Question

In a film whose title references these beings, Lin uses a star-shaped candy to feed small examples of them. In another film, two children and a group of these beings dance in front of seeds which then grow into a gigantic tree. The protagonist of a film whose title references these beings is given the name Sen after signing a contract to work (10[1])in a bathhouse (10[1])owned by Yubaba. (10[1])That protagonist is followed by a lonely one of these beings (10[1])named No-Face (10[2])who wears a white (10[1])mask. (10[5])The racoon-inspired mascot of a studio co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki (-5[1])is one of these (-5[1])beings named Totoro. For 10 points, Chihiro befriends what beings in a Studio Ghibli film titled for them Away? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: spirits [accept ghosts or sprites or gremlins or kami or yokai in place of “spirits”; accept wood spirits; accept soot spirits; accept Spirited Away or Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi; prompt on susuwatari or makkuro-kurosuke or black soots or traveling soots by asking “what more general type of being are they?”; prompt on supernatural beings]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%11%82.89
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY9100%0%11%76.78
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%43%95.14
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY14100%0%14%85.07
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%79.67
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY1100%0%0%41.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY7100%0%14%70.14
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%11%74.00

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sean JacksonSouth Carolina AGeorgia Tech E6210
Griffin ElderTennessee AGeorgia Tech A6510
Jeffery XuGeorgia Tech DAuburn A6810
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt AGeorgia Tech B7910
Connor RonanSouth Carolina BEmory Oxford8110
Dylan SpearmanClemson ASouthern8110
John ShieldsClemson BFurman8510
Dylan MissalAlabama AGeorgia Tech C8610
Dylan MissalAlabama AGeorgia Tech C8610
Dylan MissalAlabama AGeorgia Tech C8610
Zachary KantEmory AMississippi State A8610
Tommy NguyenBelmontVanderbilt B8610
Rafeed Rahman TurjyaGeorgia AAuburn B96-5
Coy MierAuburn CTennessee B100-5
TJ PickeringAuburn BGeorgia A12010
Alina MooreTennessee BAuburn C12010