u/Wanderfox03

I want to share an experience that left me feeling a little lost.

I have a Nintendo Switch, and for the past few months I had been going through a pretty rough emotional period. Then, about a week ago, I noticed that Ni no Kuni was on sale. I looked up the trailer and sent it to my girlfriend. I told her, “Maybe you’d like this game. From what I read, Studio Ghibli animated it, and it’s on sale on the eShop.”

I wasn't actually sure about that last part. I had known about Ni no Kuni for years because I had been waiting for a fan translation into my language (Spanish), but as time went by, I lost interest and never ended up playing it.

She said, “It looks pretty,” hahaha, and that was basically the end of the conversation.

I went back to listening to random music on YouTube Music. A few hours later, a song came on that I really liked. It was called “Unknown Thread” by a Japanese band called Spitz.

I liked it so much that after listening to it three or four times, the Ni no Kuni trailer suddenly popped into my head. So I played the trailer again, but this time with the Spitz song playing in the background.

And somehow... it fit perfectly.

I sent the trailer to my girlfriend and said, “Look, it fits perfectly hahaha.” She agreed, and a few hours later she told me she had bought the game for me so I could play it.

I was really happy, but also a little guilty because I didn't feel right about her spending money on me. But she told me, “I'll play it too when you let me borrow your Switch,” so I accepted it and started playing.

And within the first hour, I fell in love with it.

I'm 30 years old, and honestly, I felt a little silly because what I experienced while playing it was so strange. It gave me such a beautiful feeling that I think Ni no Kuni has already become my second favorite game of all time.

My first is Shadow of the Colossus, hahaha.

I don't know. The whole coincidence between Spitz and Ni no Kuni was just really strange. Somehow, both the band and the game have become incredibly special to me in a very short amount of time.

I also thanked my girlfriend for giving me something I didn't even know I was going to love this much.

And sorry, but I'm not really someone who writes or comments on Reddit. I speak Spanish, and most of the time I come here just to read and learn from you guys in the English-speaking community.

So if I said or did something wrong, please let me know. I'll delete the post if necessary, or maybe the mods will delete it, I don't know.

I'm sorry, and thank you for reading.