If you loved Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond, try Okko's Inn
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, cozy, foreign gem, tender mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Drama / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Natsume's Book of Friends the Movie: Ephemeral Bond, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Okko's Inn is
Here's a film that dares to ask, "What if a tween ran a hotel for spirits?" Okko, orphaned and now living with her grandmother, trains to run a traditional Japanese inn while making friends with resident ghosts. It's a charming tale that might make you yearn for a spectral roommate.

