Talk:Scary Truth Behind "My Neighbor Totoro"/@comment-71.75.90.16-20150228024028/@comment-192.150.174.39-20180120152054

See but the thing is, the dad was never able to see Totoro. The most probable reason that the writer made Mei and Satsuki young was that Totoro was a troll from a children's book. So, to throw people off the writer used it almost as "childlike imagination." Think about it:

1. If Mei was 16 it would be too closely related to the real-life story.

2. Also if Mei was sixteen, people would find it dumb for a sixteen-year-old to fit in a small opening of bushes and see a troll. Which is why it was better to put the children younger. duh.