How Old Is Holo In ‘Spice And Wolf’? When Does She Share A Kiss With Lawrence?

Spice and Wolf is a criminally underrated romance anime that deserves all the love in the world for weaving in a beautifully nuanced relationship with the intricacies of medieval economics.

With Lawrence’s perfect mercantile nature constantly getting targetted by Holo’s playful teasing, their conversations are pure gold.

But flirty banter aside, the pair genuinely had an unbreakable bond from the get-go. Throughout the series, both have weathered through heinous schemes, toppled the market, and shown complete trust in one another.

While there have been signs of their love for each other, did they ever seal it with a kiss?

Holo and Lawrence share a ‘wolf’s kiss’ in Episode 12 of Season 2 titled “Wolf and Endless Tears.”

Besides the unique connection the proud Wise Wolf and Lawrence share, their looks resonate with the saying ‘Appearances can be deceptive.’ Even though Lawrence sports grey hair; he’s actually a 25-year-old man.

But what about Holo? How old is she?

Holo is over 600 years old, despite the appearance of her youthful 15-year-old body.

Is Holo A God?

Holo is a wolf spirit that lives and travels in harvested wheat. Since she entered into a pact with the citizens of the pagan town of Pasloe to bless them with a plentiful harvest, she was revered as a deity.

Hailing from the winter wonderland of Yoitsu, Holo can transform into a humongous wolf possessing massive strength and speed when she ingests human blood or wheat.

While the Wise Wolf held up her end of the bargain for years, she was also mindful of the ill effects of over-cultivation on the soil and would occasionally prevent harvests to let the earth breathe.

But failing to understand her reasoning, the farmers cursed her. They then decided to take matters into their own hands by employing new agricultural advancements and terminating their contract by ceasing to worship her.

She longed to go home with this turn of events as she disliked being alone. However, with the devastating rumor that bear-like beasts may have destroyed her home, she may have no home to go to and be the last of her kind.

1. Can She Live Forever?

Holo has the gift of conditional immortality as her existence depends on the availability of harvested wheat.

It’s already established in the very first episode that she was able to escape the fields of Pasloe by traveling to a harvested bushel of wheat laying in Lawrence’s cart.

Later in the show, she remains by his side thanks to the pouch of wheat around her neck. So as long as she has a steady supply of the food grain, she can have both gifts of eternal youth and life.

While the risk of running out is valid, it’s improbable given how popular the crop is. In Season 2, Lawrence uses the false rumor of a hike in its price, prompting a mass sell-out of pyrite to save enough money to buy the crop.

Also, based on the setting of the series, we can roughly compare it to medieval Europe, where bread was the staple diet of all classes. Since wheat is the main ingredient, there’s no way it’ll be in shortage.

Are Holo And Lawrence Lovers?

Holo and Lawrence’s platonic relationship quickly blossomed in romance by the end of Season 2, with both sides confessing their love shortly after locking lips.

Although Lawrence’s pragmatic and business-orientated nature clashed with Holo’s easy-going demeanor, they both had one common element plaguing their lives – loneliness.

Although the anime fails to deliver the extent of detachment Lawrence has for humanity, the light novel explicitly details his monologues with his horse and himself when he spends days on the road.

While Lawrence has been on his own for more than five years, Holo’s been forgotten for centuries.

Trapped in a place where she’s no longer welcomed and having a form that drives people away, Holo desperately sought to be released from her prison.

This is why in Episode 4 of Season 1, Holo readily offers herself up as a distraction, knowing that Lawrence will rescue her since he’s already saved her from her loneliness by giving her the exciting life of a traveling merchant.

In the same episode, Lawrence also realizes the depth of their bond and rejects his dream of owning a shop for Holo’s safety. While Season 1 sprinkled in their budding love, Season 2 went all out on it.

Episode 3 was heart-breaking when Lawrence broke Holo’s trust by withholding information about her hometown destruction.

While she seemed to storm out in rage and planned to join Amarti, Episode 6 clarifies that she never intended to leave Lawrence from the start and only wanted Amarti to play into her hands and reveal his plans.

So, even though she’s harsh with him and has mocked his intellect at times, it’s her way of showing some tough love as she genuinely cares for him.

1. Will They Settle Down?

Holo and Lawrence’s first journey ended on a happy note as they settled down in the mountain town of Nyohhira, a hot spring haven located in the far North.

Moreover, Lawrence’s dream of owning a shop was vastly upgraded when they established a luxurious and exclusive bathhouse called ‘Spice and Wolf’ by leveraging the natural resources in their vicinity.

But on to the more pressing matter of marriage, you will be delighted to know that they not only tied the knot but also had a daughter named Myuri, who later had adventures of her own in the light novel sequel, Wolf and Parchment.

In addition to inheriting her mother’s mannerisms and carefree nature, Myuri was also a spitting image of her, save the silver hair and tail.

The family even adopted her ‘elder brother’ Tote Col, who worked as an employee in the bathhouse.

However, after he caught wind of trouble in his hometown of Pinu, Col immediately set out to save his people with Myuri in tow. Taking a cue from them, Holo and Lawrence decided to hit the road once again.

About Spice and Wolf

Spice and Wolf is a romantic fantasy slice-of-life adventure, first published in the form of a light novel by Isuna Hasekura in 2006. It has since been adapted into manga and anime and has a strong fan following.

It follows the story of Kraft Lawrence, a 25-year-old traveling merchant, who peddles goods from town to town, aspiring to set up his own shop in the future. One day, he finds the Wolf-spirit Holo, who was locally worshipped as the Goddess of Harvest, asleep in his cart.

Having been neglected by the farmers in favor of modern harvesting techniques, Holo aligns herself with Lawrence, and the two travel as partners. He agrees to take her back to her hometown, and in return, Holo uses her ancient economic expertise to help him succeed in business.