Spy × Family, a manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuya Endo and later adapted to an anime with the same name, features a cast of characters who live in an alternate version of Cold War Germany. The story is set in two fictional neighboring countries: Westalis and Ostania, which are loosely based on East Germany and West Germany. The two countries recently established a fragile peace after a war.
The plot follows the Forger family, which consists of Loid, Yor, Anya, and Bond Forger. They create a "pretend family", staying together in unconventional circumstances for their ulterior motives and secrets. Loid Forger, whose real identity is the Westalian master spy codenamed Twilight, adopts an orphan telepathic girl named Anya and marries an Ostanian professional assassin Yor Briar; later, they adopt Bond, a precognitive dog, into their care. The Forger family members, for the most part, are not aware of each others' secrets, but they accept the falsehood of their union. They willingly love and care for each other. The supporting cast includes their friends, relatives, colleagues, allies, and enemies.
Forger family
Played by: Win Morisaki, Hiroki Suzuki, Genki Hirakata and Kento Kinouchi (adult), Eima Saitō, Kichinosuke Yonemoto, Sota Tago and Ryo Tokita (young) (Japanese musical adaptation) An unnamed spy from Westalis with extraordinary combat, memory, and information processing capabilities. As a master of disguise, he uses various faces and names for each mission, though he is generally known by his code name "Twilight". His most recent mission, Operation Strix, requires him to enroll a child in the prestigious Eden Academy to approach a prominent figure in Ostania's warmonger political party, Donovan Desmond. He subsequently camouflages himself as "Loid Forger", a psychiatrist at Berlint General Hospital, to create a false family by adopting Anya and marrying Yor, although he is ignorant of their hidden identities and talents. He recently succeeded in making a brief contact with Donovan Desmond, although it yielded minimal results due to Desmond's inscrutable and enigmatic personality. Loid possesses many talents and skills in espionage and the other roles he has to play in his missions. Although he appears manipulative and pragmatic when accomplishing his missions, he slowly reveals his soft side to his family, and as time passes, he grows to care for them genuinely, although he outwardly does not admit it. As revealed later in the story, Twilight used to live with his parents in Luwen, Westalis, a town close to the Ostanian border. He lost his mother and close friends when the war started, and his father's whereabouts are unknown. He enlisted in the army and was recruited by Westalian Intelligence Agency to be trained in espionage under Sylvia Sherwood. At some point during his espionage career, he trained Nightfall and instilled her perfectionist and emotionless personality, which has lasted until now.
Played by: Risa Masuda, Aoi Ikemuda, Miharu Izawa, Miharu Fukuchi, Rana Izutani, Mirei Tsukino, Miyo Nishiyama, Nonoka Murakata, Kanau Kozano and Reika Mano (Japanese musical adaptation) An orphan young girl who can read minds, Anya was adopted by Loid Forger early into Operation Strix's plan. As she is a very young child, Anya is very innocent and ignorant of the world around her. Thanks to her ability, Anya is the only one who knows the true identity of her family members but she keeps the information for herself, being afraid that, if her adopted parents would discover her ability, they would abandon her. Anya frequently and secretly supports her parents with their missions. Anya attends Eden Academy and tries to befriend Damian Desmond for Operation Strix but because of an altercation with Damian during orientation day, she has been shunned by the whole class but has found a friend in Becky Blackbell. She is unaware of Damian's feelings toward her and does not have a favorable impression of him but still tries to make friends with Damian as per her father's wishes. Thus far, she has received 4 Stella and 3 Tonitrus, much to Loid's dismay about the latter. Anya was originally an experimental human test subject dubbed . She claimed to be six years old, although per Loid's assessment, she appears to be around age four or five. The only confirmed details of her past are her name, "Anya", and that she had been adopted by several families, only to be returned to the orphanage each time. Although she displays significant control in her mind-reading power, Anya cannot use it during a new moon or on numerous people's minds simultaneously. Due to the trauma incurred when she was a test subject, she is not good at studying and usually refuses to do so, relying on her mind-reading ability to copy from others, although she appears to be talented in Classic Literature. She is quite flexible and quick-witted for a child her age. She also displays her bravery from time to time, such as saving a drowning child, standing up for her friends, and alerting Loid of a bomb trap, despite the danger to herself.
Played by: Fuka Yuduki, Mirei Sasaki, Sora Kazuki and Maaya Kiho (Japanese musical adaptation) A 27-year-old professional assassin nicknamed "Thorn Princess", who has a day job as an employee at Berlint City Hall. She agrees to a fake marriage without knowing Loid's true background, as unmarried young women are suspected of being spies. She believes Loid's lie that Anya is Loid's biological daughter from a previous marriage and accepts the roles of Anya's step mother. In her everyday life, Yor is soft, caring, formally spoken and considerate to others but sometimes hindered by her airhead and absent-minded natures. Because of this, as well as her lack of communication and social skills, she has difficulties adjusting to the norm and thus is a frequent target of her coworker's bullying. Despite all that, she always strives to be a good wife and mother for the Forgers, later developing romantic feelings for Loid. Yor lost her parents early. She raised her younger brother Yuri by herself, and became an assassin for the assassin group Garden at a young age to earn a living for the both of them. Neither she nor her brother are aware of each other's true jobs. Recently, she met Melinda Desmond, Loid's target's wife, and was invited to join her circle of friends, "The Lady Patriot Society". Yor is extremely powerful and tough, as being she can kick away a speeding car, dice a tennis ball with a racket, survive bullet wounds, and withstand lethal poisons. She is an expert in using knives and similar sharp weapons, as well as bare hand close-quarter combat. Her weapons of choice are needle-like stilettos; they are long, have no guard, and have a ring pommel, resembling a kunai. Yor is not good with basic household chores, particularly cooking; her homemade meals are bad to the point of being poisonous. Despite being seemingly immune to poison and her own cooking, she gets drunk easily with a small amount of alcohol.
The family's pet Pyrenean Mountain Dog, Bond was originally Project Apple's canine test subject named . He can glimpse the future, a fact which is known and utilized only by Anya through her telepathy. He meets Anya and the Forger family when he was used in a terrorist bomb attack. Thanks to his ability he made contact and protected Anya, unknowingly saving Loid's life. He later was adopted by the Forgers and was named Bond by Anya, after Anya's favorite cartoon character in Spy Wars, Bondman. He shows an unconditional love and steadfast loyalty to the Forgers, and is especially close to Anya. Thus, he displays jealousy when Anya shows affection toward others, even if it is a toy. He is resistant and hesitant to some advance forms of training because of his traumatic past in the Project Apple. Despite his easily-distracted nature, he is a smart and strong dog, and is capable of understanding his owners' instructions, recognizing dangers and taking down adult humans. Bond dreads Yor's cooking after his future sight once showed him that it could kill him, and goes to great lengths to avoid it. He also formed a bond with Franky over the times Franky has had to take care of him.
Eden Academy , or alternatively named , is a highly prestigious private school located in Berlint, Ostania. The academy provides top-class education for a student body of approximately 2500 students, from age 6 to 19, covers from academic subjects, to sports and fine arts. The admission process is notoriously harsh, requiring applicants to pass both a difficult writing exam and a formal family interview. Once enrolled, students are put into one of their eight houses, and are given the choices to either stay in their expensive house dormitories or commute from home. Eden students are awarded with a for distinctive academic or social achievements, but may also be punished with a for transgressions or failing tests. A student who obtains eight Stella Stars becomes a member of Eden Academy's elite students called , receiving preferential treatments and privileges, while those punished with eight Tonitrus Bolts are automatically expelled.
Students
A classmate of Anya in Cecil Hall and the second son of Donovan Desmond. Loid wants to get close to his father through him and has been pushing Anya into becoming friends with Damian. Since his father has an overwhelming authority, Damian works hard to gain his father's attention and approval. He is diligent in his studies, and excels in History, which is shown when he earns a Stella Star in the History midterm exam by placing 2nd in his grade. He was formerly hostile and arrogant toward Anya but has gradually changed and developed feelings for her, thanks to her persistent effort of befriending and helping him. After the bus hijack incident, Damian was rewarded his second Stella Star for his display of bravery when he attempted to take Anya's place as the bomb-collared hostage. He got his third Stella Star for getting the highest score in History in his grade. Damian stays in the dormitories of Cecil Hall, and always is seen together with his two closest friends/followers, Emile and Ewen. Damian has an overachiever older brother named Demetrius Desmond, who is a part of the Imperial Scholars. Damian rarely contacts anyone in his family, and only relays messages via his butler . He appears to have a German Shepherd named back home, and occasionally check up on him with Jeeves.
Anya's best friend at school, and a Cecil Hall's first grader, who often tries to act more adult-like. Her father is the CEO of Blackbell Heavy Industries, a major military manufacturer and is always doting on her, giving her anything she wishes. She is usually seen in the care of her butler, Martha. She also has a Yorkshire Terrier, which is a gift from her father, named . She becomes Anya's friend after Anya's altercation with Damian on the first day of school in defense of Becky. However, due to her mature nature and insecurity, she initially sees herself more as Anya's caretaker, until Anya calls Becky her friend when they are shopping together, touching Becky. She develops a innocuous but intense crush on Loid after seeing a picture of him that Anya had with her, and has been trying to get his attention unsuccessfully. Anya, meanwhile, is aware of the crush and is mostly dumbfounded by it. Although she sees Yor as a rival for Loid's affections, she admires Yor for her strength and has been tutored by Yor in martial art. After the bus hijack incident, Becky was rewarded her first Stella Star for her action of informing the police the location where their hijacked buses were heading toward.