The quick synopsis of this episode writes itself: The fireworks in the sky are no match for the fireworks on the deck. Yor tries to get Okla and Zeb to the rubber dinghy that will rendezvous with their boat out of here, but they’re spotted in the hall by the coordinator of the assassins. So while Yor hopes the fireworks will provide cover, it only ends up being a backdrop for one of Spy x Family’s longest, most intense, inventive, and nerve-wracking battles to date.
The first sign of danger is when Yor is desperately dodging a bullet from a sniper rifle. Dozens of assassins come out of the shadows, none of whom she sensed coming. This means they’re all top-flite killers, but not all assassins are created equal. You get the feeling the first few Yor carves through aren’t the strongest, and Yor gets a key assist from the Director.
Zeb gets shot in the back three times shielding Olka as they tumble into a below-deck hatch, but he’s wearing a bulletproof vest, so Yor’s clients are now out of the way, enabling her to switch off her limiter. She stares down her targets with crazed determination, and gives the Director a lot to mop up as her kills are more florid and bloody than usual.
The direction of this fight ensures we’re never ever bored, and even though Yor seems to have everything under control, the sheer number of opponents keeps the tension that something unthinkable might happen high throughout. There’s also some marvelous match cuts from fireworks to blood splattering to the coins of the gambling off-duty bodyguards.
I particularly liked the comic gauntlet in which Yor felled an assassin before they could even finish introducing themselves, followed by Director mopping up their blood. When assassins start getting hits on her, she simply shrugs them off, and having absorbed their best shot, dispatches them.
The fireworks hit their grand finale just as she strikes a victory pose, but the battle isn’t over. Now that his share has increased significantly, the coordinator offers Yor a cut to walk away from the job, but that ain’t happening. She asks if they can stand down, and that ain’t happening either. Instead, the toughest assassin yet manages to take out the Director in ten seconds flat.
Adorably, one of Yor’s first thoughts is her cover story for her change of hairstyle upon reuniting with Loid and Anya. But as her struggle against the samurai-like opponent goes on and she can only seem to retreat and defend against his attacks, she realizes she’s getting ahead of herself.
First of all, she needs to stay alive, then fulfill her mission, then get back to her family. Even so, when the katana is less than an inch from her throat, she worries she won’t be able to get Loid’s shirts from the cleaners, or return Anya’s library books. Simple little things from the peaceful side of her life.
Everything comes back to why she is doing this. Just as Ms. Olka wanted to give her son a quiet peaceful life, she did what she did to protect Yuri’s. But the fight never ends. No matter how bloody her hands get or if it claims her life or even causes her to lose the Forgers, she’s determined to cleanse the world of threats to those that matter to her. It’s a fight that may never end, but as she declares at the end (and Hayami Saori firing with both barrels) it’s one she’ll never give up.
The post-credit vignette is about Yuri catching a cold due to Yor being away, then remembering to what lengths she went do make him herbal tea with honey when he was little. In addition to giving us an adorable younger Yor, it reinforces just why Yuri loves his sister so much. She would do literally anything for him, and do it with the biggest smile in the world. I just hope her smile can survive this cruise mission, and she can get back to Loid and Anya.
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