Comments on: Wolf Overspiced

By: Clayton Barnett

Clayton Barnett — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:08:05 +0000

Sure, it's kinda dull, but it had something I'd not seen yet in anime (keeping in mind I've only been at this for a few years), namely, a believable, mature character. Horo calls herself a sage wolf and acts the part; at her age, she's seen it all -- more than once, I'm sure -- and acts with a serenity I rarely see in any forms of entertainment. It also helps that she's written as a genuinely good person. I'm writing myself into a corner here. Let me try to sum up: when we (the missus and I) want to take our minds off the hook at the end of the day, we'll open the Lucky Star folder. If we want to spend some time with another adult, then S&W. PS Didn't really like the "wolf power-up" scenes much, but again that was redeemed in that Horo didn't like the superhero crap, either. PPS 'Folks our age just want to have a drink on the way home, without any trouble.' And that is S&W from Horo's viewpoint.

By: 0rion

0rion — Sun, 31 May 2009 19:48:41 +0000

The economic stuff is emphasized far more in the manga and in the light novels. The novels sometimes will sometimes go for pages with nothing but Horo and Lawrence talking economics. In the manga often the explanations come complete with one or more pages of little manga diagrams and graphs to illustrate the point.

One of my big complaints about the anime series was that this particular aspect of the manga was somewhat under-emphasized. Just in general it felt kind of rushed, probably because they wanted to cram some kind of resolution in at the end but only had 13 episodes to work with. If you enjoyed that aspect of the series but didn't care for how the anime handled it, I would suggest checking out the printed works instead.

By: wonderduck

wonderduck — Sat, 30 May 2009 21:30:00 +0000

I had absolutely no desire to rewatch the show ever again. And I don't know why. I do. It's because, to be blunt, Spicy Wolf is DULL. It has its moments, sure, but for all intents and purposes it's a poorly-taught medieval economics class. Horo may as well be Superman for all that she's all-powerful... and because of which there's zero tension of any sort. I watched the whole series. I regret not stopping after the first episode.