What it looks like, according to the number of episodes Spice and Wolf: Trader meets the wise wolf Episode 20 “Church Girl and Miller Boy” seems to be the beginning of the final story arc of this anime reboot. After all, this anime is supposed to have 25 episodes and this is the 20th episode. Fortunately, based on the romantic drama and mystery surrounding this episode, Studio Passione seems to be starting this final story arc on a high note.

Spice and Wolf: Trader meets the wise wolf Episode 20 “Church Girl and Miller Boy”: Details

Spice and Wolf: Trader meets the wise wolf Ep. 20 “Church Girl and Miller Boy” is the 20th episode (my reviews of Ep. 1, Ep. 2, Ep. 3, Ep. 4, Ep. 5, Ep. 6, Ep. 7, Ep. 8, Ep. 9, Ep. 10, Ep. 11, Ep. 12, Ep. 13, Ep. 14, Ep. 15, Ep. 16, Ep. 17, Ep. 18 and Ep. 19 can be found here) of the first season (which hopefully won’t be the only one) of this economic fantasy reboot anime series from the studio Passionate (Citrus fruits, Mieruko-chan, Yuri is my job!).

Said anime series is the reboot of the 2008 anime Spice and Wolf by the studios Imagin (season 1) and the duo Brain’s Base and Marvy Jack (season 2). The said original anime series (together with this reboot) are the anime adaptations of the light novel series of the same name by Isuna Hasekura (World End Economics, Magdalena de Nemure). Crunchyroll is the company that licenses this anime for NA release.

Production Cast

Tatsuya Hagino, Satoshi Saga, Hito Tadano, Miki SorakuboAnd Vu Ngoc Tram all co-directed Spice and Wolf: Trader meets the wise wolf Ep. 20 “Church Girl and Miller’s Boy”, with Yukito Kizawa as author and Takeo Takahashi as a storyboarder. What the Spice and Wolf: Trader meets the wise wolf Anime as a whole, we still know that Hijiri Sanpei is the director. Takeo Takahashi actually returns as chief director of the original 2008 anime series. Tatsuhiko Urahata is the overall author, with Kevin Penkin (Made in the Abyss, Tower of God, Bye, Earth) as the composer of the music you hear in this anime reboot.

Voice cast

Spice and Wolf: Trader meets the wise wolf Ep. 20 “Church Girl and Miller Boy” with the voices of Jun Fukuyama (J. Michael Tatum in English dubbing) as Kraft Lawrence and Ami Koshimizu (Brina Palencia in English dubbing) as Holo the Wise Wolf. Other notable voices in this episode are Atsushi Abe as Gyoam Evan and Lynn as Elsa Schtingheim.

When and where to see

Spice and Wolf: Trader meets the wise wolf Ep. 20 “Church Girl and Miller Boy” was first broadcast and streamed (also called simulcast) on 19 August 2024. You can only watch this episode on Crunchyroll. In fact, you can currently only watch this reboot anime as a whole on Crunchyroll. If you want to watch the 2008 original Spice and Wolf Anime to compare, then you can also do that on Crunchyroll.

Spice and Wolf: Trader meets the wise wolf Episode 20 “Church Girl and Miller Boy”: Summary

Oh, Spice and Wolf: Trader meets the wise wolf is still an ongoing anime series. In fact, Spice and Wolf: Trader meets the wise wolf Ep. 20 “Church Girl and Miller Boy” was released just seven days ago at the time of writing this article, so you all get the official synopsis from Crunchyroll instead of a spoiler-filled plot summary. You can read that synopsis below:

With a load of flour, Holo and Lawrence head deeper north and reach the city of Tereo, where they search for an abbey with information about Holo’s homeland.

Spice and Wolf: Trader meets the wise wolf Ep. 20 “Church Girl and Miller’s Boy”: The Good

Honestly, it is the story of Spice and Wolf: Trader meets the wise wolf Episode 20 “Church Girl and Miller Boy” is what keeps me watching. All because of the playful conversations and other interactions between Kraft and Holo, even when Kraft does things like accidentally step on Holo’s tail. I like this even more because there have been so many strong emotional arcs lately, so the gentle summoning is a nice breather in an episode. Still, there are mysterious elements in this episode that shine through the summoning, immersing you even more in the story. It’s this balance that makes this a wonderful milk chocolate episode to sink your teeth into and let it melt on your tongue. Anyway, kudos to Isuna Hasekura for writing this wonderful story.

The animation complements this wonderful story. Passione maintains a pretty high animation quality in this episode, as they have done in general in the previous episodes. The buildings in particular are very nicely drawn. Honestly, they look like they came out of a watercolor painting. It’s a nice visual treat for the start of this final story arc of the anime.

Spice and Wolf: Trader meets the wise wolf Ep. 20 “Church Girl and Miller Boy”: Evil

Unfortunately, if you’re an action junkie, this episode isn’t for you. Spice and Wolf: Trader meets the wise wolf Episode 20 “Church Girl and Miller Boy” is basically a slice of life and romance with a dash of mystery thrown in for good measure. It’s not an action-packed episode. If that’s what you want, you might want to watch: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Single levels, Kaiju No. 8and/or The Elusive Samurai. These anime series should provide more than enough action to keep you satisfied.