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Shrouded Benevolence 🌫

Within the emptiest of souls, gestures and intent; there lies the purest of hearts.

The Lone Soul 🦉

Zhang Qi Ling (张起灵), Jinx (扫把星), Brat (小鬼), Mute Zhang (哑巴张), Xiao Ge (小哥); may you now consist of an existence, and be connected to this world.

"Warm" Uncle Yuri

Greetings! As you can see, this time's treat is a fan art for the behind-the-scenes images of the Spy × Family Musical cast which I drew the canon characters into the images instead.

For the photos above, I prepared a brief comic where Yuri and Nightfall plot a plan to fulfill their personal aims alongside the help of Anya. I personally thought it matched well as all of the stage actors for Anya, Yuri and Nightfall are involved in the original behind-the-scenes photos. (Although the stage actress for Nightfall cannot be seen here, she was in fact, the one who filmed the instagram reel!)

These are inspired by the photos posted in the socials of the stage actors for the Spy × Family Musical (Aoi Ikemura as Anya Forger, Tsubasa Takizawa as Yuri Briar, Nonoka Yamaguchi as Fiona Frost/Nightfall). Side-to-side comparison below:

I had enjoyed doing this work a lot! The interactions on and off stage are very heart-warming, so it's essential to merge this chemistry into the canon characters.

Source: Weibo

Chang An is Online 💬

Sharing some fun online interactions among the cast of cdrama The Vendetta of An (长安二十四计; lit. Chang An's Twenty-Four Stratagems) via their weibo posts and comments as they promote the drama during its broadcast!

Note: Each post shared will be credited and linked respectively, feel free to check them out by clicking the hyperlinks. Some GIFs are self-translated, while the posts are translated by Google. I do not own any of these, please refer the relevant sources credited.

Xie Huai An's "Gratitude" Source: Weibo

The Xiao Royal Brothers Source: Weibo

Gu Yu Warned, "Come Closer" Source: Weibo

Li San Geng's Garbage Management Source: Weibo

Wang Pu's Dumplings (Modern Day Ver.) Source: Weibo

Hiding A Knife Smile ✅️ Source: Weibo

Wu Mei Emoticons Source: Weibo

A Tiemo's Journey Source: Weibo

Give The Emperor His Eyes Source: Weibo

The Assassin and The Embroiderer Source: Weibo

Indebted Duo Source: Weibo

Finale Support from Gu Yu Source: Weibo

After School Hangout

I'm back with an inspired alternate universe fan art! This involves Sylvia, Yor and Fiona from the Spy × Family manga, incorporated with a high school alternate universe where the three are best friends across different grades.

I simply imagined their dynamic being a unique one, and their friendships being sturdy as it's not built solely through proximity, but also through their understanding from a common ground (that is, perhaps, being left out from their classmates).

It would be Sylvia (the oldest of the group) navigating life in the world of high schoolers together with her new teammates, Yor (the "middle child" of the group); that anxious and pure friend- ready to give you the top class emotional support and Fiona (the youngest of the group); that nonchalant and blunt friend- ready to give you a reality check.

As there are slight age gaps between them, Yor and Fiona would soon face the issue where Sylvia will graduate and leave the school before they do and I prepared an extra comic to illustrate how would their discussion turn out down below:

(Read from left to right, top down)

Lasty, I would like to credit the inspiration and reference of this fan art to Dreamcatcher's post in X (involving members Yoohyeon, SuA and Siyeon in the photo) as compared below:

Thanks for reaching up till this point of my long post. I hope you have gained several insights on this alternate universe involving the interactions of the three characters as much as it did to me!

Have a Good 7th, Spy × Family

It's been a while, dropping by to deliver well wishes and the first dose of Nightfall for 2026; meet Dr. Frost 🤝

Featuring concept inspiration from Kdrama X: Age of the White Mafia based on the role (Gye Soo Jung) played by actress Kim Ji Won.

Idea inspired by @callester's post.

Celebrating Six Years with Spy × Family

Passing the continuity baton, Yuri (the cover character for the 5th volume) and Nightfall (the cover character for the 6th volume) becomes the symbol to celebrate Spy × Family's 6th year anniversary.

Took the fortunate coincidence of their volume numbers to illustrate a celebratory message for the 6th anniversary, with the expression of 5+1=6 where the manga turns a year older now!

A Lifetime's Will 🕯

The narrow reunion sought for an eternity, lasting only at the blink of an eye; but it still is, worthy of a try.

Credits to the snippets taken from Ep. 30 clip and Ep. 26-30 compilation of Adventure Behind The Bronze Door (藏海花).

Extras: Some matches from the lyrics of the song 梦里花 (pinyin: Meng Li Hua, lit.: Flower Within A Dream) by Angela Chang.

“在殘垣廢墟之中 尋找唯一夢想 就算失去所有愛的力量 我也不曾害怕 我從不曾絕望。” "In the midst of ruins, I seek a sole dream. Even if all my strength to love was lost, I have never been afraid. I have never lost hope."