Spice and Wolf, Vol. 8 - manga

First, a clarification. The reviews dated earlier than today are not reviews of this book, but of the S&W novel volume 8. This 8th Volume of the S&W manga continues the accelerated pace of the last book. The first third of the book finishes the story of Holo and Lawrence at Tereo, adhering closely to the plotting of the 4th novel of the series. The next, and longest section of the book, covers all of Volume 6 of the novels, our duo's trip down the Roam River from Lenos to Kerube, but with an interesting twist in the storyline. The manga author decided to essentially drop the whole complex episode in Lenos that was the heart of the 5th book of the novels. Instead the turmoil in the city is reduced to a single page explanation, with no mention whatsoever of the complex dealings Holo and Lawrence had with Eve, the female trader. H and L's motivation for the downriver journey changes from pursuing the treacherous Eve to avoiding the chaos in Lenos. The last section of the book, about 25 pages, cover's their arrival at Kerube, along with Col, a boy they pick up along the way. There they stay at an inn, and deal with an innkeeper, and encounter a masked trader. The masked trader is then revealed to be.... Eve! I'm in favor of most the changes the author has made in the storyline. The Tereo episode was handled very nicely. Volume 6 was certainly the least of the novels and its rapid work through I also appreciated. What I'm not so sure about is the apparent intended combination of some parts of the tales of our duo at Lenos and Kerube. I'm not sure how far the manga author tends to go with combining things, but am certainly curious to see and will give him the benefit of the doubt.

absolutely amazing, i can't wait to read this one. being a long-time spice & wolf fan, i waited on reading these due to lack of adequate representation of how well a manga could depict such a story. i'm pleasantly surprised that this series was not typical or lacking depth and really compliments the source material.

Though it completes the story arc of Tereo, This story is a infusion of Spice and Wolf anime season 2 combine with the current novel story of the newest character Col. It's cool in a way because it does not follow the anime nor the novel since Col and Eve are in the same town. The town of Lenos.

I purchased this for my sonwho loves it.

Book is great came in great shap even when my mail man dropped it in a rain puddle the plastic it comes in saved the day

Very good story, worth the read.

Exactly what I wanted. It came in clear plastic with no dings or scratches. This is by far my favorite manga. The characters are so intelligent and thoughtful, and their interactions are priceless.

This is a great series, I have not got to this book yet but am expecting another great book from this series. Very fast delivery from Amazon.

Perfect

Salir de un pueblo no siempre es fácil pero lograrlo sin problemas es algo bueno. El viaje de Lawrence y Holo los lleva a conocer a un nueva historia por descubrir.

Great quality.

I'm so happy that I ordered it here it was a decent amount for it and the P&P wasn't bad either, rather it was splendid :). I would defiantly order from them again and absolutely would get the next spice and wolf from them if they happen to have it (when it comes out that is). The order came in time no hassle and the write up about the product was correct, nothing else to say really but a rather nice buy. Thank you for my book.

I got this 4 days before release date, I am happy about that because I have been waiting for a couple of months. This is a great continuation of the Spice and Wolf series the story has got a couple of twists that just make it that much more Brilliant. It seems to be about to finally pass the season 2 of spice and wolfs Anime series so I'm going to be waiting to see what happens next!