Just finished watching the movie, and seriously. To anyone who has seen both, the parallels should be obvious.

And the climax of ParaNorman really explains why I love Natsume (the character) so much. Because even though he was bullied his whole life (and honestly, there's a strong likelihood that he was abused by some of his relatives), he made a conscious decision to not hate everybody and to try to see the good in others.

And I'll leave it at that, lest I go into fangirl mode. *-*