SPY x FAMILY Cour 2

The Forger family remains one of the most entertaining families on modern television, with their quirkiness, cuteness, and comedy. They make for a wonderful Saturday morning cartoon vibe. However, with most ongoing series that we get a lot of in a short period of time, it can get a bit stale, and that was the case sometimes with this cour of Spy X Family. Don’t get me wrong, I still love it, it just feels like we’ve settled into the groove of this show, and it’s not as fresh anymore. In the last cour, we had more “peaks” in the show, like the ring proposal and Anya going to school for the first time, whereas this cour, it just felt consistent throughout, with no real highs, but no real lows either.

STORY:

I did feel the story took a bit of a hit this cour, since the main conflict at hand, with the war between Ostania and Westalis felt like it took a backseat, and that it was mostly more character-driven little skits, that some people may call “filler”. The structure of quite a few of the episodes were more like those cartoons you might have watched in your childhood where there were multiple skits in one episode. Perhaps we’re at a slower point at the manga right now, but that structure of an episode did hinder the plot progression to some extent in my opinion.

That said, at its core, this show has a lot of slice of life elements, and even with those elements, it still delivers entertainment at a consistent quality. It’s the fact that we’ve gotten used to what made this show stand out in the first place that some of us might find this cour a little weaker than the last.

ART:

To be honest, I think the production wasn’t as polished as last season, but it was still very good. Some of the character expressions, some of the vibrant colours, those just weren’t hitting on the same level as cour one, but the production has still been solid overall, and I hope the animators don’t get too rushed for future seasons.

MUSIC:

The OP by Bump of Chicken was alright, but the ED by Yama was probably my favourite ED of the season with how catchy it was. The OST was still just as good as the first cour.

CHARACTERS:

The cast was still very entertaining to watch, especially Anya, as usual, with her faces and meme-worthy actions. She remains my favourite character of the show, and her adorableness always makes me smile and laugh. Loid was just as good as a character as last cour as well, as he continues to soften up a little for the people around him.

I would like to highlight a few characters that stood out more to me in both a good and bad way. Firstly, Yor. The bottom line is, she needs more meaningful screen time. More depth into her assassin life would have been appreciated, and it would have made the cast stand out even more. Becky was quite a comedic character this season, and I appreciated how her and Anya’s friendship continued to develop, as well as her crushes toward various people. The last character that had more of an impression on me would be Nightfall, otherwise known as Fiona. For anyone who hasn’t watched to the latter half of this cour yet, I won’t spoil important details, but she introduced some little conflicts that felt more meaningful for me during this cour, so I liked her addition to the cast.

ENJOYMENT:

Some of my enjoyment did level off with this cour, but the fact still stands, I still smile and laugh a lot while watching this, and that’s good enough for me.

THEMATIC EXECUTION:

When the show executes a theme that is a bit different from the norm of the show, it’s usually effective. If there’s a wholesome moment, it’s done well. If it’s absurd comedy, it can do that too. If it’s action, that’s done nicely too, though I would have wanted to see a bit more action from this cour.

OVERALL:

I will say with certainty that I enjoyed cour one more than this cour, but that’s not to say this cour was bad at all. I’ll still recommend this show to practically anyone, especially with how family friendly it generally is. While I did wish more meaningful things happened this cour, the entertainment value was still strong even if the story didn’t progress too much. With Season 2 and an original movie to come next year, we will be blessed with a whole lot more of Spy X Family very soon, and I’ll be happy to see more when it comes around once more.