This is a comedy anime, but after the first two episodes of introduction, all the jokes become way too predictable. Literally every joke is:
Dad/Mom/Anya do something crazy
People act shocked
Sometimes people question the absurdity.
And that's it. No raising the stakes. No taking the joke any further. It's almost like watching someone go on the street and say a dirty joke just to get a reaction, and leaves without doing anything further. Like yeah, I guess the spy equipment or assassin skills or crazy intelligence is abnormal enough to be funny, but if do this schtick with the same characters over and over without escalating it, then it's literally watching the same joke on repeat, which gets boring.
My other problem is the inconsistency of the show. When I read the premise, I was like "oh man, a spy and an assassin have to fake a family, while hiding their true identities? There's no way they could fuck up this hilarious premise." What happens instead? Dad/Mom accidentally do something that reveal their identity. Then one of them justifies it with like "oh, I take yoga" or "I like helping children". And that's it. No further discussion. They just drop the conversation to do something else. So if the premise of the show is a spy and assassin hiding their identities, but you literally don't want to have any plot or discussion when their identity is accidentally revealed... THE FUCK AM I WATCHING THIS SHOW FOR? I have nothing to feel tense or to laugh about if I know that every single time they accidentally reveal their identity, no sense of consequence will happen to them.
So, okay, the show has no good jokes. Maybe it's just my problem that I watch these animes for comedy (even though I've seen people talk about how hilarious this show is all the time). But it's a spy show, there's gotta be a lot of action, right? I find it... eh. It could be my own bias, but I feel like the action is just okay. Nothing too special or tactful. Just, well, what you expect to happen in any spy action show.
Finally, we have the wholesome stuff. Yeah, I don't give a fuck about that. I don't give a fuck about the cute stuff with Anya. I don't care about showing how they can be a loving family despite being fake. All the people who like this wholesome stuff are probably just a bunch of people who wished they had wholesome loving families in the show, or had a cute sibling like Anya. I mean, if you like that, sure go for it. If you don't care about it, then you will really not care about this show at all.
Is there anything I like? The backstory is really good, and the idea of the premise is good. And that's what made me so disappointed. They had a really good concept, and just execute it in the worst way possible. The other thing I like is the Dad character. He reminds me of Saiki K when giving his deadpan commentary on stuff, which is kind of funny.
UPDATE: Apparently there is this interview where the creator of Spy X Family admits he did not like the characters in his manga. https://en.as.com/meristation_en/2022/07/15/news/1657911905_266946.html#:~:text=Tatsuya%20Endo%2C%20the%20mangaka%20behind,no%20attachment%20to%20the%20characters.%22
Right there, he just admitted he made the characters the way they were just for the fans, especially how Anya is just loli-bait. And what do you know, he himself did not give a shit about the relationships enough to have a bond with his own characters. I've been telling everyone how the characters are just bait every time someone brings up Spy X Family. I told them they only like the show for the characters and wholesomeness and nothing else. I FUCKING TOLD YOU GUYS!
