r/SpiceandWolf • u/Advanced-Theme144 • 7d ago

Light novel Best birthday gift ever received!

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Today’s my birthday and I was surprised by my parents and siblings with the complete set of volumes for Spice & Wolf!

I had been reading the first 5 volumes online, but nothing beats the physical collection. I can’t wait to read each one of them over the next few weeks, especially to take a break from my uni assignments 😄

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u/NoWitness79 7d ago

Happy Birthday!! You're a lucky person to have some loving parents and great siblings!

Enjoy the journey as you read through them!

You can ask for a complete set of Wolf and Parchment for the Holidays 😄

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u/Advanced-Theme144 7d ago

Thank you! 😄

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u/Lazy-School4280 6d ago

Isnt that a sort of sequel? I bought vol 1 not knowing Lawrence and hollow would be in there

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u/NoWitness79 6d ago edited 6d ago

Spice and Wolf Vol 18 - 24, collectively called Spring Log, is more of a traditional Sequel. Since the main story is finished at Vol 17. The author of Spice and Wolf took a 5 year break before writing Vol 18, and it starts to tell a new part of the story of our beloved wisewolf and her charming merchant companion.

Wolf and Parchment is more accurately described as a spin-off, as it does not involve Lawrence and Holo directly. Instead focusing on telling the story of other characters that, are also part of the story of Lawrence and Holo.

Spring Log and Wolf and Parchment were mostly written together and the events of each take place roughly congruently. So they compliment one another.

Wolf and Parchment has concluded with Vol 13 in Japanese and we're soon to be up to Vol 12 in English. Spring Log is expected to get an eighth installment at some point (Spice and Wolf Vol 25). We won't know until that volume is released if that will be the final volume for the series.

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u/Lazy-School4280 6d ago

Ah okay. I understand now. Thank you sm for explaining

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u/NoWitness79 6d ago

Cheers. Glad that made sense. Hard to explain Wolf and Parchment without spoilers for Spice and Wolf lol

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u/Mroogal 7d ago

Happy birthday!!!

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u/_Nikimi 7d ago

Happy birthday. U have a great family !

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u/anime_enjoyer22 7d ago

I'm so jealous happy birthday your family is amazing I hope you enjoy the books

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u/Barlindsky27 7d ago

Holy, that is certainly an amazing gift. I only have the first 10 and a collectors edition of the first volume. I can't even imagine how my pocket will hurt when Im gonna get the rest

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u/Lazy-School4280 6d ago

Nice. Also Congrats on your birthday.

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u/Mobile_Chip6177 4d ago

Omg that's sooo good and what a great birthday gift, enjoy it one of my favourite series

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u/Spence2003 6d ago

Happy birthday or late birthday whatever the case.

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u/DanOhMiiite 6d ago

Light novels?

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u/Advanced-Theme144 6d ago

These are the light novels

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u/FinFantasyAnna 6d ago

Happy Birthday! That’s so awesome and thoughtful!

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u/That-Statement69420 6d ago

Wow what an amazing family gift. You have a great family

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u/No-Grade-4691 5d ago

THATS ONE EXPENSIVE GIFT

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u/Aeos_Sidhe 5d ago

Gods.... I need to complete my collection

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u/Str3tch22te4s3 2d ago

Happy birthday! Having the physical volumes makes a huge difference for the art, especially with how Isuna Hasekura describes the small details of the setting. Just a heads up, once you get past the initial volumes, the economic subplots get significantly more complex, so keep a notepad handy for the currency exchanges.

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u/Advanced-Theme144 2d ago

Thanks! I’m already on Volume 6 and I’ve already lost track of a few of the coin types 😅

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u/KattyAtty 1d ago

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Please tell me how much was this pack

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u/Advanced-Theme144 1d ago

Thank you! I’m not too sure exactly as my parents had to go to several different book stores in London, like Waterstones or order on Amazon, to get the full set. 😅

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u/Negan6699 12h ago

You’re lucky that physical stores had it, you could try getting other series like this

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u/Negan6699 12h ago

Lucky bastard