TheSpy x Familymanga series portrays the adventures of the spy with the code name Twilight. To prevent an impending war between Westalis and Ostania, Twilight must gather information on Donovan Desmond. However, as Donovan Desmond does not appear in public, Twilight must go through his son, and to do so, he adopts a child, Anya. He marries Yor Briar to pose as her husband while he adopts the name Loid Forger.
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Unknown to Twilight, Anya is secretly a psychic, and Yor is a professional assassin. As theSpy x Familymanga series indulges fans with comedic moments and incredible action scenes, various similar-themed manga will serve as an intriguing read for fans of the manga.
8Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War
The manga seriesKaguya-sama: Love Is Warportrays the lives of student council president Miyuki Shirogane and vice president Kaguya Shinomiya. Both students attend the elite Shuchiin Academy and appear to be a perfect match. However, rather than being straightforward about their feelings, both see it as a war that they are trying to win.
Although they hold romantic feelings for each other, Miyuki and Kaguya both enter an unspoken competition to get the other to confess their feelings first. Whoever does so will lose. With the various kinds of mind games it portrays,Kaguya-sama: Love Is Wardepicts bouts akin to those inSpy x Familybetween Anya and the many intriguing characters.
7Love Of Kill
Written by Fe, the manga seriesLove of Killportrays theprofessional bounty HunterChateau Dankworth, who comes across the professional hitman Song Ryang-ha. As the duo explores the complexities of their relationship due to their unique occupations, the series depicts various similarities to Loid and Yor’s complex relationship as a married spy and an assassin in theSpy x Familymanga series.
InLove of Kill, Ryang-ha brokers information with Chateau in exchange for spending quality time with her. However, as the duo gets targeted by the same person, they are forced to confront their past while working together and confronting their feelings.
6Mission: Yozakura Family
The shy high school student Taiyo Asano has less than average social interaction skills and so interacts only with hischildhood friend, Mutsumi Yokazura. One day, Taiyo discovers that the Yozakura, Mutsumi’s family, is the ultimate spy family. To eliminate the risk of him being eliminated, Taiyo decides to join the spy gang despite his extreme shyness.
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The action, humor, and romance themes in this comedy manga series by Hitsuji Gondaira are similar to those in the Spy x Family manga series. For fans who loved the antics between Anya and her undercover parents, theMission: Yozakura Familymanga series serves as a great read.
5Nisekoi: False Love
Raku Ichijo, the son of a yakuza family leader, is paired up with Chitoge Kirisaki, the daughter of a rival gang. After multiple skirmishes between both gangs, the leaders agree to pair up their children. Now Raku must pretend he is in a relationship with Chitoge despite having a crush on another schoolmate, Kosaki Onodera.
To aggravate matters, Raku and Chitoge dislike each other and constantly bicker. Thisrom-com mangaseries has the characters pretend to be in a relationship to prevent gang wars. While different, the relationship between Raku and Chitoge similarly appeals to Loid and Yor’s false marriage where they came together to accomplish their personal goals.
4Hinamatsuri
Similar toSpy x Family, the protagonist of theHinamatsurimanga series, Yoshifumi Nitta, is a yakuza who reluctantly becomes the de facto father of the girl from the future, Hina. Moreover, Hina has psychokinetic abilities that make her different from the average schoolgirl. As Yoshifumi learns to be a father to Hina, he must also deal with other girls from the future who have come to terminate her.
Hinamatsuriis a manga series thatportrays an intriguing plotbetween a father and daughter. While Loid and Anya’s relationship can be chaotic at times, Hinamatsuri takes it a step further, with Hina being targeted by girls from the future.
3Sakamoto Days
What happens when legendary hitmen who have made a plethora of enemies retire?The manga seriesSakamoto Daysportrays the life of Taro Sakamoto, a legendary hitman renowned in the underworld as the greatest of hitmen until he falls in love and retires. After retiring, Sakamoto gets married and has a child.
Now far from his prime, the ex-hitman works as a convenience store owner in a small town, using elaborate means to solve everyday problems. As various enemies from Sakamoto’s past come to haunt him, he and Shin Asakura, a fan of his with the ability to read minds, battle these enemies to protect Sakamoto’s family and peaceful life.
2Somali And The Forest Spirit
One of the most prominent aspects of theSpy x Familymanga series isthe familial relationship between Loid, Anya, and Yor, despite the falsehood of their relationship.Somali and the Forest Spiritdepicts similar themes as it portrays a world ruled by various mythical creatures, with human beings being persecuted to extinction.
One day, a golem and watchman of the forest chances upon a small girl. To find humans like her who would take care of her, the golem leaves his post as watchman of the forest and embarks on a journey with her. As the duo spends each day together, an adorable and unusual relationship between de facto father and daughter brews between the two.
1The Ancient Magus Bride
Chise Hatori, a 15-year-old girl, is looking for a place to call home after her family abandons her. In her quest for a place she can call home, Chise decides to sell herself at an auction in London. After being sold for five million pounds to a tall, masked man, the man reveals himself to be Elias Ainsworth, a magus.
As Chise ponders her fate with this mysterious magus, Elias teleports the two to a cottage somewhere in England. With the fairies and various mystical beings around the cottage, Chise starts her new life as the apprentice and bride-to-be of the ancient magus. Her bizarre circumstances mirror that of the comedic absurdity in Spy x Family to some extent, though Chise’s situation isn’t as funny.
