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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. |
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| 2 anime leaked today. |
| Really enjoyed the Focus on Sylvia at the start I hope she gets more screen time. |
| MOTHER SYLVIA SCREEN-TIME FINALLY, and of course it’s literal belt to ass π 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 π really chill and fun episode this week, this is why we love Spy x Family. |
Marinate1016Oct 25, 2025 10:50 AM
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| Yeah, I've made that face when I have nothing to do while I'm at work. |
| No tomo malas decisiones, solo me gusta apoyar causas perdidas. Disfruté Mayoiga, Ou-sama Game, Evil or Live, Mirai Nikki, Big Order, Arifureta, Ex-Arm, Tesla Note, Shuumatsu no Harem y Platinum End nope les falle con esa, lo siento pero todos tenemos nuestros límites. Así de jodido es mi gusto en anime, ¡Y estoy pinche orgulloso de ello!  |
| 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. |
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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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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.  |
| sooo ELEGANT111111!!! |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
| I love Sylvia Sherwood. The word "elegant" gets used a lot in this anime but she's the very living definition of it. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| This show's gonna end with Loid dying of stress because of Anya's constant failures |
| "Gently showed him the ropes." *Hoisted him up by the collar* "hold the ketchup.' "*Shock!* nothing else?" |
| Lord Cruelty V "But my Dreams they're not as empty, as my conscience seems to be" |
| 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! |
PokefanPTOct 25, 2025 11:16 AM
| im not really sure what the first half of the episode was about |
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| It's only in moments like these that I really love this anime, thank you Anya. |
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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. |
| Kinda thought we’d see more of Loid’s backstory. |
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| good episode I love Tania character lol |
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| It's funny seeing Anya getting along with the school principal lol |
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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. |
just an ol school American otaku enjoyin the life. don't sass me kiddies, i've been otaku probably since before you were born. leave me in peace and i won't bother you either.  |
| 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. |
| it is a shame to leave a food flashback but it is what it is. sylvia should've just had focus the entire episode. |
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| Oh Anya....the curses of having telepathy. And kill that newbie immediately....he's an idiot who'll spill everything. |
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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. |
| Pretty funny second half with Anya. |
| 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) |
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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)
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. |
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 Is that supposed to be Messi? |
| Deep dark fantasies |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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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