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The hypocrisy of being human; the constant tug between solitude and company, the desire to love so desperately and simultaneously be detached from it all, of wanting everything and wanting nothing.

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i’d give away the ability to breathe out of my left nostril if it meant i could read spy x family for the first time and experience it all over again

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DYING

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There will always be a person who looks like a poem the earth wrote to keep you alive.

Juansen Dizon

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Spy x Family volume 14: bonus chapter and official timeline translation

Volume 14 was just released and it included a ton of great extras, including an extra bonus chapter and a timeline of events! Firstly, here's my translation of the 4Koma (4 panel) bonus chapter!

Lol at Anya telling Yuri to go to work 😂 I also love how Anya has a teacup once Yor is home ❤️

Next, much to everyone's surprise, Endo provided an official timeline...sort of. It doesn't have specific years and a lot of information is redacted, but it's something! Sorry for the sloppy editing, I pasted an excel sheet over the original text since that was much easier. Also, the letters in the "Character Age" column refer to the first letter of the character ("L" for Loid for example).

Did I forget who "Coco" was or was that never actually in the manga?

Even though much of the timeline is redacted, it does confirm a few things, like how old Henry and Martha were during some past events, and in the present, as well as Loid's age when he joined the army. I also find it interesting that Anya is included even though this timeline is about the wars...was the facility she was at involved with the war somehow? 👀 Were the experiments on her related? But it also includes Franky's breakups, so who knows, lol.

Next, a bonus illustration of Damian picking his outfit for the gala, just like Jeeves mentioned in the latest chapter. Ewen is telling him to pick black since it looks more more cool and mature. But Endo says that the overlapping patterns make it hard to see, so he should pick white. Obviously being the creator, whatever Endo says goes 😅

Stella progress illustration. Anya is the only one with tonitrus...

And lastly, the main cover and inner cover featuring young and old Henderson (maybe Martha for volume 15?)

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heavy mission

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have you ever shipped something so hard that you become irrationally happy and make a sound akin to steam escaping from a kettle everytime they so much as stand next to eachother

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Wiping up Cocoa

In Spy x Family chapter 30, it's played for laughs when Anya declares Yor is the best mama because of the way she wiped up her spilled cocoa.

I just realized today that even if Endo didn't intend it to, this scene does indeed illustrate why Yor is an excellent mother.

As a mother myself, my first reaction half of the time my kids make a mistake like spilling food or liquid or even tripping and hurting themselves is "ugh, not right now". It's terrible, but the life of a parent is a steady drip of stress and tiredness to the point where oftentimes having simple compassion for a child's clumsiness is very, very difficult. Especially if the day has been full of rushing around trying to get things done, constantly telling your child to listen to you and being ignored, to annoying consequences (e.g. don't touch that! ::kid touches it immediately and breaks something::).

But Yor, who works two jobs and has lived a very difficult life, retains endless compassion and patience for Anya. Her first reaction when Anya spills hot cocoa is concern and compassion, worrying she might be hurt. Contrast this with Twilight's first reaction, which is annoyance and scolding. It's a knee-jerk reaction he doesn't bother to control.

Yor's next reaction is not even to scold Anya, but to clean it up and care for her. She doesn't scold Anya at all.

Then we see this over-the-top reaction from Anya.

This is again probably not intended by the author, but Anya grew up in a lab, then a bunch of orphanages and four adoptive families that abandoned her. She is probably used to being treated with cruelty and coldness. Being scolded for minor transgressions. It would make sense for her to gravitate toward Yor as a warm, nonjudgmental presence. A true mother figure.

The more I think about Forger family dynamics, the more I admire Yor.

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awwwwwwwwwww..

this post was the catalyst for this comic, and i was also thinking of a desi song lyric (tere dil ke sheher mein ghar mera ho gaya / in the city of your heart, my home is made) and just... hmmm.... leaving your mark.... making a house into a home..... when the marks a child inevitably leaves behind (messes, scribbles, and in this case stickers) eventually fade away as they grow older and you're left with the memories stored in what hasn't been erased....

im not verbalizing it very well but catch my drift?

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One thing (among many others) that I love about Twilight is that he doesn't care for "gender norms" in the slightest. It's evident not only from the way he treats Yor and how he doesn't question her set of skills, but from the way he raises Anya too.

This girl loves action-based spy anime? What a coincidence. This girl wants to buy a poster for the said spy anime and hang it in her room? Why not. She wants a silenced pistol as a toy? Sure, if there's one on sale. Franky says she doesn't look like a scion of a wealthy family? Let's get her some new clothes then (and not "let's teach her how to be a proper lady"). Having good grades isn't the only way to earn stellas? Great, let's try all sorts of activities that aren't stereotypically "girly". And so on.

Twilight wants Anya and Yor to be who they are and he doesn't give a damn about stereotypes.