(CR) Spice and Wolf - Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf - Anime Episode Discussion

[Nachtwandler]

She said in one of the previous episodes that to transform she needs to either be given some blood or to eat some wheat from Parsloe and wheat is limited to a porch on her neck. So she could transform but it would use a wheat which is very limited.

And "disappearing" was just to troll Lawrence. It is their general dynamic.

[HandofFate]

Holo's wolf form here is cuter than the older series, but the whole scene with the music as she was transforming was killer.

[zeross87]

Oh right she did say that I totally forgot, thanks for the reminder !

[scififan]

Instead teaching about economy, the show is teaching about risk of investment. Lawrence loses big time by getting into currency investing. He got injured and put Holo in danger. To save the day, Holo has to turn into Dark Soul boss mode. Holo's transformation in the old anime looks like a fox. Holo's transformation in the new anime looks like a shiba inu. Perhaps, Holo is trolling speculators by transforming to the Dogecoin icon.

Lawrence's invovlement in currency investing looks like monetary gain on surface. He gets unwanted attention from nobles and church. His gain cannot compensate the risk he is getting.

Spice and Wolf is not the only story about currency investing. One manga talks about fictitious investing loses by girls. Unlike other countries' investors, Japanese investors put a lot of attention on exchange rates. The girls in the manga suffer a lot from their investment decision.

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[Frontier]

Holo isn't the only wolf in the world, but some people have their own way of managing them...like a blonde shepherd girl protecting her flock of sheep .

All traveling and no good food makes Holo a dull girl! Though she can entertain herself well enough with Lawrence's companionship. But it's no substitute for her apple fix, and she's willing to spend as much of Lawrence's money as she can use .

Welcome to Provoron! A small town and not the best place to show off Holo's incredibly eye-catching town girl look! Though Lawrence better watch out that he doesn't entice Holo too much with the power of delicious fruit or her ears are going to give her away even with her headwear .

Ruvinheigen is a holy city that practices frugality...even if the holy men make the most profit and are named after a Saint Holo knew personally and bit the arse of. Lucky guy .

Lawrence is making a deal with Cho, and it's all well and good to have faith in God...but you should have more faith in the Wise Wolf who with a sterling performance as a tipsy drunk exposes some underhanded tactics and helps Lawrence negotiate an even better deal for the both of them. That's some stellar "drunk" teamwork .

Lawrence can put his foot down all he wants, Holo can throw her tail, puppy dog eyes, and threat of leaving him to make him give in to her desire to eat and drink to her full !

It's not like Holo has much to worry about on a path with wolves, though she smells a presence she's not too fond of. Not a sorcerer, but a shepherd, and a cute blonde one at that. Holo doesn't seem to care for that aspect and Lawrence getting chummy with her either .

[scififan]

The shepherd girl is the first love rival, although some viewers of old anime think she is Holo's second love rival. At least, she is the second girl whose look stunned Lawrence on scene. Holo is the first girl whose beauty stunned Lawrence. Holo is not too fond of Lawrence's reaction, or the musical instrument of the shepherd.

[grecefar]

so are we going to see a jealous holo?, looking foward to it.

[FlareKnight]

Quite the roller-coaster with that merchant. Thought he had the total edge and Holo just helped Lawrence utterly cut him down. Though that's what you get when you are cheating people! Getting the tables turned when the trick is revealed is just how it goes for that type.

The relationship between Lawrence and Holo remains totally cute. She's already leaning hard into the whole benefits of being in debt . They already had the agreement to go North together, but hey a debt is another perfectly good excuse. Not that he could seriously force her to make good on it since...giant wolf trumps all . But they have a comfortable dynamic.

Cute girl at the end certainly stunned Lawrence a bit. But we'll see how things play out there. No surprise that Holo wouldn't love shepherds. Although I'm sure there isn't one that could actually stop her from getting sheep .