Spy x Family season 2 Ep. 2 is a 2-part episode, consisting of “Bond’s Strategy to Stay Alive” and “Damian’s Field Research Trip”. In the original manga by Tatsuya Endo, both of these stories are extra chapters that aren’t technically part of the main story. Thus, it’s only natural that Wit Studio and CloverWorks would make both parts of this episode into slice-of-life comedy fun.

Spy x Family Season 2 Ep. 2 “Bond’s Strategy to Stay Alive / Damian’s Field Research Trip”: Details

Spy x Family season 2 NA key visual.
Funnily enough, it’s the upside down characters in this key visual who are the stars of this episode.

Spy x Family season 2 Ep. 2 “Bond’s Strategy to Stay Alive / Damian’s Field Research Trip” is the second episode (you can read a review for Ep. 1 here) of the latest season of this anime series. Said anime is the anime adaptation of the manga of the same name by Tatsuya Endo. Wit Studio (Attack on Titan season 1-3, Ranking of Kings, The Ancient Magus’ Bride season 1) and Cloverworks (Horimiya, Wonder Egg Priority, My Dress-Up Darling) remain the animation studios behind this anime.

Miyuki Kuroki is the director of Spy x Family season 2 Ep. 2 “Bond’s Strategy to Stay Alive / Damian’s Field Research Trip”, with Daishirou Tanimura and Ichirō Ōkouchi as the writers, and Miyuki Kuroki doing the storyboarding. Kazuhiro Furuhashi along with Takahiro Harada (starting with this season) are the directors of Spy x Family season 2. Ichirō Ōkouchi is the writer for season 2 of the anime this time, taking over from Furuhashi. (K)NoW_NAME is still the composer for the music you hear in the anime.

Voice Cast

Spy x Family season 2 Ep. 2 “Bond’s Strategy to Stay Alive / Damian’s Field Research Trip” stars the voices of Kenichirō Matsuda (Tyler Walker in English dub) as Bond Forger and Natsumi Fujiwara (Caitlin Glass in English dub) as Damian Desmond. Other notable voices for this episode include Atsumi Tanezaki (Megan Shipman in English dub) as Anya Forger, Saori Hayami (Natalie Van Sistine in English dub) as Yor Forger/Thorn Princess, Takuya Eguchi (Alex Organ in English dub) as Loid Forger/Twilight, Hana Sato (Macy Anne Johnson in English dub) as Emile Elman, Haruka Okamura (Michelle Rojas in English dub) as Ewen Egeburg, and Kazuhiro Yamaji (Barry Yandell as Henry Henderson.

When and Where to Watch

Spy x Family season 2 Ep. 2 “Bond’s Strategy to Stay Alive / Damian’s Field Research Trip” made its debut on October 14, 2023. You can currently watch this episode only on Crunchyroll. You can watch the previous season either on Crunchyroll as well, or on Hulu.

Spy x Family Season 2 Ep. 2 “Bond’s Strategy to Stay Alive / Damian’s Field Research Trip”: Synopsis

This thumb is kinda hilarious due to how Anya only appeared in this episode for a minute at most.

Normally, this would be the part of the review where I would give a detailed and spoilery plot summary of Spy x Family season 2 Ep. 2 “Bond’s Strategy to Stay Alive / Damian’s Field Research Trip”. However, this is the spoiler-free version of my usual reviews. Thus, you all get an official synopsis from Crunchyroll instead. You can read that below:

Bond sees an ominous future and believes that it’s Yor’s food that’s going to cause it. In order to change this fate, Bond leaves the house to search for Loid! Henderson orders Damian, Emil, and Ewen to go on a field research trip with Mr. Green.

Spy x Family Season 2 Ep. 2 “Bond’s Strategy to Stay Alive / Damian’s Field Research Trip”: The Good

Spy x Family season 2 Ep. 2 "Bond's Strategy to Stay Alive" screenshot depicting a very happy Bond about to get a dinner from Loid.
A happy Bond is a very good boy.

Spy x Family season 2 Ep. 2 “Bond’s Strategy to Stay Alive / Damian’s Field Research Trip” is just pure fluff in both parts. That’s basically the story of this 2-part episode. Nothing but slice-of-life comedy fluff. I am not disparaging this episode, by the way. On the contrary, this is praise from me. I love slice-of-life comedy stories. It’s why I love anime series like A Galaxy Next Door and Horimiya. They’re my go-to stories for relaxing after a bad day. So yeah, this is why I give props to the story of this 2-part episode.

The animation of Spy x Family season 2 Ep. 2 “Bond’s Strategy to Stay Alive / Damian’s Field Research Trip” is par for the course for this anime. Meaning that that Wit Studio and CloverWorks have done it again, and kept up a high standard of animation detail. As you can see above, even the animation style closely matches that of Tatsuya Endo’s art style for the manga. I know this is par for the course for anime adaptations, but it’s always nice to see animators adhering to the source material’s original art style.

Spy x Family Season 2 Ep. 2 “Bond’s Strategy to Stay Alive / Damian’s Field Research Trip”: The Bad

Spy x Family season 2 Ep. 2 "Damian's Field Research Trip" promo art.
What Damian and co. think is happening.

Honestly, my sole complaint about Spy x Family season 2 Ep. 2 “Bond’s Strategy to Stay Alive / Damian’s Field Research Trip” was a moment near the beginning where the animation turned kinda potato, with Yor and Anya turning into blobs for a few seconds. Admittedly, this could very well just be a case of Stylistic Suck on the animator’s part. The blobby animation style could be an emphasis on the comedic nature of the scene. That’s why I’m excusing this one for once.