The Old Boiler Man and You Baba

Maji is an octopod. He's like this eight legged guy, an old guy with a bushy mustache and like arms and legs all over the place. And so he's amazing. Chihiro is supposed to ask for a job and he's like, now you need to see the boss. The boss is the main antagonist, the witch, you baba. She has to offer a job to anybody who asks for one. So in return for writing up a contract so that Chihiro isn't just going to be turned into a pig and eaten, she steals Chihiro's name and leaves one character, Sen. That's her name.

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