Spice and Wolf - Episode 8 Discussion / Poll

[Tri-ring]

Episode 7 is probably about Cloe's fate gathering from ep 8.

[MakubeX2]

Originally Posted by Deathkillz

Now why is lawrence gobsmacked to see a female shepherd?

According to the novel, a female shepherb is a rare thing because of the nature of the job where one is required to spend many part of the day or week alone in the company of the sheep and dog, keeping them in line and at the risk of attacks by wolves. A female just isn't up to the job no matter how you look at it unless she is very good.

But when a female is good at this job, controling the sheeps and keeping wolves at bay, she risk being branded as a witch and being outcasted. So no sensible woman would take this job up in the middle ages.

[serenade_beta]

@above: Maybe a spoiler? That could be explained in a future episode, after all.

Spoiler for ep9 preview summary:

Gotta laugh at how in the episode, it was "羊飼い", but on the website, it is "羊使い".
From Shepherd/ness to Sheep User!

What is this, an RPG?


The shepherd girl that appeared in front of the two when they were heading towards Church town, Rubenhagen.
As if to deal a final blow to Horo, who was cautious of her since they met because shepherds are her natural enemies, the girl named Nora asks if they want to hire her until they reach Rubenhagen.
Lawrence was happy about hiring a shepherd who was experienced at clearing away wolves, but Horo was, of course, on the opposite position.
For the sake of future business, Lawrence tries to convince Horo, but...

Spoiler for thought:

Well, I already expected these two to be natural enemies before Nora ever even appeared in the series. After all, shepherd and wolf...

Good luck, Lawrence. Let's see if you can convince the wolf to hire a person to keep wolves away.

[DeotoxSlayer]

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

@above: Maybe a spoiler? That could be explained in a future episode, after all.

Spoiler for ep9 preview summary:

Gotta laugh at how in the episode, it was "羊飼い", but on the website, it is "羊使い".
From Shepherd/ness to Sheep User!

What is this, an RPG?


The shepherd girl that appeared in front of the two when they were heading towards Church town, Rubenhagen.
As if to deal a final blow to Horo, who was cautious of her since they met because shepherds are her natural enemies, the girl named Nora asks if they want to hire her until they reach Rubenhagen.
Lawrence was happy about hiring a shepherd who was experienced at clearing away wolves, but Horo was, of course, on the opposite position.
For the sake of future business, Lawrence tries to convince Horo, but...

Spoiler for thought:

Well, I already expected these two to be natural enemies before Nora ever even appeared in the series. After all, shepherd and wolf...

Good luck, Lawrence. Let's see if you can convince the wolf to hire a person to keep wolves away.

Wy do they need to hire someone to keep wolves away, can't Horo do that.

[relentlessflame]

Originally Posted by Westlo

So by 12 episodes does that mean 1-6 + 7-13 or is 7 included in that number? Which would mean light novel 2 is only 5 episodes long...

In case it's still confusing, just to confirm that it's 13 episodes in total, 12 of which will air on TV (basically 6 episodes for each light novel).

To Deathkillz's point, it's not a censorship thing, it's just a DVD bonus episode that happens to be in the middle of the series instead of tacked on to the end. And the other thing is, because they started airing the show on January 9th, the timeslot wouldn't allow for a 13th episode unless it over-ran into the spring season (April 2nd). So this was all definitely the intention from the very start.

And finally, for the curious, the DVD in question is DVD 3, and it'll be released on May 30th.

[golthin]

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

@above: Maybe a spoiler? That could be explained in a future episode, after all.

Spoiler for ep9 preview summary:

Gotta laugh at how in the episode, it was "羊飼い", but on the website, it is "羊使い".
From Shepherd/ness to Sheep User!

What is this, an RPG?


The shepherd girl that appeared in front of the two when they were heading towards Church town, Rubenhagen.
As if to deal a final blow to Horo, who was cautious of her since they met because shepherds are her natural enemies, the girl named Nora asks if they want to hire her until they reach Rubenhagen.
Lawrence was happy about hiring a shepherd who was experienced at clearing away wolves, but Horo was, of course, on the opposite position.
For the sake of future business, Lawrence tries to convince Horo, but...

Spoiler for thought:

Well, I already expected these two to be natural enemies before Nora ever even appeared in the series. After all, shepherd and wolf...

Good luck, Lawrence. Let's see if you can convince the wolf to hire a person to keep wolves away.

Serenade isn't the Kanji "使い" read as "tsuKai" which is handler or trainer or user depending of what is in the front. Like if it was "Mahoutsukai" It will be magic user but it is used for magician wizard or witch. I think this time it means Sheep handler or trainer. that is the fun of Japanese being translated to english! Ten no tsukai is another way to say angel. Maybe you just wrote that in jest.

[Mr Hat and Clogs]

Originally Posted by MakubeX2

According to the novel, a female shepherb is a rare thing because of the nature of the job where one is required to spend many part of the day or week alone in the company of the sheep and dog, keeping them in line and at the risk of attacks by wolves. A female just isn't up to the job no matter how you look at it unless she is very good.

But when a female is good at this job, controling the sheeps and keeping wolves at bay, she risk being branded as a witch and being outcasted. So no sensible woman would take this job up in the middle ages.

Ahh medieval superstitions, gotta love em. That one is almost as good as the one where you toss the woman in a lake, if she floats shes a witch, if she sinks (and probably drown!) shes normal.

[herbert]

A calm episode. Lawrance is really learning. He knows a way to make fun of Horo now. I really want to see Horo's face when Lawrance deliberately talking about how delicious honey-marinated peaches are.

Originally Posted by DeotoxSlayer

Wy do they need to hire someone to keep wolves away, can't Horo do that.

Because the someone is a pretty girl, and human?

[Masanori Ota]

Originally Posted by Mr Hat and Clogs

Ahh medieval superstitions, gotta love em. That one is almost as good as the one where you toss the woman in a lake, if she floats shes a witch, if she sinks (and probably drown!) shes normal.

And I love people who can only know of the most basic, clichéd of examples with which to prove a point. :l

...Not really.

[golthin]

Originally Posted by Masanori Ota

And I love people who can only know of the most basic, clichéd of examples with which to prove a point. :l

...Not really.

which ever outcome she is dead!

[CrowKenobi]

Originally Posted by Mr Hat and Clogs

Ahh medieval superstitions, gotta love em. That one is almost as good as the one where you toss the woman in a lake, if she floats shes a witch, if she sinks (and probably drown!) shes normal.

Ah, you mean like this?

[Masanori Ota]

That's hilarious. MP's awesome.

[serenade_beta]

Originally Posted by DeotoxSlayer

Wy do they need to hire someone to keep wolves away, can't Horo do that.

Because the someone is a pretty girl, and human?

And for Horo to scare off the wolves, she'd probably have to do something that stands out, like howling, transforming, talking. Don't want church people hunting them again, after all.

Originally Posted by golthin

Serenade isn't the Kanji "使い" read as "tsuKai" which is handler or trainer or user depending of what is in the front. Like if it was "Mahoutsukai" It will be magic user but it is used for magician wizard or witch. I think this time it means Sheep handler or trainer. that is the fun of Japanese being translated to english! Ten no tsukai is another way to say angel. Maybe you just wrote that in jest.

You're right there.
The website tends to have a mind of it's own at times, though I think they will fix the site in a few days, like last time. Though last time, the mistake was a complete title change...

[FlareKnight]

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

And for Horo to scare off the wolves, she'd probably have to do something that stands out, like howling, transforming, talking. Don't want church people hunting them again, after all.

Though really who is going to see them out there anyways? If they get this girl off the road so they can get going it's fine. If its a night attack unlikely anyone will differentiate her howl from all the other wolves.

Pretty isolated until they get to a city and then you won't need protection anyways. Of course if they have to bring the girl along then they will need to make use of her since being there limits Horo.

But yeah can understand Horo's dislike of the situation. No one likes being near a major enemy.

[Westlo]

Originally Posted by relentlessflame

In case it's still confusing, just to confirm that it's 13 episodes in total, 12 of which will air on TV (basically 6 episodes for each light novel).

And finally, for the curious, the DVD in question is DVD 3, and it'll be released on May 30th.

Thanks for that and I meant 1-6 + 8-13 in the post you quoted from me. May 30th isn't too bad a wait I guess.

[Mr Hat and Clogs]

Originally Posted by Masanori Ota

And I love people who can only know of the most basic, clichéd of examples with which to prove a point. :l

...Not really.

right... good for you. Missed the point btw.

Originally Posted by CrowKenobi

Ah, you mean like this?

Monty Python is awesome.

[arkxkra]

Spoiler for :

skip 7 to 8, need to wait for the dvd episode.

good episode for ep8, Horo is so Kawaii .

the girl is Horo natural enemy. Good luck on Lawrence.

[Xellos-_^]

Lucky B*stard

Spoiler:

[LKK]

Initial thoughts on ep 7

Spoiler:

Negative
---> Inconsistent character designs especially during the bedroom scene
---> Too much tail wagging for my tastes

Positive
---> Horo's jealousy at Lawrence's reaction to the shepherdess

So far, I haven't been as impressed by this episode as I have been by others. Here's hoping that I have a more favorable opinion once I understand what they're saying.

[Sinestra]

Whoa so i just want to clarify from what iv been reading. Episode will not air because its not important to the overall plot of the story but will be on the DVD as an extra? So basically we skipping 7 and moving right along to episode 8?

Originally Posted by Tri-ring

Episode 7 is probably about Cloe's fate gathering from ep 8.

Really? I kind of figured her story was done and we really wouldnt hear nor see her for the remainder of the series.