Puzzling over the SxF timeline again
Recently, Tare theorised that current SxF has been going on for approx 3 months. Which makes sense to me, but what if we dig deeper?
Ch 27 was the release of midterm exam results, yet Ch 57 marks the end of midterm break (Anya returns to school after cruise arc). How long is this “midterm” thing, actually? And if we treat the dates as consistent, more than a month has passed between these two chapters.
Ch 28 is George’s debut and starts off with George learning his father’s company will be sold to the Desmonds, with the agreement “going into effect on the tenth of next month”. This is on a day “last month”, with the “present time” being right after the release of results. George hired a spy (Daylight) to sabotage Damian’s results (as seen in Ch 27), but failed.
In Ch 28, George admits the plot to everyone. In response to “your family’s company is bankrupt?”, George says “That’s right. As of today.” This means this chapter happens on the 10th of an indeterminable month.
Fast forward to Ch 41, the chapter with Yuri arresting a guy writing false articles about Ostania. Yuri, on his SSS mission, starts to follow Franklin Perkin on the 6th. On the 15th, Yuri and co come to arrest Perkin. Ch 41 presumably takes place from the 6th to the 15th of an indeterminable month.
Now, there’s a whole bunch of stuff between Ch 28 and Ch 41:
Ch 29: Anya visits Loid’s workplace
Ch 30-34: Fiona arc
Ch 35: Yor and Loid’s date, Yor gets drunk
Ch 36: An Imperial Scholars’ mixer is announced + Becky and Anya go shopping
Ch 37-38: The Imperial Scholars’ mixer
Ch 39: Damian trio goes on field trip (presumably on Saturday because there’s no school, making the mixer on a Friday)
Ch 40: Bond helps Loid with work
This sounds about right for the length of a month. At least two separate Fridays are mentioned / inferred, the first one being Henderson’s deadline for the interviewing parents’ workplace project, the second being the (assumed) Imperial Scholars’ mixer. Maybe we can also assume Ch 28 George arc takes place on Oct 10, while Ch 41 Yuri’s investigation takes place from Nov 6th to 15th? This would squish a lot of the earlier Eden chapters though.
After that:
Ch 42: Pastry of knowledge / Old Maid
Ch 43: Yor helps Franky catch a cat (on a work day)
Ch 44: Yor receives details of the cruise ship mission, Anya wins the raffle tickets, it’s mentioned the Princess Lorelei departs on Friday
Ch 45-56: Cruise arc
Ch 57: Midterm break ends
I would estimate maybe 2 weeks between Ch 42 and Ch 57? Or even less if Yor is given extremely short notice about the cruise mission. So is there like almost two months between midterm exams and midterm break?? Or am I misunderstanding these terms lol.
By the way, I checked out the JP raws in case they have their own definition:
Midterm exams: 中間考 (hiragana spells out ちゆうかんとう) (seen in Ch 26)
Midterm break: 中休 (katakana spells out ハーフターム “half term”) (seen in Ch 57)
Actually, we can also assume Ch 28 takes place on Nov 10, while Ch 41 takes place from Dec 6th to 15th? Since if we count two weeks-ish from mid Dec, it’ll be the end of Dec, making it a perfect time for a break aka cruise arc. But won’t that be the end of a term? I’m confused by myself lol. It also doesn’t seem that cold, judging from their clothes?
This also allows us to count back from George arc.
Ch 26-27: Midterms
Ch 25: Arts and crafts
Ch 24: Yor learns cooking from Camilla
Ch 23: Anya mentions Bond to Damian, names Bond
Ch 18-22: Bond arc
Ch 17: Anya flaunts her Stellar at school and wants to get a dog
Ch 16: Anya saves Ken and gets a Stellar
Ch 15: Dodgeball
Ch 14: Loid suspects Yor of knowing about Yuri being a member of the SSS
Ch 11-13: Yuri debut
Ch 9-10: Anya’s apology + aftermath
Ch 8: Orientation day
In Ch 26, Henderson mentions midterm exams are scheduled “for the week after next”, so Ch 26 takes place around two weeks before Ch 27. So Ch 26 is at the end of a month, since Ch 28 is on the 10th.
… Actually, is it possible for Ch 8-25 to happen in a month? Anya could get her Stellar in her first two(?) weeks at school, squish everything together, Henderson tells them about midterms at the end of Sep, making post-midterms and George on Oct 10th? Even though there’s a gap between actually taking midterms and George. Like, there’s 5 days between results release and Loid infiltrating the school.
By the way, there is apparently a holiday before midterm exams:
In Ch 25, Jeeves asks if Damian will be returning home “for the holiday”, Damian won’t (he’ll be studying for midterms), Demetrius will. What does holiday mean? Boarders stay on campus even on weekends (see Ch 39), so this must be a longer holiday, or a special day.
I feel like I’m confusing myself more, sorry that this post is a bit disorganised haha.
TLDR: Midterm exams either take place in early Oct or Nov, depending on how much you squish / stretch the timeline. Ch 28 takes place on the 10th, Ch 41 from 6th to 15th. Cruise arc and midterm break presumably take place at the end of the month Ch 41 is in.
Or Endo is just making up dates and has no continuity lol.
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Hi, I love your Spyxfamily analysis! There's something I want to ask you to analyze. Does Yoru feel attacked to Twilight? Her office "friends" think he's good looking and I think he knows he's good looking as well, but so far, Yor hasn't said anything.
In my opinion, currently she's fallen in love with the family, but I'm not sure about her feelings for Loid.
What do you think? Any predictions on how this might develop?
Oh! Thanks a lot! I'm glad you enjoy my analyses! Precisely, I did an analysis of chapter 35 of the manga where I talk about that topic.
But if I have to give my conclusion, it would be:
If I had to define the relationship that Loid (Twilight) and Yor currently have, it would be two people with a "romantic attraction"= They like each other, they have chemistry between them, respect and admire each other, and genuinely care about each other's well-being, and they find in each other the support and the desire to be better to see themselves happy.
This for me is the clear definition of "love". It is a relationship that is being built and from which they are constantly learning.
But, we must keep in mind that Twilight and Yor have not been "conventional" people. Their lives have been plagued by a lot of pain and abrupt changes that have prevented them from living stages of their lives. So it's natural that their perception of "being in love" is low.
Obviously, the state of their current relationship is very complicated, there are too many lies and conflicts surrounding the life of the Forger family. They are two strangers who agreed to a deal for convenience, started a relationship by cohabitation, and both think that their jobs are impediments to having a happy and peaceful life.
For one, the other is an ordinary person, and both want to protect the quiet life of the other. The two are willing to do anything to preserve the peaceful world where the other lives. Without having any idea, that they both pursue the same ideal, and share the same feeling.
Twilight's problem lies in his fear that the world could descend into war at any moment. Reliving all the traumas that accompany him from childhood. This prevents him from wanting to accept whatever feelings are growing for Yor, Anya and Bond. If he does, it would be admitting that he has become attached. For someone whose ideal should be peace, having personal longings becomes selfish. He feels that establishing any relationship will end badly, whether he dies during a mission, or has to fulfill a mission that takes him away from the family.
Just like Yoru, she clearly expressed fear of receiving a wound that would make her move away from them. For Yoru, her ideal of "protecting the peaceful life of others" is important. Because if the ambitions of people unleash a war, the people she loves will be harmed.
It is normal, that they have not openly admitted any feelings. For them it is not easy to do it, because falling in love wanting to start a family can currently have many implications and would only confuse them more. The romantic feelings are there, but they are not ready to accept them.
So it's easier to justify everything by saying "I do this for my mission", or… "I do this because I love being in a family". They are barriers that both use so as not to deal with the implications
Regarding the development....
Well, it's hard to predict the direction Endo wants to take. So far each plot twist is more surprising. In addition, the actions of the Forger family are subject to antagonists. It is still a mystery what is the cause behind the war and the plans behind it.
Let's keep in mind that SxF is a dramatic comedy. Endo's main focus is to explore "the consequences that war produces", and how love can heal and give a second chance…. And not so much a plot of love
But, none of that prevents Twilight and Yor from getting together. Especially when the entire plot strives to create that bond full of feelings, learning and tension… The two are fools when they are close to each other 💜
However, I think that Endo is individually and collectively developing each of the Forgers. Developing Anya, Yoru and sometimes even Bond
Twilight's development is more complicated. Because even though he is constantly changing, breaking all those implicit rules in his work, worrying about making his wife and daughter happy. He's not ready to admit it, and live in denial
So I assume that at some point he may begin to recognize it, or… an event forces him to accept these feelings.
But I think that for the moment, we will have to wait for the plot to develop
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