History Characters / SpiceAndWolf

** Despite Holo's insistence that he likes women who are 'weak and vulnerable', he falls for the one who gives him no end of grief and can turn into a CanisMajor.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: His thought process can be boiled down to "How can this situation enrich Milone Trading Company". Lawrence had to throw in a legal threat to push him over the top in aiding with Holo's rescue.

* RomanticFalseLead: He competed with Lawrance for Holo's affections.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSugita (Japanese)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AimiTanaka (Japanese)

* AdaptedOut: He is replaced by Chloe in the first anime.

A young woman who lives in Pasloe. She's known Lawrence since she was a little girl and is following in his footsteps as a merchant. She only exists in the anime and replaces Yarei as 'the friend from Pasloe'.

* CanonForeigner: She only appears in the 2008 anime, where she essentially replaced Yarei.

* TheChessmaster: In the anime, the silver devaluation plot was all ''her'' idea.

* BarbieDollAnatomy: She spends an appreciable amount of time naked, but in the 2008 anime she's not shown having anything resembling naughty bits. Averted in the manga, where her nipples are shown.
** This is also averted in the 2024 reboot anime where Holo has the GodivaHair treatment regarding her nipples and her genitalia is either conveniently censored or out of frame

* BarbieDollAnatomy: She spends an appreciable amount of time naked, but in the anime she's not shown having anything resembling naughty bits. Averted in the manga, where her nipples are shown.

* {{Chessmaster}}: That silver devaluation plot? In the anime, it was all ''her'' idea.

* DistaffCounterpart: To Yarei from the manga.

* GenderFlip: Plays the same role as Yarei from the manga.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it Diana, Dianna, or Deanna? Nobody agrees.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His last name is spelled Amati in the light novels' English translation.

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* {{Tomboy}}: Myuri is a mischievous and tough girl who enjoys getting into trouble and isn't afraid to get a few cuts and bruises in the name of having fun. Once she starts travelling with Tote, however, [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak she becomes more particular about her appearance]].

* AintTooProudToBeg: When a bad business deal with the Latparron Trading Company puts him deep in debt to the Lemerio Trading Company and he only has two days to pay back the money he owes, Lawrence is reduced to begging for money from his business contacts and fellow merchants... all of whom -- even one who owes Lawrence a debt -- scornfully refuse him due to Holo's presence.

%%* BondOneLiner:
%%-->'''Lawrence''': Before you ask forgiveness, you should repent for how you live!

* AdaptedOut: He is replaced by Chloe in the anime.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Since the 2024 anime is more LN accurate, not many expected Chloe to make a cameo alongside Yarei.

A young man who lives in Pasloe and who later betrays Lawrence and Holo to the Medioh Company and the Church. He is replaced by Chloe in the anime.

* LittleBitBeastly: Holo's guise of a human girl is spoiled by the fact she retains her lupine ears and tail. She can hide them for brief periods to completely pass as a human.

* PhysicalGod: In the northern lands, a "god" is defined as "anything beyond a human's capacity to engage" and indeed there is no human force that can match Holo's true form in the field.

* DeadpanSnarker: Makes fun of Lawrence's awkwardness and the oddities of humans.
* DespairEventHorizon: Crosses this when she discovers [[spoiler:Yoitsu was destroyed a long time ago, although she recovers after venting at Lawrence.]]
* {{Deuteragonist}}: She's the titular wolf, she's Lawrence's traveling companion, and, most importantly, the MythArc is her getting home.
* DistressedDamsel: Zigzagged all over the map;

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Not always, but she does go barefoot a lot. This is Less so in the manga; she's got a rather cute pair of flats after she shreds Lawrence's good boots early on. The artist certainly likes drawing them a lot.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Nora is introduced barefoot until Lawrence gifts her with a pair of sandals. Strange considering she works in the field and adds more fuel for the 'pagan wizardry' she's accused of. Then again, it could be she [[BarefootPoverty can't afford them]].

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Donwplayed; Holo is less manic than other examples, but she still enriches the life of the once single-minded Lawrence while still maintaining her own identity and having her own issues to deal with.

* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: [[spoiler: Like Holo she fell in love with a human being a long time ago, and he reciprocated that love... until he discovered her true deity form and rejected her.]]

* NeverLearnedToRead: Says in volume three that she tried to learn once, but decided to quit, as reading was never needed to hunt prey. Of course this quickly [[SubvertedTrope turns out to be a lie]] -- Holo can read just fine, and was hoping to surprise Lawrence with this later. Unfortunatley, [[TearJerker it doesn't quite work out like that]].

* NeverLearnedToRead: Says in volume three that she tried to learn once, but decided to quit, as reading was never needed to hunt prey. Of course this quickly [[SubvertedTrope turns out to be a lie]] -- Holo can read just fine, and was hoping to surprise Lawrence with this later. Unfortunatly, [[TearJerker it doesn't quite work out like that]].

* HappilyAdopted: After the events of ''Spice and Wolf'' he is more-or-less adopted by Lawrence and Holo, living with them and working at their bathhouse while helping look after and educate their daughter.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: In ''Wolf and Parchment'', the now grown-up Tote has this relationship with Myuri -- Kraft and Holo's daughter -- because he is essentially her older-brother-adoption. This is despite her crush on him.

* NiceGuy: Much like Lawrence, his merchanting goals are directed towards helping others. Namely, leading the way for the founding of markets, towns, and villages for people displaced by warfare and the loss of their previous homes. It's what drives him, and ultimately the Ruvik Alliance as a whole, so desperately to negotiate with the Brondel Abbey, despite the abbey so intractable they would have otherwise given up long ago.

* {{Foil}}: To [[spoiler: Holo. She states she would have fought and died against the Moon Hunting Bear if she had met it, whereas Huskins did see it and fled with no regrets. This is symbolized by their existences as Wolf and Sheep spirits: Holo is ferocious and fights even in the face of doom, whereas Huskins is timid but holy stubborn in the goals he does pursue. Holo questions his determination when he says he fled, but is easily countered by his reply showing he did whatever it took to found a new home.]]

* TheUnfettered: Huskins has only one goal: protecting the home he has made at Brondel Abbey. [[spoiler: Literally. He built the place as a sanctuary for he and his fellow spirits in a world increasing dominated by humans.]] He is unusually kind about it, having none of the usual moral quandaries usually raised by this trait. Nevertheless, his defining trait is his stubbornness in defending the abbey from ruin.

* CrazyPrepared: When one is a branch in a foreign company, arson and theft are a fact of life. One has to be prepared for anything, up to and including a wolf deity used as leverage against you.

* ArcVillain: He's the villain of the third volume, with his floundering trading company assuming Lawrence's debt from a botched trading deal and threatening to sell him into slavery unless he repays them in only a few days time. When Lawrence proposes to smuggle gold with the help of the local shepherdess Nora Arendt, he agrees to this but plots to take all the profits for himself by sending a pair of enforcers to assassinate Lawrence and planning to have Nora accused of witchcraft upon her return.

* IntriguedByHumanity: Diana is like many deities who now live among humans in secret after the destruction of Yoitz and gathers stories of romance. Every love story between a mortal and an animal deity has ended in tragedy. Hence why she's particularly intrigued by Lawrence and Holo's unwavering love toward each other.

* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: Like Holo she fell in love with a human being a long time ago, and he reciprocated that love... until he discovered her true deity form and rejected her.

* LoveAtFirstSight: When he saw Holo one could hear the 'Hallelujah's going off in his head. Naturally, she had fun charming him with her TheIngenue act.

* BadHabits: She commonly disguises herself as a nun so she can hide her ears and with a hood and also provide a reason for traveling with Lawrence. She can definitely ''look'' the part, but that's it.

* IJustWantToBeLoved: In both light novel and manga, Holo [[HatesBeingAlone desires companionship from people above all]] and was tired of being neglected in Pasloe. Eventually the target of her affections comes in the form of a travelling merchant Lawrence whom she sensed right away was a kind honest man.

* MagneticGirlfriend: In Season Two, Holo deliberately rubs her scent on Lawrence to "mark" him as her companion and chase a bar girl away. As said girl explains, it backfires and now that he has Holo's scent on him and has admitted that she's his "companion", he is instantly [[ChickMagnet more desirable than usual]].

* ResortToPouting: For a harvest deity who is [[Really700YearsOld much older than she looks]], Holo is prone to using pouting as a tactic against Lawrence on many occasions, usually to him relenting and giving in to her whims. The fact that she can accompany her pout with [[LittleBitBeastly drooping dog ears and an angrily swishing tail]] probably enhance the effect for her.

* TheTell: A sign of her growing attraction to Lawrence in the OVA is that her tail starts to wag rapidly. Holo is somewhat confused about this reaction.

A list of characters from ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf''.

* MinorlyMentionedMythsAndMonsters: She's based on a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feldgeister "Getreidewolf"]] from German folklore, or more specifically would be a "Wizenwolf" which can make her claims about being a "wise wolf" border on a StealthPun.

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Holo is less manic than other examples. She enriches the life of the once single-minded Lawrence while still maintaining her own identity.