Spy X Family had a particularly compelling spring and summer 2024 season for its manga, delving into a possible new story arc while exploring thoroughly underrated characters, including Frankie Franklin. With other side characters recently featured, including Henry Henderson and Martha Marriott, it's understandable that some fans are complaining about the manga's pacing, asking for it to return to the "main" plot and focus on popular characters such as Anya and Damian.
However, as the reception continues to skew positive for Spy X Family Chapter #105 and similarly recent side stories, it is clear that the series can shine thanks to the characters created by Tatsuya Endo, and not necessarily the main plot revolving around Operation Strix, whose goal is to broker peace between Ostania and its neighboring nation, Vestalis. Doing so may mean multiple avenues, but it is clear that Endo weaves a wonderful story even when Spy X Family Takes long detoursProven again with Frankie's fresh chapter.
Spy X Family's supporting characters provide more than filler
This series has some of the best supporting characters in Sean
Frankie Franklin's latest adventure demonstrates how sidelining the Forger family allows Tatsuya Endo to show the complicated world in Berlin and beyond in Spy X Family. There's no denying that chapters like #105 don't bring Anya closer to getting Stella Starz year to spend more time with Melinda Desmond or Loid finding a new way to meet with Donovan. It shows a world of characters trying to live a happy, normal life, even while juggling espionage duties and protecting assets as with Frankie, often at the expense of a work-life balance in Spy X Family.
This isn't even the first time this year that the series used supporting characters to create his world, such as the Martha and Henry flashback where their doomed early romance is hit with the consequences of war in Spy X Family. These character moments often showcase the world Lloyd is fighting for and what their participation and personal beliefs in achieving peace ultimately mean to them. With Frankie, this means another failed attempt at romance, this time with a girl named Priscilla, where duty got in the way. Spy X Family Chapter #105.
Spy X Family reminds fans that romance isn't the only vital human connection
The real Stella stars are the friends they made along the way
It's easy to want to feel sorry for Frankie In Spy X Family Chapter #105, seen as a job boy for Loid and WISE, but Frankie shows his perspective this time. When Frankie is about to confess his feelings for a girl, he is alerted that the racetrack Toler Asset, an undercover friend and intelligence broker, has been captured; Rather than going on his long-awaited date, He saves the narrator instead. Frankie even chooses to spin these days as a positive experience in Spy X FamilyResigned to the life of an eccentric spy gadget maker as long as he can make friends, allies and crushes happy.
"I still call it a good day. I woke up early. I rejoiced in my freedom. I saved my friends. And I even managed to play Cupid to Priscilla. Not such a bad life... say."
-Frankie Franklin, Spy X Family
Romance is not the only vital connection in Spy X FamilyAnd despite fans wanting more developments such as the ever-popular Year and Lloyd Ship, along with Anya and Damian's possible connection, It arguably shouldn't be for many characters. Martha and Henry resume a platonic relationship despite their obvious love for each other, satisfied with how vital they are to each other in chapter #102. While teased by Jeeves for his crush on Anya, Damian has a loving support system, including a caring servant and close friends, despite a painfully distant family in chapter #102.
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Frankie is going home after his latest romantic disappointment Spy X Family Chapter #105 When the cashier surprises him, wanting to celebrate Frankie's new relationship. When Frankie breaks the news, the cashier is disappointed but instinctively offers a trip to the movies as part of Frankie's original date plan to spend time together as friends. This is an unmistakably healthy moment for Frankie, because even in light of bitter disappointment and compromise in his line of work, he too can thrive on human connection in Spy X Family.
Spy X Family reminds fans that not all manga move at a breakneck pace
Enjoy the talk and smell the roses
Spy X Family Hooking is undoubtedly the blend of espionage and slice-of-lifeAllowing readers to enjoy thrilling moments like the Red Circus Arc or the Mole Dog Arc, while decelerating to enjoy Anya Forger's latest tribulations at Eden Academy. There's room for both, and while fans recognize that, it's sometimes difficult to embrace it when the plot doesn't seem to move as quickly as other manga. The thing about a series that is the best of both worlds, action and healthy comedy, is that there is an inevitable shift back and forth for readers concerned about the direction of the series.
For every moment when there is a hint of romance between the characters, there will be cases of a new crisis in Berlin, where Loid and WISE, the SSS or the Garden must prevent domestic or international disasters in Spy X Family. Operation Strix, Lloyd's possible romance with Yor, Anya's Stella Star quest, and more are all interwoven into a story that needs to balance the plot. Thus, moments like Frankie's adventures as an Austrian defector to WISE, Martha and Henry's golden-year friendship, and Damian's outdoor adventures are welcome interludes, enjoyed for pure entertainment in Spy X Family.