Talk:Scary Truth Behind "My Neighbor Totoro"/@comment-43.242.243.210-20150222161337/@comment-75.159.230.161-20150601155124

You're right. There are two shots that show each sandal up close. The first one is when Mei puts on her sandals before she leaves and the second one is when Granny shows Satsuki the sandal found in the pond. Although they have enough similarities that they can be mistaken when normally viewing, there are definitely apparent differences when stopped and put side by side. The sandals are not the same, which leaves this theory with a crucial hole. Maybe the Granny shot was from Satsuki's point of view and it became an instance of unreliable narrator, but that's quite a stretch.