Spice and Wolf
| Category: | TV Series |
| Adult: | No |
| Native: | 狼と香辛料 |
| Romaji: | Ookami to Koushinryou |
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| Runtime: | 25 minutes |
| Aired: | Jan 9, 2008 [17 years 1 month ago] |
| Ended: | Mar 26, 2008 [16 years 10 months ago] |
| Language: | Japanese |
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| Links: | ANIDB |
Kraft Lawrence (Spice) is a travelling medieval merchant, who finds a 600-year-old pagan harvest deity named Holo (Wolf) in his wagon one night. She begins travelling with him, and her wisdom helps increase his profits. But her true nature draws unwanted attention from the church... Note: The novel series won the Silver Prize in the 12th Dengeki Novel Awards. The story forgoes the traditional sword-&-sorcery adventure element to focus on how people lived and did business in the Middle Ages. * Based on a light novel series written by Hasekura Isuna.
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Episode 1: Wolf and Best Clothes
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2008-01-09
Kraft Lawrence, a 25-year-old traveling merchant, arrives at the town of Pasroe during its harvest festival. In the fields surrounding the village, Lawrence meets a girl claiming to be the legendary wolf deity, Holo. Lawrence, in disbelief, asks her to prove it so the girl returns to her wolf form before disappearing. Back in town, Lawrence meets with a younger girl named Chloe, a former student of his. She asks if she can become Lawrence's business partner, but he declines, telling her that she is too young to make such a risky move. After leaving the town, Lawrence meets Holo again and learns that she escaped the town so that she can visit her homeland in the north. Lawrence agrees to let her accompany him on his travels.
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Episode 2: Wolf and Distant Past
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2008-01-16
While taking refuge from the rain inside a nearby church, Lawrence and Holo meet a traveling merchant named Zeelen, who tells Lawrence of a plan to trade old silver coins for new ones to make a profit. Holo later tells Lawrence she sensed Zeelen lying, though neither she nor Lawrence know why he lied. The next day, Lawrence agrees to meet with Zeelen in the port city Patzuille to discuss further plans. After departing with Holo, Lawrence recounts how he was attacked by wolves 'about eight times' in the forest. Holo defends the wolves' actions and Lawrence flares up in anger. After a lull in the conversation, Lawrence asks Holo if she has ever eaten a human, but she refuses to answer.
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Episode 3: Wolf and Business Talent
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2008-01-23
Lawrence and Holo arrive in Patzuille and prepare to sell fur before meeting with Zeelen. Passing through a street lined with shops, Holo purchases a large quantity of apples which leave a scent on the furs, allowing Lawrence and Holo to sell the furs at a higher price to the Milone Company. That night, Lawrence and Holo meet with Zeelen and finalize their partnership the following day, only later learning the purity in the silver has decreased, contrary to Zeelen's claims.
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Episode 4: Wolf and Her Helpless Partner
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2008-01-30
Lawrence enlists the help of the Milone Company to counter Zeelen's scheme. However, men from the Medioh Company, Zeelen's associates, try to ambush Lawrence and Holo at night. Holo and Lawrence flee to the Milone Company but Holo acts as a diversion so Lawrence can escape to safety. After arriving at safety, Lawrence is told that Milone Company has all the information needed to defeat Zeelen and the Medioh Company's plan and no longer needs Lawrence. To compound Lawrence's problems, a letter arrives from Medioh informing him that they know Holo is a wolf and are prepared to hand her over to the church.
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Episode 5: Wolf and Lovers' Quarrel
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2008-02-06
After negotiating with the leader of the Milone Company, Lawrence strikes a deal, rescuing Holo with the help of the Milone Company. Once freed, Holo tells Lawrence that Chloe has joined forces with the church and intends to turn Holo over to break away from the past when people depended on the favor of deities like Holo to survive. Noticing Holo's escape, Chloe and the other church members begin to search for the pair, slowly encircling them.
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Episode 6: Wolf and Silent Farewell
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2008-02-13
Holo and Lawrence are slowly surrounded by Chloe and the Medioh Company. A pursuer stabs Lawrence, slowing him and eventually causing him and Holo to become trapped. Chloe tries to convince Lawrence to hand over Holo in exchange for his life, but he refuses. To protect Lawrence, Holo transforms into her wolf form and rampages through their pursuers before disappearing as Lawrence blacks out. He awakens in the Milone Company headquarters, where he is informed that despite the vast profits, there were also vast losses in the coin venture, so there is little money left for him. Lawrence takes his payment in pepper but soon receives a bill for new clothes and apples. After realizing that Holo is still around, Lawrence reunites with her and they agree to continue their travels together.
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Episode 7: Wolf and Virtuous Scales
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2008-02-20
Lawrence and Holo travel to the town of Poloson, where Lawrence sells the pepper he received from the Milone Company. During the exchange, Holo reveals that the man buying the pepper is attempting to swindle Lawrence. In exchange for not reporting the swindler, Lawrence receives more profit than he originally expected. While traveling to the church city of Rubenhaigen, Lawrence and Holo talk about future profit from the armor he received from the merchant and the illegality of smuggling gold. They pass a group of travelers who warn them of mercenaries from the north. Continuing on the road, they come across a female shepherd and stop to greet her, though Holo is less than enthusiastic because of the instinctive hostility between shepherds and wolves.
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Episode 8: Wolf and Shepherd's Lamb
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2008-02-27
Just before Lawrence departs, the shepherd, Nora, asks him if he would hire her as an escort to protect the party from wolves. After a conversation with Holo, Lawrence does so and the group heads off towards Rubenhaigen. Upon arrival, Lawrence parts ways with Nora to sell the armor in his cart. As Lawrence passes the initial inspection and pays the tax for the two armor sets, he finds the city government reluctant to receive armor as payment. Lawrence and Holo head to the guild of which he is a member and are greeted warmly inside.
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Episode 9: Wolf and the Swirling Plot
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2008-03-05
After Lawrence procures a certificate from the guildmaster, he goes to an armor company to sell his armor. To his horror, he discovers that the armor market has crashed and that he now holds a very large debt and worthless goods. Faced with an ultimatum to pay back the debt in two days or be rendered bankrupt and thus be thrown out of society entirely, Lawrence desperately tries to find merchants willing to lend him money, but each and every one turns him down. He realizes the merchants are unwilling to aid him because of his unmarried relationship with Holo, and, in a fit of rage, takes out his frustration on her. Even after Lawrence tries to apologize to her, Holo tells him that she is heading back to the inn for now.
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Episode 10: Wolf and the Biggest Secret Scheme
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2008-03-12
Lawrence scrounges a few coins, but he has nowhere near enough to repay his debts. He attempts to give them to Holo as an apology for his earlier behavior, but she rejects them and chides Lawrence for being too nice and not blaming her for his situation. The next day, the pair goes to Lawrence's debt collector and proposes gold smuggling to get out of debt. Since the debt collector's company has already failed and is also pressed for money, Holo drives him into a corner and he agrees with their scheme. Lawrence and Holo later meet with Nora and tell her about their plan to smuggle gold in her sheep's stomachs, and, after some smooth-talking by Lawrence, she agrees.
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Episode 11: Wolf and a Group of Youngsters
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2008-03-19
Lawrence sets off to Ramtra with Nora, Holo, and Liebert, a Remerio businessman, to smuggle gold. Halfway through the forest, they are attacked by wolves, but Nora keeps them at bay. Upon arrival at Ramtra, Liebert retrieves a bag full of gold and the group begin their return trip. In the forest, they are surrounded by wolves again, this time led by a young wolf deity. Lawrence tells Nora and Liebert to go ahead. After they leave, Lawrence reluctantly departs as well to let Holo deal with the wolves. He waits for her near the edge of the forest but is attacked, tied up, and left for the wolves by three men from the Remerio Company, who hope to keep all of the profits from the smuggling for themselves.
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Episode 12: Wolf and a New Beginning
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2008-03-26
Lawrence burns the ropes binding him and reunites with Holo. She refuses to tell him what she did to placate the wolves' wrath, and then chides him again for being too nice and protecting her clothes instead of running away on his own. After being told of Liebert's betrayal, Holo transforms into her true form. With Lawrence riding on her back, she catches up with their betrayers and Nora, who is still oblivious about the betrayal and their plan to murder her. Holo routs the men but spares Liebert, who reveals that Remerio betrayed them at the very beginning because the gold procured was only one-sixth of the intended profit. Lawrence uses this information to blackmail the president of the Remerio Company, extorting 500 gold coins over a period of ten years. Lawrence does, however, allow them to keep and use the smuggled gold to save the company from bankruptcy. After reassuring Holo of his devotion, Lawrence continues on his journey with her.
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