Spice and Wolf (light novel)
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| Holo's status as a wolf and origin along with how Elsa's connection to the church is fairly interesting this episode imo. Once again, they protray Holo with a lot of emotions, most of them human-like. In these recent episodes, the show strives off from the economic elements and more into the lore of the church and their influence. |
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| I mean I don’t disagree with Lawrence and Holo’s plan of barging(not quite) into the church in the pretence of offering a prayer and then revealing their intentions to throw off the church girl, but man, was all of this not uber shocking for the little girl, I mean add Holo showing her true self over that… she literally collapsed lol. But hey, those two didn’t mean harm at all, so there’s nothing wrong with it, and Elsa kind of realized that too. I liked the part of Lawrence’s conversation with both Elsa and Holo, about the gods and whatnot, and even the bit of his and Holo’s heart-to-heart, but yeah, they have the texts now, and can finally have a clue they’ve been searching for all this while. Means the build-up phase of this arc is kind of done, and we’d finally have the stakes from the next episode. I mean the wheat has caused problems, so you know, it's already the start of troubles. |
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| Another week not being married to holo sigh. Great episode though, Elsa won’t be letting her guard down around anymore wandering merchants that’s for sure after she fainted from Lawrence’s trick lol. I was confused about why everyone was keeping the abbey and its books so secretive, but it makes sense when I think about how the existence of pagan gods challenges a lot of the church’s existing doctrine and teachings. But I like that Fr. Franz kinda viewed it the opposite way, instead seeing the pagan gods as further proof of God’s existence. Kinda like the irl science and religion historical debates I really wanna know more about the moon hunting beat though. We probably won’t get that solved in this season so hopefully we get a second one. It was cute seeing Holo get all frustrated because she didn’t know what she wanted to do when they find Yoitsu. Her whole purpose has just been getting there so far Elsa and Evan are so cute! I kinda ship it. Love the dinner scene That cliffhanger tho! A murder mystery? This is gonna be interesting. The way they barged in the church I really thought they were gonna try and hurt Lawrence and it’s clear the townspeople did too cause even they looked shocked when the elder said they weren’t there to hurt them lmao. |
Marinate1016Sep 2, 12:53 PM
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| Poor nun fr got played like a fiddle by Lawrence and Holo being the final attack to get her to pass out lol. They got what they've been desperately wanted though, so that's that. Holo teasing Lawrence as always will never not be funny. The wheat has caused some problems, it seems. Just as they finally got the answer, and or clue, they've been looking for |
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| Lawrence and Holo trying to allay Elsa's fears of Father Franz's late passing, and then also still try to get directions to Diendran Abbey through prayer before the altar, he's truly cunning, only with the help of Holo to investigate more about the Church and its dealings with the Enberch Church, hidden behind locked doors for a good reason, hiding the stories of old that to the average person, will sound like nonsense, but is genuine knowledge to pagan gods like Holo proving that there isn't a God. Truly, Franz was awaiting such a time when the secret would come to light knowing both Lawrence and Holo would come to the culmination of his secret-stashed truth. Clearly, both Elsa and Evan are related to each other, and as promised, Lawrence shares his experiences with them, and Holo gets jealous that he's talking about their relationship, as if that they're not the same thing when it comes to specifics, like a human with a pagan god, the latter having feelings for the former. As suspected, finding irrefutable evidence about the moon-hunting bear, as well as Enberch's stringent surveillance...but what this about village head Sem and his people targeting the both of them with the news that someone from Enberch dying from the consumption of wheat from their village? An affair that will rock the small town, it's gonna get ugly... |
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| Man Holo's little trick sure ended up having much more of an effect than they thought. Quite the disguise though using a statue to hide the door. As someone thats been to many different cities and towns in the land Lawrence is ideal for providing advice. Its unfortunate that in this land the church only see's their god as the true god and everything else as heretics. It was cute seeing Elsa and Evans bond. Still a murder mystery just as they are on the verge of finding Holo's home what poor timing. |
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| I loved this episode, the vibe was just very good. |
| “Do what feels right in your heart. You will be criticized either way.” (Eleanor Roosevelt) |
| Lawrence and Holo looking awfully cuddly this episode |
| Elsa probably got the fear of her life seeing Holo's ears, but she soon get back on her feet. She also get over her religious doubts fairly quickly. That's what I always liked about Elsa: she's strong, courageous and resilient. Also, she is very independent-minded and is able to reason for herself and by herself in surprising/difficult situations. On that point she is pretty similar to Lawrence and Holo. I also loved the dinner scene with the four of them (Lawrence, Holo, Elsa, Evan), as it has always been one of my favorites in the fourth book. You can feel the personality of everyone pretty easily, and they immediately all feel like a group of good friends, despite only meeting very recently. This episode also had some extremely cute Holo/Lawrence moments, I just can't get enough of them getting along like that :) Last but not least, that ending is quite the cliffhanger. We do not know yet what the village chief wants with Lawrence but the villagers seem very tense for sure. Overall, a very good episode! |
MeguSae38Sep 2, 12:26 PM
| That cliffhanger, it seems not even the villagers even knew what they were even going to do with that reaction from them. |
| Lawrence really played Elsa like a fiddle there lol, I knew he was about to turn that “confession” back on her, and then Holo went and spooked Elsa with her cute wolf ears to further troll her, definitely a bit mean but how else were they gonna get Elsa to let them see those books, I respect the plays lol. And due to the sheer amount of books, Lawrence and Holo are now having to stick around for a while longer just to look through them all, a tough job but what else was there to do in these times, a feast of books is pretty awesome lol. The little romance bits in this one were great too, we got a tidbit of how Elsa and Evan are together which is definitely cute, and there were quite the nice Holo and Lawrence moments in this one too, gotta love how Holo went and made it looks as sus as possible when Elsa walked in on them lol. But along with the sweet moments came from serious ones, like Lawrence asking Holo what she plans to do when she gets home, guess she hadn’t thought that far ahead yet lol, we’re far out from that but it’s something she’ll have to think about eventually. And I had a feeling Lawrence and Holo wouldn’t simply be able to read unbothered for the rest of the arc, the stuff regarding the bear was sounding really interesting but now someone is dead and Lawrence is in hot water, things are about to get intense. |
| I don't remember this arc from the original. Did it get to this past in the 08 version? |
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I don't remember this arc from the original. Did it get to this past in the 08 version?
| @GakutoDeathGlare They didnt adapt this arc in the original. it was skipped |
| So we finally get the scene of the two pairs eating dinner together in the church from the OP theme. Although the food layout was a little different. "We have not appeared before you because of ill intentions"...as the known liar geezer chief says, with a whole gang of villagers with big sticks. Sure, buddy. If somebody in Enberch died eating the wheat from their village, what the hell does that have anything to do with Lawrence? Especially when people can die for any other number of reasons, like not washing their hands of fecal matter before eating and ending up dying from diarrhea...something that still happens in many places with poor sanitation. My guess is the village chief was planning on pinning the blame on Lawrence, saying one of his bags of wheat got mixed up with theirs. Regardless of whether that's true or not, them using brute force and intimidation tactics against Lawrence just makes him clearly the villain here. I wouldn't be surprised if they put a black bag over their heads while saying some BS like "Relax, we just want to talk" before turning them over to Enberch and going "It was them! They poisoned the supply to sabotage us!" Next week: "Orchestrated catastrophe and appropriate retribution"...yup, definitely a setup of some sort. Things are getting heated...and with 3/5 episodes left until the end, we're entering the climax of the finale. I wonder if they'll announce a 2nd season. |
Estoy_GordoSep 2, 4:26 PM
| Lawrence was very clever to deceive Elsa to enter the church and get her to confess her lies directly to him. I didn't expect Holo to show her true form to Elsa, but that helped Elsa hand over the stories that Father Franz had collected. At the same time, it made Elsa question the existence of God; the good thing is she hasn't lost her faith and seems to be following Father Franz's path of searching for the existence of God through the existence of pagan gods. The moments between Holo and Lawrence continue to be the best part, and seeing them envious of Evan and Elsa's relationship was funny. But, like Lawrence, the only doubt I have about his relationship with Holo is how far it will go will they stay together, or will they part ways when they reach Holo's hometown? The leader of Tereo village seems to have bad intentions when he brings the whole village with sticks against Lawrence. Luckily, Lawrence belongs to the merchant guild. If someone died because of the wheat in Emberch, Lawrence has nothing to do with it; it's likely that Emberch did something with Tereo's wheat to frame them and take over their lands since they can't collect taxes. |
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| This episode gives us a nice lesson about religion. Doubting and believing in God is faith. It is through doubting God that we find Him. Blind faith is not enough. |
| Jealous Holo is always welcome |
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| I'm impressed with how Lawrence was able to easily trick Elsa with his "confession" plan after being let into the church, which then led to Elsa fainting after seeing Holo's ears. The poor girl had it rough! XD Still, after all of that, Elsa did help out Lawrence and Holo with letting them use the books that she stored in the church's secret room and learn more about what Father Franz did when he was still alive. The way that he viewed the pagan gods was very intriguing, since the normal view of them would be something the church would outright reject. The episode had plenty of wholesome moments, especially when all three of them, along with Evan, had dinner together, while Lawrence and Holo had their usual cute moments while reading through those books. Sadly, it seems that we can't escape from tension as the townsfolk all arrived in force, where the village elder tells Lawrence that someone from Enberch was killed due to consuming wheat. It was certainly a juicy way to end the episode on a cliffhanger. I'm excited to see how this murder mystery will be solved with 3 episodes left. |
| Bruhh this guy trick her with confession in fron of god LMAO Oh no someone died after consuming Lawrence wheat? 😱 |
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| The truth is almost being discovered but there is always a problem after that... |
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| Lmao. Lawrence got Elsa good. Elsa now knows that Holo is a pagan god. So, she's now having second thoughts about her own faith. That's sad. Lawrence is optimistic about her God's existence while Holo shoots it down once again. Of course she did. She's a pagan god. Tbh I didn't think the show would go back to the religious aspect after the first arc. Embarrassed Holo is cute. She thinks something may be wrong with her relationship with Lawrence lol. I liked how Holo used Lawrence's lap as a pillow just like it was in the OP. Lawrence found a book relating to the bear. I guess he can find out more about Yoitsu in that book. Good for Holo. But it's one step closer to Lawrence and Holo potentially getting separated once they reach Yoitsu. I wonder what they'd do. Wtf happened in the end. Someone died after eating wheat bought from that village? Why did they go after Lawrence as if he sold poisonous wheat? It could be that something happened when they made it into flour or baked it into bread. Makes no sense to go after him with the intention of beating him. The animation of this episode looked really good. There weren't as many "rough around the edges" scenes as there were in many previous episodes. I liked that. I think it's cause this episode didn't have that many characters until the very end, so the animators could make the few characters look more polished. But I liked this episode more so because it seemed to have a lot of scenes directly from the OP. That was very cool. Can't wait for the next episode. |
| Priest girl is cute. I'm glad they decided to show her who Holo is, although the poor thing fainted. Priest girl and miller boy are so cute together. Wonder if we'll see them ever again once this arc concludes. Looks like we have a problem with wheat... |
| Elsa ended up being way more helpful than I originally expected. First impressions sure aren't everything. |
| This was very good episode :D That moment when Holo revealed she has ears and Elsa fainted was great :D The dialogues were also good. I have no idea what have they got to do with bread and someone dying and why the elder said he had no ill intentions?, but I am glad I waited with this episode so I can now watch next one only in 2 days. |
| (づ￣ ³￣)づ ちゅっ ちゅっ キス (´｡✪ω✪｡｀) I hate it when anime/manga that I enjoyed ends, especially when there could be much longer plot and when I love main heroine :P I wish I had magic glasses that let me see real world in anime colors ;) |
| Someone died? I hope Lawerence and Holo aren’t getting blamed for anything. (7/10) |
| These two can't live without attracting trouble for one arc lol but given the nature of their journey it makes sense ig. Was good to see more about the priestess and the guy, cute couple. Holo getting embarrassed was cute as well. |
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| Also Holo needs to make up her mind soon about what she'll do after. |
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| Oh shit... new troubles for them, it seems like. But, at least now we have somewhere to look and to see how things go from here. Holo is cute. |
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| It was strange, in Enberch died a person to eat triger!!! kekeke |
| Lawrence does have a dream of becoming a town merchant, doesn't he? I think he should fully commit to sticking with Holo when she reaches her destination. Maybe that's just too idealistic of me though... |
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