Wheat vs Barley From what I heard from the people who read the light novel of Spice and Wolf the word mugi is used to refer barley In the novel the word is specifically used to refer bread that is made from wheat flour In addition I don t see a single word of komugi wheat used in the japanese version of this article So I think if we want to remain faithful to the original light novel I think we should call the cereal that is being used as the main theme in the story as barley instead of wheat Strangely from the drawing from the manga and the anime the cereals resembles more wheat than barley as they have less hair on them My speculation is that this was due to the misinterpretation of the original light novel I don t wanna change the whole wheat to barley right now but I d like to hear opinions from people who have actually read the Japanese light novel Thanks