I find it funny that no matter how hard Sophie is being to him, Howl still imagines her as someday being his wife. He's got it bad. LoL Please continue this story. I'm sure there a lot of readers out there who are also waiting for an update. Thank you for this lovely re-write of HMC. Kudos to you!

Oh no, it's already the second from the last chapter and it's not yet near the final chapter in the book. .weeps. this story isn't finished yet... I hope your move went well.

I'm feeling rather sorry for Howl at this point considering he really isn't out courting as Sophie thinks.

I love the dialogues! I really like the back and forth between both Howl and Calcifer and Howl and Mrs. Fairfax as well as Lettie. Just a comment on Howl' appearance though. As much as I can't 'blame' him for his lack of usual care over his apperance, I know that in the book his not taking a long time in the bathroom is a sign true love so I think he should have still taken extreme pains over his apperance even in the face of Mrs. Pentstemmon's demise.

That was frightful. I hope this story is complete by the time I reach chapter 26. I'd be so disappointed it it weren't, you're doing a fabulous job!

Oh no! Poor Niccolo! Mrs. P's gone then... I thought at first it mut have been Mrs. P who transformed Niccolo to save him and so he could warn Howl. Apparently not... Hehe, the magic suit again. LoL

That's too bad that Howl never got to hear Mrs. P's verdict. I'm glad he got a good report from Hunch though. I hope Mrs. P was charmed by Sophie somewhat at least. I liked the conversation with Michael. I'm glad he's looking out for Sophie even if it's trying to 'protect' her from his master.

LoL, Howl. Of course he'd rather not introduce you to Martha and we know why. Ahahaha I liked this heart to heart. Michael's quite endearing.

I loved the fleshing out of the Miss Angorian scene. U wonder what Michael was going to say about Howl's behavior in the mini? I really liked how clever Howl was regarding Ben.

I really enjoy reading Howl's interaction with children. The little girls at least. Neil's horrible and he deserves getting his game unplugged. I hope Howl found all the love and affection he didn't get from his family in Sophie.

I love his interactions with the Princess!

That was sad. In the book, Mrs. P wasn't shown like this but it makes sense that she's already frail and dying. I like how Howl asked if there was anything he could do. It must be hard on him to be losing a well loved person that was in a way a mother figure to him.

Poor Howl. He's probably done more introspection in the past few days than he's ever done before. Turning into another Witch of the Waste is a realistic fear. Did Howl ever sleep with any of his former flames in that world? I want to argue that he hasn't because it's been established that he left as soon as the girl reciprocates his love. I doubt that a girl of Ingary will give her virtue to a man who she doesn't love or who is not her husband. Therefore I conjecture that Howl has not slept with any of the girls he's courted. Now that might be a different story on the Wales side.

I think this chapter is the one that takes the most libery with the original. I think Howl was a wee bit too harsh with both Lettie and Mrs. Fairfax but I guess he could be excused his less than polite behaviour in the face of all the terrible things that have been happening. At least he's thought that Sophie might be keepingthe curse on herself due to him, which is already a step in the right direction.

So he is sure that Sophie is his May Day mouse! When I read it I thought he was hoping it was her, not that he was sure it was her. I have to reread that chapter from the book.

I liked Howl's protectiveness, it shows how much he's changed with worrying over someone other than himself. I know he's not an unkind person but he is very self centered and it says something for how much he loves Sophie that he's desperately going out of his usual way for her.

This was a lovely chapter. I loved the heart to chest conversation between wizard and demon. I also liked the meditation scene.