Spy x Family, Volume 10: 02/01/24

Spy x Family, Volume 10 by Tatsuya Endo, Casey Loe (Translator) (2022) looks into Loid's background. As the cover art hints, it's a tragic one. Later chapters in the volume also include one where Yor finds a new group of friends and Anya has some life lessons from the Headmaster.

I'll admit I was reluctant to read this volume and held off for three months. I'm not a fan of tragic back stories or war ones. I realize that sounds ridiculous if you know the fandoms I was part of in my youth. But Tatsuya Endo shows restraint and tells just what needs to be told without dragging things into melodrama.

That said, I still enjoyed Yor's story the most. After her last arc which spread across three volumes, it was nice to have a Yor about town, slice of life piece. She struggles with human interaction, beyond her immediate found family, and so desperately wants to be "normal." This scene while it ultimately gives Operation Strix a Plan C, is Yor's first big lesson that lots of people struggle with knowing what to do and how to fit in.

Anya's part of this book felt like an attempt to reprise the excellent camping story with Donovan Desmond and his two friends from Volume 7. Anya gets some lessons in patience and most of what she's told goes over her head because she's still so very young.

Volume 11 in English translation releases March 19, 2024.

Five stars

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