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Originally Posted by charizardpal
Spice and Wolf vs Maou
Let the inevitable Spice and Wolf comparisons begin, since I'm sure it was an influence on the author. S&W was a bit slow, but at least the economics talking points were less simplistic. The world left out cheap "dungeon crawling" fantasy tropes, and used the time to develop the ever-present church, and guild dynamics. In other words, rather than just playing with our expectations, S&W ran an original direction.!
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That's because S&W has a developed economy, functional government, and relatively enforced laws. S&W can go into detail of economics because their society is mature.
MaoYuu is not about teaching economics, but to BUILD economics. The characters are not trying to make money, but trying to redesign an entire society. They are changing the very world they are in. It's like the difference between being a trader of stocks (S&W), and being the person who created the stock market (MaoYuu).