Spy x Family Season 2 Ep. 11 “Berlint In Love / Nightfall’s Daily Life”: Becky’s Soap Opera Fantasies [Review]

Spy x Family Season 2 Ep. 11 “Berlint in Love / Nightfall’s Daily Life”, despite the title, really stars Becky Blackbell. Practically this entire episode is devoted to Becky and her hilariously absurd soap opera fantasies. With Loid and his imaginary adulterous relationship with Becky being the center of her fantasies. Trust me, it’s as funny as it sounds.

Spy x Family Season 2 Ep. 11 “Berlint in Love / Nightfall’s Daily Life”: Details

Spy x Family Season 2 Ep. 11 “Berlint in Love / Nightfall’s Daily Life” is the 11th episode (you can read reviews for  Ep. 1, Ep. 2, Ep. 3, Ep. 4, Ep. 5, Ep. 6, Ep. 7, Ep. 8, Ep. 9, and Ep. 10 here) of the second and latest season of the anime series, and the 36th episode overall, hence why it’s officially titled Mission: 36. Said anime is the anime adaptation of the manga of the same name by Tatsuya Endo (Blade of the Moon Princess, TISTA). 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.

Yōsuke Yamamoto is the director of Spy x Family Season 2 Ep. 11 “Berlint in Love / Nightfall’s Daily Life”, with Honoka Katō as the writer, and Koji Masunari and Takahiro Harada doing the storyboard. 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.

Speaking of music: : “Kura Kura” (クラクラ, lit. “Dizzy”) by Ado and director Masaaki Yuasa is the opening theme song. Meanwhile, the ending theme song is “Todome no Ichigeki” (トドメの一撃, lit. “Finishing Strike”) by Vaundy (feat. Cory Wong) and director Eugene Winter.

Voice Cast

Spy x Family Season 2 Ep. 11 “Berlint in Love / Nightfall’s Daily Life” features the voices of Emiri Katō (Dani Chambers in English dub) as Becky Blackwell, Atsumi Tanezaki (Megan Shipman and Bryn Apprill in English dub) as Anya Forger, Takuya Eguchi (Alex Organ in English dub) as Loid Forger/Twilight, Saori Hayami (Natalie Van Sistine in English dub) as Yor Forger/Thorn Princess, and Ayane Sakura (Lindsay Seidel and Bryn Apprill in English dub) as Fiona Frost/Nightfall.

When and Where to Watch

Spy x Family Season 2 Ep. 11 “Berlint in Love / Nightfall’s Daily Life” made its streaming debut on December 16, 2023. You can watch this episode only on Crunchyroll for now. You can watch the previous season either on Crunchyroll as well, or on Hulu.

Spy x Family Season 2 Ep. 11 “Berlint in Love / Nightfall’s Daily Life”: Synopsis

Normally, this would be where I give you all a spoiler-filled plot summary of Spy x Family Season 2 Ep. 11 “Berlint in Love / Nightfall’s Daily Life”. However, this is the spoiler-free version of my usual reviews. Thus, you will all get the official synopsis from Crunchyroll instead. You can read that below:

Becky is very excited about a romantic drama on TV, so she heads over to the Forgers’ place to see Loid, who she fell in love with instantly after seeing his picture. Becky aggressively pursues Loid.

Spy x Family Season 2 Ep. 11 “Berlint in Love / Nightfall’s Daily Life”: The Good

I know some people aren’t a fan of fluff, but I am personally very fond of it. That’s why Spy x Family Season 2 Ep. 11 “Berlint in Love / Nightfall’s Daily Life” is one of my favorites. This particular plotline with Becky Blackbell is one of my favorites from the manga as well. It really develops Becky’s character, while also giving her a chance to interact with her BFF Anya and the rest of the Forger family. Well, almost all of the rest Forger family. Becky is just a little too obsessed with Loid and Yor to be worrying about everyone else, including Anya to some degree.

I also have to give a shout out to the animation of Spy x Family Season 2 Ep. 11 “Berlint in Love / Nightfall’s Daily Life”. Wit Studio and CloverWorks really did wonders for that animation. In particular: Becky and her reactions. Watching Becky faint while completely changing into a very noticeably different animation style to the rest of the anime was just comedic timing at its finest. I give a French chef’s kiss of approval for the comedy of this episode as well.

Oh, and Fiona Frost’s oh-so-brief appearance in “Nightfall’s Daily Life” was short, but still sweet. With some nice callbacks to the tennis match episode in the previous season to boot.

Spy x Family Season 2 Ep. 11 “Berlint in Love / Nightfall’s Daily Life”: The Bad

Honestly, the only criticism I can make of Spy x Family Season 2 Ep. 11 “Berlint in Love / Nightfall’s Daily Life” is for people who don’t like fluff. If you’re not a fan of fluffy, then this isn’t the episode for you. In fact, if you don’t like fluff, this entire anime may not be for you. Perhaps you might like a different genre altogether? Jujutsu Kaisen might be the anime for you if you like horror and stylish action.