Spy x Family, Vol 12
Author: Aya Yajima
Publisher: Viz Media
American release date: August 6, 2024
Format/Genre/Length: Paperback/Comedy manga/208 pages
Overall
Personal Rating: ★★★★★
Anya is on top of the world!
Having finally achieved the receipt of a Stella Star, she refers to herself as
Starlight Anya! As Loid drives her to school, Anya thinks about Sy-on Boy and
his family, but he mistakes her comments as criticism of his parenting and
worries that the mission will be jeopardized because of him. Anya determines to
be even nicer to Sy-on Boy, but once she gets to school and receives the
accolades of her peers, her intentions go horribly awry.
Thomas Austin, the
tutor-in-residence, has had nightmares ever since the school bus hijacking, so
the headmaster suggests a good psychiatrist – none other than Loid Forger! Will
Loid be able to help him, or will he discover that the root cause of the man’s
troubles isn’t what he thinks it is?
Sylvia Sherwood is Loid’s handler,
but she isn’t exactly the most tidy of persons or the most organized. Dried
pasta on her clothes and files left at home are only the tip of the
iceberg. She’s been living alone for so
long that she has really stopped caring. When she goes to meet Twilight for a
scheduled briefing, she is dismayed to find Anya there, as well as their dog
Bond. Loid apologizes but it couldn’t be helped. Will Anya’s presence be a
hindrance to the business at hand?
Yor finds herself drawing closer
to her co-workers and actually having conversations with them. But she starts
to worry that she isn’t presenting her marriage as a typical marriage,
according to what they say to her. So she decides to fabricate details in order
to fit in. But will that plan backfire on her? Could it affect her relationship
with Loid?
The next day, Yor wonders if she
was… inappropriate… with Loid, but she can’t remember. Anya is off to the zoo
with Becky but before Yor can say anything to Loid, her brother Yuri pops in
and immediately thinks Loid is doing something hurtful to his sister. Loid
becomes paranoid, wondering if Yuri knows about his secret identity, while Yor
is determined to convince her brother that she and Loid are a normal married
couple, complete with arguments!
It was inevitable that a situation
might arise in which Loid would find himself pitted against his brother-in-law
Yuri, who is a member of the SSS. Will Yuri learn that Loid is the mysterious
Twilight he has been so desperately seeking? What if Loid finds himself in a
position where he has to kill Yuri? That might make things awkward in the
Forger household!
Another great volume of Spy x Family.
I love how the author incorporates more than just the main characters, fleshing
them all out as well as he does the Forgers. While I want to see Operation
Strix succeed, I am hopeful the story will continue afterward. I think the
Forgers will become an actual family. I believe Loid and Yor already have
feelings for one another. Think of the possibilities of the family as a team!
This volume has come cute bonus stories as well.
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