SxF Season 2 · · · I love "Souvenir"
Honestly, I got so caught up in the new opening that I think I fainted from the overdose of sugar and beauty I saw in just a few minutes and I've come to talk about everything I loved, especially my speculations and personal analysis:
Anya's life changed "Everything is more fun since dad adopted her."
Just to see how a poor girl, who was treated like a lab mouse, an accident to be taken advantage of. Who ran away from that dark world, to know the outside, was trapped in a cruel world, was adopted but was returned so many times just to be peculiar.
To see the contrast of a girl alone, in an orphanage, without friends. To see her walking next to Becky, her best friend. A happy little girl, surrounded by adventure, love, play and fun.
I love that Anya clung to the hope of being happy, and after so many opportunities she has already achieved it. And even though she is still fighting to preserve that happiness. Being adopted by Loid/Twiligh has been the best thing that ever happened to her.
Yor's background:
I really like the subtle reference, even though most of the opening we see Yor being beautiful. I like how they constructed the image sequence of Yor, receiving an assignment with her cold and unflappable assassin's face, moving on to a scene where we see her walking as a shadow in the streets bringing death with her.
But right away we see a fragment of her taking care of Yuri, in a possible reference to the fact that everything she has done, she did it to protect the one she has loved all her life. It perfectly exposes Yor's "maternal" side, being the best sister/mother Yuri and Anya could have had. Exposing how she sacrificed herself so many times.
The visual references of the Forgers driving around in the car
I don't know how significant this is, but I love seeing the Forger's riding around as a family in a car. Loid/ Twilight driving for sure after planning a whole outing with his family, Yor so beautiful and cheerful, Anya laughing and happy for her day of adventures and our adorable Bond as a gentleman.
Yor being beautiful, tender, sensual and sexy.
For this alone, the opening is already a masterpiece. The reference to Endo's art with Thor Princess bathed in flowers, even in everyday clothes, is a masterpiece.
The use of light/shade
I make mention of how they use darkness whenever it is understood that a Forger is alone or makes reference to their secret/past life.
I feel it's somber atmosphere shows the sadness, resignation and how isolated the Forgers are individually. Yes, well, it is understood that Twilight as a spy and Yor as assassins have made the choice to isolate themselves from the world and their own happiness, for Anya this loneliness was not her choice.
It's a huge contrast, seeing what her life has been like previously to being a family to what the three of them have become together. This whole opening is a display of the happiness they have and will have as long as they are together.
Thor Princess training
This detail is great because in the manga we canonically don't have a scene of Yor in her training days with the shopkeeper. While, there are scenes of her in her assassin work, I would still love to see Yor's past and her path to becoming the legend among assassins that she is today. I thank the anime for having given her a sequence in a few seconds.
The Twilight agent
As I mentioned, the use of dark shots is a reflection of the seriousness with which Twilight executes its work. He lives hidden from the world, almost like a ghost or sudden apparition that he embodies in a respective role/character. But this same lonely man, who lives in fear of a war existing
Now he is someone who cares for, protects and makes these two beautiful girls happy. The contrast of Twilight shooting at a target, to Twilight shooting at a fair to surely win a prize for Anya and Yor, is sublime.
I also love that Yor and Loid are in the same vehicle waving to Anya, as a couple as they greet their daughter!
Mother and daughter!
What more wonderful than to see Yor and Anya with such sweet and intimate moments, a mother brushing and sheltering Anya in her arms as her little baby. Just in the most beautiful and I wonder if Yor's melancholy face in the second panel is a reference to her dismay during the arc where Fiona appears, and the way she hugs Anya is a way of saying that she doesn't want to walk away from her ever
Twilight's point of view
Love this very recent theory, just because it seems so believable to me. Much of the manga Twilight's look is a reflection of his deepest thoughts, which he doesn't usually admit to
The perspective of many scenes seems like Twilight watching Yor and Anya, carefully detailing their happiness, treasuring it as the most wonderful thing in their world. It feels genuine, because of the angle at which the viewer is looking. Anya's scenes are looking down or up, marking a distance (because of the height between them) and Yor's scenes are close up.
The true peace of twilight
I think what touched me the most is knowing that Twilight is a tormented man who longs for peace, but I think deep down Twilight is searching again for the meaning of his life. He looks for a way for everyone to be happy, to have the opportunities he missed, but at the same time, he lives isolated to this happiness, so no matter if he gets happiness between East and West, Twilight was condemning himself to a life of loneliness and exile.
Yor and Anya now represent that light at the end of the tunnel, although his rational side prevents him from pushing away those shadows of the past, and letting that seed of love germinate fully. I hope that in the end he can wake up and realize that he already has everything he needs.
In short, Yor and Anya represent Twilight's happiness and Twilight represents the happiness of the two of them.
I feel the red ribbon symbol at the end, reference: to the red thread of destiny, which is unbreakable. So no matter when the Forger's relationship is stretched or strained, they are already bound together for the rest of their lives.
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This opening came to invade my heart and never ever leave.
What do you think?
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I think the thing about Spy X Family that I love so much about it is that there IS like suspense and tension, but it's never like…."these two characters are upset at each other and it makes me uncomfortable."
In situations where that kind of deal arises, it's either portrayed in such a goofy and over the top manner that it doesn't come across as disconcerting, OR it's a scenario where WE as the audience are in the know, and we know pretty much everything. And even then, the characters react out of LOVE and CONCERN rather than distrust or fear.
The perfect example of this is when Yor gets wounded and Loid IMMEDIATELY thinks she hates him. What does he do? HE COMES UP WITH EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO DATE IDEAS THAT WILL NOT ONLY MAKE THINGS EASIER ON YOR BUT ALSO WILL SHOW HOW MUCH HE LOVES AND APPRECIATES HER.
And how does Yor react? SHE DOES HER DAMNEDEST TO MAKE LOID HAPPY BY ENGAGING IN HIS CUTE DATE IDEAS. Even though she feels rough and is in pain and is worried about not being grateful enough, she struggles through because she knows how important this all is to LOID.
After so many fucking rom/coms (which, let's be real here, Spy X Family is a fucking rom/com) having miscommunications be poor and lazy excuses for conflict and lies and hurt, Spy X Family is over here using miscommunications for growth and as opportunities for KINDNESS and CARE.
And that's because they trust each other SO DAMN MUCH. I don't think I've seen a media property where conflict is used for positive growth as consistently and with such skill.
The strongest metal must pass through the crucible, but the crucible need not be one of stress and fracture. Let yourself be forged stronger by care, by reassurance, and by love.
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Holy shit, this episode will have silenced the people who complain about spy x family being boring for sure. Not just one of the best spyxfamily episodes, but one of the best episodes of the season. Nonstop action and sakuga from start to finish.
Absolutely amazing direction and choreography during the Yor fights. Loved the shot of the camera panning around as Yor takes on an entire circle of baddies. They went so hard with this one. The fight scene being perfectly synced with the fireworks was awesome as well
I liked the whole moment when Yor realises that she’s basically doing all of this for money as well lol.
Since last week, Yor’s had a little identity crisis, wondering why she does her job and who she’s actually fighting to protect. She finally has her answer and is back with a renewed since of purpose. Can’t wait for the next episode 🙏🏾
The siscon side story was a nice endcap to the episode.
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A chronological analysis on Twilight and Yor - Part 4
*This is part of an ongoing post series. If you missed the Introduction/Part 1, click here*
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When Anya ends up making it into Eden, Twilight is more or less coerced by Franky into giving her a lavish reward. Although this episode is mostly comedic and doesn't have much to analyze, a lot actually came to mind during the part where Twilight "battles" drunk Yor while she's pretending to be a witch. This is the first time he's seen her in her much less reserved, drunken state, and also the first time she's doing something that, to him, could be seen as an annoyance or even a threat (she did draw blood when she kicked at his face with her heel).
We know that Twilight wouldn't knowingly say things to Yor, Anya, or anyone else if it would be detrimental to his mission, such as an insulting remark that would hurt their feelings. However, this should not affect what he thinks. As far as Twilight is concerned, nobody has access to his thoughts except for him, so there's no reason for him to put any filters there (since he doesn't know that Anya can read his mind). We're given plenty of insight into his thoughts throughout the series, and even though, as I mentioned before, he often lies to himself about his feelings, he never seems to think bad things about other people. In this case, rather than be bothered or even angry at Yor for taking this silly performance so seriously, what does he think to himself? That she shouldn't be using physical attacks if she's supposed to be a witch! (and when she finally reaches her limit and falls asleep, he simply asks if she's okay).
Even for other characters who are actual threats to him, like Swan from the previous episode, or even Yuri later on, insults and criticisms never pop up in his thoughts (compare this to the many anime/manga protagonists who always think "this bastard" when faced with an antagonist). You can tell he's annoyed by having to do the whole Bondman skit, but even so, he doesn't openly complain about it (but he does openly congratulate Anya at the end). All this indicates that he's a very non-judgmental person both internally and externally. Another example that I mentioned before is when he refuses to put any blame on Anya and Yor for their performance at the Eden interview…and there will be many more instances like this to come. I believe the reason for this part of his personality goes back to his obsession with his spy profession.
He's determined to keep his emotions in check, whether good emotions or bad emotions, and even just thinking negative thoughts about others could trigger negative emotions. Because of this, he's probably conditioned himself over the years to just not feel anything towards other people, whether love or hate, attachment or aversion, which ultimately means never idolizing them or disdaining them. Why waste time thinking happy or angry thoughts about people when you can put that energy into understanding their mindset, outsmarting them, and then getting valuable information from them? He might also know that his own hands are dirty from all the lying, manipulating, and killing he's done in his line of work, so he feels he has no right to judge others. But regardless, while Twilight never harbors malevolence towards people, the number of positive thoughts he has about his (fake) family will only continue to increase, including those that manifest into words.
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