While the second season of the anime is airing, the manga written and illustrated by Tatsuya Endo, SPY x FAMILY, continues to gain popularity. Recently, the author took a break from advancing the plot to offer the chapter “Short Mission 11“, a small chapter.

These chapters generally tell stories unrelated to the main plot and starring secondary characters from the franchise, but This new installment goes back in time to show a story starring Anya Forger. In the short chapter, Anya asks Loid to put a sign with her name on her bedroom door, but she writes it as “ANIA“.

Loid informs that this is the wrong way to spell his name, so the sign is changed to “ANYA“, and the chapter ends with the girl thinking about her own name.

But that's not all, Tatsuya Endo himself included a promotional image for the manga starring Anya Forger herselfholding her chimera stuffed animal in front of what appears to be the doors of the orphanage where Loid found her.

It was certainly a surprise for SPY x FAMILY fans, especially because It looks like this chapter will serve to introduce a new plot arc. which will star Anya Forger. What's next for the manga? Fans have started debating about it:

• «Get ready, the sad feelings are coming».
• «I wonder how Loid and Yor will react when they find out the truth behind Anya?».
• «Her eyes looked dull when she wrote ANIA, but they regained their color when she realized she was now ANYA. I'm not ready for what's coming, I'm sure Bond will play a key role too».
• «I don't think he wrote ANIA, but AN1A, perhaps what he remembered writing on his lab plate. Maybe something like "Anomaly Number 1A"?».
• «If you read the first chapter, the old man calls her Anya and she was running away from his lab. Maybe she told the guy her name and he misheard Anya.».
• «Tradition is coming. Everyone should hold on to their seats and prepare for a tragic journey.».
• «This is very sad. Could ANIA be what was written on his phone when he was still being experimented on?».
• «My theory is that Anya had a code name in the lab, which was AN-1A, and that she thought she was ANIA.».
• «Loid and Yor already had their arcs where their backgrounds were explained, it was obvious that Anya would have to be next.».

And that doesn't seem to be all, as author Tatsuya Endo himself shared a special illustration via his official Twitter account also starring Anya Forger. In the past, SPY x FAMILY started its main story arcs with special illustrations of this type, which would confirm that Anya Forger will be the protagonist.

It looks like we're about to learn how Anya's name was chosen, and to find out that story, we'll have to delve into Anya's past. Of course, SPY x FAMILY gave us some insight into the girl's dark history. She's clearly telepathic and has been adopted multiple times from foster care. As far as we know, Anya barely remembers her real family, but thinking about that past has brought her to tears. The manga also suggests that Anya was subjected to harsh scientific experiments that likely caused her telepathy. And if all the fan theories are correct, it seems that the program that created Anya's power was somehow run by the Desmond family.

Source: Reddit