Damianya Week Day 6: War

A very short new chapter this week but...wow, the preview mentioned that it's about a dream Anya had, but I wasn't expecting baby Anya right off the bat 😭

A couple things we can infer about this short scene with her mother is that 1) they're both wearing what appears to be hospital or another kind of medical facility gowns, which indicates that they were perhaps both at the lab together. Likely her mother was there first for who knows how long, and Anya was born there?

And 2) the emphasis on being able to fly like a butterfly makes me think that they're trapped there. Anya is too young at this point to understand what's happening, but her mother desires that at least Anya is able to "fly away" to a better life someday.

It's hard to tell if Anya has her mind reading ability yet, or if her mother can read minds too. We don't see any of the "sparkles" that are used as a visual cue for when Anya is mind-reading...I feel like we would have seen that in the scene below when she's looking up at her mother before hugging her. But it could just be too short of a scene to say for sure.

Some notes about the Japanese version, @spencer-is-someone and others were wondering if she calls her ママ ("mama") here as opposed to what she calls Yor, はは ("haha"), and yes, she does call her biological mother the actual word "Mama." This is consistent with the Eden interview scene too.

The first panel of the Japanese version also has this extra text on the left that reads "a precious memory from some other time..."

Something that I mentioned in my review of chapter 102 is how Endo hides the faces of certain characters in other characters' flashbacks, such as how Loid's parents' faces are hidden, as is the face of Henry's wife in Martha's flashback. In the same vein, Anya's mother's face is obscured as well.

I interpret this as the characters' suppressing the memory of the character whose face is hidden due to the emotional trauma that character elicits, a trauma that the character having the flashback is trying to overcome, whether they realize it or not. In Anya's case, it could simply be that she doesn't remember her mother's face since she was so young, but regardless, I like that Endo is being consistent with this.

Side note, it seems like the design for Anya's mother is based on Ashe, a character from one of Endo's previous works. Anya's design was based on Ashe as well, so makes sense that her mother would have a stronger resemblance.

Before the chapter ends, we're treated to "soft" Loid with the little sigh he has (the "phew" cloud in the lower right) whenever he's genuinely relaxing around the family 😊

It's interesting how the mind-reading thing from the previous chapters with Melinda is brought up...when Anya asks if Yor can read her mind, Loid looks concerned, but when Yor tells him she only knew about the potato gratin because Anya saw it on TV, he relaxed.

I kinda hope that the Melinda story continues in the next chapter, but it could be paused for now. Likely we'll be moving onto something else next time. Maybe we'll go back to the "Anya reveals her secret to Damian" thing, since school is resuming according to Loid. I am a bit surprised though that this chapter was so short despite not being called a "Short Mission" chapter. Endo could still be trying to catch up after the recent long hiatus he had due to illness. But it's fine, I'm happy with crumbs of Anya's backstory not matter how small! 😅

Damianya Week Day 4: jealousy

Jjj He looks super weird 😭😭

bolesławiecka Miku... pracowniczka na stempelkowni czy innym malowaniu. okej to by było na tyle z miku trendu

if any of you need me i’ll be at pricey restaurant

Damian: Her cooking got better, but at what cost 😑

After the bus incident’s rumors came out everyone saw the heroes of Eden’s roles as:

Bill the the gentle giant who comforted the fearful students

Becky the leader who organized the other 3

Anya who delivered the fatal blow to Billy

And Damian who purposely crapped himself to stun the terrorist with the smell.

"can we pretend like it's the first time?" im gonna be sick

Hey there Ama! I was wondering if you take or were considering taking commissions?

Also love your Damianya art! Especially what you made for Damianya week last year!

Hiii!! ohh thanks for asking mehehe I actually thought about it, but unfortunately I won't be able to take your payment via paypal.. If you wouldn't mind some other services, or payment methods, I'd be happy to open a price and draw something for you <3

OHH and thank you very much, I'm really glad you like my Damianya art!!! ^3^ <3<3<3 OMG it's been a year since Damianya Week.....what??!!!!

Day 2: Office AU

those 2 employees are fighting again (everyone is sick of their ass)