The AnimaTure

~The Anima-Ture~  

                                                                          Episode 1
 It starts with Holo having a bad dream which she explained in the first series that she won't fall in love with a human being as their lifespan is shorter then that of wolves.

Lawrence's humor about having a surprise is quite funny.
Holo's reactions to everything is also making me giggle as she is acting like she doesn't care when she actually does or she acts like she cares but actually doesn't.
The only things she always will care about is food, beverages and good beds.




They get to meet Amati on the way to Kumerson and Amati falls in love with Holo 'disguised' as a nun.

Amati is young but how young he is, is a guess for me.

I think hes about 14 if i have to guess it from his looks, height and voice.

What still bothers me is why Holo, a self proclaimed 'Wise' wolf that is from the village of Yoitsu, can't find her way back towards her village. Wolves have a strong nose and remember the path the take to get somewhere so i am quite confused why she can't find it on her own anymore.

Holo having a hangover is also a funny sight to see.

Just as i can only move my hands when I'm drunk, Holo moves her tail to say bye or 'it's okay'.

We see Holo remembering another village that has a lot of hot springs that is 'near' her hometown and is totally depending on Lawrence to get her there.
This time we start with Lawrence having a nightmare from the previous season. In secret Lawrence is going out to hunt for folktales and gets information about a certain person that he should meet up with.

Here is that typical perverted Holo moment that makes me put up a smile.

Only dense people won't get the hint but i guess you have to be so dense that you don't even know what sexual intercourse is.

Lawrence enters the ghetto of alchemists and in the medieval times people were afraid of alchemists because the people thought they studied magic that is a curse and sin from hell.

I like his reaction when he gets told that some do study the ways of magic which made him stop walking.

We get the story of Holo's village Yoitsu. It was destroyed by a moon-hunting bear and then Lawrence received further information how 'Horou' looks like.

It was exactly like Holo was, a young girl that likes to dance and drink with wolf ears and tail.

Adelle is a woman that everyone would like to have as a wife.

 Her reactions towards her husband are just hilarious. I also like how Lawrence runs at full speed and he is being looked at by the townsfolk. 

 It starts with Amati calling out to Lawrence and attempting to 'free' Holo but it is more like selling a woman for a contract. Holo is pretty relaxed when Lawrence is telling her what happened and she just acts as a young fragile girl that won't leave her companion no matter what happens.


Festivals in medieval times were always fun to watch and participating in one would just be splendid.

No matter who spills drinks on a person they will laugh it away and now there are fights, drugs and partypoopers ruining the fun.

Now we get to see a sad Holo as Lawrence received a letter that had a woman's scent on it which Holo could smell.

 Lawrence tells Holo that he knows where she is from, heard about her and to narrow the region down he is looking for more information so she would be returning home faster then anticipated.

She was happy but we get a flashback that she is unhappy because she'll have to part with Lawrence.

They don't actually tell us that Holo is sad when she has to part with Lawrence but from the previous season and just a few moments of season 2 we know it.

We get a major turnabout when Holo could actually read and she read the letter that Lawrence received and burst out in fear, sadness and despair. She found out that she is a homeless and a townless person running around looking for her hometown that has been destroyed. This is where we see Holo being mad at Lawrence and Lawrence cry although he covers his eyes. 

 Holo referred to someone that really 'loves' her and Lawrence is daydreaming about what Holo could be doing. We get to see scenes that didn't actually happen as it was Lawrence's imagination.

What is confusing me is why every translator puts up 'Horo' when we read it from the Manga that it is written 'Holo' and now confirmed in the series also confirmed as Holo wrote it herself on a contract.

Lawrence is now challenging Amati to a duel from merchant to merchant which Amati accepts when Lawrence brings in Holo as a part of the duel.

We learn the difference between a traveling merchant and a shop merchant.

Series like these will always teach us things that they don't teach us in school or they don't think we should know about it because it is the same thing for them or that it is just useless to know in our daily lives.

Warehouses are different from markets and markets are different to shops and so goes the circle of difference.

This episode was about the plan that Lawrence was preparing to still win this duel even if it means to use underhanded methods to achieve victory. It is not like he'd be planning a murder or anything like that, as i said before it is a battle from merchant to merchant so their battlefield is the market and the value of certain items.
  
 We actually get to learn about how a merchant should treat their cargo that they buy and sell.
We also get to see how the price value changes and get the full explanation why it goes up and down.
The duel has started and it seems like Lawrence has gotten himself in a pinch.  

Now we just got to see his thinking about Holo and Amati together and close to kissing. We get to see Lawrence sweating and panicking the whole duel while Amati stays calm.
There is one mistake i noticed and that is that an alchemist apprentice bowed while excusing herself.
This is what they only do in Japan and to my understanding they are not in medieval Japan as there are no samurai to be seen or typical Japanese buildings. Towards my annoyance that Lawrence knew he'd win from the start even when panicking and all that because he knew Holo was the one that bought the pyrite from Deanna's alchemists.  
 It starts of cute with Holo sleeping and Lawrence patting her, then the scene changes towards a chilly winter. Holo is warming herself in the back as Lawrence is taking the cold head on because he has to. Holo started about burned rice and then Lawrence's stomach made a sound and Holo had to laugh. They arrive at a gloomy town where everyone is getting a checkup for weapons or illegal items. The town is so gloomy that you want this episode to end quickly. Not much is actually happening in this episode.


 It starts with Holo running in front of Lawrence and ignoring him because he left her alone until dawn. They are both looking for the way towards their destination and are wandering in an forsaken alley that no one visits as if it's forgotten.

Holo shows us that she is very jealous just because Lawrence smiled at the nun, she's  stepping on his foot.to get the smile off.

 Holo is giving of the hint that she is afraid of something to Lawrence but it is a vague hint which we could understand with ease. She is afraid of loving Lawrence because she does not know what it will bring forth. 


There ain't much special about this episode except that Holo is the 'object' again for selling.

Also we get to see how the church steals from friends and still try to get into good terms with everyone.

For more information Lawrence goes back to that one young flirty girl and she admits that other girls would flirt with him because he has a nice and beautiful girl with him.

They are going to make the deal to sell Holo off and of course with her need for adventure she doesn't decline. 

The way the Bishop is drawn like is making me think that he is a very dark person that would even kill children that get in his way. It's funny that Lawrence touches Holo's tail and she gets a bit agitated.

Holo wants to stop traveling with Lawrence but he wants to bring her home no matter what. He does convince her to keep on going.

What i did not except to see was a big fight like rebellions and in medieval times, these were always quite messy. 


 Nothing special to it once again except that Lawrence now unfolds Fleur's real plans and that she tries to kill Lawrence for the money from the deal of selling Holo.

She eventually hits Lawrence in the face knocking him unconscious. It is funny that Horo hits him in the same place where he got a cut from Fleur because she is back.
We see Lawrence spontaneously kiss Holo on the lips and that was the end of it.

*additional notes*

I love the voice actor for Holo as the voice fits the character just perfectly.

I love Holo for her behavior and she is just as cunning as a fo-er wolf.

I do hate the random 'drama' moments that the raging violins start playing.
I gave Ookami To Koushinryou 2nd Series a well deserved 4 out of 5 on Anime Planet