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ENDO

I WANT ANSWERS

ENDO GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW

ENDO DON'T YOU DARE RUN AWAY-

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What if Yuri had to babysit Anya & Chloe gets roped into helping?

What if I thought that was an excellent idea for a fanfiction and used the idea-steal-no-jutsu on it?

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I can’t stop thinking about how Yor mentions that her generation suffered in the war the way only children can. How she and her brother are co dependent because she had to sacrifice her childhood to raise him. How he still ended up sacrificing his trying to speedrun it so he could pay her back. How she has to raise a child again without the knowledge from example that usually gets passed down in families. How not being on the front lines didn’t save them

That chapter also fucked me up a lot.

Holy shit I still think about it as well.

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I've sent this ask before, but I'm afraid it's burried under the ask attack 🤭

Anyway, Endo has made an omake regarding Anya and Becky's adventure at the zoo (while Twilight battling with Yuri and the SSS at the sewer)

And there's also extra scene for chapter where Yor doing her charity work at disabled veteran day

Both extras are omakes for their respective volume, and translated by @yumeka-sxf

Oh so that's the chapters people were talking about, I see...

Well, I certainly can't liveblog those, because they aren't out there and I won't just repost another blog's work, but I'll certainly read them when I have the time

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WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE

I JUST HEARD SOMEONE TALKING ABOUT IT

WAS THAT THE FIRST TIME THAT ANYA ACTUALLY CALLED HIM BY HIS NAME? BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS

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AND THAT WAS THE END

WHAT THE FUCK

HOLY SHIT MAN

ANYA TOLD HIM. SHE REALLY JUST TOLD HIM. THE THING SHE HASN'T SAID TO ANYONE, NOT EVEN HER PARENTS, THE THING SHE WAS SPECIFICALLY TOLD TO NEVER REVEAL TO ANYONE

SHE TOLD DAMIAN SHE CAN READ MINDS

SURE, HE DIDN'T BUY IT, BUT STILL, HOLY SHIT

SHE WOULD NEVER REVEAL THAT AS A JOKE, SHE SAID THAT BECAUSE SHE REALLY TRUSTED HIM, AND SHE WANTED HIM TO KNOW ABOUT IT. SHE TOLD IT NOT BECAUSE OF THE MISSION, IN FACT, EVEN THOUGH THAT COULD COMPLETELY RUIN THE MISSION, BECAUSE SHE WANTED HIM TO KNOW SO THEY COULD BECOME CLOSER

SHE TOLD HIM BECAUSE SHE TRUSTED HIM ENOUGH FOR HIM TO KNOW ABOUT IT

HOLY FUCK

I KNOW WE ALL TALK ABOUT HOW DAMIAN IS A TSUNDERE BECAUSE HE'S SIX AND HE THINKS IT'S EMBARRASSING HAVING A CRUSH AND ALL THAT, SO HE CALLS HER NAMES AND DENIES IT, BUT IT NEVER EVEN CROSSED MY MIND THAT ANYA IS EXACTLY LIKE HIM

SHE CALLS HIM NAMES, DENIES LIKING HIM, IMAGINES HIM LIKE A DOOFUS, BUT DEEP DOWN SHE ACTUALLY LIKES HIM

ANYA LIKES DAMIAN AS WELL

SURE, SHE'S FOUR, SO SHE DOESN'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE, AND WHEN CONFRONTED ABOUT IT BY BECKY BEFORE SHE DID SAY THAT WASN'T THE CASE, BUT THAT WAS A REALLY LONG TIME AGO. THINGS CHANGED A LOT SINCE THEN

AND NOW IT ALL CAME DOWN TO THIS

HOLY

FUCK

MAN

I... I HAVE NOTHING THAT I CAN ADD HERE. I AM SPEECHLESS

OF ALL THE THINGS I DIDN'T EXPECT, THAT WAS MOST CERTAINLY THE MOST NON-EXPECTED OF THE BUNCH

WHAT A WAY TO CATCH UP

AND WITH THIS, I DECLARE THE SPYPOCALYPSE OFFICIALLY OVER.

AND IN A MOMENT I'LL OPEN THE INBOX AGAIN SO YOU GUYS CAN FINALLY SEND ASKS ONCE MORE

IN THE MEANTIME, I NEED TO THINK ABOUT A LOT OF STUFF

A LOT OF STUFF

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One of my favorite bits of subtle storytelling to come out of recent chapters is how Demetrius interacts in person with Damian. The way he speaks is as cold and distant as it was over the phone but when Damian starts talking to him, Demetrius doesn't brush him off and walk away; he stops, listens, and responds. When Damian struggles to find words, Demetrius brings up Damien's Stella, common ground of sorts, on his own initiative. Only when Damien brings up Donovan does Demetrius disengage.

Seems somewhat similar to their mother. Demetrius wanted to connect to Damian, but the moment Donovan was mentioned was the moment he went "fuck no bye"

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I've been taking notes on the spypocalypse so I can keep my thoughts in order and actually I ended up noticing something:

First, a lot of other slice of life sitcoms don't have character development because they need to keep the characters the same for the format. But as a result the characters can end up feeling stale because they don't develop and thus the creators fall back constantly on the same jokes. But what I like about spy x family is that the characters are slowly growing, even if that means sacrificing the jokes. Like, Endo is letting Anya slowly get better at studying and Yor slowly get better at cooking, so even though we still have jokes about how Anya is not the best at school or that Loid is a better cook than Yor, we also get to move past it so the jokes don't become old.

Second, in other manga that have serious and funny moments, I find that there isn't often a lot of crossover, character-development wise. Like, in SxF, Fiona running off to the mountains to train in tennis is a gag... And then it saves her life during the mole arc. Likewise, there's gags about Yuri being indestructible because of Yor, and then during the Yuri v. Twilight showdown he is actually really able to keep getting up.

So that probably means that the next time Twilight and Yuri go up against each other, we'll see a return of Yor-fu.

And last thing: even though there haven't been a lot of chapters that let us see it, I think Yor is definitely getting a lot more feelings for Loid. When she first moved in, Yor didn't even know if she and Loid would be sleeping in the same room. She was a bit bashful around him, but it was really only when she was super drunk that she went tomato-face mode (when Yuri told her to kiss Loid, when Loid tried to honey trap her, and then later the welcome home kiss). However, when they went to the murder ski lodge, even though she was completely sober and Anya and Bond were *right there*, she went super blushing flustered mode at the idea of sleeping in the same room as Loid. Ah, yeah, it's all coming together.

Ok for real last thing: also I think the reason why Sigmund's tutoring worked better than Yuri or Loid's is because those two focus on one thing and get through it. They're both determinators who have no problem with snapping into focus on one thing at a time. Meanwhile Anya's mind has a tendency to wander. However, look at how Sigmund deals with it: when Anya turns Yuri's "whole enchilada" into the "swole Chihuahua", Yuri tells her to forget it and go back to focusing on the grammar. But when Anya takes Sigmund's "eureka" and turns it into "eucalyptus", Sigmund encourages her ("oh, you know so much about koalas! You'll ace your biology test!" And she may not have gotten a Stella star for it, but given that her only bolt was from math, she at least passed her bio quiz). Sigmund works with her wandering train of thought while gently pushing her back to the task at hand. Anya is a force of nature who conquers all in her way; Twilight and Yuri don't stand a chance trying to fight against her head on, but Grandpa Siggy knows how to work with the Lord of Storms.

Grandpa's are great, I'm gonna be so sad when it turns out Sigmund is a founding member of the Apple Project.

Oh, I like that slow development. It's so subtle and gradual you don't really notice it until something major happens and it all clicks together.

Yor is definitely getting more feelings. Yeah, she was not as embarrassed at first because she didn't really liked Twilight the way she does now. He was a handsome man and she was bashful, but now that she does like him like that, now that she's getting aware of her own feelings, oh now the fun begins...

And Sigmund there was definitely the right choice to teach Anya, and he does manage to get in her head because he has a lot of experience on the subject, he was a teacher for years, he understands the human brain because of his work as a researcher. Also because he knows how to handle test subjects from project apple after all.

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#theLreads #SXFC82 #SPY aftertalks #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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And that's the end of the chapter! Oh boy, finally, a chapter right after it came out, we're entering a new era for sure... THE ERA OF ANYA

Oh you thought that was over just because the spypocalypse ended? Absolutely not. The Era of Anya shall never end, not while there are stars in the sky for her to conquer!

And that was a nice extra chapter, really cute stuff there. I just wish we had more Martha, but oh well.

Twilight must be at the very least thinking about why Anya seem to be so focused on befriending Damian, and I wonder when his dad instincts are gonna kick in about it. We do know that Anya seems to be on the same boat as Damian, especially when it comes to denying it, and I can't see Twilight coming to any other conclusion about this.

Honestly this is the best. Even more about the fact that Anya is always like

Whenever Damian talks

perfect stuff. Now if only we could get Yuri and Fiona to interact like this as well...

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And that's the end of the chapter and

what the fuck

what the fuck dude

So demetrius is here, like that, sure. And he has some serious shit going on in there on his head, or more precisely, he has nothing going on in there

what the fuck did Donovan did to him? He just keeps repeating that madness mantra that Donovan told Twilight about not understanding people

what the fuck

was he experimented on? Did Donovan tried to turn him into a super genius, but for some reason he couldn't achieve the exact results he wanted and thus he discarded him? There must be a reason for Damian to be born, but if that was it, then why Donovan doesn't care about him? Was he sure he wouldn't do it from the start? or was the project scrapped after? Or did the main test subject became another person that is neither of the brothers?

I have so many questions, and I'm not sure I'll have any of the answers

also

I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE THE BUTLER IS THE PARENT OF BOTH OF THOSE KIDS

HE LOOKS TOO SIMILAR TO BOTH OF THEM

BUT MAYBE NOT EVEN MELINDA IS AWARE OF IT, MAYBE SHE REALLY THINKS THEY ARE DONOVAN'S KIDS EVEN IF SHE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH THE BUTLER

THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON HERE

THAT'S FOR SURE

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And that's the end of the chapter, and... Yeah. That was a chapter.

It was highly entertaining and hilarious, but I feel like there's nothing much more that I can say. Just that I'm a bit disappointed this wasn't a full-blown arc on it's on. I feel like we could keep it going for at least two or three chapters more if we wanted, even after Anya discovered who the killer was.

Well, okay. Whateves. I suppose that this means there's only two chapters remaining before the end of the spypocalypse...

Tomorrow... it all ends...

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And that's the end.

But also, this is the beginning... The Era of Anya shall unleash the power of classical language upon the world, and she shall prove her worth.

Just you wait damian, just you wait...

Also all those moments with the grandparents were so sweet oh my god I want to cry. And I will cry for real if my theories end up being real, that's for sure.

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And that's the end of the chapter, and... oh god...

I was not ready for this, that's for sure

jesus christ man this chapter was heavy. really heavy.

Survivors guilting other survivors because they were not reacting the same way- the whole metaphor of how much a person can physically carry was right on the point there. I really have nothing to add because I unfortunately can't see the keys through the tears, so I'm just going to leave it here before I ruin it with some bad joke.

holy shit man

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And that's the end of the chapter and- oh what's this? There's a short mission right after this chapter, just waiting for me?

Oh my... Alright, I'm not even going to give my thoughts here, let us see what this short mission has in store before.

And there's even a cover page for it? Let's see...

...

huh...

I... I have a feeling I won't like this

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This was the illustrations that Endo drew for this chapter:

ENDO WHY

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