Dust Bunny

In the original U.S. release of Studio Ghibli classic My Neighbor Totoro, makuro kurosuke were translated as “dust bunnies.” Dust bunnies, Nanny explains gather in unused houses and out of the way spaces. In Western culture, we expect to find dust bunnies under the bed. Nanny said that dust bunnies leave when people come back to live in a house and start cleaning. But this one just stayed and stayed.