Spy×Family 3

[cornerofmadness]

Spy×Family 3 by Tatsuya Endo

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This spy thriller comedy manga is wildly popular and I'm still working my way into why that's so. I'm not nearly as in love with it as many are. On the other hand this volume worked for me more than the previous and I think that's because we have established the characters' roles and now we can let them run.

I can honestly say if I never see Yor's brother Yuri again I'll be happy. I know I will see him again because he truthfully has an interesting role. There are obvious parallels with Pre WWII England and Germany in this with Loid on the side of the British functioning as a spy in Germany (even though they are fictionalized nations here) and Yuri would be the SS. There could be interesting tension that way.

And all of that is ruined by his relationship with Yor. Yes, I know this is meant to be a comedic manga but I don't find his overtly sexualized fixation on his older sister to be funny. It's creepy and kinda gross really. He doesn't just seem to love and protect Yor, he appears to want her for his own and even later his bosses sort of call him on this. Shudders.

Much better episodes were the Anya centric ones as she starts coming into her and isn't just reacting comedically to things Loid and Yor think. She knows what Loid wants of her having read his mind so she tries hard to earn Stella stars so she can get close to the son of the man Loid is tracking. Loid and Yor try and fail to help her in this but Anya finds her way to a star (and it goes to her head but hey what is she? 5?)

Playing injured Yor for laughs didn't really work for me either.

I think this just isn't my kind of humor and there in lies my problem. I'm enjoying them but I'm only going forward because the library has them. I wouldn't buy this for myself.



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