The only distinguishing feature between the sisters is that Zeniba is shown to wear glasses, implying she may be far-sighted, as evidenced by the fact that she only wears them when weaving in her cottage. When she first appears in the second half of the film, she seems to be just as dangerous as her sister is. After wreaking havoc in Yubaba's office, she warns Chihiro Ogino to keep quiet about the incident or she will rip her mouth out.
When Chihiro refuses to hand over Haku and the golden seal , she becomes angry and yells at Chihiro, informing her that Haku is a greedy thief who needs to be punished, and that she placed a curse on the golden seal so that whoever steals it will die. She also appears to particularly dislike her nephew, Boh , shown when she makes fun of his weight and low intelligence. When Chihiro visits her cottage in Swamp Bottom with No-Face , Boh and Yubaba's Bird in order to return the golden seal and apologize on Haku's behalf, her true nature is revealed as a kind and helpful old lady.
She gives encouraging advice to Chihiro about remembering Haku's name and later forgives Haku for the theft of her seal. She appears to form a bond with Chihiro, seen when Chihiro refers to Zeniba as "Granny" at her request. Zeniba first appears in the second half of the film. When Chihiro sees Haku in his dragon form being chased by the paper spirits conjured by Zeniba, she sees him crash into Yubaba's penthouse. Upon rushing there, one of the paper spirits follows Chihiro and attaches itself to her back.
When she finally finds Haku in the office, being pushed down the chute by the Three Heads , she manages to stop them just as Boh crashes through the room in pursuit of Chihiro. When he begins to cry, Zeniba finally reveals herself when the paper spirit detaches itself from Chihiro and conjures up a transparent apparition of her.
Taking delight in the circumstances, she wreaks havoc, transforming Boh into a mouse, Yubaba's Bird into a tiny crow, and the Three Heads into an exact replica of Boh's original form.
Zeniba lets Chihiro go as a thanks for leading her to a dying Haku, but threatens to rip her mouth out if she tells anyone about what she has witnessed.
She demands Chihiro to move away so she can deal with Haku, but Chihiro refuses, stating that Haku is a good person. Zeniba then goes on to explain that Haku stole her powerful magic seal, and that he is a corrupt being who only became Yubaba's apprentice so he could steal her magic, and then goes on to state that Haku is dying because of a curse on the seal anyway. Whilst the Three Heads, now transformed into a Boh mimic, begin to bang around, Zeniba is annoyed and turns around to deal with them, giving an almost-dead Haku a chance to smash the paper spirit projecting her image, resulting in her apparition being sliced in half apparently doing no actual harm to Zeniba herself.
Later on, despite warnings from Kamaji , Chihiro decides to take the seal back to Zeniba and apologize for Haku's actions. After taking the spirit train to Swamp Bottom, a magical Hopping Lantern leads Chihiro and her three followers transformed Yu-Bird and Boh and No-Face to Zeniba's cottage, where she greets them warmly. The first syllables of Zeniba and Yubaba form the Japanese word sento for bathhouse.
Her name Yubaba sounds like Baba Yaga , a witch from a Russian fairy tale. She has also many similarities to the mountain witch Yamauba. After No-Face ' rampage, Yubaba orders to slaughter Chihiro's parents shocking her employees.
This resembles Yamauba's cannibalism. Yamauba is portrayed as an elderly woman that can be found in Itsukushima Shrine. The painting was created by Rosetsu Nagasawa - In the narrative Yamauba's husband is never mentioned just like Yubaba's husband is never mentioned in the film, too. Yamauba gives birth to a child every month. On the clothing the short name Kin is printed. The relationship between them is described in Yamauba-buyou.
Ghibli Wiki. Ghibli Wiki Explore. Studio Ghibli works. Ocean Waves. Whisper of the Heart. The Cat Returns. Studio Ghibli Studio Ponoc. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? View source. History Talk 0. So, your name's Chihiro? What a pretty name. And it belongs to me now. Universal Conquest Wiki. Money became not the means to an end but the end itself. Her bathhouse is modern corporation, Zeniba's house is old school mom and pop store.
Chihiro gets her first job in a large corporation, gets treated as disposable, grows up But it is no way to live, to truly be adult, that is not the true meaning of adulthood. There has to be more to life than money. And it is Zeniba which shows her true grandmotherly kindness and gives her some peace and respite from the story. In a way, Zeniba is at peace with nature.
She takes what she needs from it, but no more than that. Yubaba uses nature to gain money and she only cleans the river god for gold. And Zeniba doesn't do much, maybe because she is retired; in modern world, people don't search for her, her ways are not wanted anymore. Her entrance in the story can be seen as reaction to Yubaba's actions. I will show you the different way to do things. The old way! And it turns out that there is value in old ways, in traditions long forgotten.
That is my interpretation at least. They represent old ways to do business and grow up and new ways to do that and you need to understand both to be a complete person and live in modern society which at the same time has long traditions.
Also, an interesting thought and a way of looking at the story: Sen didn't search for Zeniba until she has seen naked greed of her coworkers, until she has seen them consumed by it. A lesson can be seen as this: As long as you spend all your time at work, you will not see your parents again.
If that is what you truly want, then stop working, visit your grandmother and your parents will return to their senses and see you again. Spirited Away is often interpreted to be about sex work. Yubaba is the owner of the brothel. The characters have their names changed because that was a common practice for sex workers in Japan.
Chihiro was given a new name by Yubaba, 'Sen', which means 'one thousand', similar to how a person is given a roll number or employee number in an organisation. That number becomes her new identity. This is so vague.
I could say that any character represents "individuality". Doing so wouldn't tell me anything useful about that character beyond a few superficial insights. Art is about experiences. Experiences are detailed and specific, not vague "I'm going to be an individual in the face of an oppressive society. Miyazaki lived through the rapid rise and spectacular fall of the Japanese economy over the past few decades. Yubaba represents the head of a typical greedy Japanese corporation.
The bathhouse, a very traditional Japanese business, represents Japan itself which grew insatiably greedy with the roaring Japanese economy of the late 80s and early 90s, as symbolized by the bathhouse's over the top extravagance. Yubaba is a strict domineering boss who treats her employees like slaves and sees customers as little more than a source of money.
She is also a workaholic who neglects the relationships with her son and sister. Zeniba, who lives a train ride away in the countryside, represents the more traditional rural Japan that became forgotten during the economic boom. Remember that the train used to run both ways, but not anymore.
Zeniba lives a slower life, and does not neglect her family, employees, or customers. Compare how Yubaba treats her own son, No Face, and Chihiro vs. Zeniba was able to recognize No Face's talents where Yubaba only saw fake gold. Miyzaki himself is known to be quite the workaholic so there might be a tinge of self reflection in his portrayal of Yubaba, and a tinge of how he thinks things should be in his portrayal of Zeniba.
Studio Ghibli as a company has tried to set itself up to be something better than just another greedy corporation, and Yubaba and Zeniba might also represent the dichotomy that arises between Studio Ghibli's desire to rake in massive box office profit and the desire to do the right thing.
Yubaba and Zeniba represent 2 ways of living. One is the capitalistic way which values materialism. The other is living the 'old way', which value relationships. Although Yubaba is the antagonist, she isnt necessarily an evil being. Her bathhouse plays an important role in cleansing the spirits and giving jobs to anyone who wants one.
Zeniba at one point was the antagonist - at the beginning - handing curses left and right, before her true intentions good intentions were revealed. Miyazaki wanted to show these 2 philosophies best embodied by twin characters who are at odds with one another.
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