SpyxFamily - that fake marriage found family manga you didn't know you needed

[lissa_quon]

So - in the realm of happy stupid light stuff I recently found a manga that Viz is hosting online that has brought me so much joy. Sorry if this post is crap I haven't done a post in a long time,and working from what images I can glean from Viz's site.

SpyxFamily - The tale of a spy - psychic kid, assassin and precog dog.


In this unspecified time in totally not East/West Germany setting we have Twilight. A man devoted to ensuring peace in any way possible.


He's a spy, man of a hundred faces, no real name, no known family relations. Until he is given a mission.



He's supposed to investigate and make contact with a reclusive government official who is notoriously reclusive. The man only makes appearances at events at his kids very elite private school. So Twilight needs to have a kid attend the school and get into the honors levels so they can rub elbows with the official. Considering the deadline in place we end up in a shady orphanage that asks no questions and keeps no paperwork. This introduces us to the next family member Anya.





Anya can read minds. And knows enough to not tell anyone. She also is bored, lonely and loves a cartoon called SpyWars. So being adopted by a spy is a dream placement for her. She's also probably not six years old, she lied to get adopted. This causes a bit of problems later. But she gets through the application test and now the whole mission is smooth sailing. Right?

Ostania - the country Twilight is infiltrating has some really traditional/strict standards. Before anyone questions the convenience of this plot - the manga-ka's got you covered.






So the next member of the family is Yor. She's a single woman who works in the City Hall, a bit of a ditz and the brunt of office teasing. And more mention of Ostania's society issues.




After societal and family pressure she makes up a boyfriend. And now needs to produce said boyfriend. She has an added reason for wanting to avoid notice. You see...she has a side hustle.


So all the players are introduced. With some help from a bored kid.



Plots are hatched - and stories established.



Hijinx - as they say. Ensue.

If anyone is into this - the first few chapters are available for free on Viz's site.

Comments

[speedingtortoise]

Oh my god this is adorable, thank you so much for sharing this!

[lissa_quon]

Yea this manga's been a bright spot in my quarantine.

I didn't even get to the more adorable parts, Anya is a delight and later on she gets to team up with a precog dog and they are an adorable combo.

[zachbeacon]

So Mr and Mrs Smith: The Manga? Neat.

[lissa_quon]

Well so far they have yet to be ordered to kill each other so right now its a lot of cute "totally not catching feelings" as they both keep secrets and hide bodies.

[zachbeacon]

I mean sure but but the romance and the conflict both seem inevitable, given the genres involved.

I've seen a lot of "will they, won't they" with love stories. I assume this also has that with murder.

[janegray]

Oh, i remember seeing this on Tumblr :)

[hakesembasipur]

I really like this manga: cute-funny and cool.

[doodleboy]

Probably the best new series in Jump. Anya's the best.

[lissa_quon]

Anya's great - I also like the author makes it so - that yes she can read minds. but this doesn't mean she automatically understands what shes picking up. It'd be too easy to make her an omniscient kid genius and instead nah she's trying to help but not getting the subtleties that more experience would have. Also establishes that reading minds to solve tests only work if you have someone who knows the answers around to work from.

Great use of limitations for plot and comedy. *chef kiss*

[arilou_skiff]

Anyas Smug Face is the best thing.

[mastermahan]

As someone who just started reading this*, Anya is the component that elevates this from good to great. Mistaken identity comedies go back to before Shakespeare. A main character who automatically knows the truth without necessarily comprehending it is a brilliant twist on the formula.

Plus, her facial reactions to other characters' thoughts is a great sight gag. Yor thinking about fractions in terms of dismembering a body while Anya stares in horror is hilarious.

*And by just started, I mean since this post prompted to me to try it. Thank you for the recommendation - this series is adorable.

[skjam]

I like Twilight's new "archnemesis" and Anya showing off a certain perfection of form in the most recent chapter.

[mastermahan]

"The best swordsman in the world doesn't need to fear the second best swordsman in the world; no, the person for him to be afraid of is some ignorant antagonist who has never had a sword in his hand before" - Mark Twain

[hybrid2]

I want to see this animated,so bad.

[lissa_quon]

I NEED this to be an anime so bad. I am hoping it gets enough attention that it gets one. Sadly the creator apparently hasn't had good luck with long running series so I hope that changes cause I love this so much.

[strejdaking]

I think once it's done, it will be just enough material for a regular season.

[icon_uk]

This is adorable.

I would ask you to shrink the image above the cut to no more than 400x300, or pop it under the cut please.

[lissa_quon]

Sorry about that - better?

[icon_uk]

Spot on, thank you!

[fay_e]

Omg thank you for doing up this post, I was really intrigued by it and ended up mainlining all the available chapters of SXF in one day <3

[commodus]

Okay, they got my attention by making the spy man ridiculously pretty. Which is usually the best way to get me interested in a story. I might have to give this a read!