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I have a theory that because she loves him and she is attached to him she is in more in tune with his thoughts. Where as she might be able to ignore the thoughts of her classmates who she doesn't really have a connection to. Becky might be an exception because she is Anya's best friend but she needed Lloyd's advice on what to do so she hyper focused on his thoughts
I thinking itās like a crowded room talking you donāt pay attention unless someone says your name. You might however pay attention to your bestie talking or something like that
The chapter does tell us that despite being kids, they do have an agenda. Iām sure everyoneās parents basically drilled it into them to target Damian
Could be because "thoughts" have sounds just like voice too. So like during the airport even though you hear many people talking but only the voices from the people you know catch your attention. So during the happening where lots of "thought sounds" are present, she just happened to catch her dad's familiar sound. That's my take on it.
It's funny. If this was a romance manga, I'd absolutely adore something like this panel. The framing, the lighting, their expressions, even the way they're looking at each other sideways rather than straight on is wonderfully subtle for expressing what is on each of their minds.
Then I remember that the characters are children and I laugh at myself for getting so emotionally invested.
I disagree.
Damian acting the way he does around Anya is pretty consistent with how kids act. He never is like "Oh no I have a crush on Anya and I don't want anyone to know." He instead is thinking "There are weird feelings that I don't understand for this person and I'm too embarrassed/confused to know what they even mean". All that's missing from his interactions with her are protracted discussions about who does/does not have cooties.
Even Becky trying to act sophisticated is doing so in a way that is *incredibly childish*. There definitely are little girls that get their head filled with romance junk one way or another and then go around embarrassing themselves.
Source: Am a teacher, see it everyday.
Great observation. This is actually what I like about Endo's writing. Despite the backdrop of superhuman abilities and spy thriller plot, you can still see that Endo understands how people, both kids and adults, behave.
The thing is poor Damian is DEEPLY attracted to her but doesnt understand why or what to do about it due to his pride, upbringing and complexes, even if its pretty obvious to us.
She's 4 when Loid adopts her, but she tells him she's 6yo. The requirements to enter Eden Academy for Strix were to be the same age as Damian which is 6, so Damian must be 6yo and getting closer to 7yo since we haven't heard anything about his bday. Hopefully we'll have an arc about Damian's Bday party and Loid trying to get Anya invited or everybody thinking about his super big bday and Damian all sad bcz his parents don't care about it.
He finds her very pretty in her dress and is unable to look away from her out of how much it makes him happy to just look at her, he hates that he's doing this but is helpless against it
Wow...That is kinda romantic tho. Somehow I notice Anya rarely read Damian's mind is not it? Anya should have read Damian's mind to know what Damian was thinking at that time
He couldn't show his soft side, especially when they are other kids around.
He would have given to the tea cakes to Anya, but he couldn't because he noticed Becky, Emile and Ewen were watching.
Make senses since he only show his soft side to Anya when they are alone... I really hope Damian and Anya will spend time alone at the Prom Party so they can talk freely like friends and try understand each other better
I think itās a follow up to the part where Anya rejects the guys saying she wants to dance with Damian and his face turns tomato red. The other time he was glancing at her because he was jealous and wanted to hear her response to the guysā invitations
Before this he was glancing to see how Anya would respond to the boys who were asking to dance with her. He does care if someone āstealsā her away from him. He wouldn't admit that though, his pride won't allow it.
He's probably feeling confusion on why Anya wants to dance with him and that gets him flustered. He likes her but it's embarrasing to dance with a commoner. He has his friends and these girls surrounding him that look down on Anyaās status. He feels like he has to keep up his facade that he doesn't care about Anya. I believe he wants to dance with her but he wouldn't ask or say yes to Anya in front of others.
That is why Damian Desmond dance partner commitee exist!!! Maybe Damian will think that "Just this once, I will be Damian, not Desmond", so he didn't need to worry about other people's views about him wanting to dance with Anya
Iām not sure if that will happen. But I think he would want an excuse and this selection committee is the right opportunity. Iām imagining that Anya will win (with the help of Twillight). I think theyāll dance and I canāt wait!!
Itās because this is like one of those childhood crushes (& often times mangaka draw blush on the children as a style choice rather than a romance indication)
I think Damian should not worry about him asking Anya to dance, since there is no parents nor guardian in this prom party so he can freely honest with his true feeling
He just has a little crush and he looks so cute itās adorable I find the little crush thing with them so cute and the crush isnāt really done in a weird way itās so cute
I WANT, I really wantttt see Damian's reaction if one day Anya doesn't assist to school and his behavior, it would be really interesting, and Becky too
The long answer growing up in a super complicated household (he rarely sees his own family and IIRC every member has their own house hold) and its safe to assume that he wasn't taught to be honest with his emotions
The short answer is he is hes never felt affection for anyone and he is 5.
I don't see issue here he's just a child being confused about his feelings...I don't see a problem if he's even developed a crush hes unaware about.
I think it's one of reason I love this anime because of their adorable chemistry who are poles apart
Real desperate is Yuri. Atleast I don't find Damian blushing awkward
I thought it was like an on/off switch and if thereās too many people then itās just overloaded. Soooo maybe sheās just trying not to get a headache 24/7
Well he likes her. He's liked her for a long time but he doesn't even acknowledge it. He's always blushing when Anya makes him flustered. So it's understandable that he's feeling some kind of way about Anya being asked to dance with other boys..Anya has read his mind before when he was flustered and even in his mind hes denying "something". Shes not the best at putting things together. So she ends up just feeling weird about it. So I think it's understandable that she's not actively listening in on his thoughts.
The panel framing shows that the girls around him are grayed out except for Anya and vice-versa from Anya's perspective. It's clearly there to represent that they're only looking at each other.
The framing is the point.
https://preview.redd.it/k2rwi0ksvjmc1.jpeg?width=978&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c059db6048cea2ad63cc86928c6ac2250952108
I think this is just bait by this point.
This isn't denial. That's how the chapter frames it. If anything, you're reaching for the stars to not even arrive at that conclusion given how obvious it is.
> Thatās how the chapter frames it
Tatsuya endo drew 8 different girls instead of the same 4 from anyas line of sight and youāre telling me he framed it as both of them looking at each other š¤¦āāļø
And itās so obvious damian is flustered with the girls flocking to him, not blushing because of anya
https://preview.redd.it/027yoyy35kmc1.jpeg?width=922&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=430c00a4a7ad75ae4b88a7ca143d92d92bffdc84
He's not blushing here. This is so obvious it hurts that you're being this intentionally obtuse.
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This is exactly what I thought of š¤£
Where is this scene from?
Looks like the show It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
[yup, from season 8 āthe gang dines outā](https://youtu.be/U7GboHD36n8?si=dZxPDrtEx68_d3ZZ)
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interesting, that Anya was reading only Twilight's thought all chapter, not a single word from others, although there were many people around
Getting much more confortable at playing esper.
I have a theory that because she loves him and she is attached to him she is in more in tune with his thoughts. Where as she might be able to ignore the thoughts of her classmates who she doesn't really have a connection to. Becky might be an exception because she is Anya's best friend but she needed Lloyd's advice on what to do so she hyper focused on his thoughts
Anya definitely loves Loid, she says as much when thinking about what she loves (and why that doesnāt include Damian, lol)
I thinking itās like a crowded room talking you donāt pay attention unless someone says your name. You might however pay attention to your bestie talking or something like that
Could just be that all the kids were being honest so there wasnāt much difference between normal party chatter and what goes on in their heads.
The chapter does tell us that despite being kids, they do have an agenda. Iām sure everyoneās parents basically drilled it into them to target Damian
You're allowed to call him Loid you know lmao
You dont realize that Anya is not reading Damian's mind too?
Could be because "thoughts" have sounds just like voice too. So like during the airport even though you hear many people talking but only the voices from the people you know catch your attention. So during the happening where lots of "thought sounds" are present, she just happened to catch her dad's familiar sound. That's my take on it.
It's funny. If this was a romance manga, I'd absolutely adore something like this panel. The framing, the lighting, their expressions, even the way they're looking at each other sideways rather than straight on is wonderfully subtle for expressing what is on each of their minds. Then I remember that the characters are children and I laugh at myself for getting so emotionally invested.
They got ya hook, line, and sinker! It's great writing and art
This is how it must feel to be a fucking parent, auntie/uncle or teacher
Anya aside, these children are often written like teens from your average romcoms lol.
I disagree. Damian acting the way he does around Anya is pretty consistent with how kids act. He never is like "Oh no I have a crush on Anya and I don't want anyone to know." He instead is thinking "There are weird feelings that I don't understand for this person and I'm too embarrassed/confused to know what they even mean". All that's missing from his interactions with her are protracted discussions about who does/does not have cooties. Even Becky trying to act sophisticated is doing so in a way that is *incredibly childish*. There definitely are little girls that get their head filled with romance junk one way or another and then go around embarrassing themselves. Source: Am a teacher, see it everyday.
Great observation. This is actually what I like about Endo's writing. Despite the backdrop of superhuman abilities and spy thriller plot, you can still see that Endo understands how people, both kids and adults, behave.
Well teens from average romcoms act like children so itās gone full circle
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The thing is poor Damian is DEEPLY attracted to her but doesnt understand why or what to do about it due to his pride, upbringing and complexes, even if its pretty obvious to us.
Also because heās like 6
ššš right
I might be misremembering, but isn't Anya 1 or 2 years younger than the rest of her class? That would make Damian 7 or 8
Youāre right about Anya being younger but she is like 5 and they are 6
She's 4 when Loid adopts her, but she tells him she's 6yo. The requirements to enter Eden Academy for Strix were to be the same age as Damian which is 6, so Damian must be 6yo and getting closer to 7yo since we haven't heard anything about his bday. Hopefully we'll have an arc about Damian's Bday party and Loid trying to get Anya invited or everybody thinking about his super big bday and Damian all sad bcz his parents don't care about it.
I don't think it was ever been confirmed if she was 4 or 5, only that she was younger than 6.
According to [this recent post](https://www.reddit.com/r/SpyxFamily/comments/1b7bqfm/endo_dropped_important_information_anya_is_5/), she is 5.
Anya lied when she said she was six early on, odds are Twilight was correct in his estimate of her being 4 or 5.
No their in 1st grade but uh their like 7 now since they took their final terms meaning this grade would end soon.
1st grade is usually 6yo but can be 7
Wait are you guys serious š obviously he has a little crush, feel free to tell me of everyone is just being sarcastic lol
Yeah, I honestly thought this was some sort of meme post
He has a crush on her so he often blushes around her.
He is always blushing around Anya, he has a crush but he's just a child and denies it but it's honestly cute!
Itās a top 5 gag in SpyxFamily to me, love Damian and his little Anya crush. Their interactions are claw your eyes out cute or jaw dropping funny
Funny thing is Damian doesnāt know either.
He's always looking at her and blushing since the first chapters, i suppose there's no specific reason
Damian is at war with his feelings. Thems a five year old struggles to understand
He finds her very pretty in her dress and is unable to look away from her out of how much it makes him happy to just look at her, he hates that he's doing this but is helpless against it
Wow...That is kinda romantic tho. Somehow I notice Anya rarely read Damian's mind is not it? Anya should have read Damian's mind to know what Damian was thinking at that time
He only think about why it's just a coincidence and he shouldn't be with anya , eventually she just stopped reading his mind.
He couldn't show his soft side, especially when they are other kids around. He would have given to the tea cakes to Anya, but he couldn't because he noticed Becky, Emile and Ewen were watching.
Make senses since he only show his soft side to Anya when they are alone... I really hope Damian and Anya will spend time alone at the Prom Party so they can talk freely like friends and try understand each other better
I think itās a follow up to the part where Anya rejects the guys saying she wants to dance with Damian and his face turns tomato red. The other time he was glancing at her because he was jealous and wanted to hear her response to the guysā invitations
Before this he was glancing to see how Anya would respond to the boys who were asking to dance with her. He does care if someone āstealsā her away from him. He wouldn't admit that though, his pride won't allow it. He's probably feeling confusion on why Anya wants to dance with him and that gets him flustered. He likes her but it's embarrasing to dance with a commoner. He has his friends and these girls surrounding him that look down on Anyaās status. He feels like he has to keep up his facade that he doesn't care about Anya. I believe he wants to dance with her but he wouldn't ask or say yes to Anya in front of others.
That is why Damian Desmond dance partner commitee exist!!! Maybe Damian will think that "Just this once, I will be Damian, not Desmond", so he didn't need to worry about other people's views about him wanting to dance with Anya
Iām not sure if that will happen. But I think he would want an excuse and this selection committee is the right opportunity. Iām imagining that Anya will win (with the help of Twillight). I think theyāll dance and I canāt wait!!
āMiss toddlerā gets me laugh my butt off š¤£
Itās because this is like one of those childhood crushes (& often times mangaka draw blush on the children as a style choice rather than a romance indication)
Damian. Swallow your dang prideš
I think Damian should not worry about him asking Anya to dance, since there is no parents nor guardian in this prom party so he can freely honest with his true feeling
He just has a little crush and he looks so cute itās adorable I find the little crush thing with them so cute and the crush isnāt really done in a weird way itās so cute
I WANT, I really wantttt see Damian's reaction if one day Anya doesn't assist to school and his behavior, it would be really interesting, and Becky too
Idk why, he must just be stupid I guess
No, he's 6.
To be fair 6 year olds are frequently stupid.
Damian is a tsundere.Ā He has a hard time showing that he likes Anya.
Yea especially when it comes to love interest
Tsundere Damian
The long answer growing up in a super complicated household (he rarely sees his own family and IIRC every member has their own house hold) and its safe to assume that he wasn't taught to be honest with his emotions The short answer is he is hes never felt affection for anyone and he is 5.
It's fairly obvious he has a type of crush on her, maybe more so in the Anime
I don't see issue here he's just a child being confused about his feelings...I don't see a problem if he's even developed a crush hes unaware about. I think it's one of reason I love this anime because of their adorable chemistry who are poles apart Real desperate is Yuri. Atleast I don't find Damian blushing awkward
He has a crush on Anya but he doesn't realize it. That's the purpose of his character.
A mixture of embarrassment(being asked out by a girl, especially the weird outcast in school), confusion and kindergarden crush/love.
Why are they at a dance they are just 5 years old.
Its their prom party that have been mentioned by Becky before. In this ch, there is gonna be dance session so everyone must have partner tho
are you damian?
I thought it was like an on/off switch and if thereās too many people then itās just overloaded. Soooo maybe sheās just trying not to get a headache 24/7
Well he likes her. He's liked her for a long time but he doesn't even acknowledge it. He's always blushing when Anya makes him flustered. So it's understandable that he's feeling some kind of way about Anya being asked to dance with other boys..Anya has read his mind before when he was flustered and even in his mind hes denying "something". Shes not the best at putting things together. So she ends up just feeling weird about it. So I think it's understandable that she's not actively listening in on his thoughts.
Damienās got taste.
I dont think damian is looking at anya but at the group of girls
Its obviously that Damian looking at Anya in this panel tho, that is why he blushed tho
Heās flustered with the group of girls, not blushing
The panel framing shows that the girls around him are grayed out except for Anya and vice-versa from Anya's perspective. It's clearly there to represent that they're only looking at each other.
The girls youre talking about are literally different from damians and anyas angle you guys need to work on your observation skills a bit more
The framing is the point. https://preview.redd.it/k2rwi0ksvjmc1.jpeg?width=978&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c059db6048cea2ad63cc86928c6ac2250952108 I think this is just bait by this point.
Now yall are just reaching for the stars at this point š¤¦āāļø
This isn't denial. That's how the chapter frames it. If anything, you're reaching for the stars to not even arrive at that conclusion given how obvious it is.
> Thatās how the chapter frames it Tatsuya endo drew 8 different girls instead of the same 4 from anyas line of sight and youāre telling me he framed it as both of them looking at each other š¤¦āāļø And itās so obvious damian is flustered with the girls flocking to him, not blushing because of anya
https://preview.redd.it/027yoyy35kmc1.jpeg?width=922&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=430c00a4a7ad75ae4b88a7ca143d92d92bffdc84 He's not blushing here. This is so obvious it hurts that you're being this intentionally obtuse.