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Nov 11, 2022 6:53 AM
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I've been thinking about what makes Anya stand out from a lot of child characters in anime. Many people think Anya is only popular because she is cute.
From an objective standpoint, she's popular because she is an excellent audience surrogate character whose purpose in the story is to provide a relatable perspective for the audience in an otherwise unknown world.

As much as I find her shenanigans cute, I think this is the greatest aspect of her character. If Spy x Family didn't have this element to her, she wouldn't be as popular as now
Nov 11, 2022 7:02 AM
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nah, she is just popular because she is cute if she would have been popular because being relatable perspective to the story and the world than every isekai main character will be just as popular
Nov 11, 2022 7:22 AM
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Um ok.... ? (Character limit)
Nov 11, 2022 7:26 AM
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Nowadays, there is a bunch of "popular" nonsense in this world so I wouldn't think much about it.
Nov 11, 2022 7:32 AM
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ye nah she's popular bc she's cute replace her with one of the friends of damian preferably the long faced one,genderbend him would honestly love to see how many people like that ๐Ÿ—ฟ
Nov 11, 2022 7:32 AM
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Khushal_v said:
nah, she is just popular because she is cute if she would have been popular because being relatable perspective to the story and the world than every isekai main character will be just as popular

Nahh isekai protags doesn't provide relatable perspective to the story at the same quality as anya. Also Set up of spy x family is far more interesting than majority of isekai. Except few of them most of the isekai world are one of the most uninteresting garbage in anime.
Nov 11, 2022 7:36 AM
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Khushal_v said:
nah, she is just popular because she is cute if she would have been popular because being relatable perspective to the story and the world than every isekai main character will be just as popular


It's because Anya excels at this trope and that's what makes her great. She's kinda like Ryuk from Death note
Nov 11, 2022 7:38 AM
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Agreed there are a lot of cute child Characters in anime but none of them are as popular or loved or interesting as Anya.
Nov 11, 2022 7:38 AM
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Nah she's so popular because Spy X family fans lose brain cells when she's on their screens....


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Nov 11, 2022 7:38 AM

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Most people don't think that deeply about characters. People like Anya because she's cute, it's that simple. The characters that don't get popular aren't cute enough or the anime they come from isn't popular.
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Nov 11, 2022 7:50 AM

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You have to admit she's also very popular because she's the most memeable character in the cast.
Nov 11, 2022 7:50 AM
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am i the only one who think this anime is very overrated?
Nov 11, 2022 8:11 AM

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I think what makes Anya stands out to the other anime kid is how she tries to help in a plot she's too young to fully understand. If I look at other popular anime kids (for example Kanna from Dragon Maid and Renge from Non Non Biyori) their main appeal is doing cute and innocent kid stuff, but their stories take place in a relatively cute and innocent environment too, if you forget that Kanna can literally destroy the world if she wanted too and isn't out of battery, that is. Whereas Anya is a goofy and cute child who progresses in a more serious setting. Yes, it's a comedy but it's also about secret services, war and hitmen.
Nov 11, 2022 8:21 AM
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TheFounder131 said:
Agreed there are a lot of cute child Characters in anime but none of them are as popular or loved or interesting as Anya.

!maybe Anya is just better with better animation?
Nov 11, 2022 8:24 AM
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Nov 11, 2022 8:29 AM

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When there is a new meme source, she will no longer be remembered. Currently there is a shortage, due to global inflatation.

Yor Forger, on the other side, will repeatedly be held within the hands of many Oni-chan in front of the screen.
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Nov 11, 2022 8:30 AM

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That would be a good theory until you remember that countless anime do that already with better proficiency, she is just popular because she is a cute, meme, and kind of inoffensive. So sad that they deleted my review of the past season, I predicted the appeal of the series and how it would pan out -.-



Nov 11, 2022 8:35 AM

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because the WAKU WAKU!!!
Nov 11, 2022 9:04 AM
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I don't think people misunderstand why she is popular, people like her because they have their own reason to like her, so of course they will obviously know why she is popular
Nov 11, 2022 9:16 AM
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you're correct (character limit)
Nov 11, 2022 9:40 AM

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Sanjay63773 said:
I've been thinking about what makes Anya stand out from a lot of child characters in anime. Many people think Anya is only popular because she is cute.
From an objective standpoint, she's popular because she is an excellent audience surrogate character whose purpose in the story is to provide a relatable perspective for the audience in an otherwise unknown world.

As much as I find her shenanigans cute, I think this is the greatest aspect of her character. If Spy x Family didn't have this element to her, she wouldn't be as popular as now

Yes. I agree. There's many other cute child charecters with hilarious facial expressions but as you said her involvement to the story in a way of being a bridge between viewers and the show makes her more popular.

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Nov 11, 2022 11:13 AM

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Ahhhhhhh yeah whatever I still hate children no matter the appearance ESECIALLY Anya all of them need to be discipline and by discipline I mean punishing them with the LA CHANCLA
Nov 11, 2022 11:38 AM

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I like her because she's actually written like a child. Most writers write children as either incredibly dumb or too intelligent. Anya is dumb because she's inexperienced, but she has moments of brilliance.

Nov 11, 2022 11:43 AM
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Anya is popular because she's adorable and also pure-hearted and relatable.The mangaka has conveyed funny-face comedy effectively through the vessel of Anya - a comedy I often think is drivel.
Nov 11, 2022 12:23 PM
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KuronoKei17 said:
am i the only one who think this anime is very overrated?

No, I've come to that conclusion as well. the only reason it took me so long is Yor.
Nov 11, 2022 1:48 PM
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Sanjay63773 said:
I've been thinking about what makes Anya stand out from a lot of child characters in anime. Many people think Anya is only popular because she is cute.
From an objective standpoint, she's popular because she is an excellent audience surrogate character whose purpose in the story is to provide a relatable perspective for the audience in an otherwise unknown world.

As much as I find her shenanigans cute, I think this is the greatest aspect of her character. If Spy x Family didn't have this element to her, she wouldn't be as popular as now

Anya isn't really great herself. Its the collection of them all. Her doing dumb shi she shouldn't be doing. The manga hyped up the anime and that made it good. If there was never hype it wouldn't have became this popular. Just a 'hidden gem' although this can be said with any show. If I had to rate my favourite characters in anime, Anya probably wouldn't even be top 50-100. That being said. if i had to rate my favourite animes. Spy family would probably be top 10-30. Even if all the characters are bad themselves if they work together well. The show can become popular and therefore make it seem like the characters are popular.
Nov 11, 2022 2:09 PM
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She is just cute with out it’s I think it wouldn’t be so popular
Nov 11, 2022 2:52 PM

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nah its just the memes, like traveling the whole animeverse like zoro thing and the faces she makes
Nov 11, 2022 2:55 PM
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I think what make her stand out is she thinks and acts more like a real child than anime kids typically do. She doesn’t realize her parents are actually out the ordinary but she thinks it’s normal because she sees it in cartoons. I remember being a kid and hearing adults talk and my brain didn’t fully understand what they were saying but I tried to make sense of it even if it was completely wrong.
Nov 11, 2022 5:55 PM

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ToonGohan said:
I think what make her stand out is she thinks and acts more like a real child than anime kids typically do. She doesn’t realize her parents are actually out the ordinary but she thinks it’s normal because she sees it in cartoons. I remember being a kid and hearing adults talk and my brain didn’t fully understand what they were saying but I tried to make sense of it even if it was completely wrong.


She isn't realistic
Nov 11, 2022 8:32 PM

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Anya is so popular because her facial expressions, not just cute but also can be a meme.
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Sanjay63773 said:
ToonGohan said:
I think what make her stand out is she thinks and acts more like a real child than anime kids typically do. She doesn’t realize her parents are actually out the ordinary but she thinks it’s normal because she sees it in cartoons. I remember being a kid and hearing adults talk and my brain didn’t fully understand what they were saying but I tried to make sense of it even if it was completely wrong.


She isn't realistic

No they’re are definitely aspects to her character that are true to how kids act. One little moment I appreciated was when she was looking up at the clock only to realize she couldn’t tell time and then she asked an adult for help only realize she doesn’t even know how long 30 minutes is. Anya is just a well written character and I think most people can appreciate the simplicity in that.
Nov 11, 2022 9:42 PM

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speaking as an anya fan:
nah, she just pulls off the cute character "awww" bait really well, unlike most other characters that are supposed to be cute. it's definitely just that she is cute and memey
Nov 11, 2022 9:47 PM
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I favourited Anya bc I usually favourite characters that are really funny to me and Anya (especially at the start of SxF) was soo funny
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Nov 11, 2022 9:53 PM
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shes not only hillarious and cute, she is savage and smug, thats why i think she is so popular
Nov 12, 2022 4:36 AM

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you are correct (character limit)
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I enjoy watching her to explore her world through her eyes, misunderstanding things, falling over, being cute and sweet but also capable of being horrible and destructive. She is a fun watch and makes the story work so much better
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Nov 13, 2022 7:04 PM
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i think its because she's not like the other anime children
for some reason teenagers and kids in anime are too much mature in their actions and thoughts but anya acts and thoughts more like a 5 year child like she is
always doing dumb things and lacking responsability
being distracted or acting on impulse
Nov 13, 2022 10:07 PM

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She's more than a meme, than a child. Momo Kawamoto from 3-gatsu no Lion is 10000000000000000000000000000000000000x better than her.



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Nov 19, 2022 1:06 AM
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she is popular because of the memes
Jan 3, 2023 1:28 AM

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I don't like Anya' character overall. However I do like some aspects her personality.

Her saying Okay-dokey & oui. Some random remarks she gives, after reading someone's mind.
For example in p1, Loid was mentally exhausted and worried at one point, then Anya says "don my chichi" (don't worry about it pops), and he snaps back with "nani ga!" I laughed my ass off at that.

But yeah I'm not a fan of Anya.

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