Reviews

May 7, 2023
Preliminary (75/? chp)
The story begins with an introduction to our main character Loid and his relationship with the overarching conflict that is present in the manga. Which is a cold war that plagues the world with the potential of escalation. And Loid, who is a world class spy is the one with the responsibility to save the world from it. His mission however requires him to go undercover with a family built out of people from the enemy country. And luckily enough he chose the oddest people he could find as a wife and daughter... And this family dynamic is the main selling point of the series as each one of the characters have a secret identity (or rather ability in anyas case) which always leads to interesting and of course comedic situation regarding their bonding and their way of socializing... Now all the characters, when they're not together have their own storylines (more in the character section), with the ridiculousness being something that the writers are probably aware of!

As a side note the manga tries to go a more serious route later with Loids backstory and the desire to expand on the world building with the red circus arc. It didn't lose any of it's comedy yet so I'm not opposed to it!

LOID: Ok so Loid is actually the character I'm most undecided on when it comes to what to think about him... on one hand I love his family side where he approaches it very analytical (autistic) where he has to learn the emotional, unpredictable and just straight up irrational side the family life. But on the other end he has his spy storyline. And I personally am not the biggest fan of it. The reason for that is that Loid is... kinda perfect? I heard an argument (@YouseiNoMori) that It's the point of his character to be perfect in everything BUT his family life but the problem for me is that there are whole chapters trying to built tension that are in the end only showing off Loids invincibility. The exception (sometimes) are also the goofy missions of Loid like the one with the amateur detective that I absolutely loved. But to end it on a positive note I still enjoyed Loids rather serious but secretly caring character. And him having the struggle to find out his priorities is nice and will for sure lead to some really interesting stuff in the future

YOR: In terms of the family side, Yors arcs are my favorites! She is a very shy, lowkey (autistic) person that suddenly has to learn everything about being a wife and mother. And while her journey is arguably the simplest it makes for cute and rewarding character proggression and moments throughout the series. On the other hand she has her killer side which suprisingly enough feels like the least significant secret identity out the bunch... up until the cruise adventure arc which was in my opinion the best arc from the manga and was undoubtedly carried by Yor! Her having to constantly switch between her roles and the existing tension all the time made her character absolutely shine. And other than Loid she actually had to overcome a lot to fulfill her duty here (also the fight scenes were actually really cool)

ANYA: She is my favorite overall! Anya has the ability to read the minds of other sentiant beings which means that she knows everything about Loid and Yor's secret lives. She also never had a family before which means that her insentive is to keep the family structure stable and working... because otherwise she would be given away and replaced (at least that's what she believes). That combined with the pressure pretty much completely relying on her leads to some cute and funny situations where she has to overcome her inability to socialize (autism) and be a good student. Funily enough the stakes in the eden acadamy are at the highest in the manga which makes even the most innocent and seemingly unsignificant moments actually really important... And Anya is of course is aware of that which leads to funny moments where she often overthinks everything. But in my opinion the best part is her effort to be friends with Damien and honestly their relationship is my favorite part of the entire manga. Damien btw also a very interesting character

ART: The thing this manga is probaly the most notorious for are the very exaggerated faces and they are actually really funny! Other than that I really have to praise the amazing costume design and the author showing off a lot of his concept designs that was very charming
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
What did you think of this review?
Nice Nice0
Love it Love it0
Funny Funny0
Show all
It’s time to ditch the text file.
Keep track of your anime easily by creating your own list.
Sign Up Login