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Spice and Wolf review
Rating: 72%
Spice and Wolf is an original concept executed in an original way. The subject matter is a bit dry, but the wolf god Holo goes a long way into making each episode worth watching.
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Spice and Wolf II review
Rating: 62%
There is good dramatic writing in Spice and Wolf II, and Holo is still a wonderful character who chews up the scenery. I just wish the story arcs focused more on what’s good, rather than try to shoehorn in new material.
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Super Serial: Spice and Wolf episode 1
I decided to get back to Spice and Wolf, which I started last year, because I have nothing else to write about after getting past the halfway mark of A Certain Magical Index. Frankly I’m not really looking forward to this, as what I had seen of Spice and Wolf was a little dry for my tastes. The first episode introduces Kraft Lawrence, a traveling merchant who goes to the town of Pasroe to meet with his apprentice Chloe. Pasroe is a pagan town that used to worship a wolf god named Holo. In exchange for their worship, Holo agreed to provide the townspeople with an abundant wheat harvest. As time passed, the people began to rely on themselves and forget about Holo. One night, Lawrence finds a girl in his cart, who claims to be Holo. After proving her identity, the two make a pact. Lawrence will let Holo tag along on his journeys, while Holo will lend him her centuries of wisdom. ...
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Super Serial: Spice and Wolf episode 2
For the second episode, Lawrence and Holo enter another town where they meet Zeiren, a somewhat shady looking guy who tells them about a scheme in which they exchange coins with foreign currency for a profit. Holo suspects that he isn’t entirely on the level, but Lawrence decides to play along. If Zeiren is being honest, they’ll make a profit. If Zeiren is lying, Lawrence intends to find out what his scheme is, and use that knowledge to make a profit. ...
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Super Serial: Spice and Wolf episode 3
Lawrence and Holo arrive at the rendezvous point to see Zeiren again. After meeting with a currency exchanger, Lawrence determines that Zeiren is indeed not on the level. The currency that was supposed to increase in silver purity is in fact decreasing in purity, which Holo suggests might be part of a larger overall scheme. Someone may be pulling Zeiren’s strings, and I will laugh really hard if it turns out to be Bernie Madoff. ...
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Super Serial: Spice and Wolf episode 4
So the romantic tension finally makes itself clear. It’s somewhat liberating to see that Holo can be honest about her feelings, as she reveals to Lawrence that her greatest fear is just waking up alone. Why can’t she just find any companion she likes? I’m not sure exactly. Lawrence, being more of an anime character than a human being, does not reciprocate Holo’s display of vulnerability. As the episode moves on, we see a plot by the Medioh company to capture Holo as a hostage. This is because Lawrence decided to ally with their rival, the Milone company, after giving them information about the scheme with the devaluing currency. ...
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Super Serial: Spice and Wolf episode 5
This episode is mostly about Lawrence and Holo’s exchange in the wagon. What damaged Holo the most during her imprisonment was not her treatment by her captors, or even the fear of death (she can’t die anyway as Lawrence still has some of the wheat that she “lives” in)—it was the fact that one of her followers had betrayed her. Chloe tells Holo that the people no longer need to rely on her, and that she would turn Holo in to the church to cut ties forever. As they say, the worst thing for a person is to feel useless. Lawrence cheers her up by saying whatever happiness or hardships they go through, they’ll go through them together. Being the consummate businessman, he goes on to remind her about profit, money, blah blah blah. ...
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Super Serial: Spice and Wolf episode 6
So this episode does something interesting. At the end of episode 5, Holo and Lawrence jump into the waterways again to make their escape. The Medioh Company goons get wind of this, and begin chasing them around the labyrinthine tunnels. Holo senses an exit, and leads Lawrence to it, but it turns out to be a well that they can’t reach. Cornered, Holo transforms into her wolf form and fights off all the men. ...
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Review: Spice and Wolf
Full review of Spice and Wolf ...
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Review: Spice and Wolf II
Full review of Spice and Wolf II ...
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A Descent into Madness: I study the lyrics to Spice and Wolf’s ending song
As May rolled in, I found myself counting the days until Evangelion 2.22’s release. I heard that Evangelion 2.22 is so good that in clinical trials, 83% of viewers actually walked away with larger genitalia. In the meantime, I felt a gaping emptiness that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. Then I realized that I was supposed to be writing for Makigumo. I went to work immediately, thinking of quick top ten lists that I could bang out with minimal effort. But that’s not what I’m about. So I did some soul searching, and really dug deep into an issue that has always bothered me. What the fuck is up with the lyrics to the Spice and WolfED?? ...
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