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Oct 24, 2025 6:50 AM
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Raw episode 4 got leaked today.

It's cool to see Sylvia being featured more this season especially this episode. Seeing her life, personality, and work around is a breath of fresh air. We also got the school life featuring Anya. Her relationship with the housemaster is strange but you can see there's so much history of their school when he just walks down that hall.
Oct 24, 2025 9:59 AM
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bond must have leaked it πŸ’€
Oct 24, 2025 10:31 AM
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Another one leaked ☠️
Oct 24, 2025 10:39 AM
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oh...I got confused....
Oct 24, 2025 2:18 PM
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2 anime leaked today.
Oct 25, 2025 8:10 AM
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Really enjoyed the Focus on Sylvia at the start I hope she gets more screen time.
Oct 25, 2025 8:36 AM
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MOTHER SYLVIA SCREEN-TIME FINALLY, and of course it’s literal belt to ass 😭 oh to be that fake security guard.. we really need more of her in this show. It’s nice to go back to a lighthearted episode after how intense last week was with Loid’s backstory!

Speaking of Loid, it’s sweet how Sylvia really does care for him and all the other agents and looks back on her time training him so fondly, even though he might not remember it being that nice lol.

The fake security guard reminded me of the Japanese soldier who kept fighting 29 years after ww2 ended meme lol. Bro left the war, but it didn’t leave him. When you think about what happened in Loid’s flashbacks.. can’t really blame him, probably saw some awful shit.

Henry and Anya’s little bonding session was so cute, I love how Anya’s too slow to even really understand the significance of Tonitrus bolts. How tf do you forget you got not one, but TWO lmaoo?? All of Anya’s facial expressions were just hilarious today. The look on Loid’s face when she came home and he thought she got ANOTHER bolt 😭 really chill and fun episode this week, this is why we love Spy x Family.
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Oct 25, 2025 8:46 AM
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Yeah, I've made that face when I have nothing to do while I'm at work.
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Oct 25, 2025 8:47 AM
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Anya adorable as always πŸ₯Ή
Oct 25, 2025 8:55 AM

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First part give a good understanding why Twilight is always the go-to for a mission. He alone can resolve what would take 3 people to deal with it.

Anya and Professor Henderson interactions, are just perfection.

So those Imperial Scholar photos is sometimes updated? Or Donovan always had that look.
Oct 25, 2025 9:00 AM
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Guess Celebs in this world are ever the same huh. Getting Kabe doned by the handler must had been quite the exp. Without her trademark hat Handler sure looks different. The amount of students that made a name for themselves after graduation sure was impressive. Though circumstances were different looks like both Loid and Yor had tough days today. This ep really made me appreciate the kind of work that the handler and her team does behind the scenes to maintain the peace.
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Oct 25, 2025 9:12 AM
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Nice Sylvia side story, adds more to Loid's backstory, and speaking of Loid, who seemingly develops Post-Tonitrus Stress Disorder that trigger every time Anya acts like a good kid. Poor Loid.
Oct 25, 2025 9:13 AM

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sooo ELEGANT111111!!!
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Oct 25, 2025 9:16 AM
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I love Sylvia Sherwood. The word "elegant" gets used a lot in this anime but she's the very living definition of it.
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Oct 25, 2025 9:27 AM
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Seems like this season is much more complex than before.
Oct 25, 2025 9:46 AM
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Was nice to get an extra peek inside the minds of both Sylvia and the headmaster this week. Very endearing. This season seems fairly characterization-driven so far and I hope it stays that way.

Are we done with Loid's backstory and motivations? I mean, I guess we don't NEED much else but it seemed like it all ended kinda quickly, especially considering young Loid and / or his friends are prominently featured in both OP and ED.
Oct 25, 2025 9:57 AM

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This show's gonna end with Loid dying of stress because of Anya's constant failures
Oct 25, 2025 10:07 AM

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"Gently showed him the ropes."
*Hoisted him up by the collar*

"hold the ketchup.'

"*Shock!* nothing else?"

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Oct 25, 2025 10:10 AM
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I liked the calmer 2nd half of this episode surprisingly a lot more than the first. I find the W.I.S.E. stuff to get a little heavy handed at times, and it gets worse when you realize everything they do is a bit hypocritical... They claim to want to keep the peace and prevent a nebulous war, but when putting the perspective of the story aside - they are a subversive foreign espionage force operating with impunity inside another sovereign nation (which likely breaks international law if it's anything like the real world, which it's set up to be)... To put it bluntly, W.I.S.E.'s very existence operating inside Ostania's borders could be a cause for another War.

All one has to do is put the shoe on the other foot. If there was a combat-ready secret Ostanian organization conducting missions inside Westalis' borders (which included Snatch-and-Grab Ops on Westalian citizens) you'd think they were a major problem and their actions could easily lead to another War between the two countries.

It's important for people to not be simple or "prematurely enlightened", the very conceit of this story, however grey it can try to be at times, is still from the perspective of a Westalian secret agent operating illegally inside another country. The very premise of the show is a form of propaganda - as is all media in general. That's the greatest lesson about media, all forms of it is propaganda, whether you consider something to be good or bad or not doesn't matter, all media is a form of propaganda of some kind - something used to influence your thoughts, feelings, or actions.
Oct 25, 2025 10:19 AM
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Slow episode as I expected. The next one will be good tho.
Oct 25, 2025 11:06 AM
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Poor Loid, Anya and/or Yor are going to kill him one of these days :v
Oct 25, 2025 11:07 AM

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After a much more serious and dark episode, we're back to the usual atmosphere of Spy X Family.

The first half was really interesting in order to give us a glimpse of what the Handler is capable of doing, and we also got a bit of backstory to Loid's training, that it seems it's going to be a topic for a future episode. Handler really has a hard time training those rookies, the younger one literally switched opinions of that Opera Singer every single day xD
It seems like it was Handler that wrote that article to clean up the mess made by the singer, and she also quickly disarmed that man that was trying to kill the singer.

But my favorite half of the episode was the second one, with Anya and Mr. Henderson. Funny they mentioned that episode from the 1st season where Anya said she wanted to be like the headmaster, because I just rewatched that episode today. Anya being moved only by the sweets was true to herself honestly. But it was a really wholesome moment between the 2, you can really see that Mr. Henderson likes his students and wants the best for them, even offering to Anya to explain the wrong answers she got in the latest test (which Anya politely refused xD).
Also, at the end, when Anya asked Loid to help her study, and Loid found it so strange, that the only possible explanation was the fact that Anya got another Tonitrus Bolt, and he passed out, again, was really funny, especially when seeing Anya's reaction to all that xD

Ahhh, how I missed Spy X Family! I could only wish this season was a bit longer than the 13 episodes we are getting.

It seems the next episode is going to be more focused on Yor, which is great. I wonder if they will expand on her backstory later, since I rewatched some episodes of the previous seasons, and they really didn't explore her backstory like they did Loid's, and it was more in the perspective of her brother. I would love to get to know Yor's story more!
Also, the new opening has definetely grown in me, especially after last week's episode! It's a really nostalgic song (even if it was released just a few weeks ago), which perfectly fits this season. The ending is also really cute (maybe too cute, would love more of a soft song, considering the plot of this 3rd season).

Edit: Forgot to mention, but I hope Sylvia ends up with more time screen in the future too, as we get to know more about her! And Mr. Henderson too!
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Oct 25, 2025 11:46 AM

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im not really sure what the first half of the episode was about
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Oct 25, 2025 11:53 AM
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It's only in moments like these that I really love this anime, thank you Anya.
Oct 25, 2025 12:22 PM
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HiljainenSipuli said:
im not really sure what the first half of the episode was about

Just reiterating the importance of information and not just relying on what the media says. Don't just be a mindless consumer. Well it also gives the handler some spotlight for once.
Oct 25, 2025 12:54 PM

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I loved that the first half was handler-focused. Even in anime, you can't escape propaganda and misinformation. I liked how the handler gave a crash course on media literacy to the new recruit. We need it more than ever right now in today's world, as AI just keeps making people dumber.

The 2nd part was also a lot of fun. I loved the thoughts of Anya's teachers lol. Being a teacher sure is hard. And that guy's a great teacher.
Oct 25, 2025 1:51 PM

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Kinda thought we’d see more of Loid’s backstory.
Oct 25, 2025 2:16 PM

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good episode

I love Tania character lol
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Oct 25, 2025 2:43 PM
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It's funny seeing Anya getting along with the school principal lol
Oct 25, 2025 3:21 PM
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Loid had a bit more spunk back then
Oct 25, 2025 3:51 PM

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yep, teaching FNG (fugging new guy) isn't easy... i've done it thousands upon thousands of times at more than one job and been FNG at those jobs myself. props to Ms. Handler for not punching her FNG into a coma for being such an easy mark for the press to manipulate.

poor Anya... Loid really needs to drill all the basic knowledge into her brain. sucks that she missed so much not getting any education as an orphan. like that moment when she finished the tea snacks and was offered a chance to review with the teacher. buttering up the teacher by helping out was a good idea. but she shouldn't have left without the review session.
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Oct 25, 2025 4:23 PM
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Loid’s boss πŸ‘ŒπŸ»
Oct 25, 2025 6:26 PM
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Back to the usual Spy x Family goofiness, I really liked Loid’s backstory but I’m happy that we’re back with the more comedy focused bits. The first one was about Handler and one of the rookies under her, that poor fella believes everything he reads huh, and this is even before the Internet lol, Handler set him straight but by the end he was even more confused because of the conflicting info. I’m thinking they definitely forged the article clearing the scandals, but at the same time there were probable fake scandals mixed in with the real ones in the first article, so I think it’s best believe the singer’s not a saint but he’s not a terrible person either. That aside, hey Handler was cool with that belt, mommy out here giving bad guys a whipping lol.

And I really liked the second bit between Anya and Henderson, he was trying his best to impart some wisdom on Anya but she fumbled every opportunity to impress him lol, but that’s just how our Anya is, Henderson’s reactions to her answers were very funny tho.
Oct 25, 2025 7:18 PM

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it is a shame to leave a food flashback but it is what it is. sylvia should've just had focus the entire episode.
Oct 25, 2025 7:57 PM
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handler is sexy hot and anya being funny again
Oct 25, 2025 8:31 PM
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Our couple only appeared at the end Fearless leader was able to prevent a musician from being slandered or assassinated and got him safely to the west Anya found an ally in the teacher trying to he her get her stars and avoid bolts
Oct 25, 2025 8:50 PM
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Geez don't they weed out the morons who believe tabloids before letting them join? Kinda boring episode.
Oct 25, 2025 9:10 PM
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Its so funny that Loid has so little faith in Anya that his first thought at her wanting to study is that she got another bolt.
Oct 25, 2025 9:43 PM

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Oh Anya....the curses of having telepathy.

And kill that newbie immediately....he's an idiot who'll spill everything.
Oct 25, 2025 10:24 PM

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This one felt like it was spinning its wheels. I mean Anya was cute and funny as always, yes, but the Handler/musician stuff was completely uninteresting (I am always down for more exposition and world building but this really added nothing to my understanding of this world, and introduced a dumbass side character at that), and the second half, while fun and cute as mentioned, not really anything great enough to make up for that either.

I don't know, I hope the later episodes of this season are a little more compelling.
Oct 26, 2025 12:20 AM

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Pretty funny second half with Anya.
Oct 26, 2025 12:21 AM

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@deg bro likes his women to dominate him.

Some solid laughs with Anya.
Oct 26, 2025 12:53 AM

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Anyone know what that rotten orange (kusatta mikan) means?

Ive heard it now in Dandadan and here with Anya (fun fact: both Mangaka of Dandadan and Spy X Family worked under Tatsuki)
Oct 26, 2025 1:02 AM

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Anyone know what that rotten orange (kusatta mikan) means?

Ive heard it now in Dandadan and here with Anya (fun fact: both Mangaka of Dandadan and Spy X Family worked under Tatsuki)
@kisip123 The Japanese version of "bad apple".
Like in “one bad apple can spoil the barrel,” it refers to a person who can have a bad influence on the whole group.
Oct 26, 2025 3:22 AM

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Is that supposed to be Messi?
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Oct 26, 2025 3:44 AM
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what will kill loid are not the enemies, but anya's tonitrus
Oct 26, 2025 4:10 AM

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The Handler herself, Sylvia, got some deserved screentime and she had her hands full training a newbie who gets swayed far too easily by gossip magazines and news reports. Since Loid was still recovering due to Anya's second tonitrus bolt, she took it upon herself and her fellow team to take on a mission to protect an opera singer and she certainly showed how strong she is. The fact that she broke the crook's jaw with her belt is very impressive and scary at the same time! XD

Anya and her elegant teacher, Henderson, had the rest of the episode's duration upon themselves and how they conversed, including Anya reading his thoughts as per usual, was pretty amusing. I do like how Henderson did his best to help Anya out like he would do to any other student in that position while showcasing how kind and considerate he is, Anya is simply Anya, so the rest of their time together played out as I thought it would. Henderson is right, being a teacher can be rather difficult.
Oct 26, 2025 4:47 AM
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the 1st half was absolutely unnecessary to anything i don't understand why it was there ?

but i really enjoyed the 2nd half where we see ania alone by herself bcs of the bus, really a good enjoyable part that is also isn't important to anything but atleast it was funny

3 / 5 this ep is fs a filler one but i did enjoy it
Oct 26, 2025 6:00 AM

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Poor Anya, I don't think it's really clicked that becoming an Imperial Scholar is a very long term project. She'll probably be a teenager and dating second son before it's complete.
Oct 26, 2025 6:17 AM

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I was about to complain about the lack of Yor in the first 4 episodes until I saw the preview for the next episode. Still have to say after four episodes this is the weakest Spy x Family season so far.
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