Studio Ghibli Inspired Reading Challenge 👒🍵⛰️ - hosted by alisylvi

Porco Rosso (1992)
"You make me think humanity's not a complete waste."

Porco Rosso, a previous WWI pilot cursed to be an anthropomorphic pig, has after the war become a bounty hunter and a target for the Italian people in power. After the war he thinks he deserves his curse. Read a book about regret.

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