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Postby Heart of Sword » Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:54 pm

Why does Howl turn into a bird?
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Postby Mangafanatic » Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:59 pm

Because he's magical? :grin: I didn't really get any sense from the movie that there was any clear reason for that particular transformation. In short, I think he turned into a bird because he could.
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Postby Heart of Sword » Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:09 pm

That would make sense, but sometimes he acted like he didn't want to. Like when he hid his feathered arm from Sophie.
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Postby Lady Macbeth » Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:34 pm

See my reply to your post in the Howl's Moving Castle thread: http://www.christiananime.net/showthread.php?p=743454#post743454
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