Kiki's Delivery Service

This bewitching movie is about a young 13 year old girl named Kiki. She's pretty much normal except for the fact that she's a witch with a talking cat named Jiji.Her mother is also a witch that specializes in making potions and I think her father his a normal human. The story begins with her taking the test that every witch or warlock must take when they reach a certain age.The test is to live away from your own home for a whole year and discover yourself.Basically, she must find what she's most good at and figure out how she can use her special abilities to help her and others in the future.

So, on the night of the full moon she and her smart mouthed cat, Jiji, set out on their journey. They end up living in the big city where a couple who works a local bakery take her in during her stay. She sees a lot of different things in the city and meets a lot of different people like Tombo. Tombo has this strange attraction to all things that can fly and Kiki. The first time he saw her fly, he wanted to be friends with her, immediately.But, Kiki doesn't think that being able to fly is such a big deal because every witch could fly.Later, though she discovers that the only thing she seemed to be good at was flying and not much else.

Before, she could wallow deep in depression at her discovery, the owners of the bakery decide to use her flying ability in a very unique way.They let her be their delivery girl and with her flying to each destination without the difficulty of having to go through any kind of traffic, she could get their in record time. Also, I think that having a flying witch delivering your pastries right to your door would really surprise the customers.

Kiki is a bright girl, but she has a lot of personal insecurities about herself. She just doesn't what other people see, when it comes to herself. For example, she keeps comparing the people that lived in her little town to the people in the big city. In her town, everybody is so nice and and absolutely loves her and her family.But, in the city she keeps on getting into trouble and the people around her age don't really understand her and try to put her down.I think that she should like herself for being who she is and not let anyone else tell her otherwise.

Unfortunately, she does let it get to her and she starts to get a 'artists block' which then leads her to slowly lose her powers. She can't even talk to Jiji anymore, but I think we don't really have to worry about him in this movie.After, moving to the city, he's practically living the life there.He's even got himself a pretty little girlfriend and later had some kittens together.

Personally, I think that this movie is ok but not the greatest of Hiyao Miyazaki's works, but that doesn't mean other people won't be able enjoy the witch tale.So, its up to Kiki to hurry up and discover herself, before her powers are gone for good. If you would like to see if she ever does, if Tombo and Kiki ever become more than friends or just want to see Jiji's cute kittens than I suggest you stop reading this and get yourself a copy of this movie and enjoy.

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