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Backstory Can Be Relevant, Who Knew

Spy X Family vols. 14-15 by Tatsuya Endo

March 30, 2026 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Turns out that sometimes backstory time can be both interesting and maybe even relevant. Spy x Family is essentially an action-comedy where a spy has to create a family to get close to his mark; the gal he marries is secretly an assassin, the daughter he adopts is secretly a telepath (but she’s 6, meaning she understanding things not the conventional way a lot), and the family dog has some kind of foretelling (but is also a dog, and thus cannot speak people). For most […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: assassins, Aya Yajima, Tatsuya Endo, comedy, family, manga, spies, spy x family, tatsuya endo, telepath

CoffeeShopReader's CBR18 Review No:16 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Speculative Fiction · Tags: assassins, Aya Yajima, Tatsuya Endo, comedy, family, manga, spies, spy x family, tatsuya endo, telepath ·
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Found Family with Spies, Killers, and Secrets but It’s Cozy

Spy X Family Family Portrait by Aya Yajima, Tatsuya Endo

September 23, 2024 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

For some reason I really needed a cozy read not long ago; I’m part way through something that sounded like it should have but is turning out to not be that. I put down book #1, and went for option 2: manga. Or to be more precise, a series of short stories based on the manga (and also now anime) Spy X Family titled Spy X Family: Family Portrait. If you know the series it helps but it’s not totally mandatory as there is a […]

Filed Under: Featured, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Aya Yajima, Aya Yajima, Tatsuya Endo, historical fiction, light novel, manga, short story, spy, spy x family, Spy X Family Family Portrait, tatsuya endo

CoffeeShopReader's CBR16 Review No:21 · Genres: Featured, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Aya Yajima, Aya Yajima, Tatsuya Endo, historical fiction, light novel, manga, short story, spy, spy x family, Spy X Family Family Portrait, tatsuya endo ·
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