Manga Review: Spy x Family, Volume 2, by Tatsuya Endo

Rating (Out of 5): ~4

Publisher: Shonen Jump (VIZ Media)

Release Date: September 2020

Volumes: 6+

Spoilers?: No.

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Volume: 1. 3.

 

Goodreads Synopsis:

 

Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world. But when he receives the ultimate assignment—to get married and have a kid—he may finally be in over his head!

Twilight must infiltrate the prestigious Eden Academy to get close to his target Donovan Desmond, but has he ruined his daughter Anya’s chances with his outburst during the admissions interview? Perhaps the truly impossible mission this time is making sure Anya both becomes an exemplary student and befriends Donovan’s arrogant son Damian!

 

Review:

 

Now that the family is all together, the first mission was to get Anya into the private school. After that interview, it surprisingly doesn't go too bad. While the task technically has a different step next, Twilight thinks that Anya could make friends with the main targets son in her class instead. But they're kids, so that doesn't quite go as planned.

Throughout all of this, of course, the three are still getting to know each other and growing closer. They're forming a familial bond, even though they've only been doing it a very short time, and with so little preparation. And then Yor's overprotective brother shows up.

This series is a lot of fun. I really like the characters, and I'm enjoying seeing them grow closer with each other. This development with Anya and her new classmates is also a lot of fun, since it's something she hasn't quite done like this before.

This is definitely a series to keep following.

Manga Review: Spy x Family, Volume 1, by Tatsuya Endo

Rating (Out of 5): ~4

Publisher: Shonen Jump (VIZ Media)

Release Date: June 2020

Volumes: 5+

Spoilers?: No.

Buy it here: Amazon. Barnes and Noble. Book Depository. Powells. RightStuf.

Volumes: 2.

 

Goodreads Synopsis:

 

Master spy Twilight is the best at what he does when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions in the name of a better world. But when he receives the ultimate impossible assignment—get married and have a kid—he may finally be in over his head!

Not one to depend on others, Twilight has his work cut out for him procuring both a wife and a child for his mission to infiltrate an elite private school. What he doesn’t know is that the wife he’s chosen is an assassin and the child he’s adopted is a telepath!

 

Review:

 

When a spy is forced into a new mission to infiltrate a school, he's ordered to get a child old enough to enter the school, and a wife so he looks like a nice family man. Only the child he finds in the orphanage, Anya, is actually a telepath. And then when he stumbles upon a woman suitable to be his wife, it turns out she's an assassin. Of course, none of them know this about each other. Instead, they get to stumble into being a family-unit.

Loid is thrown into this, and like any good spy, he does the best he can in a short period of time. Anya only wants a family, she wants a nice father and mother and home. Reading their minds only lets her know when to be careful of their double lives, and what to say if she's lucky, though. Yor, while an assassin, is actually quite shy and often shamed for being single. So despite all of their differences, and how little they know about each other, they seem to be a perfect fit.

I'd heard really good things about this series, and it sounded cute. And so I'm really happy that I was hooked from the very beginning. Especially once we meet Anya, who is just adorable. I think following how this family gets to know each other, Yor and Loid figuring out how to be parents and also slowly forming their romance, is going to be a lot of fun.

I'm excited for the next one.