<p>Apparently, the same word 好き is used in both instances in Japanese version of the light novel.</p>

<p>Quoting the same lines from Page 345 of Spice and Wolf 5 (<strong>emphasis mine</strong>):</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>それでも、ロレンスはホロを抱きしめて、そして。<br>
  「俺は、お前が<strong>好き</strong>なんだ」<br>
  それから、右頬に軽く口づけをした。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Quoting the same line from Page 29 of Spice and Wolf 6 (<strong>emphasis mine</strong>):</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>「わっちゃあ嬉しかった。そう。ぬしがわっちを<strong>好き</strong>じゃと言ってくれて。じゃからー」</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Regardless of whether "like" or "love" is the correct translation, the same word should have been used in both places, since Holo was simply quoting Lawrence's confession to her the night before.</p>

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2018-02-18T15:15:09.697Z
2018-02-18T15:15:09.697Z
nhahtdh
<p><strong>Note:</strong> <em>Please no spoilers beyond the start of the 6th novel.</em></p>

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<p>At the very end of the 5th <em>Spice and Wolf</em> novel, Lawrence says "I like you". </p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/hlxwp.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/hlxwp.png" alt=""></a></p>

<p>Love is never once used by Lawrence toward Holo so far in the story. I even ran the search function to check the PDF, I'm certain. </p>

<p>Yet, in the next book, at the very start, on the same day that the previous novel left off, Holo teases Lawrence about saying "I love you". </p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/oBH7v.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/oBH7v.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>The best I can tell, the author meant to write "love" in the previous novel, or else my PDF copy is simply wrong.</p>

<p><strong>What's the explanation behind this?</strong></p>

<p>I'm afraid to do a Google search on the topic since I'm only starting the 6th novel and searching "love" in regards to a romance that I'm 6 of 17 books through is just begging to run into all sorts of spoilers.</p>

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2018-02-18T01:15:49.493Z
actually Japanese Light Novels are perfectly on-topic here so the disclaimer isn't entirely needed
Memor-X
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@Memor-X thanks! That's good news, I wasn't expecting the question to find an answer on the other site. For anyone who takes issue with this being [cross-posted](https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/5753/at-the-start-of-6th-spice-and-wolf-light-novel-whats-up-with-the-discrepancy-b) onto literature.se, I'd assume leave it posted there since someone was kind enough to make a Spice and Wolf tag there on my behalf, but if it becomes and issue, I'll close that one and keep this one open.
J.Todd
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`or else my PDF copy is simply wrong`. Do you have the Yen On (Yen Press) translations or are we talking about a fan translated version?
Dimitri mx
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2018-02-18T15:52:30.870Z
@Dimitrimx The first edition of volume 5 dated December 2011 has the same wording. I'm not sure if there has been a new revision or not.
nhahtdh
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At the start of 6th Spice and Wolf light novel, what's up with the discrepancy between “like” and “love”?
# At the start of 6th Spice and Wolf light novel, what's up with the discrepancy between “like” and “love”?
Posted by: username_0 on 2018-02-18
**Note:** *Please no spoilers beyond the start of the 6th novel.*

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At the very end of the 5th *Spice and Wolf* novel, Lawrence says "I like you".

[![](https://i.sstatic.net/hlxwp.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/hlxwp.png)

Love is never once used by Lawrence toward Holo so far in the story. I even ran the search function to check the PDF, I'm certain.

Yet, in the next book, at the very start, on the same day that the previous novel left off, Holo teases Lawrence about saying "I love you".

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/oBH7v.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/oBH7v.png)

The best I can tell, the author meant to write "love" in the previous novel, or else my PDF copy is simply wrong.

**What's the explanation behind this?**

I'm afraid to do a Google search on the topic since I'm only starting the 6th novel and searching "love" in regards to a romance that I'm 6 of 17 books through is just begging to run into all sorts of spoilers.
**Tags:** japanese-language spice-and-wolf
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: actually Japanese Light Novels are perfectly on-topic here so the disclaimer isn't entirely needed  
> **username_0**: @Memor-X thanks! That's good news, I wasn't expecting the question to find an answer on the other site. For anyone who takes issue with this being [cross-posted](https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/5753/at-the-start-of-6th-spice-and-wolf-light-novel-whats-up-with-the-discrepancy-b) onto literature.se, I'd assume leave it posted there since someone was kind enough to make a Spice and Wolf tag there on my behalf, but if it becomes and issue, I'll close that one and keep this one open.  
> **username_2**: `or else my PDF copy is simply wrong`. Do you have the Yen On (Yen Press) translations or are we talking about a fan translated version?  
> **username_3**: @Dimitrimx The first edition of volume 5 dated December 2011 has the same wording. I'm not sure if there has been a new revision or not.  
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## 1 answers
### Answer by username_3 on 2018-02-18. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
Apparently, the same word 好き is used in both instances in Japanese version of the light novel.

Quoting the same lines from Page 345 of Spice and Wolf 5 (**emphasis mine**):

> それでも、ロレンスはホロを抱きしめて、そして。  
> 「俺は、お前が**好き**なんだ」  
> それから、右頬に軽く口づけをした。

Quoting the same line from Page 29 of Spice and Wolf 6 (**emphasis mine**):

> 「わっちゃあ嬉しかった。そう。ぬしがわっちを**好き**じゃと言ってくれて。じゃからー」

Regardless of whether "like" or "love" is the correct translation, the same word should have been used in both places, since Holo was simply quoting Lawrence's confession to her the night before.
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