Spy Classroom’s third episode premiered, although with an action scene and some developments that have provided an interesting ending and a lingering question by the end that leaves many fans of the anime hoping for more. It’s first three episodes revolved around a singular Impossible Mission, with Team Lamplight and their instructor, Klaus, training for nearly a month to complete the mission with some difficulties and yet foresighted plans that proved the competency of these characters. Regardless, the review of episode three will focus a bit on the action, as well as the connection behind one of the first antagonists that not only challenged Team Lamplight but also revealed the truth behind the deaths of Team Inferno.
Having premiered on the 19th of January, the third episode ofSpy Classroomis mostly action-focused, with the intent of showing the audience the improvements of the team against their first real opponent, while also showing what it truly means to be a spy in this show, aside from the ability of espionage and combat skill. Theepisode’s pacing certainly is intriguingas the episode covers the final half of the Impossible Mission arc, with an introduction and deeper look into the antagonists' motivation as well as the capabilities of Lily and her team, along with a surprise introduction not many had expected to see, cleverly done through the lack of information in the first episode and onwards as well.
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Battle Against The Traitor
Having successfully infiltrated the lab, Team Lamplight starts the episode off with where we first saw them in episode one, confronting an enemy spy set to intercept them. However, thesurprise for the audienceas well as the team iswhothe spy happens to be. A traitor to the Din Republic, and none other than Klaus’s former master, Guido. While Team Inferno had died due to the Impossible Mission, it was all due to as Guido reveals, his betrayal.
From Klaus’s flashback we learn that not once has even Klaus defeated Guido in a one-on-one fight, giving the audience a bit of tension as to how Team Lamplight will be able to defeat Guido, or if Klaus will even arrive in time. Guido reveals that due to wire-tapping the manor, he hasknowledge of their abilities and training, Team Lamplight don’t cower but instead choose to fight. What follows is a battle that looks admittedly one-sided. Despite Team Lamplight’s best efforts and improvements thanks to their training, all the members have their moments to shine and combat against Guido only to be knocked out and taken hostage by him, with Lily being the last one. Meanwhile, Klaus attempts to pick up the slack and gain the bioweapon which they were looking for, being ambushed by another spy and soldiers. However, the opposition against Klaus doesn’t last very long, with Klaus leaving one soldier alive for interrogation.
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Stacked Lies Leading To Victory
Despite the individual members of Team Lamplight had been defeated by Guido, Lily remains confident even in the face of Guido’s seemingly flawless plan. However, through the communications device, Klaus manages to reveal to Guido that he had been under a misconception the entire time. The empire had already expected Team Lamplight to arrive, but the team pretended like they weren’tnone the wiser to catch themoff guard. In fact, everything that had happened so far was part of the teams plan. While Lily activated a seemingly dangerous poisonous gas against Guido, Guido fell for the bait, knocking her out. Even so, he had been caught off guard by crumbling debris, dodging it and leaving himself open to the culmination of all these lies and deceits. For there was an eight member that struck an injury to Guido, Codenamed Fool: Erna. With that final attack, it seemed like Team Lamplight had finally won, and in a sense they did.
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However, Guido still managed to survive the attack, injured but otherwise about to defeat the team. Thankfully, Klaus had arrived in time to intercept, handing the team the vial andordering them to escape.This left with Guido and Klaus to battle together with one final strike, of which Klaus had managed to defeat for once. Despite Guido having survived the previous attack by Erna, he was precisely one-tenth of a second slower than before, giving Klaus that opportunity he needed to secure the win.
Conclusion
Despite the mortality rate being absurdly high, all of Team Lamplight managed to survive along with Klaus. Even so, they had momentarily disbanded a week later since the team was meant to be for the one mission. When we follow Klaus’s point of view, we learn that during Guido’s defeat, he had attempted to convince him to return to the Din Republic. While Guido seemed toreminisce about their past, an unseen shot fired against him and left him dead in Klaus’s arms, stating that Klaus should work to not let his team perish. After the fact, the third episode ends with Klaus having been caught momentarily off guard by the sudden return of Lily and her teammates, who had decided to return and stay together as Team Lamplight along with Klaus as their mentor. With a small smile rare to see from the veteran Spy, the episode ends on a satisfying note.
Spy Classroom’sthird episode may not have been revolutionary in terms of fight scenes or pacing, but it certainly can be said that the episode conveyed the growth and advanced foresight that spies in this world must have if they are to survive. Deceit and lies are used to their most effective result, which allowedthe premise that the series started onto be fulfilled along with a promise for more of these characters. As the audience still has more episodes to watch, there will most likely be more arcs to follow.
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