Spy Kyoushitsu (Spy Classroom)

A decade ago, mankind witnessed the deadly potential of weapons caused by the Great War. To avoid another catastrophe, governments worldwide have resorted to espionage to fulfill their agendas.

In the Din Republic, Lily is an enthusiastic young girl who aspires to become a spy and serve her nation. However, she begins to doubt her abilities, as she struggles to perform well academically. Lily's passion is reignited when she is offered provisional graduation by joining the spy team Lamplight, which she eagerly accepts despite the enigmatic nature of the opportunity.

Upon arriving at her destination, Lily is surprised to find six other girls waiting there, all of whom have faced their own academic difficulties as well. A mysterious man named Klaus soon appears and reveals they must complete an "Impossible Mission": to infiltrate the Galgad Empire after just one month of training. Although skeptical, the girls eventually agree to work together under Klaus' guidance—as this might be their only chance to prove their worth as spies.

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Spy Kyoushitsu was released on Blu-ray and DVD in two volumes from March 24, 2023, to May 24, 2023.

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Adaptation:	Spy Kyoushitsu, Spy Kyoushitsu Tanpenshuu
Sequel:	Spy Kyoushitsu 2nd Season

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Characters & Voice Actors

Thea

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Uesaka, Sumire
Japanese

Lily

Main

Amamiya, Sora
Japanese

Grete

Main

Itou, Miku
Japanese

Monika

Main

Yuuki, Aoi
Japanese

Erna

Main

Minase, Inori
Japanese

Annett

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Kusunoki, Tomori
Japanese

Klaus

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Umehara, Yuuichirou
Japanese

Sibylla

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Touyama, Nao
Japanese

Sara

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Sakura, Ayane
Japanese

Eve

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Sugiyama, Riho
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Motonaga, Satoshi

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Iizuka, Aya

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Maruyama, Hajime

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Sotokawa, Akihiro

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Opening Theme

"Tomoshibi (灯火)" by nonoc

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	"Fool on the secret" by Erna (CV: Inori Minase) (eps ep 4)
	"Secret Code" by Konomi Suzuki (eps eps 5, 8-11)
	"DON'T" by Sibylla (eps ep 6)
	"SPARKLEscape" by Sara (CV: Ayane Sakura) (eps ep 7)
	"Itsuwarinai Koufuku o" (偽りない幸福を)" by Grete (CV: Miku Itou) (eps ep 12)

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Apr 9, 2023

jus7aguy

Recommended

I feel the dislike people show for this is from being thrown off by the episode format. The first arc is resolved super-fast then there is flashback character development to flesh out interactions for awhile before moving on to the next arc. If you're watching week by week this is probably a bad format. HOWEVER if you are watching back to back this works fine.

If you need character personalities to hit you over the head with a tonne of bricks you'll miss a lot in this series, while some stuff IS spelled out in capital letters, other parts are more ...

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Mar 30, 2023

LuisSV23

Mixed Feelings

Lots of plot twists xd

Personally I don't think the anime is bad, it just may not be able to make the leap in quality that it could have to be remarkable, but that doesn't mean it can't be entertaining to watch.

As for the plot, it is interesting, a good dynamic but its narrative is (in my opinion) a bit abrupt, there are many flashbacks that can really add little or nothing to the plot, it could be a bit desperate.

Continuing with the beginning, it is because of this exaggerated amount of flashbacks that many plot twists are included so that the plot has a convenient ...

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Jun 8, 2023

Latooq

Not Recommended

This is the first anime I have such complicated relationship with. My impression of this show had been changing even before I started watching it. First off, I fell in love with the character design. Then I saw a clip on Reddit, which made me believe this would be an ecchi. My opinion changed during the show as well. But having watched few episodes I abandoned the anime for a week. When I picked it up my opinion changed again, and I can definitely say that the 3 episode rule doesn't work here.

The first 3 episodes represent the first 3 episodes, not the whole show. ... Here we have the post war world where, for some reason, the most efficient weapon is spies. This is quite the world building you can get as an anime only. No further explanations, no depiction of culture differences between those 2 nations, aside from the fact that one of the countries looks like German. In this country several spies were recruited to carry out so-called Mission Impossible ( got the reference? ). And the name of that mission stems from a sole failed attempt to accomplish it. On top of that, the lineup is composed of washouts, who should be trained specifically for that mission.

The student cast of 7 girls at this point is pretty forgettable. It will be a miracle if you remember at least one of the girls. Their teacher is your typical taciturn, lacking of social skills, but extremely op mc with a trauma in the past. The only memorable thing about him is author's attempts to show how cool he is, but in reality it feels totally ludicrous. He can't explain how to use lock picks, nor design a proper curriculum. He isn't cut out to train them, but nevertheless the mission is still due. During this mission some awkward twists happen out of nowhere i.g. actually, there weren't seven but eight girl, or their HQ was bugged but, of course, our mc had known this from the beginning and took the respective measures.

At this point many viewers call it a day and drop the show. But the anime makes a turnaround and slightly changes in the details. In the first episodes it had grim atmosphere that the girls would die during the mission. But now it turns into a lighthearted episodic slice of life with with espionage aspect akin to Spy x Family. And this is a real game changer. Every episode dedicated to one girl, mc's properties that were irksome and ridiculous before are fit for the comedic vibe now. There is no need to come up with a compelling story, slapstick style of writing does its job pretty well. Maybe it's not perfect, but it significantly better than the first 3 episodes. But there is a catch I'll talk about later.

Unfortunately, the good part doesn't last too long. If I understood correctly, the first three episodes is the adaptation of the first volume, the next four are the adaptation of mini stories, and the rest belongs to the second volume. The latest episodes have the same issues that the early: stupid twists, boring characters that appears during this arc, and lack of character development comparing to the SoL episodes. In addition, there is a romantic sub plot that feels out of line and is executed pretty clumsy. I don't believe I'm saying this, but I would definitely prefer the studio to rewrite the script and simply make SoL show with spies.

I can't decide what is worse: the plot or the technical aspect. The word anime originates from animation. Therefore, I can hardly call it anime, because there are not much animation. Most of the time when some action happens, aside from walking and talking, there is either powerpoint level of "animation" or the camera slightly moves aside and you can see only a background and hear noises of the activity. The action-packed opening scene from the first episodes repeats later in the third one. And the worst adapted episodes, of course, are SoL episodes. Maybe they decided to adapt the side stories to save the budget and still have the whole one cour. Meanwhile, the show has 5 or 6 different endings and sometimes doesn't insert OP and/or ED to shorten the amount of frames to draw. It simply doesn't line up. The ost is forgettable except the main theme.

Without doubt it is definitely a bad anime, which were saved exclusively by those four SoL episodes. It is, for sure, impossible to recommend. However, sometimes you can genuinely laugh out of poor quality of the show. But I want to finish the review with a quote from the show: "Was it all for noting? All that work we did?" No. It was about the spies we trained along the way.

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