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queenofapeacefuldawn · 2 days

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An Analysis of SPY × Family Chapter 99

Manga spoilers, and a very long post ahead!

I'd like to preface this with saying that all of this is my own analysis, and I'm not very smart at these things, so take this with a grain of salt!

This chapter was extremely heavy: with Henry realising his feelings for Martha, and how it echoed the main theme of this story: how war destroys relationships and how innocent civilians are forced to enlist out of fear for their families' safety.

The chapter starts off, continuing off the cliffhanger of the last chapter— it turns out to be a false alarm, but Martha leaves her feelings for Henry unsaid.

She begins writing letters to Henry, and they keep a regular correspondence to substitute for their tea parties--

The war continues to grow dire, and Martha's squad hasn't been given any combat training, yet, they're forced to go to the front lines, under the pretext of "serving your country" and "keeping your family safe".

Henry is obviously shocked and scared for Martha when he finds out she's on the front lines, but we never get to hear his thoughts with the introduction of this fucking bitch-

🤓☝️ lookin ass--

In this chapter, we get to see Donovan's own ideals, which are shown through his argument in the debate. Interestingly, Donovan is almost the same age as Demetrius is in the present-day. (At least, that's what I'm assuming-- Henry mentions being in charge of the middle schoolers, and Demetrius is a middle-schooler.)

He claims,

I have a couple of thoughts about this. First,

"I know that solving differences with dialogue and weapons is ideal". The phrasing of this is interesting, because it kind of sounds like he doesn't believe in that-- he just knows that solving differences with diplomacy instead of war is 'ideal', but does he really believe in that? I don't think he does-- and, his own definition of 'peace' is definitely... ambiguous. What does he think 'peace' is? Subjugating other countries with his own power?

He already has a strange concept of humanity and other humans' own ideals-- he believes that, at our core natures, human beings are liars. That the only thing we're capable of is war and destruction.

This is also very similar to his own ideals that we see in modern-day. He doesn't care about either of his sons, as he says, they are essentially strangers to him. And, you might have raised them (though with Donovan, "raised" is a stretch), you might be their own father, according to him, he will never truly know his sons. Which is why he doesn't even attempt to understand them. His own ignorance for human nature and for others around him is really what makes him a failure of a father-- we are never truly born "knowing" others. Yet, every day, we make an attempt to learn the people we care about-- and isn't that a little of what love is? Take the Forgers-- they are three strangers to each other, each concealing their own natures from the others. They're all liars, and yet, they're making an effort to heal; they're learning to love and they're learning to learn about the people around them, the people they care about.

This is his flawed ideology. In his world, humans are strangers-- humans are nothing to each other, they're always hiding their true intentions from each other. Humans can't be trusted-- humans don't trust each other, which is why war and destruction and pain is all humanity is capable of.

But it's really not. SxF's message is of how three strangers--- three orphans of a war they were forced to partake in--- come together and form a home. Yes, they are liars, yes, they're hiding their true intentions, but they're making a home for themselves, a home where one can be safe, where a young girl, who's experienced horrors no child should, can feel safe and in her mother's arms.

Which is why I think Donovan's ideology is so flawed--- and how beats of it echo in the modern-day SxF story, especially when Twilight meets him.

Yes, by mere dialogue, reaching a mutual understanding is idealistic, but the most important thing is to not stop seeking to understand each other.

Humans are flawed, humans are selfish, humans are kind--- there's a debate on whether, intrinsically, humans are good or bad. We're all given different cards to play with, but really, it's up to us to decide on our faith in humanity.

It seems like Donovan has a wholly negative view on humans--- we can never know each other's true intentions, and it's with this doubt that humans wage wars--- it's with this doubt that humans lie and kill and cause destruction.

It's because of this doubt that Desmond is planning a war himself.

Martha writes Henry a letter, and she talks about a dream where all the students are holding hands, circling Henry. She can't join them because her hands are filthy--- maybe it's guilt? Maybe she's feeling guilty, maybe she feels like she can't join the others because her hands are stained with blood.

She's scared. She's regretting joining the front lines. Her only solace is the letters from him. The only way he knows she's alive is the letters from her.

I feel like another story would have taken a turn, making Henry regret his own feelings for Martha because the war had torn them apart. Instead, Henry realises his own feelings and his own wants too late-- and it becomes the last letter he gets from her.

It feels like an extra gut punch, as in the beginning Martha was embarrassed to call him "beloved", but now, he's calling her beloved, and he misses her so much. He cares for her so much, and doesn't know how she is.

All he can think is---

His hands are stained with ink. The nib of his pen is almost breaking. Ink is bleeding onto the page. In Martha's dream, her hands are stained with blood due to her desire to protect Henry and her country. In Henry's reality, his hands are stained with ink due to his desire for Martha to come back, be with him again. The Soldier and the Scholar, each trapped in their own Hell.

Henry finds out that Martha's squad has been killed. Their lives were a "sacrifice" for their country. This is blatant propaganda, and, he feels they're sullying her memory by mythologizing her; by using her life, using her death as a way to snare more students into a violent and hopeless and painful battle.

He speaks out. He's punished.

He's been brutalised so much, that he needs to wear a monocle.

We learn more about Donovan's and Henry's own ideals. Donovan gives up on people who've disappointed him-- people who he deems as fools. Henry doesn't believe in that. He believes that everybody deserves to not be given up on--- every body deserves a person in their own corner.

Towards the end of the chapter, Henry's forced into a marriage by his father, believing it's "for the best", because the soldier he was waiting for never came back to him.

We cut to "Somewhere near the East-West border", to a home with a fireplace. Martha is just opening her eyes, and is severely injured.

This definitely isn't a safehouse or military barracks or a military hospital.

A home with a family, or at least a person, with a fireplace and a chopping block for firewood.

This place is also near the sea,

which makes me think it's somewhere near the south. (If I'm remembering the map correctly).

Edit: The map is faithful to irl Germany, which means the sea is to the north, not the south. Sorry for the discrepancy before!

I'm thinking someone rescued Martha while she was injured, and brought her to their place to rest and recuperate--- which is why she's presumed dead, and why Henry wasn't ever given closure.

The next chapter is no doubt going to be explosive--- the 100th chapter. I feel like this arc will segue into something bigger, something more heart-wrenching and painful (I don't know how that's possible, but I trust Endo-sensei.)

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Thank you for making this far and reading this whole thing! I hope you enjoyed, and I hope I wasn't annoying with my hatred for Donovan lol.

Also, on a more light-hearted note, I explained the plot of SxF to my dad, and he's intrigued and wants to read the manga. I'm planning on showing him the first ep of the anime, to see if he likes it. I feel like he will.

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helioraesol · 2 days

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(minor ch. 80 manga spoilers)

A small but very significant detail that shows just how much Loid and Yor's relationship has developed over the course of the series is

In Chapter 6, Loid rushes to the telephone as soon as it rings before anyone else gets a chance. However, . . .

. . . In Chapter 80, Yor answers the phone on Loid's behalf.

Loid, or rather Twilight, is slowly unlearning his instincts as a spy that tells him "trust no one". Yor and Anya both are breaking down his walls built up from a life of trauma caused by the war. As he opens up to Yor, gradually, he's learning that his humanity he rejected for the sake of world peace still resides within him.

#spy x family #twiyor #sxf #yor forger #loid forger #loid x yor #loidyor #spy x family loid #sxf loid #spy x family yor #sxf yor #spy x family manga #sxf manga #sxf manga spoilers #spy x family manga spoilers #agent twilight

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forgersxfamily · 2 days

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endo releasing a new sxf chapter that’ll emotionally destroy every reader: 😝😝😝😚😚😚🥰🥰🥰

#spy x family #sxf #loid forger #yor forger #anya forger #sxf anya #yor sxf #agent twilight #franky franklin

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jesterraconteuse · 3 months

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You know I'm right

#spy x family manga 96 #spy x family #spy x family manga #spy x family spoilers #spy x family manga spoilers #spy x family chapter 96 #anya forger #damian desmond #sxf #sxf manga #sxf spoilers #loid forger #agent twilight

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pjs-everyday · 3 months

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"papa, i wanna match with mama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! ! ! !!! ! ! ! " >> lmao loid under the cut

yep, this dude's a goner

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aerequets · 3 months

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family hugs! (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠)💞＼⁠(⁠^⁠o⁠^⁠)⁠／

#spy x family #my art #loid forger #yor forger #sxf #anya forger #agent twilight #twilight #thorn princess

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grimnocs · 2 months

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S'Pie Family

#spy x family #sxf #loid forger #anya forger #agent twilight #sxf twilight #sxf fanart #doodle #fanart #grimnocs #my art #art

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spatziline · 5 months

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Not exactly what Yor asked...but I'm sure they prefer this

#spy x family #spy x family fanart #yor forger #loid forger #twiyor #loid x yor #agent twilight #thorn princess

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yuushin7 · 1 year

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Back on my TwiYor brainrot shoit again .😅 We really need Yor using her stealth to spook unflappable Twilight more. I know he's stressed enough as is, but it's too funny.

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yallmighty · 4 months

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Average day in the Forger household

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leah-jeffries · 8 months

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#twiyor #loid forger #yor forger #agent twilight #yor briar #twiyoredit #spy x family #sxfedit #spyxfamily #anime #animeedit #sxf #*#gifs #sxf 1.26

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buf309-art-binder · 3 months

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Post-reveal!Twiloid gets called out on another last-minute urgent stake-out mission, so he's feeling cranky.

Coincidentally, it's the same fancy party as Yor's later mission that day.

Hence, we have Loidy-in-drag flirts with his wife on company time 😂

aka I just wanted to draw him in full beauty makeup, so I did 🤡

#spy x family #twiyor #sxf fanart #agent twilight #loid forger #thorn princess #yor forger #sxf comic

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helioraesol · 2 days

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YOOO spy x family season 3 coming??? AND we're getting my favorite arc animated???? im really looking forward to the adaptation of one scene from chapter 86 in particular