Stories about suave spies and likable assassins aren’t all that new, but when you sprinkle in a little psychic intrigue, the plot gets irresistible. Especially if that psychic is in the form of a chirpy, innocent, undeniably adorable 5-year-old girl.
Spy x Family’s Anya Forger is the primary reason the espionage drama has been a soaring success. This pink-haired cutie is an esper – which is pop-culture-terminology for a person with telepathic abilities.
Anya was experimented on as a child by an unknown organization, and that resulted in her ability to be able to read minds.
This ability gives her an edge over other characters in the show, who all seem to be hiding secrets of their own.
Her “father,” Loid Forger, might seem like a good-natured psychiatrist, but, in reality, is a spy called Twilight on an active mission. Her “mother,” Yor Forger, wants the world to believe she is an ordinary clerk, but is actually an undercover assassin with the codename of Thorn Princess.
It is only Anya, who can read her fake parents’ minds and who knows their true identities. But do they know hers?
Anya does not tell Twilight about her telepathy. She is afraid that if knows, he will think she’s a freak and abandon her. It is also why she hasn’t confided in Yor. Anya’s fear stems from her troubled past of being ostracized from society for being different.
“I have to hide my power too. If he finds out I can read minds… I’ll have to run away.”
Does Twilight find out about Anya’s telepathy?
As of the latest chapter – chapter 62 of the source material, Twilight/Loid has still not found out about Anya’s telepathic abilities. But he has, on several occasions, suspected that there is something different about Anya. It’s only a matter of time until he finds out.
During the family interview in round 2 of Anya’s admission process into Eden Academy, he accurately guesses that Anya read his mind.
The school interviewer asked her a question, and because she was paranoid and reading Loid’s thoughts at that moment, Anya accidentally voiced them aloud in response.
Loid is smart guy in general – but since this is the first time Anya makes blatant use of her power, he lets it slide as a coincidence. He doesn’t know for certain that she is a mind-reader, but he definitely gets suspicious. I mean, Anya does make it a bit too obvious sometimes.
Loid says that he feels Anya knows him as if she could read his mind – which is hilarious, but also proves that he doesn’t know. Yet.
Should Anya tell Twilight about her powers?
Anya shouldn’t tell Twilight about her telepathy, nor should he find out just yet. Anya’s powers make the family dynamic extremely interesting.
Spy x Family is exciting mainly because of the secrets that the characters hide from each other. They live like a family, but each member lives dual lives.
Since she can invade the private spaces of her parents’ hidden lives, the audience has the opportunity to explore and enjoy their full characters better.
A backstage view into the minds of a super-spy and a high-profile assassin isn’t something I’d be too keen to turn in. Even if it means Twilight and Yor have to be kept out of the fun.
Additionally, most of the series’ best moments stem from Anya’s telepathic abilities. It is this trait of hers that lends the series its uniqueness – and its humor.
It is bound to happen, but not so soon. I’m sure Tatsuya Endo has plans for the big reveal but it’s not something we need to think or worry about right now.
What will happen to the Forger family once Anya’s powers are known?
When Twilight and Yor learn about Anya’s telepathic powers, the Forgers will accept each other for who they are and live as an actual family.
Anya’s mind-reading reveal will occur simultaneously with Twilight and Yor’s reveals as spy and assassin respectively. Once all the secrets are out in the open, the Forger family can be a normal family.
Maybe this will happen when the unknown government organization seeks to find Anya out, or when Loid learns about the lab experiments and the trauma that Anya suffered. Then the spy, the assassin, and the esper, will come together to defeat the big bad guys.
Some people think that Anya’s abilities should somehow be wiped away after Loid and Yor find out. Knowing that Anya is reading their minds is not as much fun, and it may also make things awkward later on when they start living as an actual family.
But I think as Anya grows older, she will gain better control of her powers.
Currently she intrudes on peoples’ privacy even though she doesn’t intend to, but it is only because she doesn’t know any better. She will likely stop using them on Loid and Yor, and train herself to use them to help people.
I can see all 3 Forgers working for the same agency – maybe the Westalia Intelligence Services’ Eastern-Focused Division (WISE) itself. Kind of like Disney’s The Incredibles, where husband, wife, and daughter, go on missions together and triumph over evil.
About Spy × Family
Spy × Family is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuya Endo in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump.
The story follows a spy who has to “build a family” to execute a mission, not realizing that the girl he adopts as a daughter and the woman he agrees to be in a fake marriage with are a mind reader and an assassin respectively.
Season 2 and a theatrical film are releasing in 2023.
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