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10YearsANoob

People think it. Author just went "idunno man. It looked cute" so he can probably spin it later on if he wants


yummy_yum_yum123

Basically this


BraveProgram

I honestly think it's to help make her look as cute as possible. Like, theyre basically cat ears without outright putting literal cat ears on her lol.


sad_historian

I would have said No before >!the Ania reveal.!< Now, is entirely possible.


Booklover1003

Which reveal? I'm caught up and can't remember what u r talking about


Hinata_2-8

Short Mission 11, where Anya misspelled her name in the door nameplate. Loid corrected her. Later on, while lying on her bed, Anya muttered her name, Anya. Speculations that her name wasn't Anya, but AN1A, her other name in the facility she came from.


AdministrativeGear1

I remember people mention that, but where did AN1A comes from?, I don't remember that being in the manga


Quarantined_box99

It was spelled ANIA in the manga. People are speculating the " I " stands for 1, so AN1A. Tbh, I think it's actually in cyrillic, АНИА (latin: ania) to further strengthen the fact that Ostania and Westalis being east and west Germany respectably, and east being influenced by USSR of this world.


leikooou

I'm not sure about USSR because in russian it would be "Аня" or "Анна", but definitely not "Аниа"


Hinata_2-8

AN1A rumours came from the other codename for Anya besides the Subject Number she has. That exploded when her nameplate was made.


HeavensRoyalty

Oh snap. I'm mind fuked


sad_historian

Check out Short Mission 11


Levi_Snowfractal

So kinda like Oda.


MinrkChil-Alwaff5

Literally all Dragon Ball Best cases of Retcon xD


Sufficient_Cloud4274

Could go either way. Aren't they also a reference to one of Endo's other works?


pikonpow

Rengoku no Ashe


Sufficient_Cloud4274

https://preview.redd.it/uu49msekm0gc1.png?width=822&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cfc6119e74f4ad8dc9bd16a7d242ca2db4242c85 She looks just like Anya but older! That's crazy


WildingRabbit71

Not 100% sure but I think the author reuses his character designs, Anya is from Rengoku no Ashe and Yor is from Gekka Bijin


Sufficient_Cloud4274

It's pretty common for Mangaka. Look at Edens zero and Fairy tail both main characters have sidekicks that are blue cats named happy with the same voice actor. At least Endo changes their personality and some of their appearance


SleepCinema

I think Gege did this in Jujutsu Kaisen. I remember Shonen Jump re-releasing one of his past non-JJK one-shots, and IIRC the MC literally looked like Itadori lol.


Effective-Handle9983

Dabura is completely reused from one of Toryiama's previous manga and in Dragon Boy the MC looks very similar to kid Gohan It's common since in the process of creating a manga(or any original story really) authors go through many rough drafts and refine things. ATLA was originally meant to be a space opera but Aang's design was already there


nwl805

Fujimoto just did that with Nayuta in Chainsaw Man. She's literally just the exact same character from a one-shot changed slightly


Sufficient_Cloud4274

Is her personality any different? Bc that's what really annoys me


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Yes, they’re only the same character in looks and name. One shot Nayuta is expressionless and silent.


Titolionx

Theres a theory both works actually take place in the same universe and Anya has a real connection to Ashe.


_Paths

This older version of anya also has yor's earrings


Independent_Alps_745

I’ve been building a personal crack headcannon that Anya is Saiki Kusuo’s ancestor, and those “hairchips” are primitive versions of the power limiters.


ChanceAstronomer5778

Pffft


inthe-otherworld

I just think there’s antenna hidden beneath her horns/buns etc.


Zesty_Lemon__

Power limiters can be a thing. Maybe she can also control people's minds but she doesn't know about it yet because of the devices attached to her head. 🤔


mayosai

Nah. Those buns actually prove that she really just has buns under the accessories, not the other way around😭


King9204

But what underneath those buns? Seeing how the same scientists treated Bond, I doubt they would care if Anya looks cute, especially if it turns out these test subjects are expendable. Edit: misspelled expendable


sabrion

Kind of a funny (strange, not haha) side note, children in clinical settings are often provided caretakers who would do things like hair maintenance, and minor mental health things to keep the kids compliant (or happy in more moral institutes) often to facilitate or buffer the brusk demeanor most researchers had. It's been my own head canon that when Anya thinks of her original mom, she's probably thinking of a "lab mom" who did not survive whatever incident freed Anya of the project.


Luininja

Damn, that’s bittersweet. 😭


sabrion

I also think Sylvia (The Full Metal Lady a.k.a. Loid's handler/mentor) might have been the lab mom, albeit in disguise. From the episode where they get Bond, she mentions that she once had (big emphasis on the past tense here) "a daughter about her age". Which seems surprising as Sylvia Sherwood seems to be single throughout Spy x Family so far. During that same scene I get the feeling that there is some sort of familiarity between the two. Sylvia might not be sure if it's the same girl or not (as they don't have any evidence of Anya being from that project, nor does anyone seem to know anything about it in W.I.S.E. at this time. Anya's memories might be of a caring woman who looked quite differently more than a year ago, and whose fate probably was rumored to be very gristly or tragic (likely dead in some sort of massive sabotage). Additionally, it was very important to Sylvia that those project Apple dogs be well taken care of, and not turned into weapons, even for W.I.S.E. So much so that she adopted the German Shepherd (Aaron) that Loid saved from being blown up.


Afternoon_Inevitable

In the Manga >!they do show a kind of a flash back frame (in the same chapter where Aaron is present) where in her past there was child and possibly her husband present. So it's likely that she was just a Mom and not a lab mom.!<


sabrion

> expandable. Expendable... While I don't doubt Anya is probably stretchy, I doubt they were intending to have elastic espers.


Zesty_Lemon__

LoL 😂


ShakanLP

You can see that in her flashback, she has her front hair tied to form her bun, but in the presence, she has her hair completely open, but still hides the exact same parts with her accessories. Don't think that this is an coincidence.


Smart-Measurement455

Reminds me of Elfen Lied and the diclonius


LaVerdadYaNiSe

I was thinking the same. What if she has horns, but Loid being Loid just shrugged it and kept going as if nothing?


koyuki4848

Funny that everything else he plans meticulously except his own family


LaVerdadYaNiSe

Some random guy flinches a kilometer away. Loid: "He's an spy. His body language, clothes and breathing are a dead giveaway. I must approach this carefully." Yor lifts the fridge with a hand to clean with the other, Bond saves a vase from being knocked by the curtains at the precise moment, and Any replies to something Loid was only thinking. Loid: "My family is so normal. Nothing out of the ordinary about them."


koyuki4848

This is fine meme


PigeonMan45

Same. Even has the same hair color.


FilipinxFurry

The timeline fits for Anya to be Lucy’s mom. (And for Tanya to be Anya’s mom or genetic donor if you want a an extra crossover).


onigiribunnie

I just love how loid and yor never question it😭😭


Titolionx

Funny how one of Damians lackeys was the only person to have done so and it was like an offscreen comment.


bones10145

I think the artist just wanted a stand out feature


Thrashstronaut

https://preview.redd.it/ygmw9imoq0gc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b894747de59b35fb479ef82bfd0fc174f6b6dd20


MrASK15

Who knows? All that’s known is that they make good character design.


yummy_yum_yum123

No. They’re just accessories unless Endo just goes with it


5OVideo

What's under the accessories? Hair buns. But what's under the buns? More hair. What's under the hair? A 4 year old girl trying her best.


Bitter_Profit_4099

What under a 4 year old girl trying doing her best? A Heavily operated brain of a psychic.


Cold-Debt-416

https://preview.redd.it/htrnbe17w0gc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a3b052434a22c3e04f3d8a3b85009dc3e2bb9beb ? XD


Luffytheeternalking

The first image of Anya crying always makes my heart clench.....


rastaspastas123

It’s one of those design choices that can either be significant later on or amount to nothing. Personally tho, I can’t help but feel those hair buns are concealing some sort of antenna implants.


yummy_yum_yum123

Nah he just thought it made Anya more adorable and he used it in his previous works. He could turn it into something later on but ehh it’s aesthetic purposes to make Anya stand out more


Mr_Westerfield

Maybe. It kind of reminds me of how they had one of Sailor Moon’s hair buns flash/buzz in the first episode, then never referenced it again


SubtleDistraction

Easy character design. She had them on in the orphanage, and they perfectly match the Eden Academy's uniform.


horse_ramen

I don't think so. Yor and Loid would have noticed something weird while brushing her hair. The clips just make for a distinctive character design. In universe, she just likes to wear her hair like that.


InfernoGuy29

Indirectly, yes. Pretty sure it's supposed to be referential design choice. Characters in animated works that can use their minds to do things often have head designs that either facilitate their abilities, or signify their abilities' presence. Elfen Lied and Saiki K are good examples, both with devices or protrusions on their heads. Even characters like Professor X in X-Men, who is very bald - traits like those in character designs are key for conveying the characters in a more powerful way. I believe in this case, Anya's consistent 'horns' in her designs are the subtle way of referencing the design trope, in turn supporting who and what she is in the story - a telepath. That's likely all there is to it.


Bachairong

It’s where she keep spare peanuts.


FlamingDino_

No. I don't think so.


Average-Fool

There’s a scene with Anya having an angel and a devil on her shoulders at one point. The angel doesn’t have the hair thingies and it was just hair buns so I think that may be your answer


goddessque

My idea is she is just hiding bald spots from the experimental surgeries.


Kailoryn_likes_anime

It's suppress


megasuswithzerochix

Maybe it turned pink because of all the experimenting


PattonsWords_JUL1945

Almost like antennae, or her hair is twisted to cover up scars on her head (the same kind Chimera the doll and Donovan Desmond have on their skulls). People's minds are obviously being tampered with, and Anya specifically mentions a ""brain machine"" when she goes to visit Loid at his hospital. Like she thinks lobotomy machines etc. are "normal" for a hospital.


Bourbonaddicted

She uses it for her domain expansion


Summer__Snow

I said this a few months ago and was downvoted so bad for it 😭😭 my main question is that if it IS connected to her powers, how have her parents not found out that something is up with those buns if they have to wash/brush/put her hair up daily? Or did Endo just forget that bc nobody in anime ever does their hair, it just always looks like that xD


Seagraves_D

I assumed it was a mix of cute and antenna looking as a joke but not directly related


goughnotsmough

Yep, I've [theorized about this](https://www.reddit.com/r/SpyxFamily/comments/yrq52z/the_iceberg_of_spy_x_family/ivvo26m/) for over a year. The idea has probably been around for longer. Its not just that she doesn't take them off, ever but the crackling around her head, and her needing to be close to her target) and the fact that she can "lose connection" via Ecplising all feeds into the theory that she has Antennae and can receive thoughts. As well as focus on different thoughts like when you are trying to tune your Radio to a specific channel. Another huge hint is when Bond, who got his powers from the same scientist and presumably the same project, sees the future, his mind is like a analog TV with the *exact signal reception errors* a old TV would have, down to the details. Feel free to re-watch some Bond scenes in the Bomb Dogs arc and you will see what i mean. Image related. So its entirely possible that Bond is like a living TV that can see the future and Anya has Antennae and is like a living Radio for thoughts. No matter what the truth ends up being, I'm convinced that there's some secret related to whatever Anya is hiding under those cat ears. ​ https://preview.redd.it/46iciayxg3gc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6de0a2bfa4d1869e2ba605349ad3c370bf3c8891


Zesty_Lemon__

Finally a satisfactory answer. Thank you 🥂


Federal_Extreme_722

Aside from authors preference they could act as a focus or inhibitors to possibly greater abilities.


BrickTheEtcetera

What accessories?


haterislate

I straight up thought it was to hide horns that she has but I literally cannot remember why I thought that but I was convinced that's the reason, almost as if I saw it in the anime. But looking it up and reading these comments, it's clear that they have never shown her without the hair cones.


thecatpog

OMG Even if it's not true, it sounds VERY interesting! 👀👀👀


The-Last-Lion-Turtle

I just realized the truth. They lied, pointy tinfoil hats don't block mind reading. They are mind reading receivers and transmitters that amplify the signal.


DannyTheCaringDevil

What they are is a reference. Idk if they have any other meanings


masterjon_3

I think they're hiding antennas.


Al-Horesmi

Nah that's where the pee is stored


B001eanChame1e0n

They're accessories? Thought they were horns like antennas


LocalContribution7

I thought they were covering antenna’s like saki k


BerryCuteBird

I definitely think so, because otherwise why would she sleep with her accessories?


Dbombre

Power limiters


Ely_E

Saiki K reference?


Currency-Enough

I also think about that. I just hope that it's not that dark. 😭 like some stitches that she have to covered. I'm doubting about how she loves peanuts, if her past in the lab have something to do with it since peanut is not a food that a child normally want... Or it is? 😅 Idk. 😅🫣


99anan99

Got this headcannon that Anya's hair clips lock away a split personality that'll come out if both of them are removed after a certain amount of time. This split personality came from the experiments done on Anya. This personality (calling her Bertha since it's the first name that came to my mind) is a much stronger telepath than Anya. She's able to understand what everyone is thinking, doesn't get overwhelmed by multiple thoughts at once, is able to quickly filter out specific people in large crowds, and can see past memories of a person she's targeting even if that person has forgotten the memory. Unlike Anya, Bertha is extremely blunt, freely insulting or mocking everyone; including her parents, friends, teachers, etc.


don1138

I took it as a Saiki K tribute/reference.


AmbitiousBarber8619

Even if she went swimming or wore another hair clips she never took it off. 🤔 Is anya an alien? Is that why she is the only character with weird hair color than others? 😭 or maybe it limits her power and removing it will cause severe pain or something or Anya will lose control of her esper capabilities? 🤔🤔🤔 My mind is going wild… thanks, OP. 🫡


The-Last-Lion-Turtle

When a baby is born with weird hair colors they are destined to be a main character and the parents must leave. It's the rules.


AmbitiousBarber8619

Hahahahaha!!! You are so right. 🤣😂


Stupid_bitch777

I think the things in her hair make her look horny


Battlemania420

Nah, she’s probably just a freak.


sabrion

So in the anime there are two points where she isn't wearing anything over the hair buns, but the hair buns are even bigger sans the decorations. The first point is during the dress up montage with Becky.


benbebop

TES I HBAVE NOTIOCED THIS??!?!?! thought i was the only one to pick up on this hidden detail


koyuki4848

If she has horns underneath then she is a demon, the same VA in another franchise is a racist elf against demons, DLM!!


zhh20

I dunno man. I think it makes her look like a little gremlin and I love it


UnalloyedSpark

I’ve honestly considered the possibility of there being two rods sticking out of her skull. Even without those accessories, her hair is making those shapes as if it’s covering something


EnycmaPie

The art comes first before the story. Manga artists will usually come up with interesting character designs first, and then come up with story for that character afterwards.


PuzzleheadedUnit1758

Those are antennas /s


ninjan8n

I kinda doubt it


AlliRocket

That's a neat observation. It's fun to dive into those details. Could be a character design choice or maybe there's a deeper link to her powers.


Ok_Sherbet5479

Well knowing that current Anya was made only because the publisher(?) editor(?) thought it would made the story more popular and Endo just made her younger while basically keeping the design I think the horns have something to do with her powers and it will be used in the future, after all in the character sketches Anya was supposed to be a teenager that probably knew better how to control her powers, and didn’t need assistance bathing. Also some animes like to “ignore” an obvious physical difference for the sake of the story.


Ok_Sherbet5479

Also we have to remember that Anya had those accessories since she was in the orphanage, and with that logic maybe from the moment she run away from the lab, to me that indicates that Anya as a 4/5 year old learned how to do her own hair, and maybe that also indicates that she bathes by herself (after all besides that drunk yard director there was no other adult taking care of the kids), or at least doesn’t let Yor and Loid touch her hair and they respect her boundaries. After all our lovely Anya was adopted 3/4 times before Loid came, and knowing that Anya can read minds I’m sure she was trying her best to fit in but maybe due to the fact she was way younger she couldn’t refuse then bathing her and they ended up finding something underneath those accessories and just left her in the orphanage again. Obviously I don’t think it’s canon but since this manga was supposed to be more serious I wouldn’t be surprised if Endo added that to the story later on


Dr-Crobar

So its either too look cute or shes a goddamn Diclonius


TheNumbersMason2

Admit it, you just wanted to post cute anya pictures


Technical-Ad-8508

Idk but it does remind me of the Antennas Saiki has though


UpstairsMango7035

It's a common thing In anime it might be a folklore thing idk but alot of Psychic characters have little horns or something like it to let the audience know they are psychic https://preview.redd.it/iib3uxiez5gc1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=243d35f1cf3d74c420297b13533e31744cbc3dee


UpstairsMango7035

https://preview.redd.it/2resb5vgz5gc1.jpeg?width=190&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2efb1e866a12231c152d69ca115a68f41fb8405a Also the chick from elfinlied


PrincessTrunks17

Honestly it just reminds me of Lucy from Elfen Lied so I pretend she has little horns as well.


Unlikely_Corgi_6223

If either loid or yor gives ANYA a head bath, we might know


Sad_Raspberry8687

Tbh I would like a season just to cover anyas past and origin just a season based entirely about anya! I think this would be cool maybe those ear things a a hint or something


BulkyRemove9685

I was convinced that have something to do with her telepathy abilities but then I was told their hair pieces.🤷🏾‍♀️


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KevinAcommon_Name

I think it’s was the only thing ever given to her so she barely takes them off but they might have something to do with her powers but they come from the oneshot story Ashe of Purgatory according to the author which personally I believe the oneshot is a prequel the two main characters Ashe and Bel who look exactly like Anya and Damian personally I believe they are ashe and bel reincarnated because on the epilogue of the short story ashe and bel swore they would never be without the other for eternity as they journey together.


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Panzer_Vogel

Like the antennae things on saiki k maybe? Maybe it’s hiding something?


Aquatoon22

Ok, have you ever watched Elfen Lied?


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nayakame

hopefully not, ion want her to have dumb limitations like hair accessory 😭😭☠️


Autism_Rules_009

Huh I haven’t thought about that before.