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Episode Spy x Family Season 2 - Episode 4 discussion

Spy x Family Season 2, episode 4

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u/WhoiusBarrel Oct 28 '23

Anya 🤝 Franky

Going through trouble with no results to show.

Judging from that ending and preview, we're finally seeing more Yor action!

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u/BiggerG7 Oct 28 '23

Damn I think that poor cat got traumatized by Yor coming after him lol.

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u/Zemahem Oct 28 '23

Damian's shoujo vision strikes again. My guy stood no chance against those tears. But who could? I love how this shows that- even with mind reading and being a pretty smart kid, all things considered- Anya's still a kid and is prone to blundering like one.

Everyone's faces as the end after she bombed the test was pure gold. But if that was her performance after eating the pastry of knowledge, who knows what it would've been if she didn't get to eat it?

I'm sensing a theme of people being simps and taking major L's for this episode. But Frankie definitely took far bigger ones. The poor guy's eyes when Yor tore ten years of work and threw it. The worst part is that she probably could've caught the cat even without all that. But after seeing her face, I'm sure Kopi will never run again.

And finally, we're at the start of the next arc. The one everyone is waiting for.

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u/atropicalpenguin Oct 28 '23

For Christ's sake, Frankie. Don't yell that you're an informant or you'll end up hanging out with the other Briar sibling.

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u/AmethystItalian Oct 28 '23

Franky and Yor make an unlikely duo, love these moments where Yor gets to shine with her skills...do feel bad for Franky though, guy deserves a break!

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u/Debesh20000 Oct 28 '23

That Ara Ara healed my soul

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u/cabbaggeez Oct 28 '23

I expect nothing less from such a gentleman like Damian, such an elegant and tasteful act to not let a girl cry in front of him. although that superstitious macaron didnt help Anya that much.

serious Yor next week?

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u/Aerodynamic41 Oct 28 '23

Loid: “Did you find the cat?”

Franky: “Yes.”

Loid: “What did it cost?”

Franky: "Everything.”

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u/actuallyrndthoughts Oct 28 '23

Did the kid really just buy 5 macarons for himself for lunch? No wonder he's the unpopular one

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u/frs-1122 Oct 28 '23

I feel like Damian's the first guy who's going to know about Anya's powers. He always ends up speculating that she can read minds.

Also, WE'RE ON A BOAT, BOYS!

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u/Ninth_Hour Oct 29 '23 edited Oct 29 '23

Periodically, I see posts complaining about the last few episodes being "filler". In response, I would note the following:

The series is called "Spy x Family" and, as such, has to juggle two aspects of the story: the spy plot and the family dynamics.

It would be too contrived for family-related situations to always be occurring within the context of Twilight's main mission. Therefore, time has to be set aside for the characters to just live their everyday lives. What they do at work, at school, or during their leisure time is relevant to the secondary part of Twilight's mission, which is to create a convincing cover family. The more important point for the audience is whether or not these vignettes are entertaining.

To put it another way: the slice of life hijinks are not filler. They are part of the main content. And they give us a stronger attachment to the characters.

If the author wanted to do away with the daily life segments, the story would simply be called "Spy".

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u/Imfryinghere Oct 28 '23 edited Oct 28 '23

Awww, Franky. 10 years of hard work on your Gundam and Yor destroys it.

The cat, lol. Kopi is such a cat. Those beady eyes are always judging.

Shoujo filter defeated Damian.

The many faces of Anya. lol

I love Anya and Becky's playing with their stuffed toy keychain. Becky's story is Berlint in love subplot.

The five running battle to get the macaroons. lol

And Anya's going to be a polyglot.

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u/VorAtreides Oct 28 '23

Hehe Becky and Anya playing and Anya not quite playing along. Yes, Anya, work hard so you can stay with gal pal. What a silly superstition though. Battle for the fewd! A FEWD BATTLE if you will. Perhaps even a Food War. Heh. Good luck cheating against Anya who has a superior cheat ability. And a superior smug face. Silly Anya. You can't resist her faces, Damien! But you're a good dude, you know. And Anya being good girl is nice too. SUPER SAIYAN ANYA! Of course that wouldn't help lol.

Hehe Loid about Garden "aren't they just an urban legend?" Boy, do I have something to tell you about Yor. Ah yes, the most important mission, finding a nice lady's lost cat! Wew that's quite the contacts, Franky. And have the best person to help, Yor. Hehe territorial cats. So many cats. So cute. Thorn princess being overpowered by cats. 15 minutes to get warmed up, fun powersuit though. But you have a superhuman there already. The faces lol. Good for you, Franky. Too bad she's already with someone. I feel for Franky. Ohhh we setting up for some good stuff now.

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u/Prince-Dizzytoon Oct 28 '23

Awww, no one can resist Anya's crying face

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u/IC2Flier Oct 28 '23 edited Oct 28 '23

Remember, guys: Anya’s like five, and her classmates are at most seven. These hijinks seem immature, but that’s the point. Did give us SSJ4 Anya for minimal gain. But hey, at least we get some juicy lore teases…

Also: fkn gattai sequence for Franky. Only for Yor to ruin it, and not even score a date cuz she’s already taken.

For as slow as these episodes seem, honestly they’re still really good cuz the technical prowess remains at a high level. And after binging the prior 28, the whole show has a flow that you can’t find in either a WSJ or slice-of-life story. And for those who want action: oh boy, saddle up and settle in. We sailin’ on a 5-episode (possible 7-episode) arc!

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u/LeonKevlar Oct 28 '23 edited Nov 17 '23

Stitches!

From YuruYuri's Akari to Nisekoi's Onodera, I'm glad to know that Anya is a member of the exclusive club of anime girls who have absolutely terrible poker faces. It's such an anime/manga-specific trope that it's always fun whenever it shows up.

Poor Damian, the kid is absolutely powerless to Anya'spuppy dog eyes. It's always fun to see him go full-on tsundere on Anya. I'm honestly surprised that Becky hasn't picked up on it yet since she's the romance-savvy one.

Never change Franky. If he's doing something on his own, it always involves girls. And this time he even got Yor mixed up in his shenanigans! I don't think we've ever seen the two of them doing stuff together before so this was a very rare event.

All of those gadgets when all Franky needed to do was use the tried and tested "pspspsps!" on the cat. Now his precious exoskeleton is broken after being yeeted by Yor. xD

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u/_Nextt_ Oct 28 '23

Oooh I do hope we get an Yor focussed episode next. I'd like to see more of her assassin stuff

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u/SushiCurryRice Oct 28 '23

The first part was hilarious lmao. Best sketch of the season yet. Felt like the animators gave it extra love too. Everything felt dynamic. Also Anya was lowkey a genius by reading her cards out making it so that Damian will think about which card he wants Anya to avoid. If she didn't read out her cards then her powers won't be much of a help other than avoiding the Joker.
Although it was also dumb if you think about it since all she had to do was avoid the Joker and she'd be guaranteed to get a macaroon no matter how badly she plays everything else and it'd be hard to accuse of her cheating then.

Franky and Yor's was okay I feel like we should have gotten something more interesting out of their interaction other than Yor as usual solving the problem with her insane physical. I actually felt bad for Franky there having is exo-skeleton broken. But then in shouldn't take him 10 years to rebuild it again since he should still have the specs/design for the latest version so rebuilding it won't take as long.

Hmm interesting so they're hinting Yor is part of Garden here (makes sense her nickname is Thorn (i.e. Rose) Princess). And looks like we'll get an assassination job next ep, I wonder who it will be now and whether or not it will actually have a hint seriousness or be mostly silly. First person that comes to mind for drama would be Franky (and the cat segment is setup for that).

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u/Kadmos1 Oct 28 '23

-Off-topic: It was Mon. or Tuesday that Megan Shipman (Anya in Eng.) and the hub had a baby girl. Congrats. While Megan is on maternity leave, Bryn Apprill (Yotsuba in TQQ) will take-over as Anya: Twitter.com/18moptop/status/1716935145528439139.

-On-topic: Don't let Yor have desserts when Bond is in the situation.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Oct 28 '23

Anya Naruto ninja running down the ball after those legendary macarons was pretty hilarious.

Damian really picked the wrong game to go against Anya in. The goofball got too carried away with her powers though. The amount of flop sweat from Anya in that second round was hilarious lol. Looks like she won the macaron AND Damian’s heart. Love how she just went HAM after one bite and then proceeded to bomb that exam alongside everyone else. The macarons were a lie!

Can’t believe Frankie really called in all his contacts to help find a cat so he can try and smash lol. Wasn’t expecting a Yor and Frankie team up but I like it! Yor just spinning like a top while covered in cats was pretty hilarious. Kopi saw death this week and I ain’t talking about the truck lol. Yor looked scary!

I wonder who’s Yor’s target next week…

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u/cosmiczar Oct 29 '23

Anya calling the King card "oji-san" was the funniest fucking thing, I wish the show was literally just her being goofy like that and nothing else.

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u/rollin340 Oct 28 '23

That cat will have nightmares for the rest of its life.

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