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I've been thinking about whether or not I should start getting the Spice and
Wolf manga, or to wait to see if there is a season 3 to the anime. So I am
wondering, does the anime closely follow the events in the manga or does it
diverge at some point and become more original?

EDIT: Logan M has stated that the anime is sourced from the light novels
rather than the manga, so now the initial question is slightly different, I
want to know how much difference there is between the manga and the anime.


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Does the Spice and Wolf anime follow the same events as the manga


Both manga and anime generally follow the novels well, but there are
differences between them:

  * The two seasons of the anime adapt volumes 1,2,3 and 5 of the novels, skipping volume 4.
  * The manga does not skip volume 4, but has yet to catch up with the anime.

Personally, I would suggest you to take a look at everything, it's all awesome
:P


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[SingerOfTheFall's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/5507/2516) has
covered the relation between anime and light novel: **volume 1-3 & 5, skipping
4**. For the detail, according to [Japanese
Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8B%BC%E3%81%A8%E9%A6%99%E8%BE%9B%E6%96%99#%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%93%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1):

  * Season 1 adapts volume 1 & 2 of the light novel almost faithfully (+ volume 7's "The Red of the Apple, the Blue of the Sky" on the DVD-exclusive episode 7)
  * Season 2 adapts volume 3 & 5, skipping 4 (+ volume 7's "The Wolf and the Amber Melancholy" on the [OVA episode 0](https://myanimelist.net/anime/6007/Ookami_to_Koushinryou_II__Ookami_to_Kohakuiro_no_Yuuutsu))

Given the above fact, **the anime covers volume 1-8 of the manga _with quite
heavy modification_**. According to [Japanese
Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8B%BC%E3%81%A8%E9%A6%99%E8%BE%9B%E6%96%99#%E6%BC%AB%E7%94%BB):

>   1. Beginning of light novel (LN) 1
>   2. Middle of LN 1
>   3. End of LN 1 - Beginning of LN 2
>   4. Beginning - mid of LN 2
>   5. Middle - end of LN 2
>   6. End of LN 2 + LN 7's "The Wolf and the Amber Melancholy" (anime season
> 2's OVA episode 0)
>

>
> * * *
>
>   7. Part of LN 3 + Beginning - mid of LN 4
>   8. End of LN 4 - **Beginning of LN 8 (LN 5-6 are simplified** )
>

For the manga, you might start from volume 7 instead, for the skipped volume 4
of the light novel.

* * *

Note: as of [July
2017](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Spice_and_Wolf_chapters), the
manga is still on-going and consists of more than 8 volumes. The above list
ends at volume 8 which covers volume 5 of the light novel because that's the
last volume that got adapted into the anime.


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