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+====== Spice & Wolf ======
+**{{ruby|狼|おおかみ}}と{{ruby|香辛料|こうしんりょう}}**(Spice & Wolf)((:fn:>The Japanese sometimes translate it as “Spicy Wolf” which doesn't make a lot of sense, but it could also be a pun in Japanese that doesn't really translate well?)) is a series about a peddling merchant who ends up having to take a wolf goddess on a trip back to her ancient homeland. Along the way, he teaches her mercantile tricks and she grants him her wisdom.
+{{tag>anime games}}
+===== Reviews =====
+==== Anime ====
+It's nice, though I'm not super sold on the music.
+The anime is really good at getting across the fact Holo is //really freaking old//, with the signs varying from subtle to not-so-subtle. She's also ignorant of the real world in ways that make logical sense: not being good at distinguishing coins for example.
+==== My Year With Holo ====
+I played the DS game, yes.
+I think it's a nice little game with some pretty decent mechanics. I enjoyed playing it a lot, though it's not particularly difficult.
+===== Speculah & Analysis =====
+==== Not Economics ====
+When I first heard about //Spice & Wolf//, I heard that it was about economics...but after watching it, I realized that it //isn't// about economics. It's actually about being a merchant in a medieval setting. Those may sound similar but they aren't the same at all.
+I think this reflects more poorly on the Western anime community than it does on the series.
+==== Comparison to Maoyū Maō Yūsha ====
+Hint: //Spice & Wolf// is better.
+//Maoyū Maō Yūsha// is more explicitly focused around economics – and suffers from anachronisms as a result – while Spice & Wolf is, as stated [[#Not Economics|above]] is more about what it's like being a merchant.\\
+It actually isn't super fair to compare them as a result...though I heard that the author of Maoyū was inspired by Spice & Wolf and possibly made it as an unofficial successor...so...
+It's not super clear why the demon king in //Maoyū// knows anything about economics because, logically, she //shouldn't// know any of it: she's technically the one discovering it. This is why the series is anachronistic – which, yes, //does// sound silly in a fantasy world...but the fact is that she //shouldn't// possess the information that she has. So the actual suspension of disbelief falls apart in //Maoyū//.
+Whereas in //Spice & Wolf//, neither Holo nor Laurence possess information that they wouldn't logically have in their positions. Laurence only possesses information that he'd have gained in his position as a merchant and Holo has gained most of her information from her experience as a god helping the harvest for centuries.
+===== Trivilinks =====
+  * [[anidb>5406|aniDB]]