Sorry if this is a bad place to talk about this, I've seen anime posts pop up here and they were well-received, so I'm assuming this is okay. If not, downvote so I know not to post here again.

Me and my family like to sit down and watch anime every once in a while. We started watching Spy x Family recently and really enjoyed the first part. The action, comedy, intrigue, and relationships between the characters were excellent and we all LOVED it. Like, a ton. Plus there was no fanservice which meant everyone could watch it without feeling uncomfortable.

Unfortunately, nobody's a huge fan of cour 2. It seemed like the main plot had vanished, along with the progressing relationships between the characters. Instead, it was just meaningless slice-of-life stuff. Which is fine, but it's just not what we'd been expecting (and wanting) based on cour 1. From what I've read, Season 2 is much the same.

I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations similar to part 1 of the show? We're fine with a little fanservice once in a blue moon, but if it's every episode we'd probably drop it. Violence is the same, nothing too extreme, like PG-13 or so.

Thanks in advance.

I write books, though to little success, and was recently inspired by Dune to start working on some kind of highly complex political intrigue high fantasy. As I got to thinking, I realized that much of what I'd come up with was essentially a thinly veiled allegory for the state of global affairs right now lol. I thought it might be fun to ask around and see if any of y'all have ever rolled similar ideas around in your head and what these ideas consisted of.