>>39382968Nah, now that i think about it, every miyazaki thing ive watched feels like it has stuff from the source material not because it requires it for the narrative but because it's "part" of the original
like, i also watched Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro and, never having seen/read lupin stuff before, was extremely confused at the purpose of this samurai guy (Goemon) in the movie. he literally does nothing in the movie.
