maandag 4 juli 2022

Spy X Family

 The highly popular manga of a family of spies has finally being animated, and this spring season the first season aired.



So of course I had to sit down to watch the adventures of the Forger family.
 
When a diplomat is assassinated, Forger and his family are contacted to solve this:  Loid Forger, a master of disguise.  His wife Yor a feared assassin, and their daughter Anya, a telepath.   Except this family isn`t really a family, but an assembly of agents gathered together to resolve Operation Strix.  But soon, they find out that life is more then work, and family plays a huge role in lives.  In order to enroll Anya into the prestigious Eden Academy, he also needs to find a wife.



He gets a date with Yor, a simple city hall employee, but secretly a highly skilled assassin codenamed Thorn Princess.  After an explosive first encounter, they settle on marriage in order to get both their objectives fulfilled.  After settling in in their new house, they prepare for the entrance exams by going out and doing cultural activities.

They get to the entrance exam, passing the first tests, but fear they failed as they loose their patience when one of the headmasters gets very personal on Anya.  But she gets in, and to celebrate they go to an amusement park to have a Bondman styled adventure.  During the admittance ceremony, Anya clashes with Damian.  Second son of Desmond, Loid had hoped they would become friends though in order to get into Desmond's circle as such.  Instead, she punches him through the room...

She tries to apologise "for the mission"but Damian, though he feels he is falling in love for Anya, rebutes her apologies, leaving Loid in a bit of a panic.  But he brightens up when he learns Anya finds him a really great father.  When Yuri, Yor's brother comes over for dinner and meet Loid, the two men measure each other up, with Loid quickly figuring out that her brother, like them, is not what he seems to be.  He is actually and agent of the Secret Police, the nemesis of Loid's spy agency.



As Yor doubts her role as a wife, Loid spies on her to find out she knows Yuri's profession, but he feels guilty of doing so.  In the meantime, Anya's performance at school is less then exceptionel, but she does earn a Stella all of a sudden when she saves a young boy from drowning in the hospital pool, making her the youngest student ever to get one.  As a reward, she is allowed a puppu by Loid.  But first, Loid wants to cement their family bond, as the neighbours start gosipping while he is taking assignment after assignment...

Okay, so this series is as good as it was hyped to be, and a true joy to watch.  I for one recommend it strongly, and will be glad when the second one hits near the end of the year!







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