Highlights
- Yor faces off against Barnaby in a fight, struggling with his range advantage and drawing attention from onlookers, but is saved by Anya's quick thinking.
- Yor overcomes her hesitation and defeats Barnaby, using her needle to pin down his chain and knocking him out, putting on a circus act as a cover.
- Loid observes Anya's behavior and realizes he has much to learn as a father, while Anya tries to escape his watchful eye to help Yor in her mission.
The following contains spoilers for Episode 7 of Spy x Family Season 2, "Who Is This Mission For?," now streaming on Crunchyroll.
The Cruise Adventure arc continues with Yor doing her best to protect the Grey family from the multitude of assassins going after their life. This episode actually sees the protectors have a short respite from the fighting as they finally make it to another hiding place. Yor realizes that she is starting to have feelings of hesitation that might get in the way of her performing her duties.
Meanwhile, Loid and Anya continue their cruise trip unaware of Yor's activities. Anya, who already knows that Yor was on the ship for her assassin job, wants to find her so she can help her out, while Loid struggles to figure out the cause of Anya's bizarre behavior. While it's not certain if they'll have a role to play in the coming episodes, it's good to be able to check in on them in between Yor's more major scenes.
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Yor Versus Barnaby
With his surprise attack having failed, Barnaby directly engages in a fight against Yor. His strange sickle and chain gives Yor pause as she struggles to deal with his range advantage, and the drawing crowd only makes her more worried. To her surprise, she is saved by Anya, who not only pretends not to recognize her, but also assumes out loud that the whole thing is a circus act, instantly calming the gathering crowd. While this makes it easier for Yor to fight, she is still struggling to deal with Barnaby's assault.
Yor knows that the best thing to do is to charge straight at Barnaby and cut him down regardless of the wounds she receives, but something holds her back from doing so. At the same time, Barnaby starts to tire of the fight and decides to stop holding back so that he can cut down not only Yor, but the people around him as well. Before he can, however, Yor gathers her resolve and charges him, using one of her needles to pin his chain to the ground to keep him from counterattacking. She ties him up with his own chain, then knocks him out by hitting his pressure points. She bows to the crowd to keep up the act of being a circus performer, then takes Barnaby and the Greys away.
Time To Rest
Anya returns to Loid, who is wearing a bizarre getup, and she immediately shuts down his attempt at being a fun and cool dad. After wandering the ship some more, the two return to their room once Anya starts to get tired. The assassins, meanwhile, continue tracking down the Greys, with one of them even heading to their first cabin and trying to pin down their smells. As all this is happening, Yor and the Greys finally arrive at the cabin designated as their next hiding spot. A relieved Mr. Grey (real name Zeb) loses his cool over how terrifying it was to be attacked by assassins, only to be reprimanded by Shaty. She asks him why he bothered to accompany her instead of joining the new organization, to which he responds that he couldn't forget his gratitude to his former boss.
McMahon arrives and tells the Greys and Yor that they should rest up as much as they can in preparation for their escape the next day. As he prepares to thin out the assassins on the ship, he tells Yor to remember her duty and that if she does not focus on the mission, everyone will die. As Yor stands guard over the sleeping Greys, she realizes the hesitation she felt during the fight against Barnaby was because she was scared to get a wound that she couldn't explain away, revealing her secret job as an assassin. Yor tries to get her priorities in order, but her feelings towards her new family are not so easily discarded.
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Understanding Anya
As the sun rises on the second day of the cruise, Loid ponders over Anya's bizarre behavior from yesterday. He concludes that he still has much to learn as a father, and is determined to spend the day observing Anya's actions as much as possible. This puts a dent in Anya's own plans, because she wants to escape from his watchful eye so that she can go help Yor in her assassination mission. To that end, she attempts to distract Loid by pointing out the various activities on the ship, only to either have him finish immediately or get distracted herself.
By nighttime, Anya is still unable to get away from Loid, while Loid can't understand why Anya seems frustrated when she spends the whole day having fun. Anya admits to Loid that she was lonely without Yor, and Loid tells her that he can message the concierge to see if she'll be available later. He also suggests that they check out the fireworks display, as she might show up there. Meanwhile, Yor sets out with the Greys in new disguises as they prepare to disembark the cruise ship. The assassins, however, aren't going to let them go without a fight, and it's clear that the next episode will ramp up the excitement.