Nov 19, 2022
Spy x Family does a lot of things in just a few episodes. It creates a loving family from scratch, where you build the lives with them as the three band together, each benefitting from the dynamic in one way or another. This anime hits all the notes I expected it to hit from the hype its gotten. I believe the hype is justified and you should absolutely go for it if this is an anime you've been considering.
Everything is great when it comes to the MAIN three characters, Loid, Yor, and Anya, however a seemingly repeating character who I quite literally exclusively removed
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a star for, I cannot seem to get over, and that is none other than: Yor's brother, Yuri Briar. He is Yor's younger brother who has an incredibly obnoxious sister complex. Ok, I get it, you had no one but your sister to rely on for most of your life, but I can't keep doing this and accepting sister complexes are some form of comedy. They aren't, and quite frankly they gross me out. If it was a couple of times he mentions a couple weird sis-loving moments, okay whatever its fine, but NO. This man wants to marry his sister in a non-consensual gross naughty "be uncle daddy" kind of way and I am not into it. Please stop with the incest storylines. PLEASE.
Quite frankly, every other character is great. I would love to see more of Yor's life outside of her brother because, although Loid's spy bit is great and cool and hip, I wanna see a hot girl kick some ass and like... what kid of business assassins are up to these days. This can be hard to accomplish in just 12 episodes, so in future seasons, my only hope is that Yor will really begin to flourish. This definitely feels like a character driven story, even with the action bits. I'm here for the character interactions and secrets and listening to their internal monologues (because there's a lot of that) and the action is just simply a bonus. Just watch it. Give in to the hype. What are you trying to prove here? It's not a cult, it's a FAMILY.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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