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Did Howl make a deal with Calcifer? It feels like a bad one for both. Or was Calcifer just happy he didn't die in a lake like other shooting stars? What did Howl get out of the deal? Magical powers or additional powers?

We never learn the reason for the war but at the end it turns out that the scarecrow is the other nation's prince? Then there's the overused "kiss of true love" trope - but not between the main characters...

I wish I liked the movie more. But it confuses me too much.