Episode 4

THE PRESTIGIOUS SCHOOL'S INTERVIEW (MISSION: 4　名門校面接試験) is the fourth episode of the SPY x FAMILY TV anime series and the fourth episode of the first cour.

Synopsis
The day they had been preparing for has finally arrived! The Forgers are fully prepared and head to the interview. As soon as they enter the school grounds, Loid feels someone watching them. All of the applicants were being observed from the shadows by the instructors of the academy. The exam had already begun. Housemaster Henderson, who would be grading their performance, kept a keen eye on how the Forgers were acting and seeing if they were truly worthy of the prestigious Eden Academy.

Summary
Loid and his new family are ready for the exam. They head to Eden Academy, but the moment they enter the school grounds, both Loid and Yor sense they are being watched. Loid quickly figures out that instructors are observing them, and the exam has already started and instructs Yor and Anya to act properly.

The instructors are failing and passing people based on their elegance. The Housemaster, Henry Henderson, is disappointed at this year's candidates as all families lack true elegance. However, he notices the Forgers stopping and paying respect to the school founder's statue and finds it very elegant. The instructors inform him that the family, K-212, are the Forgers, and Anya barely passed the exam with 31 points, which Henry does not find elegant at all. Noting that Loid is remarried, an instructor wonders if they are an impromptu family for admission purposes, but Henry is uncertain and wants to investigate.

The Forgers and other families that passed are sent to Hall 1, while the failures go to Hall 2. On their way, they see a plump student who had fallen into the gutter and requests help to get out. Loid recognizes it is an obvious test and decides to deal with the situation. He gives Anya a signal, and she states they need to help the boy. The boy thrashes around, made to do this for extra merits, while Henry oversees them and states that no one going for an interview would dare to sully their clothes. However, Loid steps into the sewage and pulls out the boy, dirtying his and Anya's clothes. Henry is shocked and disappointed, telling the instructors to fail them. However, he is shocked to see that the Forgers anticipated something like this and had prepared a change of clothes just in case. As Loid and Yor like the new clothes better, Loid thanks the boy for giving him a reason to change clothes, causing Henry to be moved by how brilliant and elegant that was. The instructors state they should be testing the child, but Henry states that children learn from their parents, so he must expose that Loid is also worth 30 points.

An alarm suddenly rings, and someone exclaims that the animals have escaped the farmhouse and are running wild. Henry wonders who gave them the order to go that far, but the instructors say it was him, and Henry realizes this is an actual incident. He orders the instructors to help the people, as some of them are important individuals. As they run from the animals, a parent accidentally leaves his kid behind, and Loid saves him but ruins his clothes. Loid notices the leading cow, but before he can do anything, Yor attacks the cow, hitting its pressure points and immobilizing it, which stops the whole herd, much to Loid and Anya’s shock. Anya reads the cow's mind and goes over to pet it, telling it there is no need to be scared. The cow and the rest of the animals calm down and return to the farmhouse. Henry cannot believe this elegance and runs outside to meet the Forgers. He thanks them for avoiding a crisis and admits they bested him today. As he believes the Forgers deserve to reach the interview, he announces they will delay the interview, which will give the family time to tidy themselves. However, Loid states they anticipated something like this could happen and bring out another change of clothes, terrifying the man.

As the Forgers wait for their interview, Loid listens through a previously planted listening device to hear the interviews and feels nervous like never before. The Forgers are called for their turn, and the Housemaster of Dorm 5, Walter Evans, decides to ask the first question and asks Loid and Yor about each other. Loid gives an embellished retelling of how they got married, and Yor states how wonderful of a person he is. The Housemaster of Dorm 2, Murdoch Swan, asks Yor why a beautiful girl like her would marry someone with baggage, but Henry states that was uncouth. Loid recalls Murdoch being an arrogant and greedy person who was recently divorced and lost custody of his daughter. All his previous interview questions to other applicants indicated he was jealous of other families and takes out his frustrations on them. Walter asks why they choose this school, and Loid explains that there is none better than Eden. Walter asks how they describe Anya, and Loid explains that she is a curious child but intelligent, and sometimes he feels like she sees through him, but she is also a picky eater. Walter asks Yor about her parenting style. Yor says that because she is not her biological mother, she spoiled Anya at first but hopes to become stricter for Anya's sake. Walter then asks what kind of meals she cooks, Loid says he does the cooking, but when he is busy, Yor will do the cooking. Murdoch is disappointed to hear this and states that Yor should be stricter with herself first. Loid quickly defends Yor and almost gets into an argument with Murdoch which Yor stops. In his thoughts, Murdoch cannot stand lovely couples and is determined to make sure they fail.

Walter decides to continue with Anya and asks for her name and address and what she does on her days off. He then asks her what she plans on doing once she enters this school. Anya forgets what she had to say, and as she hears Loid's thoughts, she says she wants to find out what the "boss of the organization" is planning. Walter wonders if she meant the headmaster, and Loid confirms, which impresses Henry, thinking she desires to learn from their predecessors. Henry asks Anya for the name of the headmaster, and reading Loid's mind, she manages to say it. Henry then wonders how hard she must work to succeed like him. Anya then thinks of her spy cartoon and states the training of the main character, going through the jungle with no supplies and dancing with death over and over to get brave. Henry finds that as incredible resolve and starts to think he underestimated her.

Walter asks Anya what her father works, and Anya almost states he is a spy, correcting herself by saying he is a spychiatrist. Walter wonders what she thinks of Yor, and Anya finds her to be very nice but sometimes scary. Walter then asks her to score her parents, and Anya states a perfect 100 points as they are fun, and she wants to stay with them forever. Murdoch gets annoyed and asks her to compare Yor to her first mother. Anya starts to cry, and Murdoch states that the school does not need a child crying over trifling stuff, angering Yor. Loid calms Yor down, but when Murdoch mocks Yor, Loid loses control and attempts to punch him. However, he instead punches the table, smashing it. Loid apologizes, stating there was a mosquito and prepares to leave. Loid says that if making light of a child's feelings is part of Eden's education, he has chosen the wrong school for Anya. Murdoch gets angry at Loid for disgracing the school and starts yelling as the Forgers leave. Henry tells him to stop, but Murdoch threatens the man to watch his mouth as his father still has influence in the school. Recalling Loid's words of praise for the instructors, Henry asks Murdoch who truly disgraced the school and knocks him out cold with a punch.

At home, Loid feels that he has yet again failed as a spy as he let his feelings get in the way of his mission. Anya apologizes for failing, but Loid tells her there is no need for an apology. Knowing that failing to join the school, the "family" will break, Anya states she wants to go to school. Anya and Yor believe that Walter and Henry are good people, and they will vouch for them. Loid decides to believe in them a little, and they have a toast over the bright future of their family. However, they get interrupted by their family photo suddenly falling, signifying a bad omen.

Anime Notes

 * In the manga, right before entering the interview, Loid mentions that he is more nervous than the time he stopped a nuclear weapon with one second to spare. For the anime, both the visuals and the dialogue are changed to simply say he stopped a missile from launching, removing mention of the word "nuclear". The English dub undoes this change, saying that Loid stopped a nuclear missile from launching.
 * The family portrait that falls down at the end of the episode is the same picture the Forgers took in the previous episode. In the manga, it was just an indistinct framed photo.

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