English Dub Review: Spy x Family “UNCLE THE PRIVATE TUTOR / DAYBREAK”

 

Overview:

Next week is Eden College’s midterms. That week happens to include the new moon, the one day of the month Anya can’t use her powers to cheat. But then, Yor suggests that Yuri should be her tutor…

The midterms are over. Loid is nervous about Anya’s test scores and heads to Eden College to alter the answers. However, there already seems to be another guy there with the same motive that’s making himself insanely suspicious and obvious?!

Our Take:

I guess all superpowers have to have a weakness of some sort. Turns out for Anya that is a new moon, and she can’t read minds during that time. With a huge test coming up soon this could put Operation Strix in huge danger. Anya won’t be able to read minds and cheat so Yor asks her brother Yuri to tutor her. Yuri is a stereotypical siscon so he will do anything for his sister.

This part of the episode was a section I was really looking forward to but the execution of it (In the English dub at least) left a bit to be desired. Some of the better jokes from the manga were not even used which was disappointing.

What wasn’t disappointing was the second little arc of the episode. I am pretty sure that was David Matranga portraying the spy “Daybreak” and he did great. Daybreak is bad at his job and it even causes Twilight to act out of character. I hope we get to see Daybreak in more episodes in the future and that we get back to form with this series.