I was late for the MFWF’s Ghibli-Inspired “The Heart Inside Night” at Robata and had to squeeze into an empty seat in the middle of the long table, dashing out multiple ‘sorry’s and ‘excuse me’s. Once seated, the first thing that caught my eye was the snippets of Ghibli movies playing in the background…
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