Spy×Family Season 3 Episodes 38 to 40 Review

Episodes 38 through 40 of Spy x Family lean into something heavier than the show’s usual comedy: the way war leaves marks that can carry across generations. Loid Forger grew up during an actual war, and those early experiences quietly shape the man he is now, even in his everyday life as a father, husband, and spy during the series’ tense cold war setting.

I admitted during the season preview that this run did not seem to start at its strongest, but after an episode and a half exploring Loid’s past, I am very glad they opened this way. It gives real weight to everything that follows.

This stretch also introduces the strict Miss Schlag, whose presence raises the stakes at Eden College. As always, the small interactions between Anya and Damian are a delight, but here they carry deeper meaning too.

The emotional core comes when Anya takes a punishment in Damian’s place. Loid has long carried guilt over the friends he lost in his childhood, first believing they died in a bombing and later learning they fell on the battlefield. Seeing Anya step in to protect someone echoes that pain while gently rewriting it.

It is a quietly powerful idea, showing how Anya gets to live the kind of life Loid was denied, and how much he has grown as a father. Spy x Family Season 3 is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.

My take: I did not expect Spy x Family to move me quite this much, but episode 40 really landed. When this series lets its warmth and its sorrow sit side by side, it is at its very best.