: Chihiro and her parents drive away in silence. It is left ambiguous whether Chihiro remembers her time in the spirit world, though she pauses to look back at the tunnel with a sense of quiet recognition.

: While some find her voice a bit "shrill" or young-sounding, others feel her performance realistically captures the fear and eventual growth of a ten-year-old girl.

: The writers added lines where Chihiro’s father asks if she can handle a new school, and she confidently replies, "I think I can handle it".