So you have this spy, right? He needs to save the country from going into war, to do that he need to get a kid into the academy. The kids he then gets is pretty stupid but also an esper. But to get that kid into the academy he also needs a mother figure, so he finds the women which, surprise!, is an assasin. So now these three have to pretend to be an actual family while trying to hide their true identities from the world and themselves. Then you have Spy X Familly.

For a quick plot summary, this is a pretty intriguing plot. It quickly got me into watching this anime in the first place. I was always gonna watch it while it was airing since it suddenly became the biggest new show on the planet. When I started watching it, I liked it at first but I still had some doubts, but the more I watched it, the more it just intrigued me into it. It has taken me a long time to put into words why I like this series as much as I do even with it being hyped to the moon, but I think I finallly got it: It is just great! Wait, let me explain that.

Let's first start with the obvious: The characters are freaking amazing. The main character, Loid, is pretty much your typical cold character, not making connections with others in order to not get tied down. Obviously, that changes as the series goes on, but what I like about Loid is that cracks are consistently shown. Despite him being very insensitive, he is still human after all and the thing that stands in the way of his mission is often himself with how caught up he can get in it, and seeing those hijinks are very entertaining. Then we have Yor and putting aside her amazing design, my god she is so fun. She is very much a pure soul at at heart (ignoring the murdering part) and she desperately just tries her best. She constantly tries to improve in her people skills and it is a joy to see her improve.

And then we have Anya. She is the esper of the main cast and pretty much the entire fate of the country is resting on her shoulders. Child characters are very hard to make since it is always a balance between either being so smart it is unbelievable or so stupid that they become annoying, especially with super powers which can tip towars the former. Anya is luckily able to tiptoe into balance by making her juuuust stupid enough. Her power is overpowered but she aint that smart in handling it. She is very much a child at heart, but not in the annoying little shit way but in the way a child would look at the wonderous world. All her actions are not only funny but very believable since, ya know, she is a kid. She got no real sense of the seriousness of a situation so she tackles everything with lots of boldness which creates some of the funniest jokes in the show.

Since we are talking about the humor, my god is this anime funny. It has a heavy emphasis on creating comedy out of the characters. It doesn't go completely in the sitcom direction like konosuba did since it still keeps a foot in the drama. This makes you feel like all the jokes come from putting the funny characters in wild situations but the writers still have the freedom to make well constructed gags. The boldness of Anya, Loid's obsessiveness with his missions, Yor's constant anxiety of being a good wife, just the very fact how ridiculous this plot is, I love them all. There a very few duds and even when there are these are usually pretty quick.

What can I really say about the production values? It is Wit Studio! Ofcourse all the character designs are clean and cool. Ofcourse the aesthetic mixes the 1920s spy movie style with a more timeless flair which makes the anime feel so universal. Ofcourse the animation is well done with many clean action cuts and great anime faces which surely are gonna be used in a million memes. Ofcourse both the OP and ED are absolute jammers. It is freaking Wit Studio

For the last thing to talk about, I think this anime is incredibly consistent in its quality. The biggest downside the anime does is that it can sometimes stretch its narattive to wide which can lead to some small plotholes, like how Yor and Loid never question how both of them have basically super human strength and agilit. But even with things like that I was able to ignore it since I was just enjoying the story, the character and the comedy. I am also happy with how friendly this anime is for newcomers with how there is a lack of presence of anime's usual quircks, it just is a feel good show through and through.

In conclusion, this anime is fantastic! It doesn't reinvent the wheel and it will guarantee you to leave you with strong emotions, but it also really hard to find the flaws in the anime without getting to the point of Cinemasins nitpicking. The characters are great, it looks great, the comedy is great, the story is intriguing, it is a good gateway show for newcomers, it is just the whole package.

Give this one a watch! You won't regret it!