Review of Spy x Family Season 2
This show's season just went by like a breeze, didn't it? To make this brief, I adored Spy x Family ever since it aired. It has a lovable cast, nice setting, and an easy-going vibe despite its handful of zaniness and sprints of nice-looking action set pieces. Season 1 started strong and gave us weekly injection of humor, drama, and spy shenanigans. This season, it was mostly the same and I am fine with it. With such an intriguing premise, I assumed the show would lean more on the thriller side of things but it was just not and I've learned to accept that the show wasmostly slice-of-life with assassins, spies, and espers at the center of it. It was definitely not what I expected but what I got, I liked. Lloyd, Anya, and Yor's dynamics were fun and honestly enviable as a family. The side characters compliment them well and the plot has been minimal. That was season 1. In season 2, things were shook a bit. Namely, the action has been ramped up since Yor was predominantly featured this time around and it was a blast.
The action was sparse but when they happen, it was a delight. The hand-to-hand combat were choreographed really well, with dynamic action camera, fast-paced but still clear movement, and when the violence happens, the result is surprisingly bloody. Yor really stood out and made me adore her a lot more than the previous season. Surprisingly, the side characters were quite sidelined in place of the main arc. Anya's adventures were still fun and she keeps her antics still strong. My main complaint about season 1 was quite diminished as well, namely that the plot about the family disguise feels stake-less and that the inclusion of Bond(the clairvoyant dog) feels like asspulls are now assured with such characters. After this season, i warmed up a bit to the dog but I still aint sold on his role. The school aspect were quite minimal.
The humor was much the same. Anya's arsenal of lol faces, Yor's superhuman feats during mundane moments, Lloyd's slipups, and what I liked before was still prevalent. Yor being shot in the ass was the high point of this season and it was in the first episode. However i noticed something about its approach to humor that grew up as a bit of annoyance to me: I dont like that they say that they are shocked or whatever, when it was already obvious on their expressions that they already are. Sure, it was mostly Anya but still.
The OP was not quite my taste to be honest but the ED was lovely. The noir-jazzy soundtrack still fits like a glove. The voice acting remains good.
The season felt like it just went by after the explosive Yor's battle arc and while I would still watch the show in the future, I now realize that I am in no hurry to catch up to it. The show remains easy-going and keeps leaning on its dysfunctional-family-but-actually-not aspects well. What it was, I liked, not necessary loved and well, sometimes, it is enough to keep me entertained. All high points on this season goes to Yor Briar.
Yeah. I would say watch this episodic except for the whole Yor-on-a-Boat arc that spans several episodes. That was a banger.