List of Spice and Wolf episodes

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This is a list of episodes for the Japanese anime Spice and Wolf (狼と香辛料, Ōkami to Kōshinryō^?, lit. Wolf and Spice). The episodes are directed by Takeo Takahashi, written by Naruhisa Arakawa, and character designs are provided by Kazuya Kuroda; the animation studio Imagin headed production.^[1] The anime is based on the light novel of the same name written by Isuna Hasekura, with illustrations by Jū Ayakura. The story follows a twenty-five-year-old hawker named Craft Lawrence who meets a wolf-deity named Holo one night. He helps her escape a town she was bound to by an old promise and in return she helps him with his business transactions as they head north toward Holo's homeland of Yoitsu.

The anime aired between January 9, 2008 and March 26, 2008 on the Chiba TV Japanese television network, and contained twelve episodes broadcast on TV.^[2] The episodes will be released in six DVD compilation volumes; volume one will contain three episodes while the subsequent volumes will contain two episodes each.^[3] The volumes are being released between April 2, 2008 and August 29, 2008 by Pony Canyon; volume three was released on May 30, 2008 and contain episode six of the television broadcast in addition to the unaired episode seven which is included as an original video animation episode.^[3] Two pieces of theme music are used for the episodes; one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme is "Tabi no Tochū" (旅の途中, "Tabi no Tochū"^?) by Natsumi Kiyoura, and the ending theme is "Ringo Biyori" (リンゴ日和, "Ringo Biyori"^?) by Rocky Chack.

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#	Title	Original air date

01	"Wolf and One's Best Clothes" "Ōkami to Itchōra" (狼と一張羅)	January 9, 2008
Craft Lawrence, a twenty-five-year-old traveling peddler comes to the town of Pasroe during a harvest festival and comes acquainted with the legend of the wolf-deity Holo. While in town, he meets up with a younger girl named Chloe who he taught many things about the merchant trade. She wants to partner up with him, but he declines, saying that she is still too young to be making such bold and risky moves. Lawrence meets Holo one night and learns she escaped the town in order to travel north to her homeland. Lawrence agrees to bring her along on his travels.
02	"Wolf and Distant Past" "Ōkami to Tōi Kako" (狼と遠い過去)	January 16, 2008
When it starts to rain, Lawrence and Holo take refuge in a nearby church for the time being. There, they meet a younger traveling merchant named Zeelen who tells Lawrence of a plan regarding the trading of old silver coins for new ones in order to make a profit. Holo later tells him that this news is in fact a lie, though neither she nor Lawrence know why he told them false information. The next day, Lawrence plans with Zeelen to meet up in a bar in the port city Patzuille where they can further discuss the plan regarding the coins. While traveling, Lawrence recounts out he has been attacked by wolves eight times in the forest before, though Holo says too much regarding the wolves and Lawrence gets mad. Lawrence later asks Holo if she has ever eaten humans, though she cannot say.
03	"Wolf and Business Skills" "Ōkami to Shōsai" (狼と商才)	January 23, 2008
Lawrence and Holo make it to Patzuille, but before they meet up with Zeelen, Lawrence wants to sell his furs. While passing through a street lined with shops, Holo spots some apples and buys a bunch of them with a silver coin Lawrence gives her. After they find a place to stay and Holo has eaten all the apples, they go to sell the furs to the Milone Company, and while there Holo manages to negotiate the price from 140 Thoreni silver coins to 210 due to the smell the apples left on the furs. At night, Lawrence and Holo meet with Zeelen and finalize their partnership the following day. Lawrence and Holo go to see a purity checker, and Holo discovers that the purity in the silver has actually gone down instead of up like Zeelen had said.
04	"Wolf and Helpless Partner" "Ōkami to Muryoku na Aibō" (狼と無力な相棒)	January 30, 2008
Lawrence has uncovered Zeelen's plot, and enlists the help of the Milone Company. Lawrence becomes overjoyed that after this deal, he will have enough money to open up his own shop, but Holo gets depressed at the fact that if that happens, Lawrence will no longer be traveling with her to the north. Lawrence promises to stay with Holo until her journey is over with. In the middle of the night, men from the Medioh Company try to ambush Lawrence and Holo, but as they run to the Milone Company, Holo uses herself as a diversion so Lawrence can make it to safety. Once there, Lawrence discovers that the company has all the information they need and no longer need Lawrence anymore. A letter arrives from Medioh informing Lawrence that they know Holo is a wolf and are prepared to hand her over to the church; Lawrence informs the Milone Company of this fact as well.
05	"Wolf and Lovers' Quarrel" "Ōkami to Chiwagenka" (狼と痴話喧嘩)	February 6, 2008
After a bit of negotiation with the leader of Milone, Lawrence is able to strike a deal with them so that he can get Holo back. Once reunited, Holo tells Lawrence that Chloe from Pasroe, who is now with the church, met with Holo and told her that they would turn her over to the church in order to break away from the old days when people depended on the favor of deities like Holo for living. Chloe and other church members continue to search for Holo with no luck.
06	"Wolf and Silent Parting" "Ōkami to Mugon no Wakare" (狼と無言の別れ)	February 13, 2008
With Holo and Lawrence still underground, they soon realize that they are slowly being surrounded and Lawrence even gets stabbed while running with Holo. When they come to a dead end, Chloe and others from the church appear and she tries to make a deal with Lawrence to hand over Holo in exchange for his life, but he refuses. Holo drinks some of Lawrence's blood by biting him and transformed into an enormous wolf and begins picking off the men who were chasing them, but keeps Chloe alive after scaring her to the point of fainting. Lawrence later wakes up in the presence of Mirone's president who tells him that despite the vast profits, there were also vast loses, so there is very little money left for Lawrence. After receiving a bill, Lawrence leaps from bed and races to the entrance, realizing that Holo bought new clothes and a bunch of apples for 140 silver coins. Lawrence and Holo agree to still travel together.
07	"Wolf and Blessed Tail" "Ōkami to Kōfuku no Shippo" (狼と幸福の尻尾)	May 30, 2008 (OVA)
Still in the town of Patzuille, Lawrence and Holo decide to buy Holo a nicer set of clothes, but Lawrence only has a gold piece which is too large of a denomination for purchasing clothes. They return to Weiz to exchange it for silver and agree to later meet at a tavern for drinks. Lawrence uses a "secret" in order to buy Holo clothes that were once worn by a noble. The secret involves first buying cheap blankets at an inflated price in order to buy the expensive clothes at an extremely cheap price, which was made even cheaper by Holo's charm. Although the clothes merchant made a profit on the blankets, he lost money on the entire deal because of the more expensive clothes, all of which Lawrence later explained to Holo. These are the clothes that Holo is seen wearing for the rest of the series.
08	"Wolf and Righteous Scale" "Ōkami to Tadashiki Tenbin" (狼と正しき天秤)	February 20, 2008
Lawrence and Holo travel to the town of Poloson where Lawrence tries to sell his pepper, but during the exchange Holo reveals that the man buying the pepper attempted to swindle Lawrence. In exchange for his silence, Lawrence is able to leave with more profits than he originally expected. While traveling to the church city of Rubenhaigen, Lawrence and Holo talk about the future meager profits from the armor, and the fact that smuggling gold can cost an arm to be cut off. They pass by a group of travelers that warn them about mercenaries from the north who are nearby. They continue on the road alone until they come across a female shepherd and stop to greet her, though Holo is less than enthusiastic.
09	"Wolf and Shepherdess' Lamb" "Ōkami to Hitsujitsukai no Kohitsuji" (狼と羊使いの子羊)	February 27, 2008
Right after Lawrence is about to set off again, the female shepherd Nora asks him if he would hire her as an escort to protect from wolves. After a conversation with Holo, who voiced her opinions on Nora, Lawrence hires her and they head off towards Rubenhaigen. Once they arrive in the city, Lawrence parts ways with Nora for the time being while he goes to try and sell the armor in his cart. As Lawrence passes the initial inspection and pays the tax with two armor sets, he finds some reluctance on the part of the city government in receiving the armor. After drinking in the market, Lawrence and Holo head to the guild that Lawrence is a member of, and Lawrence goes inside the guild building alone where he is greeted warmly.
10	"Wolf and Swirling Conspiracy" "Ōkami to Uzumaku Inbō" (狼と渦巻く陰謀)	March 5, 2008
After Lawrence procures a certificate from the guildmaster, and after talking to Holo developing a closer relationship, he goes to an armor company to sell his armor, but finds to his horror that the armor market has crashed, and now Lawrence holds a very large debt and worthless goods. He discovers that he must pay back the debt in a mere two days or else be rendered bankrupt and thus be thrown out of society entirely leading to a very difficult life and his certain death. Realizing this, Lawrence desperately tries to go around the city to try to find other merchants he has traded with before who could lend him money with the help of Holo, but each and every one turns him down with some excuse. In the end, he takes out his frustration on Holo when the last trader refuses to trade with him due to being under the impression that if Lawrence was fortunate enough to have a woman around him (Holo), he should not be begging for money. Even after Lawrence tries to apologize to her, Holo tells him that she is heading back to the inn for now.
11	"Wolf and Greatest Secret Plan" "Ōkami to Saidai Hisaku" (狼と最大の秘策)	March 12, 2008
Lawrence manages to get a few coins to go towards his debt, but nowhere near enough. He gives Holo the coins as an apology for his earlier behavior, though she quickly rejects them and the two have an argument about Lawrence's personality about being too nice to others. Afterwards, Holo gets an idea to help Lawrence with this debt. The next day, they go and propose to Lawrence's debt collector about smuggling gold since his company has already failed and he too is pressed for money. Holo ends up driving him into a corner and he agrees with their plan. Lawrence and Holo later meet with Nora and tell her about the plan too, and how they plan to smuggle the gold in her sheep's stomaches. After some smooth talking by Lawrence, Nora agrees to their plan.
12	"Wolf and Young Pack" "Ōkami to Wakazō no Mure" (狼と若僧の群れ)	March 19, 2008
Lawrence, unable to repay his debt to the Remerio Company, sets off to Ramtra with Nora, Holo, and Liebert, a Remerio business man. Halfway through the forest, wolves come in the night, but Nora manages to keep them at bay. Once the group arrives at Ramtra, Liebert takes a horse into the city while the others stay in the outskirts and talk. When Liebert comes back, he shows them a bag full of gold, and now that their mission is accomplished, they head back into the forest. Later, it is raining, and the group is being surrounded by wolves. Lawrence tells Nora and Liebert to go on ahead, and after they leave, Lawrence leaves Holo alone to deal with the wolves, especially because one of them is a wolf deity like Holo. Lawrence waits for Holo near the edge of the forest, but three men working with Liebert come and betray him by tying him up and leaving him for the wolves.
13	"Wolf and New Journey" "Ōkami to Arata na Tabidachi" (狼と新たな旅立ち)	March 26, 2008
Lawrence manages to burn the ropes on his hands off, and meets up with Holo in the rain. She transforms into her true form and, with Lawrence riding on her back, runs to catch up with their betrayers and Nora. Once they arrive, Holo makes quick work of the twenty men, though keeps Liebert alive. They learn that Remerio betrayed them since the gold they procured was only one sixth of the intended profit. Lawrence uses this information, and manages to blackmail the president of Remerio by reminding him that if he betrays Lawrence then he would also be betraying the guild he is a member of, which would surely bankrupt him. In the end, Lawrence gets Remerio to pay him 500 gold coins over a period of ten years, and Nora ended her profession as a shepherd. Lawrence and Holo continue on their journey.