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Shelf Life - Sugar and Spice

I honestly don't see what was so boring about this show. All I heard before I watched it was how "boring" it was and how it was all just "discussion about economics" ... well, I'll admit I was pleasantly shocked when the show was romantic, exciting, and compelling. Holo spoiler[turns into a giant wolf and kills people! On more than one occasion!!] I mean, seriously ... was I watching the same show as everyone else? At the end of every episode I just wanted to watch more!

The economy/merchant stuff seemed very minor to me - except as a plot device for drama. And I thought it was really simple and interesting, and I *hate* math/economics. And Holo herself is just so charming I could watch her emotions and dialogue fluctuate for quite awhile without getting bored.

And again, the writing of ANN becomes suspect and questionable on as to how they can cover subjects they know seemingly little about.

Really, just stop writing about Spice and Wolf if you can't bother to learn what a tsundere is, or for that matter a furry.

Little tip for any of your other hack writers that want to give it a shot: Neither one of those words describe Spice and Wolf. Going to call it a shonen action show next? Would make as much sense.

Because then we wouldn't have a big crowd of condescending whiners leaping into the forum to tell us how we "don't get it" because we're not using whatever otaku buzzwords you personally feel best describe the show.

In not a single one of the threads about Spice and Wolf has there been anything resembling a consensus on what the "right" way to describe the show is. There are hardcore fans who seem to reject any description that isn't exactly their own - meaning if someone else's take on the show has even a slight deviation from theirs, that writer or forums user is a stupid hack who "doesn't get it". Notably most of these fans don't even seem to agree with eachother; some call Holo tsundere, some don't, some have some nebulous unspoken "perfect" description of the show or the character or both that they never seem to articulate, rather alluding to it without directly revealing it so they can condescendingly reject any other description.

What I see in your post is not reasoned or even constructive criticism of Erin's review, I see predictable, condescending nitpicky whining that does exactly what I just described; you call everyone else an idiot, suggest you have some deeper infallible understanding of this show that you then do not share, and then continue insulting the writer. Which is pretty much just useless bullshit posturing, which is what we're seeing in every thread about Spice and Wolf.

If there were some agreement - some obvious, agreed-upon definition that fans can generally accept for this show that our writers aren't properly contexualizing when they write about Spice and Wolf, I'd be a lot more inclined to agree with that and suggest that our writers take it into consideration. But you fanboys can't even agree with eachother what this show "is" or what Holo "is" or what otaku vocabulary word-of-the-moment is the "best way" to describe her, so screw it, my writers' completely subjective and reasonable description of the show is just as valid as whatever subjective description you think is "best".

Here let me sum up the next few pages preemptively

YOU IDIOT HOLO IS NOT TSUNDERE

YEAH SHE PRETTY MUCH IS

NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND

YEAH I DO SHE PRETTY MUCH IS

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

There now we don't need to go through all that again right? Right??

Karisu, my god do you know how ridiculous you sound? You're debating whether a fictional furry girl is a tsunami or tsundere or whatever you call it. Who gives a damn what her characteristics are. It's not like she's that great of a character to begin with.