar path: they were both in great danger and needed each other to awaken so they could be free. Haku lost his name and he was working for Yubaba who tried to use him until her curse killed him. Chihiro lost her parents to a curse and couldn't go back to the human world.
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How old is Haku?

Appearance. Haku appears to be around 12 years old in physical age.
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How old is Chihiro?

Chihiro is a ten-year-old girl who is moving to a new city with her mother and father. On the way to their new house, they take a wrong turn and find themselves at an abandoned and dilapidated theme park, which is a replica of an old-style Japanese village.
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How did Chihiro recognize her parents?

Zeniba explained that if Chihiro has ever met them before, everything stays within. Chihiro was able to break the spell on Haku by recognizing that he was the river spirit and calling out his name. By the same token, she was able to recognize that her parents were not among the pigs assembled.
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