Kuchiba (Ghibli Movie Idea)

Premise
An 8-year-old orphan gets turned into a kitsune, in a strange world, after She goes past a vermilion gate in one of Kyoto’s Inari shrines.

Full Story
In the middle of June, an eight-year-old girl named Aisa with a bindle, leaves a bookstore at night and runs to an airport. And knowing she’s too young to board a plane on her own, She, without being seen, goes into the plane’s luggage area, and the plane takes off minutes later. 12 hours later, Aisa gets off the plane, via the luggage claim. While exploring the city of Kyoto, Aisa, knowing the hotels won’t allow unattended children to stay at a hotel, goes to rest at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, Where she spots a young dark-orange fox, who runs off. While Aisa was looking around the shrine, She notices some of the torii gates’ paint peeling off from age. A voice spoke in japanese language which Aisa translated thanks to a book She bought from the bookstore where english speakers can learn japanese. The message was “at dawn, paint the gate with the color of Vermilion”. Unsure what vermilion is, Aisa goes to an art store minutes before closing, and asks for a paint tube of Vermilion, then changes to Shuiro, since She forgot that She is in a foreign country. The shopkeeper suggested 5 paint tubes (Red, Yellow, Blue, White, and Black) After Aisa has paid for the paint, and a paintbrush, the shopkeeper also gives Aisa a few color swatches, including the instructions on how to make Mixed colors. Aisa returns to the shrine and analyzes the colors all night. At dawn, Aisa makes vermilion by pouring three droplets of red and a droplet of yellow to make Vermilion and paint on the gate’s peeled area. Once Aisa completes painting the gate, however, a worker yells at Aisa on what She’s doing, but is attacked by the brownish orange fox, Aisa runs away, but toward the Torii gate, as the fox cub follows, warping them to a remote forested area, but Aisa passes out.

After waking up, Aisa to her shock and confusion, the brownish-orange fox (whose name is Akaku) is revealed to be a Kitsune, a fox-like yokai that use mythical powers, be it for good or bad intentions.