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Episode 37

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The Season 2 finale belongs to Bond. A training day turns into a rescue mission when the precognitive dog foresees an apartment blaze, dragging Loid into a burning building to save a stranded puppy and catch the arsonist responsible. The episode closes with paper Stella Stars and a quiet family dinner.

Screenplay: Ayumu Hisao
Storyboard: Yukiko Imai
Japan Air Date: December 23, 2023
Japanese Title: 家族の一員
Overall Episode: 37
Chapters Adapted: Chapter 58
English Air Date: January 13, 2024
Episode Director: Yukiko Imai
Episode In Season: 12
Chief Animation Director: Kazuaki Shimada
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Summary

With Anya absorbed in origami at home, Loid turns Bond's walk into a training session at the park, drafting a reluctant Franky as the bite-work target. The results are discouraging: Bond is simply too gentle to bark or attack on command, and drills in scent detection visibly sadden him, dredging up memories of the Project Apple laboratory. Taking Franky's advice to keep things fun, Loid switches to a city stroll, unaware that Bond's visions have begun firing. The dog tries to prevent a boy's ice cream from falling and causes the drop anyway, then saves an old man from a bicycle collision only to be scolded for grabbing a stranger. Fearing that more trouble could get him thrown out of the family, Bond suppresses the next vision, until it shows him a burning apartment building and a weeping woman calling the name Daisy.

Bond bites through his leash and races to the address his nose identifies, with Loid close behind. Inside the smoke-filled building, Bond retrieves a small pug wearing a Daisy collar, but flaming debris seals the exit. A warning nudge from Bond stops Loid a step short of a collapsing floor, a save Loid credits to canine hearing. Improvising an air supply from a plastic bag and stowing Daisy in a backpack, Loid leaps with both dogs from a second-story window moments ahead of the flames. Soaked by a helpful bucket after his fur catches fire, a skinny, dripping Bond then follows a scent to a man savoring the blaze from around a corner and clamps onto his leg. The man's bag spills accelerants and incendiary devices, exposing him as the arsonist, and Loid knocks him cold, ties him up, and phones in an anonymous tip. Watching Daisy reunite with her owner from a distance, Loid apologizes to Bond for treating him like a working animal, telling him his place in the Forger family comes before any training, and promises a dog park outing to make up for the missed cruise.

After the credits, Yor's origami attempts end in shredded paper while Anya, reading Loid's mind about the day's real events, presents dog and father with handmade paper Stella Stars for their walk heroics. A closing montage checks in on Damian's dorm pillow fight, Becky shopping with Martha and Wiesel, Yuri savoring Yor's cooking, Fiona at shooting practice, and Franky rebuilding his power suit, before the Forgers sit down to dinner together.

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Key Events

Bond's suppression and detection training fails because of his gentle temperament and lab trauma, prompting Loid to rethink his approach. Bond's precognition foretells an apartment fire, and he defies his leash to rescue the trapped puppy Daisy with Loid's help. A foreseen floor collapse nearly kills Loid, averted by Bond's warning. Bond sniffs out the arsonist watching the fire, and Loid subdues the man and alerts the police. Loid affirms that Bond is family first and a mission asset second, and Anya secretly honors both with paper Stella awards.

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Notes

The episode adapts Chapter 58, which the anime placed after Chapter 59's events. Anya and Yor's key-visual outfits derive from the manga's Special Illustration 2. Anime-only additions include the entire origami subplot bookending the episode and the side-character montage at the end, during which Becky's dog Wiesel appears despite having no physical manga appearance yet.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What happened in Episode 37 of Spy x Family?

Episode 37, the Season 2 finale, centers on Bond the dog, whose precognitive visions lead Loid Forger into a burning apartment building to rescue a trapped puppy and catch the arsonist responsible for the fire.

Why does Bond's training fail early in Episode 37?

Bond's scent-detection and bite-work training fails because his gentle temperament keeps him from barking or attacking on command, and the drills dredge up painful memories of the Project Apple laboratory where he was created.

How does Bond save Loid inside the burning building?

Bond warns Loid with a nudge just before a section of floor collapses ahead of him, a save Loid credits to the dog's hearing, and the two leap from a second-story window with the rescued puppy Daisy moments before flames engulf the room.

How is the arsonist identified in Episode 37?

After escaping the fire, Bond follows a scent trail to a man watching the blaze from around a corner and bites his leg, spilling accelerants and incendiary devices from the man's bag and exposing him as the arsonist, whom Loid then knocks out and reports to the police.

What does Loid tell Bond at the end of Episode 37?

Loid apologizes for treating Bond like a working animal and tells him that his place in the Forger family comes before any mission training, promising him a dog park outing to make up for the missed cruise.

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