Spice and Wolf Vol. 8 Manga - Fantasy Adventure Romance Novel for Anime Fans & Book Collectors | Perfect for Reading, Gifts & Manga Collections

First, a clarification. The reviews dated earlier than today are not reviews of this book, but of the S&W novel volume 8.This 8th Volume of the S&W manga continues the accelerated pace of the last book. The first third of the book finishes the story of Holo and Lawrence at Tereo, adhering closely to the plotting of the 4th novel of the series. The next, and longest section of the book, covers all of Volume 6 of the novels, our duo's trip down the Roam River from Lenos to Kerube, but with an interesting twist in the storyline. The manga author decided to essentially drop the whole complex episode in Lenos that was the heart of the 5th book of the novels. Instead the turmoil in the city is reduced to a single page explanation, with no mention whatsoever of the complex dealings Holo and Lawrence had with Eve, the female trader. H and L's motivation for the downriver journey changes from pursuing the treacherous Eve to avoiding the chaos in Lenos.The last section of the book, about 25 pages, cover's their arrival at Kerube, along with Col, a boy they pick up along the way. There they stay at an inn, and deal with an innkeeper, and encounter a masked trader. The masked trader is then revealed to be.... Eve!I'm in favor of most the changes the author has made in the storyline. The Tereo episode was handled very nicely. Volume 6 was certainly the least of the novels and its rapid work through I also appreciated. What I'm not so sure about is the apparent intended combination of some parts of the tales of our duo at Lenos and Kerube. I'm not sure how far the manga author tends to go with combining things, but am certainly curious to see and will give him the benefit of the doubt.