New short chapter today.

Dumpanon here, will dump chapter here as soon as possible, I hope.

Dumping, it's short chapter.

>>281162299

>>281162347
End of short chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. All chapters can be found here https://mega.nz/folder/xxMBgC6A#P2VM5Gfn-4wyyLmdR8k_Rw
This one I'll upload little later today. Until next time and stay safe, buddies.

My nuts smell funny.

>>281162409
Chapter uploaded

>>281162409
Cute, but fuck Axeman for making another short mission

>>281161764 (OP)
Good for Endo, he deserves some time to rest after dealing with a shitty fanbase.

THREE
FUCKING
PAGES

>>281162554
Are you going to cry like this when the next full chapter has nothing to do with Yor?

>>281162636
>Yor out of nowhere
This arc must've been rough on you.

>>281162299
Thanks for delivering as always

>>281162409

>>281162299
Wait a second isn't this setting supposed to be European in nature, shouldn't they be doing star signs not blood types.

>>281162865
I love that arc and I love Yor, I just find some of her fans insufferable.

>>281163008
You freaked out at an anon complaining about a short chapter. I still fail to see where you pulled Yor from.

>>281162990
They recently released a promotional image of Anya at a Japanese festival watching fireworks. The setting is all over the place.

I hope Yor dies
I hope Loid sells Anya

>>281162554
Let the man rest, if he gets sick or hurts his back you won't get a chapter for months.

Total Yor impregnation.
I need to see Yor make bedroom eyes at her confused husband.

>>281162347
What possesses one to buy this collar and how do you do it by mistake?

>>281163859
Simple, it's Yor.

>>281162990
because of shit like this he made it into fictional countries instead of real ones, so he won't be forced to be entirely historical accurate

>>281163859
Yor probably thought it was a cool regular collar, but when she got weird looks from Loid and Anya, she went "Oh, haha, I guess I accidentally purchased the wrong one"

>>281163859
Would it really surprise you if Yor's idea of an ideal gift is a weapon? I bet Anya has a knife or three in her bedroom. For Loid? Only the finest poisons.

>>281163859
Keep in mind that until recently the only dogs Yor had any experience with were guard and attack dogs (hence her thinking a dog would kill Anya). To her collars like that must still seem normal/common.

>>281162347
>>281162409
eh I dunno, this feels like it's missing a page where something-bad-but-not-the-way-you-thought should've happened for the joke. kind of a shame, Bond could use some good chapters

>>281163343
I wouldn't take Axeman's doodles too seriously. He recently did Tanabata Yor, though they likely don't have Tanabata. He's also done Christmas Yor and we know for certain they don't have Christmas.
Plus there's all his doodles of Anya fawning over idols. Idols of some sort do seem to exist in their world, but Anya wouldn't give half a shit about them.

>>281162990
Yes, but the Japanese tend to assume Europe is just white Japan.

Axeman wishes Bond die

>Yor referred to McMahon by his surname rather than "Director"
>McMahon referred to Yor by her given name rather than "Mrs. Forger"
Was there something in the raw that suggested more familiarity? I don't think the original used either name directly, but I'm pretty sure it's the same translator as always so it seems odd for them to just suddenly break from convention.

>>281162409
Can her dog see into the future too?

>>281162299
Dogs actually have 7 blood types.

>>281165346
to be fair, at least the "McMahon" was her thoughts(and it was her look that made him realize he has to step in)

>>281165356
what?
First off, we have known since his introduction years ago that he can see into the future
secondly "too", what do you mean "too"? Who else can? Anya can only read minds

>>281165433
The boss' dog
>>281165356
No, she's saying her dog also behaves erratically. Lloid has no way to know Bind can see the future.

>>281165433
Not him but I'm pretty sure the "her" in anon's post refers to Sylvia, not Anya. He's asking if Sylvia's dog Aaron has precognition like Bond.

>>281164779
I thought they do have christmas

Anya's birthday chapter when? Does she even know when it is?

>>281166885
>he re-uploaded it

>>281166703
She probably already had her birthday. Loid said she looked "four, five at the oldest" when they first met. Axeman somewhat recently said she's currently five. It's been six months in universe which is a 50/50 chance at her birthday already passing. Based on Loid's words and her being so much smaller than her classmates, she probably started the manga at four and has since turned five.

>>281163859
She likes sharp pointy things.

>>281166930
Heh, I don't play by the rules.

>>281165917
iirc in some SxF gallery/exhibition comment it was stated that there is no Xmas in their world. Instead we get some all encompassing Winter Festival.
Which I personally think is sorta dumb.

>>281167283
So no Jebus?

yor is so sexy

>>281162299
>>281162347
>>281162409
>THREE (3) PAGES

>>281163859
She probably thought Bond was one of those sheep dogs that live in the mountains and fights wolves. Maybe she wanted an even larger wolf collar.

>>281162409
I'm ok with Anya's sex buddy, but his power annoys me every time.

>>281167512
Considering the time period and location, there's probably some kind of analogue to Christianity.
There's definitely religion since Olka mentions praying at one point.

>>281163417
Based

>>281162409
This was a really cute short chapter. There's not much to say about it though. I guess it's cute that Bond is such a worrywart about the future because his clairvoyance is so inconsistent.

>>281167283
Did the celebrate Christmas in East Germany? I thought the commies discouraged it.

>>281162409
>Anya jealous of "gourmet" dog food

>>281170285
It's probably safer to consume than Yor's cooking.

>>281162990

Same reason fantasy anime have sorcerers eating burgers and ice cream.

>>281170285
I firmly believe the guy at the orphanage fed her dog food.

>>281162554
He's working on the new volume, cut him some slack this time.

>>281165346
No, everyone still calls him "Director" here and he only indirectly refers to them meeting the other day. The translation isn't consistent with how people refer to each other, but it's also rarely an issue either. The only ones that might cause problems are Loid's "Yor-san vs Yor Briar" and the way Yor refers to everyone who's not Yuri with a polite honorific.

>>281162865
Yor is so beautiful...

>>281170824
I can't believe Frankie smokes the wacky tobbacky...

>>281167283
Yeah, I think it was in the pamphlet you got from visiting the SxF exhibit. He didn't specify that there is any kind of winter holiday, but I guess you could maybe interpret that from him wanting the atmosphere.
>This is a winter hiatus illustration. I drew each of the lights by hitting them repeatedly in the style of Hokuto Shinken. Although it has a Christmas like atmosphere, Christmas does not exist in the world of Spy x Family.
That's from Google Lens so translation may be wonky.

>>281173326
>We will never get Yor panicking as she accidently stands under a mistletoe with Loid.

>>281173326
>series featuring a child and adults learning to be normal/parents
>throw out the possibility of Santa just because Anya can read minds

>>281162299
>blood type horoscopes
Funny.

I'd like to propose an alternative crack theory to the crack theory that Anya is royalty.
The dead empire has been dead for a long time, possibly hundreds of years. The only part of it that seems to still persist is Garden. Shopkeeper even controls and lives in the royal palace, suggesting he may be descended royalty himself. Loid is surprised that Anya is good at the ancient language since almost nobody speaks it anymore, but if anybody is going to speak it, it's going to be Shopkeeper. Possibly some of those around him too.
During this arc, we were introduced to three new pruners: Hemlock, Gympie, and Thistle. Thistle doesn't appear. Maybe he or she just wasn't relevant, but then again, Gympie was hardly relevant and she still showed up. I have nothing to substantiate this: Axeman made sure to name drop Thistle because it's important that we know she exists, but he chose not to show her because we've already seen her and her appearance is a massive spoiler.
Thistle is Anya's mother. Anya is good at classical language because she was born around the final vestige of the empire that natively spoke it.
Things that could figure in somewhere but I don't know where:
>Hapoon, the maybe head scientist that experimented on Anya, and Shopkeeper hate each other. Meaning they must know each other somehow.
>The pruners only ever seem to visit with Shopkeeper in his garden. Clients are never in the garden, but drive in plain view up to the front door. The SSS doesn't know who any of the pruners are, but the pruners also don't know they (partially) work for the SSS. This suggests that both clients and assassins are restricted to specific parts of the estate. Meaning there's potentially plenty of room to hide someone.
>The operatives aren't supposed to be around each other without express permission from Shopkeeper. The others know Yor has a family, but they don't know anything about them. Hemlock only just saw Loid for the first time. No one has seen Anya.

>>281162299
>>281162347
>>281162409
I love Bond so much.

We saw how obnoxious Anya can be just by receiving a Stella.
I dread to see what she's like if she found out she was royalty.

>>281175252
She would be assassinated by the SSS.

>>281175252
It's near impossible that anyone alive is royalty unless we have time travel now too. At most, it would be royal blood.

>>281176146
Even royal blood would be bragging rights for the great peanut.

>>281176146
Lab experiments to continue the royal line and make them more powerful. Anya is the result of that.

Would you like Franky/Fiona more if Fiona actually smiled?

>>281176740
Franky doesn't deserve someone who sees him as a silver medal.

>>281171411
>and the way Yor refers to everyone who's not Yuri with a polite honorific.
How would this one cause issues? Or are you thinking she might eventually stop using honorifics for Loid and Anya?

>>281176740
Fiona looks eerie when she smiles.

>>281176740
If people will stop calling it Fionky.

>>281177509
Fuck you, Fionky is adorable as a ship name.

>>281177509
How about "Fraona"?

>>281177509
The Japanese portmanteau would probably be FuraFi.
FuraFi...furafi...fluffy.
Wait, seriously? It's literally fluffy.

>>281173326
Axeman is so fucking retarded, christ

>>281173326
"How would Europe be different if there was no Christmas?" is an interesting foundation for worldbuilding, which this manga will just use as an excuse instead of an opportunity.

>>281173436
Fanart will continue to pick up the slack.

>>281177509
The only people who ever talk about it speak English and they've already latched onto that.

>>281178021
>>281178210
Would go with Frankfall since Japanese fans can her Nightfall way more often than her pseudonym.
But no one cares for them to any significant degree since a quick search only turns up a handful of results whether it's フラとば or フラフィオ. It's really funny given how quickly people took to Henry/Martha, Yuri/Chloe, and now Hemlock/Millie when Franky/Fiona's dynamic existed before the anime.

>>281163343
I just pretend this is from one of the Forgers' overseas holidays (for the mission)

>>281178964
Just like that commercial for green tea.
Clearly an overseas holiday paid for by WISE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKjlhbHJIlE

>>281162299
>>281162347
>>281162409
WIT and Clover are gonna stretch the hell out of this one

>>281179026
Agent Twilight. why are you looking at Yor Briar like that?

>>281178882
Chloe is cute.

>>281174603
Too much crack for me because Anya remembers her mother as someone who wanted them both to escape where they were, whether it was Garden or the facility. If it's Garden, why would her mom be working for them now? If it's the facility, why would she let Anya be left alone while she was able to escape and go back to Garden? There's some darker turns he could write to answer for those questions, but I don't know if Axeman is willing to vilify these characters anymore.
And Garden isn't the only remnant. It's suggested that Eden has some old connections as well since it's existed for over five centuries and labels its most decorated students "Imperial Scholars". For all we know there could be other groups of people among the societal elite who graduated from there who secretly idolize the old empire over the current surveillance state.

>>281173326
>Axeman is a Santa denier

>>281178843
Speaking of, the fanart has been incredible this arc. I'm really going to miss it now that it's over.

>>281179351
I also grabbed a Damianya one because the Damianyafags have been really cool this arc. Here's to a continued relationship of us not being at each other's throats over ships that aren't even rivals. Cheers, Damianyafags. I hope you get something cute too in the coming months.

>>281179351
Yeah it's been bretty good, but I do want more pictures of Yor in love making faces at Loid. More like pic related.
I need to see her looking at him with love in her eyes and using her lightning reflexes to hide it.

Soon.
And by soon I mean 4 years from now.

>>281179373
How did Damian end up scoring such a dumb peanut?

>>281179373
Cheers

>tfw no comfy baseball chapter with barely disguised allegory to the Hanshin Tigers - Yomiuri Giants rivalry
MAKE IT HAPPEN AXEMAN

>>281179319
It's very crack and you are absolutely right that it has holes in it. I'm just looking for something with a little more substance than Anya is royalty just because she knows the language.
>I don't know if Axeman is willing to vilify these characters anymore.
Shopkeeper is still blatantly an antagonist so I don't think that one's valid. Everyone else is up in the air, though. Gympie is loyal to Yor, but I don't know what she'd be like with others. I think Hemlock could go either way, even with Yor.
>And Garden isn't the only remnant. It's suggested that Eden has some old connections
Eden was founded during the era of the dead empire, but it doesn't consider itself part of it. Garden is the only institution that still considers itself part of the dead empire.

>>281173877
Underrated

>>281179385
I'm hoping the upcoming subplot (?) of Loid investigating his wife involves lots of situations like this. The fact that Yor asked Anya to keep her feelings a secret and then immediately almost told Loid anyway makes me think she's going to suck at hiding it.

>>281179351
cute

>>281180224
>reads every volume of Spy x Family
>is still not able to admit Yor is an assassin

>>281162448
take a shower you obese skunk

>>281180321
She's just really good at yoga obviously.

>>281162990
He was watching the Yapongese channel

>>281180321
>>281180419
I cannot wait for him to realize Garden is real just to see the mental gymnastics he starts going through to excuse his strangely combat-focused, ultra acrobatic, superhuman wife.
I also really want Franky to start to suspect first just to see Loid struggle to justify it.

Someone broke Anya's arm.
And Loid is either horrified, or unsubtly staring at his wife

>>281180829
>Who could this "thorn princess" be?
>Hey Loid-san, have you seen my sai polish?
>Uh, I think its in the laundry Yor-san

>>281180885
Forgot pic

Yor should let her hair down more often since it's her best look.
That chapter where she moved and let her hair loose was bait. She has since kept it up most of the time and it slightly disappoints me.

>>281178882
>It's really funny given how quickly people took to Henry/Martha, Yuri/Chloe, and now Hemlock/Millie when Franky/Fiona's dynamic existed before the anime.
I like Franky/Fiona, but even I can admit that it feels like a bad end for both of them. Yuri/Chloe and Henderson/Martha are objectively good for both characters. Hemlock/Millie not so much, but at least it doesn't have an uncomfortable undercurrent to it, especially now that Hemlock's obsession with Yor seems to be officially down to jealousy rather than being secretly in love with her. (I think he backtracked on this because everyone and their mother figured it out.)
Franky/Fiona isn't like that. It feels like settling on both their parts. The most in-character outcome is that Fiona will always prefer Loid and seeing him with Yor will continue to cause her pain, but even if she does start to value Franky for his own merits, Franky will always feel like he's in the shadow of his best friend. Maybe Loid never would've wanted Fiona, but she never would've been in the position to give up on him unless he was irrevocably in love with Yor.

>>281179373
They also got a bone thrown to them in the last chapter with Becky teasing Anya over liking him, it just comes down to Damian extending a real olive branch now. Anya's only problem with him is that he's always picking fights with her.

>>281180885
>>281180901
he's staring at Anya, not Yor

>>281181686
Not him, but I think you missed the joke. Look at Anya's arm.

>>281180901
BOND, WHY DIDN'T YOU PREDICT THIS

>>281181145
>I think he backtracked on this because everyone and their mother figured it out.
I think it's more that people commenting on Jump+ really didn't like Hemlock after his second chapter, even if they were also suspicious of him secretly liking Yor after all. So he pivoted to immediately setting up a possible coupling with Millie to redeem him since that's his go-to for salvaging characters.
He did make some really odd comments directed specifically towards her that don't line up with the explanations given: he was looking out for Gympie somehow by fighting Yor; Yor's fake marriage visibly irritates him but he also throws in her friend groups and family with caveats for Yuri; McMahon was exempt from his ire despite having a real marriage. I still think it all only makes sense if he's bitter that he's not the one in a relationship with Yor, over the convoluted explanation that he thinks she's grown weak for perceived attachment to her cover when he used to admire her for having true strength like him because of isolation (except Yuri doesn't count).

>>281180518
Lol weeb

>>281173877
Kek

>>281173908
Ah yeah that might be why

>>281181145
its not a bad end for them though, Fiona's obsession with Twilight isn't healthy especially when she knows he is in love with Yor.
Franky's problem is he doesn't know how to be himself around women so comes across as the 5ft desperate jewish guy he is. Around Fiona Franky is himself. Fiona's ice cold heart doesn't intimidate Franky.

>>281181876
>So he pivoted to immediately setting up a possible coupling with Millie to redeem him
This is really fucking unfortunate if it's true. Hemlock falling in love with the person Yor used to be and lashing out because someone else not only got to her first, but then changed her to someone he no longer recognized is way more interesting than just being a retard that's jealous that she's happier than he is.
>I still think it all only makes sense if he's bitter that he's not the one in a relationship with Yor
This exactly. This is dumb, but I'm going to hold out hope that Axeman hasn't dropped this completely. Let Hemlock realize later on that his negative feelings were nuanced. Maybe Yor herself even explains to him what love is to her and he realizes that was part of it all along. Let him grow from that.

>>281181145
I think it's because she's never shown any depth to her personality or capacity to change who she is. Even the mild "take care of yourself" scolding she got, not even in the main story but in an extra, was said by Twilight after every other character said she'd kill herself one day. There's nothing guiding her except "loves Twilight" and even that's called into question with her reaction to Handler cutting her off and Anya being perplexed at the particular way Yor loves Loid.
I think ultimately Axeman has to knock her down a few pegs and let Franky have a real discussion with her outside of their business transactions.

>>281182042
>Fiona's obsession with Twilight isn't healthy
It's very unhealthy but the situation is kind of complicated. Fiona isn't just in love with Twilight. She's obsessed with him. Accepting that you lost and the person you love doesn't want you is already a bitch, but Fiona has built her entire life around this guy.
She feels kind of analogous to Yuri in a way, but Yuri gets to keep Yor. He just has to learn to share her. The special place for him in her heart isn't going away.
Fiona isn't that lucky. Loid can't give Fiona even a fraction of what she wants/needs from him. He's building something that she isn't a part of. Personally, I don't see her ever completely getting over Twilight. I think she could potentially find love with someone else, but it has to be far away where she can't see him and Yor being happy together.

>>281182916
Fiona never really had a chance since Operation Strix has gone on for too long with Yor in the picture.

>>281182916
It's always been different from Yuri because Yuri always simultaneously had feelings of inadequacy about himself, and Axeman positioned him as Twilight's rival not in the romantic sense but in the intelligence sense. Even outside of Yor, there's a personality to him that bounces off his other co-workers and the people he interacts with.
Nightfall does not have this and it's written like a deliberate choice on her part. There's nothing to her outside of her obsession since she doesn't even have a social circle at WISE, let alone her cover. Axeman should just send her back to Westalis in the end and have her correspond with Franky via mail to leave their relationship ambiguous, since it's been over three years now and it still hasn't caught on.

Handler meeting Yor chapter when?
Bonus points for her immediately noticing that something isn't right with her.

>>281183308
I have wanted this so bad for so long.

>>281183200
[REDACTED] fell in love with Yor at first sight.

>>281183308
only if Yor mentions the time they did meet when Sylvia allowed Bond to join the family.
>ah you must have met my sister who works for the government... canine division.

>>281183308
Handler will notice something is suspicious about Yor and she'll also get a front row seat to Twilight being a bad spy just like Nightfall did.

After the confession last chapter I wouldn't be surprised if Handler will also be able to immediately identify Yor's feelings too. And wonder how in the world Twilight is struggling when the wife is already enamored by him.
If fun to think about but I don't think Axeman would do it.

>>281183308
>Twilight...are you aware that you married a cleaner?
>Yor does keep our apartment spotless, but I don't know what that has to do with anything, Handler.

>>281173877

>>281182311
>Hemlock falling in love with the person Yor used to be and lashing out because someone else not only got to her first, but then changed her to someone he no longer recognized
Maybe because that's basically Fiona's character? Except I guess directing that frustration towards Yor herself is more interesting than being catty towards the person who "ruined" her.

>>281180224
It's more likely that he's going to observe her in the background like he does Anya over actually getting to know her on a personal level. His line about perfectly understanding her ecology before continuing his Desmond mission was more or less made more palatable with the English translation.

>>281177471
It's possible she might. She still speaks politely with Yuri but doesn't use honorifics with him. Loid is also very careful about how he addresses her in public by not adding an honorific. So they might eventually drop them when they become fully comfortable with one another, with Yor including Anya since Loid doesn't use honorifics for her either.

>>281184893
>Loid is confused
Does he not know how babies are made?

>>281186069
I think he's confused about what Anya is doing but thinking babies come from the stork would be adorable for a grown man who has had sex with dozens of women.

>>281168978
But Great Pyrenees are supposed to be big sheep dogs that live in the mountains and fight off wolves...

>>281170767
And it was the cheap stuff.

>>281170280
Yes. The commie government didn’t like it but they also weren’t persecuting Christians as much as pre-WWII Russia. They mainly just tried to suppress the religious references and rebrand it as a generic end of year festival. It would make sense for the Forgers to avoid the traditional Christmas aesthetic, with Yuri looking for any excuse to arrest Loid.

>>281163859
Makes sense for Yor.
She probably went too much into work mode when picking it: that collar minimizes chances of lethal attacks from other animals. That's the reason they exist in the first place, to protect sheperd/guard doga from wolves: the neck is a vital spot, and once it's attacked the dog can do nothing to save itself.

>>281187647
but the christmas fanart is cute and wholesome

>>281187677

>>281183359
Someday...

>>281187667
>Bond wanted to wear the safety collar that Yor got him
Cute.

Sooner or later the worst fumble in Loids plan will happen: finding out that he missed Anyas birthday by a week.

>>281188811
>one year passes
>Yor asks Loid why they never celebrated Anya's birthday

>>281185083
They're very similar when you put it like that, but I don't know. Somehow they still feel different. Maybe it's the personalities of everyone involved.
>I guess directing that frustration towards Yor herself is more interesting than being catty towards the person who "ruined" her.
That's part of it, but I also think losing wouldn't be devastating to Hemlock the way it is to Fiona. Part of what makes Fiona annoying is that she won't take no for an answer. No matter how many times Loid rejects her or she sees and acknowledges clear evidence of him falling for his wife, she keeps coming back. She can't comprehend life without him. It's not endearing. It's pathetic.
Hemlock is more independent. Yor rebukes him, and he's clearly shaken, but he backs off and reevaluates. Unlike Fiona, he can learn a lesson. The pain doesn't go away, but he's not going to make it Yor's problem in the future. Even with his solitude schtick, I believe that to be the case.
Finally, I think Hemlock is just less delusional than Fiona. There is no reality, with or without Yor, where Loid ends up with Fiona. But Yor is not anti-relationship the way Loid is. Both of them struggled deeply with loneliness and have been through many of the same hardships. And Yor is hardly choosy. If Hemlock had approached her before Loid had, there's a real chance they'd be together now. Being frustrated that your autism was too great until it was too late can be endearing, especially if you're willing to eventually cut your losses and move on.

tl;dr they're similar, but Hemlock feels like he could've been a better version of Fiona.

>>281187717
This is the illustration that >>281173326 is referencing. Axeman going out of his way to really Christmas up the trees does make it seem like they probably do have some kind of holiday around this time, even if it's not Christmas.

>>281187717
I love this image

>>281179045
Was there any stretched episodes in season 2? I didn't actually bother to watch the anime except for the castle episode that I was informed was extended for the anime, and of course the episode of Becky losing to Yor

>>281191891
Nothing was extended after the first cour of season 1, but there were two anime exclusive half episodes in the second cour of season 1 and one in season 2.

>>281192232
I'll look into it thanks

>>281192314
Mama Becomes the Wind is the only one anyone ever talks about, but all three are cute.

Using Scarface as a disguise to interrogate Yor is the dumbest thing Twilight has ever done. The lieutenant is close to Yuri and they are regularly together. If he's ever at Yuri's apartment when Yor visits or they run into her in public, Yor will recognize him immediately.
This will set off a chain reaction because he has never actually approached her. It's a dead giveaway that Twilight was pushing her for some reason. Why? Is she a leak? Is she a threat? Is it her husband? Is it her brother? Why would he be so nervous about the SSS's most junior member?
It's a powder keg waiting to go off and there are so many different ways it could go wrong.

>>281181374
I also want to believe that none of her Damian visions had snot bubbles or bulging eyes because a part of Anya has just a little, teeny, very small bit more care for him after the dance.
Of course, I'm probably overthinking it and it could very well be back to snotty noses the next time she thinks about Plan B, but I'll take what crumbs I can get.

>>281187717
>Loid has a car
>made Yor bum a ride from someone else when she moved in
The manners on this spy.

Lloyd and Yor 21 sex page when?

>>281195812
What do you mean? It already happened.

>>281195856
>that face
Did she kill him?

>>281162409
I like Bond, but I dread his chapters. He's a really flat character and it's hard for him to do anything without Anya.

Anya has to take a dump

>>281179406
We better be there four years from now. If this manga isn't at endgame four years from now, I'm going to die. It can't go much more than 200 chapters, can it?

I want Damian to be adopted by the Forgers, I don't care if that would make Anya his sister. Save him from that crap family.

>>281198250
Turns out the Japanese bad guy solution is LCL again

>>281196754
No she's been insta pregg'ed

>>281196754
She drained him dry

>>281198250
Melinda's nice. I was suspicious of her for the longest time, but these days it really does seem like she's just gay for Yor.

>>281197537
He's a dog that's living in comfort and leisure. There's not much he has to worry about besides having anxiety due to his visions. It's his past that's relevant for other characters to dig into.

>>281199768
She's fucking her butler and you know it.

>probably have to wait another 1 or 2 years before we see the Damianya slow dance animated
>probably have to wait 3 years to get Yor realising her feelings

>>281200915
It's a 50/50 chance on both being season 4 or the latter being pushed to season 5. There's precedent for both.
That said, if this thing with Loid materializes into something soon, I imagine they'll want to keep that and the Garden arc together for the sake of cohesiveness since the Loid subplot seems to pair with the ending of the Garden arc. Others have guessed it will be like the Melinda subplot. i.e. something that builds in the background for a while before eventually culminating in a proper arc.

>>281202055
Would they even make a Season 4?

>>281202055
>increased frequency of chapters that drip feed LoidYor development
Nice.
>it takes two and a half years to pay off
Fuck. I guess I could see it, though. That may be close to the end or at least the last quarter (assuming we're at least half way through), which would be a good time for feelings realization on Loid's part.

>>281202394
Despite all the stalling and glacial pace this series prints money. There's no reason for them not to continue milking it with more anime seasons.

>>281200915
We know they're going to go through the mole arc but it's not guaranteed they'll stop there. I think there's a decent shot of reaching the Authens given how fast they go through chapters.
But then again they've finally gotten rid of Okouchi and Furuhashi, so the pacing may end up completely different.

>>281195856
But she wasn't sober...

>>281203034
It really does. Allegedly, SxF is one of only three ongoing manga that sells more than 600k per volume. The other two are Hunter x Hunter and One Piece.
Axeman can't rest on his laurels, though. Sales have hit pre-anime numbers and Jump+ views went down by over a million from late 2023 to late 2024. The good news is that views at least sound like they've stabilized at around three million per chapter in the past year. Seems like these past two arcs are winning people over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX1S2bjG-1s
Why'd no one tell me about this? (not that I could understand them anyway)

>>281204178
I'm still waiting for some fanart or a doujin where they use that face as Yor's O face.

>>281204550
>leg lock

>>281204550
It'll be glorious

>>281204429
I saw a small ad about it but disregarded it because cast podcasts like this are pretty meandering and fluffy. If there was a Q&A interview of the cast maybe that would be more interesting since it'd be more focused, but these are more for seiyuu fans.

>>281195812
>>281204178
they go at it when Yor's been drinking...

>>281204388
I agree that refocusing the story back on the main characters instead of the side characters looks like it has helped to stabilize the readership. The last ten or so chapters have centered around Loid, Anya, or Yor's stories and make it feel like the manga's finding its footing again.
It's kind of sad that Axeman's bad habit of jumping around side story issues over making a continuous narrative has eroded audience trust though. Plenty of app users commented that they look forward to seeing more of the family and ships, and I think the long period of ignoring them so stubbornly did weaken their investment in this series.

>>281184893
happily pregnant Yor's are among the most blessed things that exist within all of fanart.

>>281200092
When she's physically protecting Yor and outing her identity in public to hold her hands while she's at it?

>>281209422

>>281210348
It just occurred to me that Yor could get identity revealed to Melinda by repelling a different (non-Garden) assassin sent to kill her.
Kek. Imagine the Desmonds end up learning the Forgers' identities before the other Forgers do.

>>281176367
>Anya becomes the NBR onee-chan
ffffff

>>281200915
>he thinks this is ever getting animated
You'll be lucky to get another chapter at this rate.

>>281210543
Well Damian is supposed to already "know" Anya's secret.

>>281203659
If they do get to the term finals, the ski trip would be an awesome final episode. Or opener for season 4. Probably more likely to be an opener based on how they seem to like opening on family episodes.

>>281211261
I feel like the ski lodge chapter would be the perfect season 4 opener since it's a bottle episode focused on just the four of them. Season 1 and 2 ended on what ended up being Loid focused chapters, but I don't think it was intentional. As long as their last episode isn't focused on a side character like Franky or something, they'll probably be comfortable with either the dance party, Yor and Anya helping Mr. Authen, or even the final exams. Those have at least one of the Forgers at the center of the story, so they'd be decent places to end on.

kek

>>281202055
It all depends on how quickly they want to produce season 4. There's been enough of a gap between season 3 and 4 that Axeman's finally given them enough material that they won't immediately catch up to the manga storyline once they run through it. The issue is that they seem really averse to stretching the existing stories or adding filler in the anime, but that may change with the staff being changed here. I'm not sure how much control they have versus the studio and Shueisha telling them what they can and can't do with it since they have less name recognition and the IP itself is pretty big.

>>281194080
Well, all those expressions are accurate depictions of the kinds of faces he makes around her instead of that exaggerated round eyed snot nosed image she has in her imagination. So it seems like Anya is seeing him for what he is. Damian really just needs to stop being such a shit to her already though. I'm not sure what it's going to take at this point.

I like when Yor makes this face :>

>>281213419

>>281179635
Anya doesn't have to be royalty, she just might be connected to the old empire in someway. Aliens are not even being 100% excluded from this explanation because the world is just fantastical enough for Axeman to throw it in.

>>281181108
She's been letting it down more and more, and she's been taking her earrings out, too.

>>281204550
weird forearms and stubby fingers on Yor. Deeply unerotic image

>>281197607
I’ll help her!

>>281215639
well it is westoid art

>>281215639

>>281214498
>she just might be connected to the old empire in someway
This is very reasonable. It's the royalty part that's a leap. We have a few characters with potential suggested connections to royalty. Anya isn't one of them. Her being an alien unironically has way more behind it.
>the world is just fantastical enough for Axeman to throw it in.
Said fantastical elements also all tilt sci-fi in nature rather than fantasy or supernatural. The movie isn't canon, but the cyborg supersoldier as a member of the Ostanian military is a contribution from Axeman himself. I don't know where I stand on the alien question, but if Axeman considers the aforementioned reasonable for the setting, aliens aren't that out there.

>>281216332
yeah but Melinda is schizophrenic.

>>281211092
And if Donovan really can read minds, he already knows Loid's. The rule of threes requires that Melinda learn about Yor. I demand somebody (attempts to) kill her.

>>281215639
They have plenty of others to choose from.

>>281162990
Be grateful Axeman remembers we use forks and not chopsticks

>>281217167
The omurice I can excuse because Loid worked as a chef, it's easy and kids can be picky.
Doesn't make sense for it to be available at Eden however.

>>281214408
Anya needs to be more proactive. She used to embarrass them all the time. Now she just thinks about how their flirting is annoying.

>>281217308
>She used to embarrass them all the time
Well Axeman doesnt write family chapters unless interest starts to drop. So she doesnt get the chance to anymore.

>s3 has to start with some anime only episode because there's no chapter featuring all of them to use
Grim

>>281217385
He's been better lately so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that this will get better too. We've had a lot of major events recently.
>Garden is out of the bag and on the table
>Yor has had feelings realization
>increased attention to Anya's backstory
>Desmond plot bomb
>Loid on a subplot to start more closely watching his wife
Development for Loid, especially pertaining to the family, is one of the things needed to round this out.
I think the next six months will tell us a lot about Axeman's intentions and whether this is an intentional shift or a key jingling.

>>281218705
I better expect plenty of funnies from Loid watching his wife.

>>281215208
It's especially messy looking in 120. I don't know why Axeman wanted her to look that relaxed and unguarded, but it's very cute.

>>281213410
I really thought it would be the jealousy and Becky pointing out that if he doesn't make a move fast, Anya might run off with a prince. But yeah, he was just right back to yelling again. Kids are dumb, what can you do.

What do the SxF cast smell like

>>281220462
>Anya
peanuts!
>Yor
blood, sweat and vodka!
>Loyd
expensive cologne (that contains pheromones to better trick women and a bit of poison)
>donovan
cum

>>281162299
Kek. Blood type autism doesnt exist outside of east Asia.

I fucking love Yor so much. Would she be a good wife?

Do not reply to the shizo faggot tourist directly above this post that only shows up to post about how lonely he is while also talking about his literal cuck fantasies.

>>281220462
>>281220506
>Yor
Didn't the cruise arc establish that she has no scent at all?

They are perfect for each other!

>>281221964
>[REDACTED] has mommy issues
>gets a physically fierce and protective but emotionally gentle mommy wife
Yep, he won.

>>281216382
Have you heard the saying "just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you?" You can be nuts and still be correct.
Even if she's wrong about Donovan, she may know something we don't that gave her the idea in the first place.

>>281221576
>Didn't the cruise arc establish that she has no scent at all?
What?!? That ruins her, I want to choke on Yor's powerful pussy stench!

>>281213410
>I'm not sure what it's going to take at this point.
Getting rid of Tweedledum and Tweedledee. They're the ones that keep killing any development. Need a whole chapter where both of them are sick or something, so Damian is all alone without them to egg him on.

I hope Yor dies

>>281222608
…surrounded by the loving family she sired with Loid.

>>281222175
Yor feet

>>281222257
I don't think it's just them. Axeman has said he gravitates towards ideas that don't seriously develop the story. He does a lot of Eden so that should probably tell you what he thinks of it.
SxF is not episodic and Eden shouldn't be either. I guess he thinks it's more acceptable to constantly reset the relationship of first graders than the adults. While sort of true, he overdoes it.
Even if he doesn't want to develop them, just break the repetitiveness. You know what would be so cute? Anya's B Plan. Bring Damian over to the apartment. Get them in a different environment and away from the other kids. Full marks if they make it into a family chapter and we get insight from Damian on if his family was ever like this or if they've always been neurotic.

>>281223224
I hope they smell!
>>281222662
Loid can do better. Yor is a drunk and violent woman who can't do chores

>two more weeks

She is so beautiful.

>>281217064
How has Axeman still not done a chapter of them sharing a room?

>>281224925
We know, Yuri…

If you had to rate the series right now, what rating would you give it, anon?

>>281218705
I'm still not fully convinced that the Anya backstory and Melinda testimony stuff isn't just more key jingling from him since he didn't spend more time expanding on them once he put it out.
At least here with Yor realizing her feelings, that's not something he can just undo and she gives completely correct reasons for why it has to be a secret between her and Anya for now. It's why I think the next long running arc he should write about should feature Bond and Project Apple, since that can really start connecting those different parts and because it's also something he's been vaguely teasing for a while.

>>281225801
He did, the ski lodge chapter but skipped over any jokes about that.

>>281227986
Loid was out all night so they didn't actually end up sharing. I'm half mad at Axeman for having the audacity to tease it and then not follow through, but since the purpose was to get Yor to panic and run outside so everything could get pinned on her and Loid could take that extremely personally, I'm willing to forgive it.

>>281227986
He needs to do it at their apartment so that there's no weaseling out of it for them, especially since they weren't even going to share a bed at the ski lodge. Everyone is expecting Yuri to force them into it because he's their most belligerent and regular visitor.

>>281228606
I don't expect them to share a bed until late in the series but a chapter where Yuri stays over would be great

Are slav women really like Yor?

I wish Yor met some assassin as powerful as she is and got raped

>>281222104
He truly could not have gotten luckier.

>friendzoned by your own husband
Loid is such an asshole.

>>281223350
I think he should be making Eden less about Anya and Damian and more about Anya just acclimating to the school and finding more things she's interested in. The new semester chapters seemed like it was going to be about that but since then Axeman's gone back to just having them bicker or focusing on Damian's tsundere stuff. I miss when there were actual childrearing and nurturing chapters in this manga.

>>281230569
No, he's a guy who has spent years of his life lying to people and playing pretend to get a job done. Him having a harder time embracing his real feelings for Yor is understandable.

>>281227668
The therapy session with Melinda was the pay off for her subplot. Most importantly, it plants the seed in Loid's head about the potential existence of telepaths and aliens. Let's say we get the arc you proposed on Project Apple and Sylvia reports that there were murmurings of a sister project that was purported to have resulted in psychic abilities. Loid's kneejerk reaction to dismiss that is halted by the memory of his conversation with Melinda.
This is why I consider this groundwork opposed to key jingling. Even if the therapy sessions don't continue, I feel like the one did what it needed to. Something else just needs to pick up that thread and carry it through the next leg.
>It's why I think the next long running arc he should write about should feature Bond and Project Apple
This would have to be a family or Loid arc since I feel like Loid has to learn anything that's uncovered by this. If we just get a flashback for Bond, it doesn't move the needle at all. It's not like Loid or Yor where their pasts don't necessarily affect the future, but can massively recontextualize the people they are in the present. Bond's not complex enough for that to matter.

>>281231048
>since then Axeman's gone back to just having them bicker or focusing on Damian's tsundere stuff
We only had the one jealousy chapter after the new semester though. Then it moved on to Yor's thing.
You could count the argument from the recent chapter, but I feel like that was just there so Becky could give the advice that Anya would pass on to Yor.

>>281231292
I do count that argument and also the fact that their one solo class together had Damian flipping out at her once they realized they'd be learning together. It's not helped by how he treated her at the winter festival and made her cry there too. It just doesn't feel worth it anymore to see him reluctantly apologize after he acts unnecessarily mean to her in the first place. I'd rather Axeman keep them apart and develop them separately first than to keep repeating that. Damian with his family is more interesting to observe at this point in the story anyway.

>>281231802
I think instead of a jealousy arc it should have been an Anya avoiding Damian arc because he was too mean, returning to the status quo makes it feel bottle-y.

>>281232718
They're both too mean to each other.

>>281231185
He's already completely dismissed it in his thoughts about their session, and given his dismissal of Franky's rumors about Garden, he's acts stubborn when he lacks hard proof. It's like Anya's confession to Damian: a plot point that was so huge it feels like it's supposed to matter more, but amounted to key jingling for the foreseeable future. Same with Yuri suspecting Loid of being Twilight, now that I think about it. It's the kind of thing that should immediately flow into the next storyline or plot arc, but they just end up getting put aside until more people start dropping it again.
But if Axeman's serious about really weaving a plot then right now, he should be focusing more on Anya's origins, the secrets Donovan is hiding, and the way Project Apple might connect the two. Tying together all the elements he's kept separate for so long looks like the best path forward from here.

>>281233792
right now he should be giving Loid a trail to Garden because of Yor, even if he dismisses it because Yor is his blind spot.

>>281209422
I thought there would be even more, but she has a lot as is.

>>281161964
youre a dump

>>281233792
I think you're being unfair here. Telepathy is not supposed to exist. It's not unreasonable for him to not immediately follow up on it, especially when it's presented by an unstable patient. That doesn't mean he's going to just forget this happened if it comes up again later in a more substantial context.
>everything else
Every single one of your examples has problems, but the only one that should've had immediate follow up was the confession. Damian thinking Anya is bullshitting him is technically reasonable, but identity reveal is such a huge deal in this manga that I agree this should've had immediate consequences. Though Anya had to break character for this to even happen so the whole thing was a travesty.

I don't disagree that this manga has a serious problem with feeling like a mishmash of plot threads rather than a cohesive narrative, but that can be true at the same time as "not everything needs an immediate follow up."

>>281235527
>Though Anya had to break character for this to even happen so the whole thing was a travesty.
I think I'm just always going to be upset that Becky wasn't the first one Anya tried to trust with her secret. It just doesn't add up when Becky has unfailingly been in her corner and admires most of Anya's quirks.

>>281235527
>>281236361
please understand, Axeman needed to impress the idorus...
I kind of think Anya telling the wrong person her secret is in character, but also I don't think telling Becky would be good... the whole school would know by the end of the week and Anya would be collected by Project Apple.

>>281219808
That's how she tends to look when she's getting more attached to her fake family.

>>281236627
Not saying she had to tell Becky, but she should've wanted to tell her before Damian. Give Anya a reason for not doing it before that, whether Becky is too untrustworthy to keep a secret like that or not as accepting of something that strange as she initially appeared.

>>281236694
I don't think Becky is untrustworthy, she's just young and would be excited about Anya's cool ability and the secret would be out quickly.

>>281210580
And she would be good at it.

>>281226227
What are they talking about?

>>281236627
Anya would have absolutely nothing to worry about if Becky told everyone at school... Because she'd be back at the orphanage after Loid abandons her.

>>281197985
You think it's more than half-way done?

>>281233939
It would be interesting if Axeman started connecting WISE to Garden after he's already had WISE and the SSS directly face off and shown that Garden deals with the SSS. I don't know if he'd make a direct connection between Loid and Yor though; he might be more comfortable letting the side characters brush past each other, especially since that's low risk for him.

>>281227259
8.5/10
It's very good once you actually read it back to back instead of waiting two weeks, a month, or more for a new chapter

>>281232718
Anon it says do not repost, what would Yor think of you doing such a thing

>>281189993
I don't really disagree with any of this, I just think it's giving Hemlock a lot of credit where Axeman didn't afford him much. I think he doesn't realize how some of the things he writes comes off to readers, since Hemlock's defeat is supposed to embarrass him for the audience, but unlike Fiona who just stubbornly cried about her loss, Hemlock got a few moments of doubt where he wonders if he was wrong all along.
And I don't know if Axeman has ever realized that he never had a moment like this for Fiona when he decided to start manufacturing sympathy for her; it doesn't seem like it since he completely missed the mark with what her main character flaw was in the previous short mission. That's why I think he automatically went to teasing Hemlock with Millie the same way he immediately introduced Franky to Fiona the next time she got added back into the story. Instead of consciously deciding to let them regret their actions, he just pairs them off with someone single the way Abe intended, I guess for a redemption.

>>281238508
My money is on 65%. It hasn't been six years because Axeman develops things slowly. It's because his update schedule is ass and he stalls between meaningful developments. What's left at this point that won't be reserved for the final quarter? Yor's backstory and a bit more development for Loid? Maybe a smidge more about the research teams from Project Apple?

>>281240146
>what would Yor think of you doing such a thing

>>281240951
Axeman thinks Loid isn't as compromised as fans think, so he's obviously pulled the brakes on third quarter development.
Expect more school filler.

>>281241560
>86 chapters in
>one door out of a hundred in his heart is opened
We're getting 8600 chapters fellas!

Any chance we get a Yor vs Donovan later on?

>>281243959
An actual fight? There's no conceivable way he'd survive. But if you mean will she ever be tasked with killing him, that's possible. There's a decent chance that Twilight vs Thorn Princess will happen because Yor will either be tasked with killing Donovan or protecting him.

>>281243959
>>281244233
Yor stands no chance. Donovan can read her mind, how can she hope to defeat someone who can know exactly what she's thinking and planning right as she does?

>>281244311
That's dumb, hornyposter. She'd just put a stiletto through his skull. Knowing she's about to drive a sharp object through his face doesn't magically give him the tools to prevent this from happening. She can outrun a car. What's he going to do?

>>281244502
Bring in another one of the government funded mass produced bulls (operatives) to properly restrain Yor and rape her
But seriously, I'm surprised they haven't replicated Yor's training and drug fueled process to mass produce supersoldiers. Garden seems surprisingly inefficient by letting all these autists (like the silence autist from last chapter) walk around unsupervised and not making a proper program to create legions of supersoldiers to win the war already.

>>281236361
>>281236694
I just thought it was a spur of the moment thing. He asked and she was just "yeah".

>>281244633
Shopkeeper is autistically obsessed with the Mitera empire. Maybe he'll only take people that can trace their roots back to it and there aren't that many of them or something.

>>281244929
No wonder they're losing the war!

>>281241560
Is Loid the most inconsistent character in terms of development? I know the kids get reset, but Loid seems to move backwards. This isn't "not as compromised as fans think." This is "actively at odds with behavior from almost 100 chapters ago."

>>281241865
I don't remember the exact quote, but I think it was more that these events were only opening one door out of a hundred at a time. Not that literally only one door had been opened total.

How many years will Yor remain fertile if she marries right now?

>>281239164
The SSS is pretty good at identifying WISE agents that aren't Twilight. Maybe they could uncover another one and pass their identity to Garden as another job.
I wonder how Sylvia or Fiona would do in a Garden encounter? Probably not well. Maybe Axeman could bring the rookie back just to kill him off?

>>281247927
Why only Garden has supersoldiers?

>>281162865
When did this happen!???

>>281176740
I fucking hate it.

>>281248756
They got plot armor

>>281249391
Two weeks ago. Chapter 120.

>>281161764 (OP)
nwe

>>281251018
neat
here's how Fiona can still win

>>281236361
It should have never happened. Anya desperately hiding her telepathy is one of the most consistent parts of her character. It could've been good character development if Axeman wanted her to start to struggle with keeping it all to herself, but one, he would've need to show that first, and two, it should've been Becky. This thing with Damian felt out of nowhere and unearned. The two are barely friends.

If someone looked at me like that I'd spill all my secrets too.

I miss Freddy.

>>281247927
Sylvia would kick ass but the rust would see her lose

>>281223983
>>281223224
Footfags deserve the rope

>>281247927
They would all fail miserably against Daybreak.

>>281223983
>>281223224
Footchads deserve eternal respect.

>>281162448
funny nuts

>>281162299
>>281161964
poop dumps

>>281254831
Part of [REDACTED]'s training was to call her Mommy.

>>281252106
...the Franky bowl!

>>281257553
Go for Hemlock instead. Save him from Millie.

>>281162409
Thank you for posting.

>>281257553
If you want me to dislike this, don't show me Fiona having a human side to her.

>>281259134
It's not about liking or disliking it, it's just inevitable.

>>281257063
Why is Yor the only operative that strong?

>>281260055
Strong woman = funny [raughs]

>>281260443
More like makes me fucking horny

>>281253876
what, I would just feel really concerned for him but not try to pry any deeper

Plot progress when?

>>281261827
Only when we get more Yor focus. Unironically.

>>281261913
Why is Axeman like this?

>>281179406
This but between Twilight and Anya.

>>281187647
>the religious references and rebrand it as a generic end of year festival.
Oh, so basically like modern liberals did with Christmas.