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** More than a few times Lawrence claims that Holo is his wife, and no one comments on it, even though her human form is specifically mentioned in-story and designed to look like a fifteen year old girl and Lawrence is in his mid-to-late twenties. In today's culture this would cause shock and dismay in a lot of people at ''best'', but in the time period portrayed, it was a given that a young girl, often as soon as she started her periods, would be married off to an older man who either has a business of his own, or is the heir of a wealthy family. Lawrence matches the former, but even so he may still be a little young, and his merchant business a little to tenuous, for when a man usually married.
** More than a few times Lawrence claims that Holo is his wife, and no one comments on it, even though her human form is specifically mentioned in-story and designed to look like a fifteen year old girl and Lawrence is in his mid-to-late twenties. In today's culture this would cause shock and dismay in a lot of people at ''best'', but in the time period portrayed, it was a given that a young girl, often as soon as she started her periods, would be married off to an older man who either has a business of his own, or is the heir of a wealthy family. Lawrence matches the former, but even so he may still be a little young, and his merchant business a little to tenuous, for when a man usually married.
** Worth noting is that many characters comment that it's odd for Lawrence to be travelling with a wife - but not because of her age, but because of the nature of his work.
** Worth noting is that many characters comment that it's odd for Lawrence to be travelling with a wife - but not because of her age, but because of the nature of his work.
* [[End of an Age]]: Holo decides to leave because the villagers say that they don't need a harvest god anymore. While she initially helped them by making the crops grow, she occasionally had to do the opposite to prevent the growing village from being struck by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons Tragedy of the Commons], which grew the resentment among the villagers. At the time she left, she was portrayed in the village harvest festivities as an [[The Man Is Keeping Us Down|oppressive force]] and a thief instead of as a wise benefactor.
* [[End of an Age]]: Holo decides to leave because the villagers say that they don't need a harvest god anymore. While she initially helped them by making the crops grow, she occasionally had to do the opposite to prevent the growing village from being struck by the [[wikipedia:Tragedy of the commons|Tragedy of the Commons]], which grew the resentment among the villagers. At the time she left, she was portrayed in the village harvest festivities as an [[The Man Is Keeping Us Down|oppressive force]] and a thief instead of as a wise benefactor.
* [[Everything's Louder With Bagpipes]]: Several tracks in the OST use them.
* [[Everything's Louder With Bagpipes]]: Several tracks in the OST use them.
* [[Face Palm]]
* [[Face Palm]]
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* [[Fantastic Ghetto]]: The city of Kumersun has an area surrounded by high walls, where alchemists and other people -- whose profession is considered “suspicious” by the Church -- live. Diana is a local chronicler, collecting tales not yet censored by authorities and mediating in trade between inhabitants and outside world. She also happens to be {{spoiler|a giant bird, who took on human shape like Holo}}.
* [[Fantastic Ghetto]]: The city of Kumersun has an area surrounded by high walls, where alchemists and other people -- whose profession is considered “suspicious” by the Church -- live. Diana is a local chronicler, collecting tales not yet censored by authorities and mediating in trade between inhabitants and outside world. She also happens to be {{spoiler|a giant bird, who took on human shape like Holo}}.
* [[Food Porn]]: Holo is very enthusiastic about delicious food, and Lawrence has gotten some pretty strong reactions out of her by describing it in detail. In the manga, in particular, there's a bit where he describes [http://www.mangareader.net/1014-54938-7/spice-and-wolf/chapter-18.html preserving peaches in honey]. "It was so sweet the Church was considering banning the stuff. Hey, you're drooling." She wasn't ''just'' drooling; her face was flushed and her eyes a bit glazed.
* [[Food Porn]]: Holo is very enthusiastic about delicious food, and Lawrence has gotten some pretty strong reactions out of her by describing it in detail. In the manga, in particular, there's a bit where he describes [http://www.mangareader.net/1014-54938-7/spice-and-wolf/chapter-18.html preserving peaches in honey]. "It was so sweet the Church was considering banning the stuff. Hey, you're drooling." She wasn't ''just'' drooling; her face was flushed and her eyes a bit glazed.
* [[Freak Out]]: Holo has a nasty one in Season II, when {{spoiler|she learns that Yoitz was destroyed long ago by "the bear that hunts the moon"}}. Could also count as a [[Wafer-Thin Mint]], given the hullabaloo with Amarti and the various other tensions she and Lawrence are under.
* [[Freak-Out]]: Holo has a nasty one in Season II, when {{spoiler|she learns that Yoitz was destroyed long ago by "the bear that hunts the moon"}}. Could also count as a [[Wafer-Thin Mint]], given the hullabaloo with Amarti and the various other tensions she and Lawrence are under.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: As a wise wolf, Holo seems to know quite a bit about how the most corny romance dialogue plays out, sometimes even coaching Lawrence into saying what he's "supposed" to say in a given situation. Lawrence becomes increasingly aware of this, and tends to avoid falling into her trap in favor of turning it around on her. These games generally stop when they actually fight, only to start again when they make up.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: As a wise wolf, Holo seems to know quite a bit about how the most corny romance dialogue plays out, sometimes even coaching Lawrence into saying what he's "supposed" to say in a given situation. Lawrence becomes increasingly aware of this, and tends to avoid falling into her trap in favor of turning it around on her. These games generally stop when they actually fight, only to start again when they make up.
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Needed several times due to the fickleness of Holo and the high risk of Lawrence's profession.
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Needed several times due to the fickleness of Holo and the high risk of Lawrence's profession.
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* [[One Head Taller]]: Unsurprising, since Holo has the anatomy of a fifteen year old (plus ears and tail).
* [[One Head Taller]]: Unsurprising, since Holo has the anatomy of a fifteen year old (plus ears and tail).
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: Of the inverse [[Wolf Man|Wolf Girl]] type. Needs a catalyst of wheat or blood to transform to or from a wolf the size of a bus and a small woman with a tail and wolf ears.
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: Of the inverse [[Wolf Man|Wolf Girl]] type. Needs a catalyst of wheat or blood to transform to or from a wolf the size of a bus and a small woman with a tail and wolf ears.
* [[Out Gambitted]]: A regular part of the business intrigue.
* [[Out-Gambitted]]: A regular part of the business intrigue.
* [[Please Don't Leave Me]]: Holo may not say it, but she ''means it.''
* [[Please Don't Leave Me]]: Holo may not say it, but she ''means it.''
* [[POV Boy Poster Girl]]: We see everything from the perspective of Lawrence, but Holo is the one on all the posters.
* [[POV Boy, Poster Girl]]: We see everything from the perspective of Lawrence, but Holo is the one on all the posters.
* [[Primal Fear]]: Lawrence cowers in fear at first when he sees Holo's wolf form.
* [[Primal Fear]]: Lawrence cowers in fear at first when he sees Holo's wolf form.
* [[Recurring Riff]]: The second season soundtrack has several recurring themes that are replayed with different instruments and slightly different tempos.
* [[Recurring Riff]]: The second season soundtrack has several recurring themes that are replayed with different instruments and slightly different tempos.
* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]: On Holo at times, though in the most prominent example, it's used more as a warning sign of emotional fragility.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: On Holo at times, though in the most prominent example, it's used more as a warning sign of emotional fragility.
* [[Road Trip Romance]]
* [[Road Trip Romance]]
* [[Savvy Guy Energetic Girl]]: Well, they're both savvy, but Lawrence is the more pragmatic and stoic one, while Holo acts vivacious and indulgent.
* [[Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl]]: Well, they're both savvy, but Lawrence is the more pragmatic and stoic one, while Holo acts vivacious and indulgent.
* [[Serious Business]]
* [[Serious Business]]
** Commodities trading. Of course, we all know that economics is serious business, but what really drives this point home is that at any point, when given the choice to show pictures of the cute wolf girl, or two men talking about money, the story will ALWAYS show the money.
** Commodities trading. Of course, we all know that economics is serious business, but what really drives this point home is that at any point, when given the choice to show pictures of the cute wolf girl, or two men talking about money, the story will ALWAYS show the money.
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** Lawrence takes off his shirt (both in the anime and the manga) quite frequently.
** Lawrence takes off his shirt (both in the anime and the manga) quite frequently.
** Koume Keito doesn't miss an opportunity to show off Holo's body in the manga.
** Koume Keito doesn't miss an opportunity to show off Holo's body in the manga.
* [[Shout Out]]: Look at the images that play when Eve discusses her marriage and her husband: They are all details from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arnolfini_Portrait The Arnolfini Portrait] by Dutch Renaissance artist Jan van Eyck, 1434.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Look at the images that play when Eve discusses her marriage and her husband: They are all details from [[wikipedia:The Arnolfini Portrait|The Arnolfini Portrait]] by Dutch Renaissance artist Jan van Eyck, 1434.
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Not only is the economic aspect of the anime, manga and novels very well nut done, but Isuna Hasekura bothered to research the types of food they ate in the Middle Ages, as Lawrence and Holo eat food appropriate to their class I.E. fresh fruit and ale, the potatoes would be a delicacy back then so saying that he paid a lot of money to the church was correct.
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Not only is the economic aspect of the anime, manga and novels very well nut done, but Isuna Hasekura bothered to research the types of food they ate in the Middle Ages, as Lawrence and Holo eat food appropriate to their class I.E. fresh fruit and ale, the potatoes would be a delicacy back then so saying that he paid a lot of money to the church was correct.
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: Holo sometimes makes unfavorable remarks about Lawrence's soft-heartedness, but his kindness is probably the main thing he has going for him. That said, she does cultivate him to be more assertive and outgoing to an extent. And she dislikes it when he holds back from risky business endeavors for her sake.
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: Holo sometimes makes unfavorable remarks about Lawrence's soft-heartedness, but his kindness is probably the main thing he has going for him. That said, she does cultivate him to be more assertive and outgoing to an extent. And she dislikes it when he holds back from risky business endeavors for her sake.
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** During the first arc of Season 2 of the anime she signs her name as "Holo".
** During the first arc of Season 2 of the anime she signs her name as "Holo".
** Almost every character. Diana/Dianna/Deanna, Marc/Mark, Lunt/Lant/Landt, Eve/Abe -- even the spellings of town names is uncertain!
** Almost every character. Diana/Dianna/Deanna, Marc/Mark, Lunt/Lant/Landt, Eve/Abe -- even the spellings of town names is uncertain!
* [[Take That Kiss]]: In the second season.
* [["Take That!" Kiss]]: In the second season.
* [[Talking Heads]]: The anime is very dialogue-heavy; most of the "action scenes" are the trade conversions as well as the verbal games that Holo and Lawrence play with one another.
* [[Talking Heads]]: The anime is very dialogue-heavy; most of the "action scenes" are the trade conversions as well as the verbal games that Holo and Lawrence play with one another.
* [[There Is Only One Bed]]: In season 2 of the anime, Holo teases Lawrence about this. Lawrence is understandably flustered.
* [[There Is Only One Bed]]: In season 2 of the anime, Holo teases Lawrence about this. Lawrence is understandably flustered.
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* [[Tsundere]]: Holo displays this from time to time.
* [[Tsundere]]: Holo displays this from time to time.
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: And keeps it throughout the series until the end.
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: And keeps it throughout the series until the end.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Not a tic, necessarily, but Holo speaks rather uniquely - she uses a speech pattern based off of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oiran oiran] speech. So "I'm Holo the Wise Wolf" in normal Japanese would be ''watashi wa Kenrou Holo da'', but she says it ''wacchi ya Kenrou Holo ja''. In the English version, this comes out as a slightly more archaic speech pattern – certainly nothing like [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]], but noticeable nonetheless. In a possible reference to this, volume three of the manga has an [[Alternate Universe]] bonus story in which she '''is''' an oiran.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Not a tic, necessarily, but Holo speaks rather uniquely - she uses a speech pattern based off of [[wikipedia:Oiran|oiran]] speech. So "I'm Holo the Wise Wolf" in normal Japanese would be ''watashi wa Kenrou Holo da'', but she says it ''wacchi ya Kenrou Holo ja''. In the English version, this comes out as a slightly more archaic speech pattern – certainly nothing like [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]], but noticeable nonetheless. In a possible reference to this, volume three of the manga has an [[Alternate Universe]] bonus story in which she '''is''' an oiran.
* [[Voices Are Mental]]: Holo sounds the same as a giant wolf as in human form, though with a slight echoing effect. Her head seems to be purposefully kept out of frame as she speaks to avoid the issue of how she can produce normal sound with a wolf's head.
* [[Voices Are Mental]]: Holo sounds the same as a giant wolf as in human form, though with a slight echoing effect. Her head seems to be purposefully kept out of frame as she speaks to avoid the issue of how she can produce normal sound with a wolf's head.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: The Milone and Medioh Trading companies in Season 1 are unbelievable. They make economics seem awesome; it's the Assassin's Creed of supply and demand.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: The Milone and Medioh Trading companies in Season 1 are unbelievable. They make economics seem awesome; it's the Assassin's Creed of supply and demand.
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