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I finally tried reading "Spy x Family" and I ended up reading 2 of the free chapters. ^_^ I think I need to buy this manga. ^o^ It's a fun time.

I saw this Tweet of merch for Spy X Family and it reminded me that I've been meaning to check out that manga:

7/20/2021https://twitter.com/ichibanKUJI/status/1417416576991592449/photo/1

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https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/chapters/spy-x-family?locale=en

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It's about time I checked out Spy X Family. I can't keep believing it'll be really good and something special that appeals to my specific tastes, just based on vague hunches...Then either never read it, or eventually read it but find out I don't like it. I don't want to encounter the same fate as The Ancient Magus's Bride again.

1:55 PM 7/20/2021

The first _THREE_ chapters are free! ^o^

1:56 PM 7/20/2021

oh yeah...That's right...I forgot. I was looking forward to this being a family that knew each other's secret identities, but were working together to hide as "normal" people as a "normal family". But I think I heard it was actually about each member of the family keeping secrets about their real identities from each other. ;_; I wanted that unity! That comradery! That relatable sense of being a weirdo---group of weirdos in a "normal" world! ;o;! I wanted that relatable sense of trying to pass as a "mundane" and the pain of trying to hide your authentic weirdness. But this story might actually be about individual family members' paranoia towards each other. I don't know if I want to relive constant anxiety from the people you live with. ;_; The constant hiding and fear of being found...I relate to that too, but it's not something I want to remember. ;_;

Well, let's turn the page.

2:02 PM 7/20/2021

Finished page 9.

I thought maybe this manga-ka watched Mr . & Mrs. Smith. But maybe they just wanted to take the idea of "spy of a thousand faces" and correlate that to family members (or fathers) who have a different "face" towards their family. Even Durarara had an episode about that. Also that pig in Aggretsuko....~w~?!?!? Fuck that mother fucker! Being a good father and nice to your family doesn't earn you the right to treat people like shit every single day, just on your whim! Just so you can let off steam from your personal stress! Go to hell! Eat shit and die!!!!!!! ...See? This is why I can't watch Aggretsuko.

Anyway, I hope this spy Twilight isn't like that. Or doesn't remind me of that. (Any more than he already has brought my thoughts down that path.)

2:05 PM 7/20/2021

Well, pages 10-11 suggested Twilight might either subconsciously long for a serene domestic life or he might find happiness if he gets that situation. That could be sweet. I like domestic fluff and "slice of life".

2:09 PM 7/20/2021

Page 17.

Oh shit. Twilight's "father" persona has a genki himbo sunshine smiling look in his eyes. Goddamnit. Don't you dare steal my heart from Claude von Riegan and Ryuji Sakamoto!

2:13 PM 7/20/2021

Pages 20-23.

Anya is super cute. Not just her big eyes and tiny body. But she's so eager/desperate to be accepted, to get a family. And I can see how they're trying to get extra sympathy points with her reading the orphanage operator's mind and hearing his bad thoughts towards her. But doesn't that only work when you show her reaction to those words? And her reactions show her sadness and knowing she's not accepted by the orphanage/others around her?

2:19 PM 7/20/2021

Pages 24-25.

Ok. It's SUPER CUTE how much she wants Twilight to like her and how she thinks he's cool. lol

2:31 PM 7/20/2021

Pages 38-39.

"Twilight here. Catch me if you can." OHHHHHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~ o-O!!!

2:36 PM 7/20/2021

Pages 48-49.

Gee, I wonder if the "Twilight" with a bag over his head is the goon and the "goon" is Twilight in a disguise? lol I don't' care. It'll be a fun reveal. especially from Anya's perspective. ^_^

2:50 PM 7/20/2021

pages 70-71.

I was afraid during all those previous scenes of Twilight having trouble taking care of Anya, that he'd get the assassin to play the family's mom, out of some stereotypical assumption that "women are better suited to childcare" or "it's a woman's job to keep the kids out of trouble, or away from bothering the dad, or to stay at home with", etc. But they didn't do any of that. It's just: The school mandates that "both parents" attend the family interview for admissions. Kind of horrible that a school would presume that all families must have 2 parents, but at least it's just 1 short line at the end, instead of long scenes earlier, implying all that heteronormative "traditional gender roles" BS.

2:54 PM 7/20/2021

Done with chapter 1 of Spy X Family. I like it! I want to read more of it! ^_^

2:54 PM 7/20/2021

https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/spy-x-family-chapter-2/chapter/19256?action=read

I just want to see how the assassin comes to play the mom. I won't read the whole thing. I've got to do more with my day. It's so late already! ;o;

2:59 PM 7/20/2021

Pages 4-7

Being a single 30 year old woman is "suspicious"? Instead of being horrified, these women laugh and agree????? This is disgusting. I can't wait to see how Yor or Fate sticks it to them.

All Yor did was FAINTLY rebuff their suggestion that she catch a sexual partner! She just said she wants to focus on work instead. And that apparently was enough to make this woman feel the need to indirectly threaten her? Calling her weird and suggesting she was weird enough to be "turned in by neighbors for being suspicious"? What an insecure bitch. There better be a come-uppens.

Pages 8-9.

This whole "you need to find a husband" traditional gender roles thing is gross. Please, let's get past these type of scenes already.

3:12 PM 7/20/2021

Page 10.

Why does Yor's sister Yuri know someone from her office named Dominic? Isn't that the name of the bad guy that Twilight is trying to kill or infiltrate?

3:14 PM 7/20/2021

Oh! Yuri is Yor's BROTHER! Why did I assume a sister?

3:20 PM 7/20/2021

Pages 18-19.

I was wondering why Twilight's spy agency just didn't supply him with a colleague to team up with. Maybe those "suspicious" bachelorettes really were spies?!? That was some sneaking foreshadowing. But if most of his agency's female spies were "wiped out during the recent spy sweeps" and the ones remaining don't fit in with the image of the wife of a young man, then it suddenly makes sense that all these bachelorettes were arrested.

3:24 PM 7/20/2021

Pages 21-22.

I really like this martial artist/warrior's version of noticing the significant other during the "meet-cute". "How did she not set off my warrior senses honed to detect all?! She's amazing!" ^o^!

3:28 PM 7/20/2021

Page 23.

They're both so awkward. ^o^ Maybe I've always been into that awkward couple thing? Is that why I loved Ryouga/Akari so much? ^o^

3:30 PM 7/20/2021

Page 25.

"The girl was starved for entertainment."???? C'mon, Narrator. Isn't it enough that she thinks her future parents are both sooooo coooooool for being being an assassin and a spy? lol

3:38 PM 7/20/2021

Page 33.

Is Loid going to propose during the party?! LOL ^o^ Whether in terms of thinking Yor is a normal girl he could trick into quickly marrying him, or whether from her perspective, a proposal in the middle of a party that her brother is going to get a report about, to evaluate if her boyfriend is a reliable/good guy...! It's perfect! Perfect for both of their schemes/uses! ^o^

3:41 PM 7/20/2021

"Should we report her for lying?" About having a boyfriend?!

"For all we know, she's a spy sent here to lower the country's birth rate!" What the actual FUCK!?!? OH MY GAWD. tHESE GENDER ROLE POLICING BITCHES!!!!!!!

"She's probably just a weirdo. Leave her alone." Thanks, but being single doesn't make you a "weirdo". Go fuck yourselves.

3:44 PM 7/20/2021

Page 35.

This Camilla bitch is going to try to sabotage Yor's life just because her boyfriend talked to Yor at a PARTY? What the actual fuck is the matter with people?!? He initiated a conversation with her! A completely innocent conversation! The Camilla bitch better get arrested as a "possible spy"!

I like that even Dominic is giving Camilla the side eye for saying such asshole things. Why is he even dating her? There are nicer people to fuck if you just want someone to fuck.

3:48 PM 7/20/2021

I like that Yor's solution to everything is to kill everyone in the room. lol But then she cutely shakes herself out of that line of thought. She's adorable. ^-^

3:51 PM 7/20/2021

Pages 38-39.

Aw, I guess we're not going to get a proposal scene in the middle of this party. Even if Loid accidentally introduced himself as her husband, he could have saved it by correcting himself in front of everyone and "confessing" that he had planned to propose marriage to Yor soon. He just got mixed up because his psychiatry patient hit him in the head enough to bleed. It's believable! lol Anyway, I'm glad he's there for her.

4:01 PM 7/20/2021

Page 50.

Ok. I didn't expect Yor to ask Loid to marry her! LOL ^o^!!! This is a great manga! ^o^ LOL

4:03 PM 7/20/2021

Pages 52-53.

Ok. We just went to another level of ridiculous territory! LOL Why is making marriage vows in the middle of a fight, while using a grenade pin ring?! LOL ^o^!!!!!!!!

4:07 PM 7/20/2021

I guess I finished chapter 2. ^o^ I should buy this manga. There's one more chapter for free on Viz's website. But I should stop here. Its' already so late in the day and I didn't get anything done. x_x; Good manga, though.