Strike three, for Miyazaki.
Late Post, originally written a while ago.
What
is with this world and the number three? Why is the number three used as a
number to define, decide and contain so many things? Trilogies are the most
common format, forming a mass equivalent to forty-two blue whales if you try to
somehow calculate the masses of forms of media. What is this fixation with the
number three?
Perhaps
the easiest assumption to make is that it is smallest number with a ‘central’
value, since it is the smallest odd number which lets it form a ‘typical’ arc
of Introduction – Build up – Climax that is usually how so many stories enjoy
progressing, as it is the most basic and the easiest to digest format, and one
that is rather ‘self-serving’ in many ways.
