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yumeka-sxf · 9 hours
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According to AMC Theaters in the USA, an art board illustrated by Tatsuya Endo will be given out from 4/18 to 4/21! Haven't found an image of what it looks like yet.
Yes, I'm excited for that! 😁
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(AMC link here)
I haven't seen the art either - if it's Endo's art related to the movie, I believe the only drawings he's done are the original teaser image (of the Forgers in a plane) and the cover of the movie film files booklet. But if it's just general SxF art, it could be anything! Or it could be a completely original design, but I doubt he'd make special art just for this one little giveaway in another country 😅
Regardless, I'm planning to see the movie at least twice at AMC theaters, including release day on the 18th, so hopefully I'll be able to secure an artboard!
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yumeka-sxf · 5 days
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Japanese Linguistic Observations in Spy x Family - part 1
This is a post series I've been planning for a while and I've finally had the time to complete part 1! 😃 I may have mentioned here before that I got my B.A. in Japanese/East Asian Studies, and even though I'm not fluent, I know the linguistics of the language fairly well. So I thought it would be fun to examine the interesting aspects of the Japanese version of the SxF manga that aren't reflected in the English translation. It might also be an informative experience for those who don't know any Japanese to learn a bit about the language through SxF! I'll try not to get too technical with the linguistics and keep my explanations at a beginner's level.
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Part 1 - Twilight's "honne and tatemae"
One of the main themes in SxF is how many of the characters have secrets they want to hide, so they act a certain way in front of others in order to mask their true selves. Japanese has a word for this phenomena called 本音と建前 ("honne and tatemae").
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I remember learning about the concept of "honne and tatemae" during my Japanese college studies – a quick google search will yield a lot of publications on the topic and its relation to Japanese culture in particular. While the idea of hiding one's true intentions behind a fake facade can exist anywhere and is not something unique to Japan, it is enough of an occurrence in Japanese culture that there are specific words for it. The Wiki article has a basic but good definition of honne and tatemae, to quote:
A person's honne may be contrary to what is expected by society or what is required according to one's position and circumstances, and they are often kept hidden, except with one's closest friends. Tatemae is what is expected by society and required according to one's position and circumstances, and these may or may not match one's honne. In many cases, tatemae leads to outright telling of lies in order to avoid exposing the true inward feelings.
Sounds very much like the characters in SxF, doesn't it? Twilight especially, because unlike other characters like Yor and Anya, who simply have secrets they need to keep but don't create fake personas for themselves, Twilight does – the cheerful, friendly Loid Forger is a different person from the cold, calculating Twilight after all. Also unlike Yor and Anya, who speak the same way consistently no matter who they're talking to, Twilight uses different speech levels depending on which persona he's using and who he's talking to.
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There are many different levels of speech in Japanese, ranging from super formal to totally crude. These speech levels are distinguished mostly by the pronouns the speaker chooses to use for themselves and who they're speaking to, as well as how they choose to conjugate the words they use. For example, 座ってください (suwatte kudasai), 座って (suwatte,) and 座れ (suware) all mean "sit," as in, telling someone to sit down. But the tone being conveyed is different: the first one is polite, the second one is casual, and the last one could be seen as rude if you're not using it with a close friend/family member.
As Twilight, he uses casual speech with the masculine and less polite pronoun 俺 or オレ (ore). This is the speech he uses when talking to a fellow spy like Fiona, and for his own inner thoughts.
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As Loid Forger, he uses the polite 敬語 (keigo) speech, which is basically comprised of using the -ます (-masu) conjugation for verbs and the "to be" verb です (desu). He also uses the pronoun ボク or 僕 (boku), which is the standard male pronoun and more polite than "ore." He uses keigo to address pretty much everyone who doesn't know his true identity. When talking to a higher-up like Sylvia, he'll still use "ore" but will use polite speech instead of casual speech.
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Anya is an exception to this: with her, he uses his most casual speech, the same as he uses with Franky.
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I discussed a bit about this in part 24 of my Twiyor analysis posts, but this could be because Anya is a little kid, so he doesn't feel the need to put on any airs with her (same with Bond, whom he also uses casual speech with).
An interesting side note is that, as a child, Twilight used the pronoun "boku" but then changed to "ore" as soon as he became an adult/soldier.
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Another aspect of keigo, besides using the more polite forms of pronouns and verb conjugations, is putting the honorific さん (san) after people's names. Twilight does this all the time with Yor, as she does with him. However, he switches to casual speech and drops the "san" part in her name when addressing her in front of people who (supposedly) believe they're a real married couple, such as Yuri and Fiona – because it would be weird for a real couple who have been married for a year to address each other in such a formal way, especially the husband. In the below panel when Fiona visits them, he's calling her "Yor" instead of "Yor-san" and using casual speech instead of keigo.
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Oddly in these situations, while he uses just "Yor" when addressing her directly, he still calls her "Yor-san" when talking about her. During Yuri's first visit for example, he calls her "Yor-san" when telling Yuri how much Anya loves her (talking to someone about her) but then calls her just "Yor" a few moments later when telling her that he'll clean up the spill (talking to her directly). It's strange to me that he wouldn't just consistently use "Yor" whether he's talking to her or about her in these situations...I'm honestly not sure if he does this intentionally or if he just slips up since he's so used to using "Yor-san" in her presence.
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Regardless, this is why the scene in chapter 86 is so significant – when Yor isn't present, there's no reason for him to refer to her as "Yor-san," especially in front of a fellow spy like Fiona who knows he (supposedly) shouldn't have any feelings for her. Yet, even after he just called Yuri by his full name "Yuri Briar" a moment before, he doesn't do the same for Yor and continues to call her "Yor-san" here, much to Fiona's dismay.
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In the same chapter, it's also significant that he uses "ore" when addressing Yor directly in his thoughts. Even though he's not speaking out loud, I believe this is the first time he's speaking directly "to" her as Twilight and/or his true self and not as Loid Forger.
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But despite all this, I think that both Loid Forger and Twilight are tatemae…they're both masks to hide the person he truly is. The person who fondly talked about his mother to Yor on the park bench, the person who genuinely expressed gratitude for her sacrifice when leaving the resort island, the person who refused to kill Yuri in a life-or-death struggle because he knew it would hurt her…that's his actual honne. But of course, the ongoing conflict of the series is that he has yet to realize this. He won't even show his honne to his closest friend, Franky. Seems like it mostly comes out in dribs and drabs during his interactions with Yor...no surprise there, lol. The man is certainly a work in progress. When he finally starts letting his "honne" show, I'm curious what form of speech he'll adopt.
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Note: I won't be releasing these posts on a set schedule, but I do have about five planned for now, more if I come up with other ideas! Stay tuned for part 2 soon~
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yumeka-sxf · 12 days
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New chapter today, and even though most of it seemed to continue the silly tone from the previous one, the last few pages actually shocked me! 👀
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For the first time, ANYA CONFESSED TO SOMEONE THAT SHE CAN READ MINDS! Now this doesn't necessarily mean anything crazy will happen in the series from now on, since Damian doesn't believe her (at first). But proving that you can read minds is easy to do, so the question now becomes, will Anya keep trying to prove it to Damian until he believes her? Or will she regret it later and not try to prove it, and then the plot point isn't touched on again? Regardless, this chapter definitely makes it seem like Damian will be the first person to know about her mind-reading powers.
Then there's the question of why Anya chose to confess this to Damian? I think it's a combination of a few reasons, the main one being that Damian doesn't have any connection to her family, so little risk of him telling them and thus bringing about the fear of abandonment Anya has should they find out. This might also be why she chose to tell him over Becky, since Becky already has somewhat of a relationship with Loid and Yor. The other reason could be that, as time has gone on, she's learned to trust him, at least when it comes to something like this. As hostile as he is towards her, she knows that he's not a double-crosser or a blabbermouth, and deep down he wants to do what's right. And lastly, it was the heat of a moment - her knowledge about him seemed weird so he questioned it, and perhaps at that highlighted moment, when Damian was being genuinely nice to her (since she can read minds, she knows if he's being genuine or not), she wanted to try not lying for once, just to see what happens.
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Guess we'll have to wait until next time to see if anything ground-breaking comes from this...will Anya keep pursuing this, will she regret it and let Damian continue to not believe her, or will it just not be mentioned again until later? This reminded me a bit of the Mole Hunt arc where Yuri became suspicious of Loid, but the latter was able to throw him off the track. But the seed of suspicious was planted nonetheless. In this case, even if Damian continues to think Anya was lying, a seed of suspicion may have been planted in him too that could come into play much later on. We'll see!
But besides this big event, a few other notable things in this chapter was super rare soft Damian from the above page. This continues to prove what I've always thought - that Damian acts the way he does to appear "proper" in front of his peers, but when he's alone with Anya, his real feelings seep out. She's a rare person where he doesn't feel the need to put on airs around.
We also got more Henderson x Martha crumbs. Love to see it.
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Also loved to see Anya getting cocky and Loid freaking out about it 😅
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Overall, even though I'm not as into Damianya as I am Twiyor, I still enjoy seeing their progress, and this chapter was definitely one of the most Damianya-chapters of all~ Despite some of the "dance with Damian" challenges being a bit too silly for my taste (like, how did Emile and Ewen organize all that last minute?) the payoff at the end was worth it! Loid and Yor better get themselves together or their daughter will end up beating them in the romance department 😂
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yumeka-sxf · 13 days
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Despite there being no new SxF anime planned as of now, new collabs are still popping up, along with lovely new illustrations ❤️
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Since a new artbook hasn't been announced yet, I don't know if I'll ever be able to make HD scans of these images, so wanted to share them anyway!
There's still a bunch of new posts I plan to work on, just haven't had time the past few weekends (which is mainly the only time I have to work on more time-consuming posts). But they will be ready soon enough, so stay tuned~
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yumeka-sxf · 23 days
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Interesting translation tidbit about Lodi’s thoughts at the end of the chapter because even though we’d all already guessed, I found it really really sad what his takeaway from the Walker incident was. His literal thoughts were: ‘…That’s right, Twilight. What did the Walker incident teach you? Peace between the East and the West must take precedence. Kill your emotions!’ 🥲
(Lit. Translated: Kill your heart. Which. Oof.)
(I'm assuming you mean "Wheeler" not "Walker" 😅) Yup, he literally does say "kill your heart" - 心を殺せ!
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We haven't seen much of Loid's inner thoughts since the end of that arc, but if anything, the incident seems to have shaken him quite a bit. Not only is he more cautious of Yuri, but seems like he wants to overcompensate for his slip up by prioritizing Operation Strix above all else. He did that before of course, but he's even more determined now. Time will tell just how much the incident truly affected him, and how long it will take for him to accept the growing emotions inside rather than reject them.
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yumeka-sxf · 25 days
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Spy x Family volume 13 omake chapter translation and new pages
After my previous post about the release of volume 13, I was happy to find out that it did indeed include an omake chapter...and a heavy one, too! Here's my translation of the seven pages:
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This omake was such a treat! I love how Endo made true of what he mentioned in the fanbook about how Franky does charity work. I also love the panel of Twilight's reaction when he hears Yor say those powerful words...they definitely tugged at his heartstrings even though he kept a stoic expression 😭 And more of Franky's war experience is a tear-jerker, too. I also love how sympathetic Yor was to Franky after hearing his story.
Overall, like the zoo omake chapter from volume 12, this one seems like it could be canon, since there's no 4th wall breaking like some of the others.
And here's the inside cover for volume 13! Quite a surprise that overworked Twilight replaces the city hall girls 😅
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And lastly, here's the other extra page. I didn't paste a translation on it but basically Franky is talking about the early designs for the Authens. Camilla demands that he talk about hers and the other city hall girls' designs since they're on the volume cover. Franky replies that they were just drawn on the manuscript in one go, so there aren't any rough sketches remaining.
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yumeka-sxf · 26 days
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After a very long hiatus, we finally have a new chapter! Seems to be wrapping up the final exams arc with a gala for the kids~ Everyone looks exquisite, especially Anya...also noticed that she doesn't have her "horns"!
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Becky being the best wingwoman again 🤣
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As always, I have to admire Endo's unique character designs. He did a great job making all the kids look distinct and interesting, not just the background kids but all the "suitors" for Anya, Damian, and Becky too. Maybe that's why the chapter got delayed - shouldn't rush good art!
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More Henderson and Martha crumbs 👀 I hope we get to learn more about their relationship/backstories eventually!
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Twilight is there because of course he is 😅 I like how at first he's completely in "Twilight mode," only thinking of advancing Plan B and how significant the families of all the kids are...but then he decides it's just a dance and Anya and Damian should go with whoever they want...then he thinks back to the incident with Wheeler and decides world peace is more important than anything else and goes back to focusing on Plan B. He's as conflicted as ever even if he doesn't realize it.
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Guess we'll see next time how/if he manages to get Anya and Damian to dance! But if Damian gets this flustered just looking/interacting with Anya from a distance, he may just explode if he has to dance with her 😅
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yumeka-sxf · 26 days
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Had a nice "Spy x Family Saturday" today! First I went to a local Kura Sushi, since they're currently doing a SxF collab. The restaurant was totally decked out 😃
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Love seeing Forgers on my way to the restroom~
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They had a nice selection of SxF prizes you can get from the gacha machines (for ordering a certain number plates) but you could also buy the specific ones you want. I don't like blind buying, so I decided to buy the ones I wanted, which were the four magnet sets and a couple of lanyards
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They had acrylic keychains too, but I decided to pass on those since I have so many acrylics already (plus they're the same art as the magnets). I'm not a huge sushi eater so I only ate a few plates, but the friend that I went with ate enough for us to get one free gacha, which happened to be the Loid magnet set. So I didn't have to buy that one at least 😅 I also made sure to open the gachas to check that they gave me the right ones, and I'm glad I did because they ended up giving me two of the Yor magnet set instead of the family set! But since I checked beforehand I got them to fix it. So yeah, always check stuff like this!
After that we were going to attend a Spy x Family Weiss Schwarz title cup tournament at a nearby game store. It was a game store we hadn't been to before and when we went inside, the owner said that we were the only ones who signed up! Apparently most of the Weiss community in SoCal goes to tournaments closer to LA since that's where most of them are from, plus there was another big Weiss event going on today. The store was still officially able to have the title cup though, so my friend and I had our own private tournament and did a best of three round! What's also funny is that he's a seasoned Weiss player but doesn't actually have SxF cards, so he borrowed one of my decks for the tournament! I ended up winning one of the three games and he won two, but he gave me the winning card anyway (since it was my deck he used, with slight modifications 😅) The store owner also gave us extra promo cards since we were the only ones who attended.
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Here's the deck I made for the title cup - it's a Yor-focused deck, with Loid, Anya, and Bond for support of course ❤️ (I brought the little Yor figure with me for good luck but didn't end up needing it, lol).
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I'm planning to attend another SxF title cup later in the month...hopefully that one will have a bigger turnout!
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yumeka-sxf · 28 days
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New manga illustrations for the upcoming volume 13 just dropped! First is this gorgeous picture of "WISE vs SSS." Nice to finally see Chloe officially in color 😁
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And this cute drawing of Yor for the title page!
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Also, if you haven't seen the actual cover for volume 13 yet, it was revealed a while back - the city hall employees!
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Volume 13 will be released on March 4th. Hoping there will be more new illustrations and/or an omake chapter! 🤞
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yumeka-sxf · 1 month
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I have plans for upcoming posts, but I've been recovering from a minor surgery this past week and haven't had the energy to work on them. So in the meantime, please enjoy this short post featuring my two favorite family moments from the Operation Diary game ❤️ (I've shared these already on Twitter and Reddit, but not Tumblr yet!)
First, this adorable video of Anya, Yor, and Bond enjoying bubbles at the fountain plaza (while Loid watches "for the mission" 😅)
And since I can only embed one video per post on Tumblr, here's a gif set instead, graciously created for me by @piracytheorist (since I have no experience with making gifs, lol). In this one, Anya asks Yor to pose like one of the statues at the art museum...and of course she gets embarrassed when Loid notices! (his double-take in the 8th and 9th gif 😂)
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If you want to see the original video of this gif set, I shared it on Twitter here and Reddit here. Auko on Twitter even made a cute fan art of the scenario here (though it was based on a reupload of the Reddit video).
There's still some more content I want to share from Operation Diary, plus new essay/analysis posts that I've been planning for a while! Once my brain is no longer fogged from my surgery soreness and all the medications I've been taking, I'll get back to it! 😁
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yumeka-sxf · 1 month
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Spy x Family Operation Diary - Forger outfit coordination
One of my favorite things to do in the SxF game is color-coordinate the outfits that the Forgers wear on their family outings! Here are some photos of my better attempts.
Turquoise polka dots (Anya and Bond got matching sunglasses so I added those as well).
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The "celebrity set" (part of the extra downloadable content). Added red berets for Yor and Anya since they were visiting the art museum!
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The "denim set" (also downloadable content).
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Black formal attire.
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Yellow polka dots (added the yellow ribbon for Yor and the sunglasses for Anya and Bond).
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The "punk set" (downloadable content as well…also added the horns for Anya and Bond, and the black headband for Yor).
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Different shades of blue.
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White and turquoise (there were a few cases like this where I couldn't get all four of them to match, so I did two and two: Anya and Yor have matching white dresses and straw hats, and Loid's turquoise shirt matches Bond's turquoise bandana. Also matching sunglasses for Anya and Bond again!)
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Pink polka dots.
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The blue outfits they wore in the anime when visiting the aquarium! (obviously Bond didn't have one so I got the closest matching bandana for him!)
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Another case where I matched two and two instead of all four - Loid and Anya are both wearing some shade of magenta, and Yor's brownish coat matches Bond's brown bandana.
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The gold agent set you receive for completing the game! (I thought the hats and sunglasses were a bit much, so I removed those when they went on an outing, lol. Bond didn't get one so I improvised his!)
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But this one is probably my favorite - you can get Loid's spy infiltration outfit, Yor's thorn princess outfit, and Anya's spy outfit she uses in episode 26! Bond also gets goggles for some reason so I threw those on too...we're just a totally normal family here 😅
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If you want to see more of my posts about the SxF game, check the sxf game tag on my blog here.
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yumeka-sxf · 1 month
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Spy x Family Animation Art Book scans - part 2
Today I'm back with a few more scans from the Animation Art Book! If you haven't seen the first page of scans I made from this book, click here. Since many of the character design pages in this book are similar to the ones from the cour 1 season 1 artbook, I'm mostly going to skip these, so be sure to check out the previous scans here and here if you haven't already!
While the main feature of the book is character and setting designs, it also contains a lot of miscellaneous, "niche" images that only briefly show in the anime but are interesting if you stop and look at them. One of my favorites is of course Loid and Yor's (fake) marriage certificate and the doctored up photos in their living room. Obviously WISE/Twilight must have some advanced photo editing technology since Photoshop shouldn't exist when the series takes place 😅
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Next is some examples of Anya's handwriting and schoolwork, as well as the cipher she and Yor make in mission 20. It's a bit hard to make out, but it looks like she spelled her name "Ania" in the mission 4 example but maybe started spelling it the right way in the mission 24 example? As for those notes at the top from mission 20...is that Bond in the lower right corner? 😂 I can just about make out the first question on the mission 4 paper - it says "Solve if you can understand the clock." The rest says something like "When * will * two hours * effect the current time?" And it looks like her answer is..."Time"? 😅
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In contrast, here's some examples of Damian's tests that Daybreak tampered with in mission 18. I'm not gonna bother to check if his math is correct...I'm assuming all or most of it is! I also couldn't help but notice his answer on the cake question, "How many cakes are left?" - instead of just putting "4" he writers out, "There are 4 left." What an overachiever 🤣
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Here's a few more scribbles from Anya's notebook, but more interestingly, the Eden schedule of classes. I wonder what the class "Theme" is. And they have to share a poem every morning? I'm surprised we haven't seen one of Anya's poems yet!
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And lastly, I wanted to share two character pages for Bond and Fiona since they're didn't feature in the previous book.
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yumeka-sxf · 2 months
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The official SxF social media continues to treat us with more clips from the CODE: White movie! This time we got one of the coolest ones so far - part of Yor's fight against Type F!
At the beginning of the clip, Yor asks who he is. When he attacks, she asks him to please stop any further attacks. After he pushes her away, he says "Is that all you've got...intruder?"
Also, for those who haven't yet heard the news, Crunchyroll recently announced a bunch of international release dates for the movie. Even though it's still over two months away, I'm really excited to finally be able to see it for myself on April 19th when it comes to the US 😀 Of course, having already read the novelization, I know everything that happens, but that doesn't hinder my hype at all!
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yumeka-sxf · 2 months
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Hi Jumeka, I noticed something during the tennis arc (mission 31), when "Twain Foney" serves, the pupil of his left eye is not drawn.
Missions later, we saw the flashback to the beginning of the war, "BabyLight" was wounded on that eye and years later "Roland Spoofy" was also wounded on the left eye during the war.
So... in your opinion, is it possible that Loid/Twilight has a blind spot?
You must mean this panel from Mission 31:
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This is an interesting observation that I never thought about 😮 It could just be a coincidence and not a conscious decision by Endo, however if we keep getting more examples, then maybe it'll turn out that Twilight does have some blindness in that eye. We'll have to see if it gets brought up again!
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yumeka-sxf · 2 months
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Spy x Family Operation Diary - original illustrations
As Anya interacts with different characters in the SxF game, you'll unlock unique cutscenes with them, as well as original anime art exclusive to the game 😄 Now that I've completed the game, I wanted to share all 20 of these illustrations, starting with my favorites...wholesome Forgers ❤️
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Yes, that is the castle from episode 5 in the below picture! It's the last family outing place you can unlock in the game. The Forgers even acknowledge that they've been there before, which is a nice bit of continuity with the series (same with the Berlint aquarium).
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I adore the below scene of Yor & Anya 💖 I think I've mentioned before that they're my favorite relationship in the series along with Twiyor, and they had so many cute interactions in the game~
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The context of the below scene is that Loid is working late so Yor has to cook, much to Anya and Bond's dismay! Yor says that she'll start dinner once they clean up, so Anya and Bond purposely stall by making more of a mess, which gives Loid enough time to get home and do the cooking instead 😆
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One of the scenes was a reenactment of the part from episode 12 where Loid and Yor pretend to go on a mission with Anya and her toys to get her to stop crying!
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Also lots of scenes with poor Anya trying her best to study 😅
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She doesn't fair much better at Eden, lol. At least she always has Becky for support (despite her silly crush on Loid!)
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And of course, the usual squabbles with Damian.
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The context of the below scene is Anya trying to tell Damian that she wants to get along with him (for the sake of Plan B). As usual, that just makes him more flustered!
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Lastly, Yuri and Fiona each got one event scene each. I especially like the Fiona one, it was a nice callback to episode 21 when she first visits the Forger house.
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If you haven't seen already, I also made a post about the gameplay basics of Operation Diary here, as well as a post about the mini-games here. I plan to make at least one or two more posts about the game, so stay tuned~
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yumeka-sxf · 2 months
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As I mentioned in my previous merch post, I preordered a case of the Spy x Family set from the Weiss Schwarz card game! For those who don't know what Weiss Schwarz is, it's a crossover trading card game featuring a ton of different anime, manga, and other IPs. I've been playing it on and off for nearly 15 years now and was so happy when I heard that SxF was going to get a set! The SxF cards were released in Japan in July of last year, but I held out until the English version came out a few weeks ago!
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Above is all the stock my friend and I split: a display of trial decks (6 total), two meister sets (which each contain a playmat, storage box, and 10 booster packs), and finally, the main part, a case of 18 boxes (16 booster packs per box, 9 cards per pack).
So if we do the math...
-16 packs x 18 boxes x 9 cards per pack = 2,252 cards
-plus an addition 20 packs / 180 cards from the two meister sets comes to a grand total of 2,432 cards! (also the 6 trial decks, 50 cards each, but they're all the same 50 cards except for some rare variants, so thankfully we didn't have to sort those too).
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So yeah, it took us practically the entire day to open all the packs and sort all the cards!
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The empty booster pack wrappers ended up filling the entire box that the case came in!
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Below are the rarest cards we pulled (I love the chibi ones~)
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The below Yor and Loid cards have the highest value out of all of them (not that I intend to sell them 😅)
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I already built three decks with the cards and am in the process of testing them! (with my friends who also play) Got a deck box for each, which fit perfectly in the card box 😁
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Now that I have some new Weiss Schwarz decks, I'm planning to start visiting my local game shop again for tournaments and casual play. I used to go there a lot several years back, for both Weiss Schwarz and Pokemon, but haven't been since the pandemic. I may even attend some official Bushiroad events, like Spring Fest and/or their tournament at Anime Expo.
Also, for anyone interested in Weiss Schwarz, I wrote a quick beginner guide about the game on a Google doc here - explains the basics of what the game is about (using SxF cards as examples).
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yumeka-sxf · 2 months
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you’re currently my favorit sxf account thank you so much 💕💫🫧✨💞
Thank you, Anon~ I'm glad you enjoy my blog 😊
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