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Originally Posted by Classified Info
While i'm fucking around, i came up with a title that seems to be loved by many: Spice and Wolf. Do you think it would suit me?
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The two seasons of
Spice and Wolf is definitely about the relationship between the two, but I remember earlier in your first thread that you don’t like girls with animal attribute such as animal ears and tails.
I also have to warn you though, that
Spice & Wolf are loved by many because of it’s unusual story-element. To be valid, here’s a review about the plus and minus of
Spice & Wolf 1st season from a profesional reviewer who familiar with anime from Blu-ray.com whose opinion mirrors mine (he
do loves this anime though):
Spoiler for The Review:
“Spice and Wolf kind of takes the odd couple trope to new and heretofore unknown heights, or depths if you have a less charitable view of this series' approach. Set up rather like an episodic quest of sorts, the two mismatched main characters move through a series of encounters which more often than not seem to touch on rather arcane theories of Middle Ages economics. That's right: economics. Lots of talk of various grades of silver ensue, we get brief looks at the feudal systems which were then completely in effect, and Lawrence and Holo attempt to wend their way through a convoluted labyrinth of societal castes and economic strata. Several episodes into the series, Spice and Wolf also brings in the Church (that would be the Christians, in case you were wondering), the literal fundamentalist establishment which isn't too keen on the idea there's a pagan wolf-goddess Deity running around in what they consider to be their territory.
As fascinating as this all sounds (no, really—this is indeed a very interesting premise for a series), Spice and Wolf is hobbled, at least initially, by an incredibly slow pace that may turn many viewers off before at least a few fireworks start flying around episode four or five. This show is so unusual, without any requisite action or easily accessible "hooks," that it takes an enormous amount of patience to wait out the endless speeches in order to glean a little information which gives some insight into the two main characters. The best thing about Spice and Wolf, though, is the interrelationship between Holo and Lawrence, and the gently chiding sense of humor both of these characters exhibit helps to invest the series with a little breeziness it otherwise would seriously lack.
Spice and Wolf at the very least has one inarguable thing for it: there has never been another anime quite like this one. The problem, though, is that along with that innovation in premise, there's no attendant stylistic or storytelling freshness, and instead we seem to be stuck in a weird hybrid of Middle Ages sorcery and some long ago forgotten treatise on how Middle Ages barter systems worked. Is that enough to really build a successful series around? The second season of Spice and Wolf may ultimately tell the tale as to whether this is an interesting if failed experiment, or a show that resolutely knows it's peculiar and has the courage to forge its own way, come what may.”