Spice and Wolf (light novel)
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| Absolutely amazing series. I wasn't sure about this show after the first episode but by episode 3 I was completely sold. I hope season 2 can keep pace and the romance continues at a good rate. |
| Just finished it, it was "okay". Probably just not the anime of my taste but even so I did enjoy the fun between Holo and Lawrence. |
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| I love it, nice atmosphere and it's so enjoyable to watch, at the end Lawrance was like "Lawrence was like "I must've unconsciously chosen to call your name for sure... because... ...because.. your name is a little shorter than hers" LMAO //facepalms Overall score 9/10, now onto the 2nd season |
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| This anime very much surpassed my expectations and I'd give it a 9/10 ^_^ Welp on to the second season! |
| What a beautiful episode. ;___; I miss Nora already. Lawrence and Holo's interactions are just amazing, and the drama was very well done these last four episodes. Hopefully the second season is just as good. |
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| Oh my god I envy you so much for just now watching this show :) |
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| Horo is so pretty. She and Lawrence can be a nice couple :) |
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| They left us hanging! I feel for those who watched this when it originally aired. The ending definitely leaves you wanting more... That said, it was good for an open ending. No needless plot twists; just the ending notes of their latest predicament and a bit more Holo/Lawrence fun. Seeing Holo still concerned over Nora was kinda cute. What a satisfying show. The focus (economics) was unique and was presented accurately; the character dynamic was great; the dialogue was fun; there was justified drama with reasonable conclusions; there was good romantic development. I could hardly ask for more. This is definitely worthy of a 9, possibly a 10. On the enjoyment side, it's close to favorite-dom, although I'll wait a bit longer before deciding on that. I certainly plan on watching the sequel season. |
| Ahh~ Holo's wolf form never cease to amaze me.. Thought that scene where she kneeled down before the big wolf must've been a big blow to her pride.. I hope she can retain it again.. Youngsters *sigh* A pretty good ending to this great show.. The last scene where they were teasing each other was fun to watch but I would've like it more if they ended it romantically.. Not that I'm complaining~ Anyways, this show was enjoyable to watch and I didn't regret watching it.. Holo is definitely hands down, best character.. Every EP was awesome 'cos of her haha! Now then, on to S2! I hope it'll be as good (if not better) as this season.. Looking forward to it! ~ 8/10 ~ |
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| 10/10, awesome show. Kinda wish they hadn't stopped after 2 seasons. |
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| Great show 8/10. Loved how Lawrence stated that he only said Holo's name because it was shorter & when he said he loved her as soon as the bell rang. Really loved Holo & Lawrence's interactions,they had really great chemistry & made a great couple. |
| A sweet romance show with a bit of late medieval trading on the side. Will definitely check out the second season now. |
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| That was very enjoyable, just gotta love Holo and the way she acts :) Looking forward to checking out S2. |
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| Wow, I loved this series. There were so many great things about this anime, the music, the medieval fantasy setting, the story in general. But what really made me love it was the characters of Holo and Lawrence and their amazing interactions together. Holo in particular is an amazing character unlike any other, that just made every episode extremely entertaining. I'm also usually someone who doesn't really care for the romance in most things, but even I couldn't ignore how cute Lawrence and Holo were together throughout this entire show. I personally think the romance was done exceptionally well. I'll be looking forward to seeing more of Holo and Lawrence in the second season. 10/10 |
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| I love shows like this that focus so much on the characters and their interactions, Lawrence |
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| I'm gonna have to be one of the odd ones out here and say I was honestly not that impressed with this series. Holo was pretty much the only character that was entertaining, and any time someone else would step up and start to shine as a character, their time would be over; mainly Chloe and Nora. And while it certainly had some thought put into it, I just did not care at ALL about the economic happenings in the story. They were boring and had me wanting to do something else most of the time. There really was nothing wrong with the animation and music though, so I can't mark it in that regard. 6/10. Probably not going to watch the 2nd season, because I just don't care enough about the overall story, and while she is genuinely an awesome character, Holo is not enough to convince me to give it a shot... |
| Beautiful romance!! Love the opening and ending! |
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| Cute episode and cute show in general. My friend was raving about it but I honestly just wasn't that into this show. I mean I might watch the second season but this show just has too much business talk in it for me. I'm just not that interested in economic based things in my anime. Like, yay, you can do math and make money. Good for you. Now do something. I give it a 6/10. Mystifire said: I'm gonna have to be one of the odd ones out here and say I was honestly not that impressed with this series. Holo was pretty much the only character that was entertaining, and any time someone else would step up and start to shine as a character, their time would be over; mainly Chloe and Nora. And while it certainly had some thought put into it, I just did not care at ALL about the economic happenings in the story. They were boring and had me wanting to do something else most of the time. There really was nothing wrong with the animation and music though, so I can't mark it in that regard. 6/10. Probably not going to watch the 2nd season, because I just don't care enough about the overall story, and while she is genuinely an awesome character, Holo is not enough to convince me to give it a shot... You basically just described my reaction to the entire series. |
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| Don't understand the business side of the story, but I like the interaction between Holo and Lawrence. If I have to say Lawrence is naive...but what he say is right as well. Still he is too naive...almost got kill and still won't kill other. Not bad. 7/10 on to next season. |
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| This was a thoroughly enjoyable series, and I agree with the pacing throughout. It had a slow start, but fast paces work best when you already are invested in the characters. When too much happens with characters you don't know or care about, it's hard to get into them at all. The ending didn't feel rushed, like some mentioned. It felt appropriate, and like it chose to terminate instead of drag on like some series' endings do. There wasn't a lot to say goodbye to after all. As for the trade, currency exchange, negotiations, deals and betrayals... it's kind of in the description. If you weren't interested in stuff a merchant would do, why are you watching a series about a merchant? I mean sorry, but if that's your complaint, you're the problem, not the show. Personally, I do like that sort of stuff, and I was pleasantly surprised at the depth with which they addressed those topics, and how well it balanced out with the show as a whole. Seriously, once again, if your problem with the show was the business and trade aspects of it, you are the problem. I wouldn't go out and tell someone that a show about sports was a 6/10 simply because I don't like sports. It's not the show's fault if I choose to watch something I dislike. |
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| Yeah, I would have to agree with the latter comments of this thread and I would have say that this show is 6/10. By no means was the show bad, but at the same time it did not have enough strengths in it to call it great. One of the problems I had with this show is the romance. For an anime to have a huge focus on these two characters that obvious have a thing for each other, and for them to travel together that long and the relationship doesn't go anywhere is a slap in the face for me. I would of been fine with the two MC not hooking together, if there wasn't so much flirting and sexual tension between the two. There was literally nothing discouraging them or stopping them from being more than friend, so I'm just confuse on why have this platonic relationship this whole time. Second problem with the show is I still don't think it translated that well into an anime. Too dialogue heavy, lots of dialogue is great and dandy for a novel, but for an anime to have so much dialogue you need to balance it with either better art or visual style, add more events, add a lot more animation in the dialogue or any combination of the three to make the anime exciting. |
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| No kiss. so 9/10 |
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BashZeStampeedo said: Really? She isn't human, is basically immortal, has just gone through centuries of mind-bending loneliness after losing someone who is obviously "more than a friend", and you think that just a couple of weeks of traveling with some merchant will be enough to overcome all of that? That, and you haven't even seen the second season yet (unless you're just posting in the season one thread instead of the season two one). Pretty much, yeah. I mean they were together for a couple of weeks for non stop/ 24 hours per day for most of the time. In my humble opinion I thought that was more than enough time for two love birds to start a fling together regardless of her past, but this is just my opinion. I don't remember a part where they said that an immortal and a mortal having a relationship was consider taboo, and most of the people in the series didn't even that Holo was even a wolf god thing or whatever she suppose to be. I haven't seen the second season yet, I do plan on seeing it at some time. Since the first one did not thrill me as much I said I'd put it to the side until I finish watching some other shows I'd really wanted to watch. You might even say that this thread sparked back my interest of watching season 2 ;D No, I have not read the novel and could not argue with you the difference between the novel and the anime, but in entertainment theory books with a lot of dialogue either internal or external does not translate well when put into a movie or tv format, and this usually the main reason why books turned to movie/show are not as good as the book, and this show had a lot of dialogue that at times that felt a little bit boring to me. I would still recommend this show to a friend because I do believe it is a very mature show, it has a very unique feel to it, it is consider to be a classic to a lot people, and I know that I am in the minority when say that this show is just average to me, but I will admit that this would not be one of the first shows that I recommend out of the long list of anime that I enjoy a lot. Believe when I say I'm not that guy, if you are referencing to people who rate something different (in most cases negatively) just to stand out of a crowd. Everything I rate and/or do in MAL is honesty as I possibly can be for the fact that I want to get other people honest opinion on anime so that I can have a better appreciation for shows I don't understand or shows I would not generally watch and I hope to do the same for others. I believe the best way to get people honest opinion is for me to be honest with others. I get what you are say with the Berserk analogy, but I could not get mad if somebody did not like Berserk. While I am a huge Berserk fan as you can tell, I know some people who do feel that an ending will make or break a show is probably not going to like the Berserk's and I'm ok with that. While it would still hurt me a little inside if somebody said they did not like Berserk, but I know the anime and movie is not without its' faults . BashZeStampeedo said: And you've clearly ignored the quality of things that you personally don't seem to care about, like voice acting, music, dialogue, and character nuance, among other things, so you probably have a different idea of greatness than others who would like Spice and Wolf to begin with. I will admit that I don't have a appreciation for voice acting and music like other people do. In most things that I watch directing, visual style, story, pacing, and characters are the things I focus on. As long as the acting is a least average that is more than enough for me to enjoy that character (I couldn't even give you a top five favorite actors because I don't have any favorite actors (I know, weird)). As far as music goes as long as it fits the show, that good enough for me. I don't mind a lot dialogue as long as it is exciting like the Monogatari series, Mononoke, Kuuchuu Buranko or Quentin Tarantino's movie. Now when I go into season 2 I will have a bigger focus on the voice acting and music. |
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BashZeStampeedo said: No, I meant "that guy who tries too hard to sound like he knows what he's talking about". When I talk about topics like that one the chances are I am not making stuff up to sound smart, but I'm able to talk about it because I know a good deal about the subject from a technical standpoint and I like to speak on stuff coming from a subjective standpoint too. The argument about books not translating well into shows or movies is not something I've created, I got that theory from both Scott McCloud in one of his Making Comic Books series and from the Screenwriter's Bible. If you don't think my words hold weight, well I'll give you a little bit of my educational background. I went to art high school for three year and studied Fine Art as my major. I major in Media Arts and Animation for 4 years in college. I have read plenty of books outside of school including The Animator Survive Kit, The Illusion of Life, The Screenwriter's Bible, Scott McCloud's Making Comics series, Shot by Shot, and couple more book that I can't remember their names. I watched over 500+ hrs of animating tutorials I been watching anime since the early 90s with over 200 different series that I've seen. I also read recent articles on animation news, theory, and tutorials online. Even with all that I still value everybody opinion, I do have a good understand from an animation and technical standpoint, but doesn't mean that somebody who don't have that same background in art opinion mean nothing. Even with all that knowledge doesn't mean that I know everything about animation or anime, and that is the reason that I still ask people how about a certain anime because it help me grow as admirer of anime and as an animator. BashZeStampeedo said: It still feels to me like you're taking for granted that these are two very isolated individuals, not your average lovebirds. I can see why you'd be disappointed that things don't progress more quickly, but I don't think it's a stretch that a career-obsessed guy who isn't used to normal human interactions, and a creature who was bitterly alone for centuries, would be able to lower their defenses like a regular pair of people would. At any rate, it's just a difference of opinion, I was just surprised that you seemed to miss those elements entirely. While I guess we will have agree to disagree on why they couldn't have romantic relationship, but I would have to say that is a really good argument on why they just could not hook up, and hands down the best argument I heard for this. BashZeStampeedo said: Incidentally, this is a case where some people can appreciate the dub more than the subs; there's something about reading the lines that makes it easy to miss subtler things going on in the anime, plus in this case at least the dub is generally considered to be of comparable quality to the subs. I agree, I feel the same way. I actually like dubs more than subs, and I always feel that watching subs take away from the immersion of watching a show and I can't focus on the art and other thing in the anime as much as I would like. I thought the voice acting was pretty good for the series. I don't know if I heard her voice before, but I thought that the voice for Holo was good and I still can remember her voice like it was yesterday, and even though I've seen the Spice and Wolf about a year ago. I think I would've had a harder time liking the show if I had to watch the sub. |
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| The last 3 episodes got really exciting. Love the ending tho. Hoping for their romance to develop kkkk. Will surely watch the second season. |
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| Nice finale , even though it is not something that great but at least it was not bad or disappointing . Animation : 6/10 - Average Animation Art : 8/10 - Good Sound : 9/10 - loved the sound in this anime I liked how much natural sounds were added ( weird :P ) , Great voice acting , good OST . Story : 8/10 - very nice story Characters : 8/10 - Holo is amazing , one of my favorite characters of all anime , Lawrence is a good character too , Nora also good , the rest of the side characters felt real and they were all acceptable . Value : 7/10 Enjoyment : 7/10 - enjoyed every scene with Holo. I'll add 2 points as a bonus for the chill settings ( liked them ) in the first episodes . Overall : 7.8/10 Very Good Romantic Historical Drama . |
| At first, I didnt get what was soo good about this series, I tried reading the LN first, and eventually got distracted by other stuff, the anime just like the LN was slow at first, but it builts up into you, and when it does, it sticks there. Everything helps, the soundtrack is charming and manages to add deep to the scenes, the art is great, the story while simple, just like the setting, it is engrossing, and Holo and Lawrence bickering is so funny and refreshing to see. Also the OP is a beast of its own, the music is just amazing, it told so much to me, with was a great pick and definitly sets the mood for the more serious stuff that happens, and the ED is also charming and cute in its own way. 9/10 |
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| Lawrence, literally saved by the bell. |
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| After so long, I finally got around to watching this anime. Such a comfy watch. I liked the chemistry between Lawrence and Holo, I found it very entertaining to watch. Holo ez best character, dialogue was very funny as well. Looking forward to watching season 2 sometime in the future. :) |
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| A very lovely anime. I really enjoyed their conversations and romance. I learned a lot about economics too. I will miss this show and will definitely be coming back to it. :D 8/10 |
| I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. It was bit slow at first but that didn't bother me at all. The thing I love most about this series is the interactions between Lawrence and Holo. They're just so cute together <3 Kinda sad we didn't get a kiss at the end but I know they'll get together later on. Looking forward to starting the second season. I also need to order the rest of the light novel so that I can finish the story. I've had volume 1 on my shelf for awhile now, just never got round to reading it. Can't wait to get the rest of the novels so that I can binge read them all. |
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| "Your name is shorter" Seriously? Both are have 4 letters, Horo & Nora.. Though saying Horo fast is easier than Nora Well no one die, I guess it's okay for ending? xD |
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| Since people have been recommending this anime to me a lot I felt like giving it a try.. However... It turned out more boring than I imagined. I'm not saying it's entirely bad, it's just that I didn't really like the story and got a bit bored with it. I expected quite a lot since the rating is quite high and people around me got excited when I talked about Spice and Wolf. It might just be me not getting the story or something.. but the anime felt a bit dull to me. I guess the whole "wolves attacking" thing was cool.. but I guess I was just expecting more of the story. 5/10 |
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| What a great final episode! I'm relieved things weren't too stressful for the happy couple haha I love seeing them interact. |
| Haha, I love how Lawrence teased Horo at the end :D And Horo is so damn cute, especially when she's angry. |
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| I'm so fucking glad that the dog didn't die there. I seriously would have dropped the series right there and then if Holo had killed him. Anyway, yeah, I really enjoyed this anime. Had kept this off for a long time because I couldn't find much reason to start watching it other than knowing it's considered a masterpiece by many, but I'm glad that I did decide to check it out. 8/10 |
| Lawrence is such a troll lmao, and Holo is as adorable as ever :P This show surely had a slow start, but it was damn interesting from start to end, even thought the whole trading thing could get rather confusing at times and requires some rewatches for me <-< 8/10! |
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| I haven't watched such a good show in a while. 9/10 |
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| A very nice series, it's nice to have a change of pace with a mature, adult cast and a plot that is believable and relatable instead of over-emphasized drama. It was incredibly satisfying to see Lawrence comfortable with Holo in her true form and not afraid. Honestly, most of the business stuff (especially in the first two thirds) went way over my head. The whole "this company playing this company to manipulate this currency to benefit this company" was beyond me. I'll have to see if there's a blog or something that puts it all into Layman's terms. Solid 8/10, looking forward to starting season 2. |
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| This was my first watching a female wolf and i say i am impressed by her. I love wolves so much and prefer them than vamps (hence game of thrones Starks). Holo and Kraft make great companions and hope to see them in season 2. |
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