Spice & Wolf 2Follow

How bout a recap of Spice & Wolf 1 for those of us who have never seen it before?

Isn't there an apple fetish somewhere in there?

Well, I never saw the anime, just read a few of those... doujin, things.

*is kinda dirty that way*

It seems interesting. Of course, the whole furry aspects + 25 year old falls for 15 year old is kinda... offsetting. I think I'll check it out though, and write how I think it goes here.

I do love that the first quote in that article is from Buffy, and I remember watching that episode!

I only watched the first five or so episodes because I knew it would be short and I liked it enough I didn't want to have my heart broken by a rushed ending...I had no idea there was going to be a second season. I may have to go and finish up the first one now.

As for the apple thing...I thought it was adorable, but then, my hubby loves apples. We were still dating when I was watching the first season, and when I dragged him out to buy some healthy food (he'd been living off of ritz crackers and peanut butter) and sent him off to get a couple apples while I picked out veggies and bread, he came back with two huge bags of apples.... xD

Edit: I'm guessing the names vary by subbing group? I seem to remember Craft and Horo, not Kraft and Holo.

Edited, Aug 10th 2009 7:47pm by isyris

Officially it is Holo, but most fansub groups translated it as Horo.

I just finished reading the manga; it seems like a really good series! Although only 12 chapters were available, it really sucked me in; and it was a lot more interesting than your standard fantasy manga. I just wish there was more; I'll need to watch the anime, as I get the impression the series is a LOT longer than the manga was.

That said, underage furry freaks me out, and Horo seems to like to get naked a lot.

I downloaded the first season, looking forward to watching it.

I heard you didn't like Last Exile too much; I hope you enjoy this series more.

After marathoning the first season yesterday (and a couple episodes today to finish it), I really want to get going on the second season now... but it will be quite sad when I then get caught up and can't finish it .

You tell me. I got caught up when they were on episode 5... last week was a very long one.

So, having watched all of Spice and Wlf 2 in a day (and glad I did wait to watch it all at once rather than week by week), I can say that overall the second season is not as good as the first, though still very enjoyable.

There is somewhat less focus on economic machinations and more time spent on developing Holo's and Craft's relationship. Climaxes seem to have less amplitude as well. The feeling I got was that Season 1 was young, energetic, perky, and season to is matured, blended, and comfortable.

Is there a free manga source for these? I read the first series, and while I wouldn't mind watching the second season, I'd probably have to watch the first season as well just to see what the differences were. I did like it though, so it would be nice to find!