Spice and Wolf sounds like it would be an interesting journey, but I was left feeling underwhelmed for most of the ride. I liked the premise of Lawrence meeting the wolf-deity Horo and promising to show her the world before taking her back to her hood, but along the way I began to care [...]
Category Archives: Spice and Wolf
Spice and Wolf 13 (Final)
4/4/2008 – 12:00 am
Summary:
Horo finds that Lawrence got ganked, and she is pretty angry. She just had to prostrate in front of the other wolf to avoid fighting, and now she finds Lawrence got himself humiliated as well. Horo wants to bite Remerio’s head off, but Lawrence offers to buy her some honey peaches if she [...]
Spice and Wolf 12
4/3/2008 – 12:00 am
Summary:
Enik seems to know that Horo is a wolf, but Horo passes it off as puppy love. The wolves in the region are strange, always stalking but never howling. However, once Liebert retrieves the gold from Ramtra, the wolves being to give chase to the group. Nora calls out plays to confuse [...]
Spice and Wolf 11
3/19/2008 – 12:38 am
Summary:
After some more flirtatious arguing, Horo and Lawrence make up. Horo thinks Lawrence is a big softy, but he is willing to take the lead on his new plan. Lawrence has collected a paltry 3 Rumione, but he wants Mr. Remerio to help him smuggle gold in from the pagan city of Ramtra. [...]
Spice and Wolf 10
3/14/2008 – 12:00 am
Summary:
Lawrence is flirting with Horo and getting excited at the thought of all the profit he will make from buying goods at half price from the dishonest Ratpearon merchant in episode 8. Unfortunately, it turns out that buying a ton of useless armor and HD DVD players at half price (on credit) wasn’t a [...]
Spice and Wolf 09
3/5/2008 – 12:00 am
Summary:
The shepherd girl introduces herself as Nora Allent, and because the Church took her in she watches the sheep for a local priest. It’s not that great a job, but even though Nora would rather be a tailor she feels an sense of obligation to the Church. Nora is very skillful in handling [...]
Spice and Wolf 08
2/24/2008 – 3:24 am
Lawrence goes to sell his peppers to a merchant, but Horo quickly realizes the merchant is shady. A quick trick with a mug demonstrates how the merchant tried to work the balance, and so Lawrence blackmails the merchant for expensive armor sets in exchange for silence about the incident. With the trade complete, [...]
Spice and Wolf 06
2/16/2008 – 12:00 am
Unfortunately, Horo and Lawrence get cornered while they are making their escape, and one of the thugs stabs Lawrence in the arm. Horo manages to catch a whiff of fresh air, but in the end the exit turns out to be an old well (which they cannot climb out of). Out of the [...]
Spice and Wolf 05
2/11/2008 – 4:00 pm
Marle and Lawrence come up with an extremely complicated scheme to bust Horo out, while keeping the Medioh Company fairly quiet. While the Milone Company continues buying up coins and negotiating, various Milone underlings help Lawrence spirit Horo away through the Church’s various underground tunnels. The plan is successful, although Horo is pissed [...]
Spice and Wolf 04
2/3/2008 – 12:00 am
Lawrence works with the Milone Company to investigate Zeiren, and discovers a tangled conspiracy to profit from the weakening silver coins by spreading rumors that the value of the coins was actually increasing. A shadow group of nobles is working with the Medioh Company, and both Lawrence and Marle Height of the Milone Company [...]
Spice and Wolf 03
1/25/2008 – 12:53 am
Our duo arrives in the port city of Pattsio, and Lawrence is eager to sell his marten pelts to some foolish foreigners at the Milone Company. On the way over, Horo spots an apple stand, and Lawrence gives her a silver coin to gorge herself on apples. The vendor at the Milone Company [...]
Spice and Wolf 02
1/17/2008 – 11:54 pm
Due to the pouring rain, Horo and Lawrence stay at an Abbey as husband and wife (with facial burns, supposedly). Horo can hang around as long as the wheat that Lawrence has is not destroyed, so Lawrence threshes it and puts it in a nice necklace pouch for her. Horo also reveals that [...]
Spice and Wolf 01
1/9/2008 – 8:05 pm
Craft Lawrence is a traveling merchant who visits the village of Pasroe to check up on his apprentice Chloe. Chloe has had a real thing for Lawrence because chicks dig economics majors, but she gets stuck harvesting the last bundle of wheat; per village pagan traditions, this means that Chloe gets stuck for a [...]
