Spice and Wolf
(Six episodes watched):
Lawrence is a respectable travelling merchant in a medieval-like setting, except judging from the names of regions this seems to be a fantasy world. He has an apprentice/wannabe girlfriend, Chloe. he is familiar with the legend of Horo, a wolf demigod who is supposed to bring good harvests. And, one day he finds the personification of Horo--as a wolf-eared and wolf-tailed naked girl, asleep in his wagon! This show soon caught my interest, and retained it throughout the episode. It was hard to say where things would go from this first episode, since about all that had happened were introductions of these three principal characters (love triangle?), and Horo expressing her wish to return to the far north, presumably by tagging along with Lawrence. Still, the unusual premise was refreshing, and left me curious about Spice and Wolf. In episode two I was sure Horo would be exposed and persecuted when she and Lawrence stopped at a church, but nothing like that happened, no action at all, which is OK with me. You might say that instead of conventional, physical action we got verbal action, as Horo gives a frightening reminder that she is a wolf, after all, and wolves and people don't always get along so well. Episode three was surprisingly fun, even though there was no action at all. Lawrence and Horo have gotten involved in a scheme to make some money from a devaluation of silver coins--it got fairly complicated (I don't completely understand the plan), but remained intriguing and educational as well. In episode four I became even more confused when Horo had been abducted and a way had to be reasoned out to get her back--I was expecting some action (a rescue attempt), but that wasn't what happened. The wording of the subtitles made it difficult to understand what Lawrence and the Milone guy were thinking. Anyway, the word that comes to mind to describe S&W is different. I don't know where this is going (in a good way), but I definitely want to tag along myself.
No fansub of episode seven has been released, even though episodes 8-13 have been. I assumed this was because a new fansub outfit had taken over the task, and they didn't want to risk duplicating somebody else's work (but the original team had never gotten around to it). I shelved the remainder of the series until the missing episode seven turned up. In fact, having gotten frustrated and gone searching the internet for an answer, it turns out that episode seven is an OVA--these generally take place at the end of a series!
Last updated Friday, April 04 2008.
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