What promised to be a hilarious comedy ended up being dry and full of cliches. Ultimately the praise and hype it got in spring ended up resulting to nothing. This is kind of what happens when the mainstream media overhypes a show to such a degree, people can no longer form opinions on their own and we are forced to accept one show as the best without solid proof. We completely now ignore things like foreshadowing, imagery, plot progression in favour of mindlessly getting shows shilled by anitube. The same anitube that barely pays attention to the 1 episode of each show, not even caught up to most long running shows, and knows immediately the best shows without really watching anything.
Let's discuss the primarily issues here.
The first is pacing. Going chapter through episode pretty much leads to uneventfulnness throughout series. The characters monologue way too much. A lot of these monologues have very little impact. This makes the show feel like a Boruto and Pokemon that is filled with filler
Second is events. Cliche ships and love triangles where Fiona almost solely exists. As well as Damian.
Third is predictable plot. They get into a minor situation only for it get resolved very quickly at the end of the episode. It gets very very repetitive
Fourth is awkward dialogue. Characeters who have barely met each other are now monologuing.
Fifth is lack of interesting events. This is supposed to be a spy show yet we hear little to nothing about the spy world. This makes the work feel amateurish vs being very profesional. Something like Blue Lock while does have a lot of cliches the author did make it feel polished and professional.
The fundamental problem of Spy X Family is that a slice of life without a fundamental anchoring plot and a show needlessly drag out to fulfill the japanese tv airing quota creates a flawed product. This war thing hardly gets mentioned. Something like Saekano can have a plot where they develop the VN and that can actually anchor the show together. Love is War although often lacking in plot still has
Ultimately Spy X ended up being a show largely of lows and not many highs. There is very little in the show that you will remember too fondly of. What we thought to get Mission Impossible end up being the spy next door.
