shichikokuyama
Re:The significance of plot without conflict (2012)
on Monday August 28, 2017 @02:18PM (#15118822)
I love My Neighbor Totoro, and it's a great example of kishōtenketsu structure, but it's not devoid of conflict - it just doesn't have an antagonist. Satsuki and Mei have an argument in the third act where Satsuki stomps off and Mei disappears, setting up the ending (ketsu).