Warning: This article contains spoilers from the Spy x Family manga! The beloved spy action series, Spy x Family, wrapped up its latest Season 3 in December last year, as fans still await updates on a sequel season. While fans await Season 4, the manga is currently in a crucial phase, especially after the Term Break Arc revealed a major plot twist about the supposed main antagonist, Donovan Desmond. While the anime is only scratching the surface of the mysteries, the manga has already revealed his powers along with the reason he became a recluse. He is also the prime target of Operation Strix and continues to remain one of the most mysterious characters in the story. Loid Forger is nowhere close to completing his mission, even after Anya earned four Stella Stars.
While fans await more mysteries to be unravelled, the manga entered a new arc focusing on more challenges Loid and the others have to face while they maintain the fragile peace between Ostania and Westalis. The story is nowhere near the point where Loid and Yor will confront each other about their true identities, but Loid is facing a major dilemma in the latest chapter.
Melinda explains that she doesn’t remember when things started to change between her and Donovan. It could’ve been around the time Demetrius or Damian was born. Donovan became a completely different person and started keeping a distance from everyone around him. It took Melinda a while to believe that Donovan hadn’t simply changed, but his body has been taken over by an extraterrestrial being. Although she wholeheartedly believes that’s the case, Melinda is well aware that no one will believe something as ridiculous as this.
Loid even thinks that she could have Delusion Misidentification Syndrome. However, he doesn’t notice any symptoms associated with that condition. Melinda only suspects aliens have taken the real Donovan to a distant planet. However, the reason behind her suspicion is simply Donovan’s ability to read people’s minds. Her eldest son, Demetrius, also suspects Donovan’s secret and struggles to keep his mind clear all the time.
As the chapter ends, Loid comes home, and Anya hears his thoughts. She’s surprised that another person, especially Loid’s biggest target, could have the same power as her. Almost nothing is known about Anya’s origins. After being experimented on and gaining the ability to read people’s minds, she has been adopted several times, but everyone kept returning her to the orphanage before Loid took her in. However, considering Melinda is only imagining the existence of aliens, it’s very likely that Donovan and Anya were experimented on in the same lab.
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