

In the early scene of _Spirited Away_ , Chihiro's parents were turned into
pigs.

I don't remember how she knew if the pigs were her parents or not.

How could she tell?


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How could Chihiro tell which pigs were her parents?


Because Haku told her, but also because she knew what was important.

When Chihiro is faced with the Yubaba's final challenge, she is told she gets
one chance to find her parents. Haku has explained the rules of the challenge
to her, but also told her that Yubaba doesn't want to let her go - and so
presumably has told her that Yubaba is likely to cheat, and not include
Chihiro's parents among the pigs she is told to pick from.

When Chihiro tells Yubaba that her parents aren't there, that's the correct
answer. This shows that Yubaba did indeed cheat, but also it shows that
Chihiro learnt what Yubaba didn't - when Zeniba took away Boh (the baby), Haku
told Yubaba "You still haven’t noticed that something precious to you has been
replaced." and her first reaction was to look at the pile of gold she had
gotten from No Face, before realising that what she thought was Boh was a
trick. In comparison, by the end of the film Chihiro has learnt how important
her family is, and even in their transformations should would be able to
recognise them amongst the other pigs if they were really there.


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