Spice and Wolf (light novel)
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| It was cute, I liked it. And we got to see more Horo x Nora friendship development. hopefully. |
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| Great ova, simple and interesting. Hoping there's a love confession and kiss scene in season 2. That would make it perfect. |
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| Very fun OVA. Lawrence and Holo teasing each other and getting jealous will never get old. It was so cute when he touched her nose and she blushed because that's how wolves kiss. Maybe I was giving Lawrence too much credit from the season 1 finale. Maybe he doesn't know the depth of Holo's feelings for him. When he says that Nora is Holo's rival, she obviously know's it's for his affection but he thinks it's due to her past encounters with shepherds. I love the chemistry between these two. Holo getting up quickly from bed when she hears Lawrence returning home was just soo sweet. New studio did a good job with the animation as well |
| -Nothing can stay unchanged. Even so, can you still keep on loving this place? -Be still my soul; when change and tears are past, all safe and blessed we shall meet at last. |
| The quality of this OVA was great. I hope the second season will be the same. I wonder how many people understood what was Horo and Nora talking about at the end of the episode ? 8/10 |
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| after watching s2 first, i realized that s2 was too intense and was missing this at ease atmosphere side of SAW. They casually hinted a beach episode. sheep torture out of 10. |
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Always-Hungry said: The quality of this OVA was great. I hope the second season will be the same. I wonder how many people understood what was Horo and Nora talking about at the end of the episode ? 8/10 Here's Omage's answer and I thought the same Omegaoveride said: Liri said: Charliehsv said: lupi_san said: Am I the only one who didn't understand Nora and Horo's joke at the end? xD They were talking about Lawrence and laughed at how he didn't realize what was going on at all :P What does it mean to have an open heart when you're herding sheep? Does that mean Lawrence is the sheep, and that when "herding" him, Horo should be more forgiving? Basically to have an open heart with a man. Keep in mind that Horo is a wolf deity and not a woman. Since this OVA was more about her feelings about Lawrence she was asking "advice" from Nola. Horo obviously senses Lawrence's attraction to Nola and wonders why he is seems to be so brain dead around her at times. "Shepherds" and "Sheep" was a reference to a woman attracting a man. Towards the end when Horo replies about shepherds thinking they are clever was Horo's "outing" Nola's intentions/feelings towards Lawrence. Hence why she was embarrassed when Lawrence came into the conversation. Basically since Nora is a shepher that is attracting sheeps around her then we can say that she is also sexually and with her good and open heart she also attracts man around her. So in this sense since Hora thinks Nora as her rival and she is also inexperienced with dealing with man with her own effort she ask advice from Nora indirectly. Horo knows that Lawrance is a dense when it comes to love affair and feelings so she wants to learn if there is a trick to make Lawrance only look at her around other girls like Nora. So Nora says that you have to have a good temparement naturally and you have to have open heart towards people or sheeps that surrounds you. She says it only in a way to answer Horo's literal question but after that answer Horo says that Shepherds tends to believe that they are clever but the problem is shepherd is shepherd so when Lawrance asks them what the hell they are talking about Nora realizes the figurative meaning of the Horo's question and then she blushes and since Lawrance is dense towards the girls he doesn't get anything about the conversation. It's indeed a secret between girls so it's a bit hard for men to understand what they are talking about at first so I see a lot friends of mine asking the same question heh. |
| What a fabulous and kind OVA :3 |
| No one noticed klass and aryes from the spinoff side colors in the beach scene? (Before nakkid horo) |
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| Horo's jealousy about Nora and Lawrence being dense about it was portrayed fantastically The close-ups on Horo's face proved that |
| I really liked the way they opened up the episode, the music is silly and fascinating and just made the mood of it so much more lively and fun. The conversation while they were eating and drinking was amusing too. The way Horo constantly looks at Nora in jealousy is funny, and seeing her get flustered over Lawrence was cute. A promising prelude to season 2, 8/10. |
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| It was a cute little introduction to the second season :) I like how Lawrence can't take an hint from Holo x) Nora is such a sweetheart :3 Holo's madly in love with Lawrence and can't understand why :P It was funny at the end with Lawrence laughing without knowing what was so funny. |
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| Lawrence is more dense than i thought lol Holo's 2nd dream was kinda grim and depressing. I hope the novel ended with a good ending. Glad to see Nora appeared in this OVA, but I've taken a look at the characters list for the 2nd season and Nora wasn't there.. i guess this is the last ep with her in it, unless they decide to make another seasons :( Overall, this was a pretty good OVA. I liked it! 8/10 |
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| I think lawrence is well aware of Holo (he treasures her the most) and realizes that they will be departed from each other soon..... Their different life span proves to be a very difficult obstacle to overcome.... though they cherish every memories together..... I'm hoping for a huge turn around or plot twist for them to overcome that ordeal (maybe later in the novel since the anime is 13 episodes only) |
| Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it. |
| Wow. Feels like the flirting went up by the power of five from last season. Or maybe I'm just less distracted 'cause I'm watching this alone and not with family (as we whisper currency to one another in reverent tones). Feel like I missed something vital when Holo and... Shepherdess discussed sheep then laughed among themselves. Hello, girls, I am also Lawrence II?? |
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| What was the last joke about? Are they saying that Lawrence is the shepherd or what? Was the meaning lost in translation? |
| I felt as clueless as Lawrence in the final scene. lmao It was a good stand alone episode really, but probably not as good as the first season due to it just feeling like "filler." |
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| Holo's second dream about running towards Lawrence but finding a pile of bones instead was pretty sad :( Makes you wonder how this series will end. |
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| Oh Holo, why you jealous lol I kind of like Norah... 8/10 onto season 2! |
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| God this show is sooo good idk why it took me so long to watch it O_O |
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| Of course he would bring Nora back. |
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| This was a fun episode. Holo is too cute <3 |
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| Men are really stupid creature eh? I mean he doesn't even noticed that he's the one that those two are talking about xD |
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| I was literally Lawrence at the end, lol. What an enjoyable OVA to jump back into the S&W universe again. I liked how they spliced up the episode in many different segments while Holo was in bed. A lot of everything I liked has been said, so I'll end with that Holo is pretty damn cute here. |
| Great original, Holo retained alot of her charm, which was surprising it was a new studio and they had to come witb something new instead of adapting the LN, this was a pleasent surprise, very very pleasent. 9/10 |
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| Man, this episode was really fun. Holo is seriously frustrated with Enik the shepherd dog. Looks like he has been giving her the looks all along. The dinner looked delicious. Also, I liked that part about the sheep and salt story. It was actually true. Animals used to find salt ores because of this. Also, Lawrence couldn't control himself when he found Nora kawaii. The dinner looked delicious. Also, I don't understand how Lawrence is so slow when it comes to relationships. Especially with the wolf nose reference. But, at least we learn Holo has a nose fetish, as seen in her dreams. Also, I would like to try that sheeps milk in a steaming bowl of porridge with slices of apple and goat cheese ... yum. Nice ed. |
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| This was cute and I'm glad to see that Holo and Norah are also getting closer. |
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| I have no idea what the joke at the end meant, went completely over my head, decent OVA though. |
| Kind of boring episode. Didn't understand sheep stuff at the end. Sometimes anime tries to be too clever. |
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| Just a short story about Holo getting ill, was mildly interesting. Didn't even notice the studio change. |
| Everything was good I was a little bit worried about the change of studies but they did really good job at this. There wasn't much difference in animation's. |
| Best episode ever, since it fanservices us what we want the most: + Lawren x Holo relationship - Economics shenanigans And Nora is back, and she is adorable. If we use the reason, she is the only match possible for Lawdense-san. But this show is just about reason in the economics, so Lawrence will invest in this adventure which end always just can be trangic: Either Holo leaves him alive, or leaves him dead, as depicted in her dream. But she just will leaves him. |
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| Good episode, in terms of character development, I guess. When I was watching Holo's behaviour throughout the OVA I couldn't help but think: "Ohhhh boy, someone's crushing hard, and I think this someone isn't called "armor market"". Holo does not even hide her feelings towards Lowrence, and I think it's adorable as hell. |
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| This OVA was okay. Not really that interesting and the first few minutes had credits featured in such a bizarre fashion by mixing it with stills of Nora, Holo and Lawrence sitting at the table to enjoy some dinner and booze, definitely didn't work that well for me. But the rest of it was just pretty standard stuff, a little less subtlety about the flirting than I would have liked compared to the first season from Holo's side. Ending with her and Nora being on the same page after cracking some humor at Lawrence's expense was nice though. |
| This was awesome. too bad more OVAs weren't made. |
| This was so incredibly cute! 10/10 all around. My depression is gone. |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| I know everyone has always hyped Spice and Wolf, but I wasn't a huge fan of the series. It was mostly just okay. That being said, I try to clean up all the extras, specials, and OVA when watching things. It's been awhile since I watched this series, but I don't think I'll need to remember anything specific for this. I rather enjoyed this. The scenes were interesting and the pace was better than I remember the main series being. My main complaint is that if they were going to show Holo naked I'd prefer they throw some nipples on her. |
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Avenger-senpai said: Holo's second dream about running towards Lawrence but finding a pile of bones instead was pretty sad :( Makes you wonder how this series will end. the thing is, this is also foreshadowing because eventually this will happen. Since she is a wolf deity, she lives waaaay longer than he does. Humans have short lifespans compared to her, this was also discussed in season 1 if I remember correctly. This ova was alright, I mostly liked the dream sequences |
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| What was the "secret between women" joke about? Something about a big heart, sheep thinking they're clever, and maybe something else. I must be as confused as Lawrence was. The brief nightmare scene came out of nowhere, and was moderately dismal, with the skeletal remains and red surroundings. Could it be a representation of a past memory, or is it foreshadowing later events? Norah and Holo are also getting along, which is nice to see. |
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| I missed this show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| The animation leaves a lot to be desired, and I can't believe this will be the last we'll see Norah as far as the original series are concerned. It's a funny and chilaxing episode. Jealous Holo ftw. |
| Wasn't aware that there was a studio change and with it a bit of a change to the art style and character designs. Right now I still kind of prefer the old style even though I watched the whole first season in some kind of low resolution version. But this one is still good and probably will even grow on me to end up having me actually prefer it like this instead. Bottom line is that there's no complaints, which is good because complaints usually come with a change in art style. If the song at the end is in fact the ED for the second season, well I really like it. No more "7 seeds to plant inside of me" (looool), but it's okay because I really like the vibe of this new one. Yeah this was a good ova, nice and chill, just some back and forth between our two main characters which is what we all want to see. A nice break from all the economics' classes. Mostly. |
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| I almost missed this OVA. So glad I didn't because it was simply amazing. This episode seems to be an epilogue for the last arc of Season 1. Didn't think I'd see Norah again. Jealous Holo is so cute. And Lawrence keeps acting braindead as usual lmfao. Holo seemed like she was sick in this episode. Her nightmares about Lawrence and her wolf friends were genuinely harrowing tho. I didn't realize the studio changed until I saw the above comment. The animation looked generally the same tho. Maybe the budget increased a little bit. I didn't check it but this could be the case of the studio being different but the core staff remaining the same as the previous season. Anyway, gonna have to watch Season 2 next. |
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