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Spy x Family Ep 3 - Manga to Anime Adaptation Notes

Not here to point out *all* the places where manga and anime differ, but much more noting where adaptation and directing choices add to the story. Will start breaking these up into several posts...

Episode 3: 'Prepare For the Interview'- Manga chapter 3

The first episode where the anime added new material - a credit to them because it actually feels seamless! The slower moments where seemingly not much happens actually do a *lot* in terms of worldbuilding and character work. It is ruthlessly efficient in that way.

Meet the *other* Forger Family member - their apartment

The anime introduces us to the Forger’s home, not something we ever really got in the manga, and as we’ve seen in ‘Comedy’ and ‘Color’ EDs, a character in its own right. My favourite thing is that apart from getting a good view of their home’s layout, we also see

1) Anya being a smol bean - we see her on tip-toes, we see her head bobbing around at the bottom of the shot

Spy X Family Ep 3 - Manga To Anime Adaptation Notes

2) Anya being super excited about having a mama and doing what kids do when they’re excited - show them the toilet. We've never seen the bathroom AFAIK in the manga. But I guess we need to know where Loid takes a long time to... well, you know

3) Twilight having gone full Dad mode and bought Anya not just a little pink chair for her to do homework on at the coffee table (not in the manga)...

but also a stool to stand on in the bathroom so she can wash her face by herself (not in the manga)...

and what looks like pink sheets on top of a pinkish rug with pink chest of drawers in a room with pink wallpaper, all decked out with toys and books (not this pink and cute in the manga). It's all for the mission.

This is a very lived-in home, and suggests Anya and her papa probably have been living together for a little while. If Yor thinks Loid looks like the perfect doting father, it’s because he clearly actually is.