Today's blog post will be about soot sprites (otherwise known as soot balls). If you guys watch Studio Ghibli movies, then you have probably seen soot sprites. They are in a couple Studio Ghibli movies, including My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away. Soot sprites are small black spirits with eyes that are made of soot. In My Neighbor Totoro, the soot sprites dwell in abandoned houses. If someone moves in, they watch them to see if they're nice people. If they are, then the soot sprites leave. In Spirited Away, the soot sprites help carry coal to the main fire for the bathhouse in exchange for small candies. Soot sprites are generally nice spirits, and they don't make any noise or say anything. However, they sometimes leave a black residue in their wake.