Another season, another dude gets kicked out of the adventurer’s party. Is this one riddled with anxiety? Does this one have a cripplingly low self-esteem? Or is he perhaps a wannabe chef? My point is, what makes this guy interesting enough to watch week in and week out? Well, he kinda looks like Kirito from a distance, so we’re already starting off on the wrong foot. But let’s get to it after the jump.
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Utage needs money to support her oshi, so she has a part-time housekeeping job. As luck would have it, she gets assigned to the home of Tamon, the oshi in question. Utage quickly learns, however, that her oshi is not quite as confident and outgoing in real life as he is onstage. They often say you should never meet your heroes, because, well, we’re all human. As such, even our biggest heroes are flawed. And boy, do I know it! I often get asked, “Who’s your role model?” I find it hard to answer that question, because so many people I used to respect end up being… well, for a lack of a better term, giant turds. I grew up watching Kobe Bryant and the Lakers win championships after championships. What happened? He was soon charged with rape. Was he ever convicted? No. But shhh, don’t tell Lakers fans this, but he probably did it. What about Clayton Kershaw? In his peak, he was practically a shoo-in for the Cy Young award every year! Unfortunately, he’s probably a huge bigot who’s just smart enough to know he shouldn’t be too open about it.
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So Lucas disappears, and Claude no longer remembers Athy. We’re back to square one, except Athy is a teenager with powers. I guess that’s marginally better than being a baby with no powers, but still, what the hell, man? The worst part is that there’s no need for this. In order to save her father in the first place, Athy had to break through his defensive barrier — his trauma of losing his wife — and thus make him remember that he still has his daughter. So when he still loses his memories of her anyway, it’s like for what? Why rehash this storyline? I can’t help but think that this is just a cheap ploy to keep viewers or readers hooked. No, please, don’t leave! We have more story to tell… uh, Claude doesn’t love Athy anymore! So you gotta stick around to see if she can thaw his heart again! Yeah! The sad part is that we already have an overarching villain ready to go! It’s that evil wizard who created this mess in the first place. It’s that evil wizard who has been in cahoots with Duke What’s-his-face. Future storylines can be about taking him down, so we don’t need to redo the whole Claude bullshit again! So again, what the hell, man?
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Sure, Twilight and his spy friends were this close to losing their lives, but when he sees his family enjoying a lazy, peaceful afternoon possibly on a weekend, it was all worth the trouble, right? It should come to no surprise that a show called SPY x FAMILY is at its best when it’s all about the family. For me, all of the memorable moments from this anime involves the family in some form or fashion. Remember when Loid nearly punched Mister Swan because the nasty man was insulting his made-up family? Sure, the lead up to the interview was hilarious, but this was the first time we could confirm that his made-up family was more than just a mission to him. Remember when Yor pulled out all the stops just protect a mother and child? Then afterwards, she came to realize that her made-up family is now just as important to her as Yuri, her real family.
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