The currently airing TV anime "SPY×FAMILY" Season 2 continues with the "Luxury Liner Arc," focusing on Yor's narrative as both a member of the Forger family and as an assassin, depicting her conflicts and emotions. ORICON NEWS has been conducting interviews with Saori Hayami, the voice actress for Yor, regarding the "Luxury Liner Arc." The fourth installment reviews episode 33. (Article by Masaki Endo / Edited by Hideaki Sakurai)

The series stars "Twilight," or Loid Forger, a skilled spy working daily on espionage missions for a better world. He receives a special mission: "Form a family and infiltrate a certain prestigious school's parent-teacher association." Disguised as a psychiatrist, Twilight forms a family, meeting his daughter Anya, who has telepathic abilities, and his wife Yor, who is an assassin.

In the "Luxury Liner Arc," Yor acts independently from the rest of the Forger family, protecting a mafia target aboard a luxury liner.

--- Episode 33 showcased "Yor's unrivaled strength." Including the overall story, what scene surprised you the most about Yor's strength? Personally, I had to laugh when she brushed off being hit by a stun gun as merely "painful."

[Hayami] Essentially, Yor's strength at about 50% is like 150% for a normal person (laughs). For instance, there was a story in Season 1 about practicing dodgeball, where Yor's effort was minimal. During direction, I was often told to make it lighter or that there was no need to exert much force, which I found amusing (laughs).

--- It seems that Yor's laid-back nature might also be part of her charm. Is not putting too much effort into it an important aspect of portraying her?

[Hayami] Not exerting too much effort was also a direction in Season 1. However, for me, especially in this "Luxury Liner Arc" with its combat scenes, since she's pushed to her limits more than ever before, there was a need to put in more effort.

--- Her opponents are professional assassins, after all.

[Hayami] Exactly! The monologues and lines were very serious and tense, showing a side of Yor we haven't seen until now. The casual aspects remain unchanged, but the seriousness is depicted more intensely than ever before.

--- So, as the actress, you also encountered a new side of Yor in this episode. The scene where her hair gets cut during combat, worrying she might arouse her family's suspicion, was also notable. It felt like a moment where Yor's kindness, not forgetting about her family even in assassin mode, was truly felt.

[Hayami] I agree! In this story, thinking about her family makes her hesitate... That's something the usual Yor would never experience. She's always been someone who acts before thinking as an assassin, but this time she overthinks to the point of inaction. It shows the significance of what Yor has built up. Her immediate worry about being suspected because her hair got cut shows how much she values her family. It was a scene that revealed a different aspect of Yor's love for her family compared to Season 1.