History NightmareFuel / SpyXFamily

* For the most part, the story is pretty tame and wholesome, even when it comes to the work Loid does. However, whenever we see Yor on HER job, the manga spares no detail in showing just how gruesome and horrific the career of an assassin can be. Bloody corpses everywhere, sometimes even seeing the kills on-panel, with Yor herself having no response to any of it, on some occasions having phone conversations where she acts cheerful or cute while covered in the blood of her most recent targets. We even see a flashback showing that she's been like this, taking murder contracts and treating them like they were just normal jobs to make ends meet, since she was a young girl raising her younger brother. It's a VERY good thing for the people of Ostania that Yor only kills [[AssholeVictim the worst of the worst]] and has a strict code to NeverHurtAnInnocent.

* For the most part, the story is pretty tame and wholesome, even when it comes to the work Loid does. However, whenever we see Yor on HER job, the manga spares no detail in showing just how gruesome and horrific the career of an assassin can be. Bloody corpses everywhere, sometimes even seeing the kills on-panel, with Yor herself having no response to any of it, on some occasions having phone conversations where she acts cheerful or cute while covered in the blood of her most recent targets. We even see a flashback showing that she's been like this, taking murder contracts and treating them like they were just normal jobs to make ends meet, since she was a young girl raising her younger brother.

* Every bit of the Handler's speech in Mission 20 just drives home how much WarIsHell, with her descriptions of losing limbs, smelling rotting flesh, finding your friends, family or lover dead and in pieces from combat or other attacks, growing desperate enough to eat tree bark or even human flesh, and the [=PTSD=] of soldiers who struggle to muster the will to kill or kill with abandon after dehumanizing their enemies, with some even taking their own lives later out of guilt. Given the sheer level of hatred she shows for the ignorance of these wannabe revolutionaries (or as she calls them, "foolish children"), it's implied she personally experienced a fair amount of what she speaks of, either firsthand or secondhand.

** Anya seeing the vision caused her to get interested and run after Bond. This was what led to her being caught by the terrorist who decided to move as a result. Meaning that Anya seeing the first vision is what caused the second. In other words, Anya almost got Twilight killed on accident.

* Mission 93 introduces Demetrius Desmond, Damian's older brother, in person, and like Melinda before him, what thoughts he carries are ominous. The difference is that unlike with his mother, Anya can detect almost ''nothing'' from his train of thoughts, besides a few "I don't understand [X]" and him giving up pondering that. Damian's thoughts might imply ''something'' happened between him and Donovan at some point that lead to this state of catatonia, but it's all but clear that something fishy is going on in the Desmond household.

* Mission 93 introduces Demetrius Desmond, Damian's older brother, in person, and like Melinda before him, what thoughts he carries are ominous. The difference is that unlike with his mother, Anya can detect almost ''nothing'' from his train of thoughts, besides a few "I don't understand [X]" and him giving up pondering that. This leaves the possibility that Damian is either literally an EmptyShell who cannot hold his own thoughts, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality is so alien]] that he cannot comprehend other people and vice versa, or somehow [[PsychicBlockDefense has resistance to Anya's telepathy]]. Damian's thoughts might imply ''something'' happened between him and Donovan at some point that lead to this state of catatonia, but it's all but clear that something fishy is going on in the Desmond household.

* Mission 93 introduces Demetrius Desmond, Damian's older brother, in person, and like Melinda before him, what thoughts he carries are ominous. The difference is that unlike with his mother, Anya can detect almost ''nothing'' from his train of thoughts, besides a few "I don't understand [X]" and him giving up pondering that. Damian's thoughts might imply ''something'' happened between him and Donovan at some point that lead to this state of catatonia, but it's all but clear that something fishy is going on in the Desmond household.

** It's a chilling testament to Loid's mastery in the art of death for him to so ''accurately'' redirect the momentum of such a lethally-powerful blow ''at the very last moment '''through''' '' a target as tiny and fast as a ''mosquito;'' Twilight is just as terrifying a warrior as his wife, if not quite as superhuman. This scene reminds you that being an adorable family notwithstanding, the adult Forgers are still ''experienced professional '''killers''''' with a primal, murderous rage that boils just beneath their humane surface. Housemaster Swan should count his blessings that both Yor and Twilight are not willing to kill over insults, or his casual [[MuggingTheMonster mockery of this deadly family]] would have put him in a pine box six feet under. The anime makes this even more horrifying by having the impact sound more like a ''gunshot'', emphasizing just how deadly the punch is.

* Mission 93 introduces Demetrius Donovan, Damian's older brother, in person, and like Melinda before him, what thoughts he carries are ominous. The difference is that unlike with his mother, Anya can detect almost ''nothing'' from his train of thoughts, besides a few "I don't understand [X]" and him giving up pondering that. Damian's thoughts might imply ''something'' happened between him and Donovan at some point that lead to this state of catatonia, but it's all but clear that something fishy is going on in the Desmond household.

* Mission 93 introduces Demetrius Donovan, Damian's older brother, and like Melinda before him, what thoughts he carries are ominous. The difference is that unlike with his mother, Anya can detect almost ''nothing'' from his train of thoughts, besides a few "I don't understand [X]" and him giving up pondering that. Damian's thoughts might imply ''something'' happened between him and Donovan at some point that lead to this state of catatonia, but it's all but clear that something fishy is going on in the Desmond household.

* Mission 93 introduces Demetrius Donovan, Damian's older brother, and like Melinda before him, what thoughts he carries are ominous. The difference is that unlike with his mother, Anya can detect almost ''nothing'' from his train of thoughts, besides a few "I don't understand [X]" and him giving up pondering that. Damian's thoughts might imply ''something'' happened between him and Donovan at some point, but it's all but clear that something fishy is going on in the Desmond household.

* Despite being PlayedForLaughs, Yor's ImagineSpot of inviting Anya to her assassin job for an occupation-related school task in chapter 29 ends with Anya watching as Yor brutally murders the target, describing an attack to the throat in the process. What makes it worse is unlike previous mind readings, Anya has little reaction, implying she is ConditionedToAcceptHorror.

** Possibly the most horrific part is that these assassins are ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards the ones with moral standards]]'': early on a member withou such scruples was promptly stabbed and thrown off the ship for gleefully suggesting that they expediate the process by killing every mother-and-baby onboard, on account of the others being ''professionals'' who only kill their targets and those who get in the way, and not murderous maniacs. When Yor is fighting the last one it's discovered that Snoops, the informant coordinating the assassins, has planted bombs all around the ship to make sure the targets would die ''and'' used a type favored by ''Westalis'' extremists to try and start another war. Because the client dabbles into arms trafficking and thus would make bank if the cold war turned hot.

** Possibly the most horrific part is that these assassins are ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards the ones with moral standards]]'': early on a member of the group had suggested to just murder everyone on board and was promptly shot and thrown off the ship on account of the others being ''professionals'' who only kill their targets and those who get in the way, and not murderous maniacs, and when Yor is fighting the last one it's discovered that Snoops, the informant coordinating the assassins, has planted bombs all around the ship to make sure the targets would die ''and'' used a type favored by ''Westalis'' extremists to try and start another war. Because the client dabbles into arms trafficking and thus would make bank if the cold war got hot.

* The CarnivalOfAssassins on the ship. There's dozens of them, all are highly skilled to the point some even got a hit on ''Yor'' (with the Katana-wielding one posing a legitimate threat to her), and they're ''all'' after a woman who just wants to leave the country and stay away from their client, the man that helped her get away, and [[WouldHurtAChild a baby]].
** Possibly the most horrific part is that these assassins are ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards the ones with moral standards]]'': early on a member of the group had suggested to just murder everyone on board and was promptly shot and thrown off the ship on account of the others being ''professionals'' who only kill their targets and those who get in the way, and not murderous maniacs, and when Yor is fighting the last one it's discovered that the informant coordinating them has planted bombs all around the ship to make sure the targets would die ''and'' used a type favored by ''Westalis'' extremists to try and start another war. Because the client dabbles into arms trafficking and thus would make bank if the cold war got hot.

** The Knocker assassin in Chapter 47 gets one of Yor's daggers right through his head, pinning him to the wall. And even before that, his dead-eyed unblinking star after shooting into Olka's room is chilling. We get a shot of his legs twitching in post death spasms as Yor's manager instructs his body be taken into the room and to be careful to avoid leaving a blood trail.

* During Mission 85, the moment Nightfall gets the opportunity to strike at Wheeler without risk to Twilight, she lunges at him in a blur of motion. He manages to block her initial swing, but to his horrified shock, her strike hits ''much'' harder than he was anticipating: thanks to Nightfall being enraged enough to use UninhibitedMusclePower, not only does she break his arm, ''her own arm'' goes limp, having been broken in multiple places from the sheer force and impact (with most of her other limbs becoming either broken or dislocated as well).

** The assassin disguised as a sailor in Chapter 47 gets one of Yor's daggers right through his head, pinning him to the wall. And even before that, his dead-eyed unblinking star after shooting into Olka's room is chilling.

* The look on the face of the bellhop assassin after he shoots into Olka's room and reloads.

** The assassin disguised as a sailor in Chapter 47 gets one of Yor's daggers right through his head, pinning him to the wall.

* Despite being PlayedForLaughs, Yor's ImagineSpot of inviting Anya to her assassin job for an occupation-related school task in chapter 29 ends with Anya watching as Yor brutally murders the target, describing an attack to the throat in the process.

* Mission 84 ends with a cliffhanger where Nightfall, [[TheStoic of all people]], goes into an UnstoppableRage. Eyes wide open with bulging veins, and her face turning blood-red, as if she's (and she probably really is) ready to absolutely brutalize the person right in front of her in the worst way imaginable.
* During Mission 85, the moment Nightfall gets the opportunity to strike at Wheeler without risk to Twilight, she lunges at him. He manages to block her initial swing, but to his horrified shock, her strike hits ''much'' harder than he was anticipating: thanks to Nightfall being enraged enough to use UninhibitedMusclePower, not only does she break his arm, ''her own arm'' goes limp, having been broken in multiple places from the sheer force and impact (with her other limbs becoming either broken or dislocated as well). Then if that weren't enough, at the end, Nightfall strikes Wheeler again with her own dislocated arm...