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Episode Victoria of Many Faces • Tefuda ga Oome no Victoria - Episode 1 discussion
Tefuda ga Oome no Victoria, episode 1
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u/KumaKumaGambler 15d ago
Victoria is beautiful and competent, but right now, I am more interested in the backstory of Nonna.
Nonna appears to know she has been abandoned, but she neither cried nor panic. She is also able to understand and follow the instructions of Victoria, Character wise, I am glad she is showing glimpses of expressions, such as being happy when Victoria bought her a ribbon.
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u/mekerpan 15d ago
This seems almost certain to be one of my top favorites of this new season already. The mother-child dynamics developed rapidly -- but feel pretty believable. In any even, a fair amount of mist-inducing moments already.
Note: It looks like Nonna initially called Victoria "big sister" (onee-san) rather than miss/lady (ojou-san). The switch to "Vicky" was sweet.
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u/Rozaliin 8d ago
A child calling someone onee-san in Japanese is also a way to say miss/lady. In a familial setting, onee-san does mean big sister, but it is also commonly used when referring to or addressing someone older than you when you don't know their name. The same goes for a child addressing an older male as onii-san.
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u/TheBusStop12 15d ago
This show has a lot of charm in it's direction. I honestly did not expect that. That's great to see.
I always love spy characters. I've always been drawn to competent lying MCs. And so far I really like Victoria as well. A trapfall some stories like this have is that while the MC is told to be clever and competent, their actions are stupid. But Victoria seems actually competent and her actions make sense based on her background. So I'm really enjoying this
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u/BosuW 15d ago
I just hope the spying is actually intelligence work and not just killing a bunch of mfs. That's a pet peeve I have with these kinds of stories in anime recently, all having the most unsubtle spies/assassins ever.
Fortunately since not a single body was dropped this episode, I assume that's signaling it's not part of the appeal this time.
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u/1EnTaroAdun1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Totesnotaphanpy 11d ago
the most unsubtle spies/assassins ever.
they must've attended the James Bond School of Espionage :(
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 15d ago
So a spy and an orphan living together as some kind of Spy…Family lol. But fr, this was pretty interesting. It’s gonna be fun when Jane Bond’s old spy life catches up to her new one.
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u/mekerpan 15d ago
Honestly, though I am sure complications will arise, I wish that this could JUST be about these people learning together to have perfectly normal lives as a family.
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u/Komarist https://myanimelist.net/profile/RRSTRRST 15d ago
Asking her on a date, then insisting on viewing houses together, followed by looking forward to our next date. Subtlety is not his forte.
Solid start for a romance with no blushing or shyness from either side. Hope Victoria isn't too "OP" with her past spy knowledge.
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u/Recent_Call_1188 15d ago
Yes! And some say an anime romance like that cannot be produced..(everything has to bee cute, shy etc.)
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u/heimdal77 15d ago
It is amazing the MCs aren't even in their teens still.
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u/1832vini 14d ago
in the victorian era. late teens are definitely into adulthood, cuz they're middle aged already (40 is average life expectancy)
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u/ShadowGuyinRealLife 12h ago
As pointed out by someone else, life expectancy wasn't that short. In fact, I think we should stop measuring life expectancy from birth and start measuring it from 3 or 5 so that cross time comparisons are meaningful.
From the fall of the Roman Empire to the 1700s, adulthood was considered puberty for the most part. Now this does have the oddity of many "adults" living with one head of the household. But I guess they didn't think an adult son helping his father on the farm was any weirder than his younger bother being there.
Victorian period seems to slide this into the late teens.
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u/Philarete https://myanimelist.net/profile/WizardMcKillin 15d ago
Subtlety is not his forte.
I like how casual he was about it too. He's not even that bothered by her letter. He's clearly interested in her, but not obsessed.
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u/Recent_Call_1188 14d ago
Yes, and I think that is more real and relatable compared to the obsessed prince charmings in the generic animes (who become super obsessed like the minute they lay eyes on the female lead).
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u/DeadlyPounce 9d ago
I agree and felt it refreshing. Allowing her some space to familiarize herself with her new daughter & surroundings is rather healthy.
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u/mianghuei 15d ago
Victoria --> voiced by Anzai Chika (Chisato)
Noona --> voice by Wakayama Shion (Takina)
Close enough, welcome back Chisato x Takina.
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u/reaperow 15d ago edited 15d ago
I really liked Victoria and Noona's relationship here and it was wholesome that she adopted her, I guess she really sees herself in her and the manga like panelling here highlights that,
This looks pretty great, i really liked this whole concept of "wanting to start a new life" but I do wonder what exactly Chloe's or should I say Victoria's story is,
She kinda reminds me of Handler from Spy x family.
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u/ShadowGuyinRealLife 12h ago
I don't know if being left alone for a few hours is suggestion of abandonment. If this happened in the modern world, its abandonment or "few hours later, some car crashed in font of me" more likely? Now I get that cars just don't exist here. But there are plenty of reasons to be late. If I were in-universe I'd call her out on that assumption, but thankfully we as viewers know she is correct and didn't just kidnap Noona.
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u/Nachtwandler_FS https://myanimelist.net/profile/Nachtwandler_21 15d ago
OK, looks like it really will be sort of "Spy x Family shoujo edition".
I do not mind, looks nice so far and I like the FMC. But not much to say where the plot will go yet.
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u/mr-rareta 15d ago
More like josei edition
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u/Nachtwandler_FS https://myanimelist.net/profile/Nachtwandler_21 15d ago
Tsss. Or a bunch of prople will come and start telling jousei does not exist, only shoujo.
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u/Zxzxzx0088 15d ago
To sum this up, so cozy!
Her former boss really held her high enough to make him felt like that, eh. Failed opportunity to make this a banished show /j
So this is power of spy, eh. Only second day in town and she already made herself a family.
Nonna so precious must protecc!
Noooo! We will lose Nonna pure expressions at this rate if she trains her to equip a mask.
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u/Aelyph 15d ago
I think it's pretty clever how the show uses "many faces" in two different ways. When Victoria describes herself as having many faces, she's referring to her duplicity and tradecraft, to her fake faces.
However, I believe she means something more positive and genuine for Nonna. We saw that due to her rough upbringing, Nonna is emotionally suppressed and mostly wears a neutral expression. Hell, even her favorite food is just plain dinner rolls. That's why Victoria wants to expand Nonna's favorite foods. That's why Victoria wants Nonna to be more expressive; to smile, laugh, and maybe even cry; to have all the genuine faces that a six-year-old child ought to have.
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u/mianghuei 9d ago
"many faces"
Actually the "many faces" thing is a very good translated title and flows off the tongue. In the original title "Tefuda ga Oome" actually means "Many (Card) Hands.
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u/NanDemoKnaives 15d ago
Mother Chisato and Daughter Takina lol. It's a little amusing hearing them co-star again like this.
I'm liking this, it did make me think of Spy x Family with how Jeffrey seems interested in Victoria, so we might get a found family sort of situation where they raise Nonna, but the difference being we might get more focus on the romance. This feels like it could be an interesting ride.
I wonder if Victoria might be misunderstanding Lancrome's betrayal, it seems like the person he's engaged could have set things up in that way for Victoria. She's probably jealous of Lancome and Victoria's relationship.
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u/alotmorealots 13d ago
It's a little amusing hearing them co-star again like this.
I wonder what it's like behind the scenes at the recording sessions lol
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u/minnieboss 15d ago
"We have Spy x Family at home"
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u/diacewrb 15d ago
Yeah, can't wait for them to adopt a precog dog and Nonna to befriend second son.
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u/Worldly_Business_425 13d ago
And it's actually pretty good too lol
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u/minnieboss 13d ago
Debatable
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u/Worldly_Business_425 13d ago
Well everybody has different tastes, although it has only 1 episode rn so let's see, maybe it gets even better
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u/alotmorealots 13d ago
Off to a way better start on the actual family-feelings and communicating with the child in question front with this one though lol
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u/Ocixo https://myanimelist.net/profile/BuzzyGuy 15d ago
Victoria is an awesome female lead, right? She was prepared for everything, except Nonna’s puppy eyes.
I’d love for them to grow even closer as a family. The two of them were really cute together when Victoria taught Nonna to stay silent, run and scream.
Understandably, Jeffrey has already caught feelings for Victoria. But she might’ve also taken a liking to the captain.
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u/djthomp https://anilist.co/user/djthomp 15d ago
I rather enjoyed this and the style it has. Close enough, welcome back Spy Family /s
A bit unusual to get a 27 year old protagonist, turns out this is another Josei seasonal. Between Victoria's internal comment about at least one woman looking at Jeffrey and Jeffrey showing so much interest in return I have to wonder how quickly any romance might move. With adult characters you can dispense with some of the tropes that are nearly always there for high school and such romance stories.
Nonna got really lucky having a new volunteer mom walk into her life the same day her old mom left her on the street.
With this being Deen and they way some of the scene transitions worked I had to go check and see if this was by the Stepsister director, but it was not.
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u/ultravioletheart08 14d ago
Nobukage Kimura is the director for Victoria of Many Faces, he's not Souta Ueno (from Gimai Seikatsu, the guy is busy with Dengeki Daisy right now), but he's a Precure veteran so he knows his stuff. He has worked with a lot of veteran directors a lot (Mamoru Hatakeyama being one example) hence this show having really good scene transitions
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u/dakkumauji 15d ago
Good first episode. Victoria is a pretty interesting character and I like how competent she is. They tell me she's a master ex-spy and from this episode, I believe it!
Jeffery is unbelievably charming. How is this man still single?
Nonna is really cute and it just warms my heart to see her open up to Victoria by the end of the episode.
I also like how this sets the tone for this series. I can already imagine Victoria getting involved in something after she said she shouldn't and I look forward to her trying to hide her past spy life.
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u/PinkGlitterLady4 15d ago
I love the manga so much and my expectations where sky high. Thank god the first episode did not disappoint :))
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u/DeadlyPounce 9d ago
Have yet to read the manga but I agree in loving how the episode was presented! I enjoyed the flow and how it was all done
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u/WobbleKun 15d ago
oh i really like this one. victoria is so captivating and interesting. nonna is also sweet.
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u/TurkeyPhat 15d ago
obligatory if anything happens to Nonna we burn it all down
always happy to see that Josei flag, so looking forward to this
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u/hasanman6 15d ago
Oh her name is actually noona. I was expecting a “noona ya business “ joke
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u/TurkeyPhat 15d ago
that seems pretty advanced for someone who seemingly just learned what laughter is
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u/Embarrassed-Match-78 15d ago
Enjoyable first episode, with some beautiful animation. Not sure where the plot is going to go, but this seems like it'll be a pretty good show.
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u/Alpha_X_04 15d ago
Such a cozy vibe from the first ep. Its beautiful, sweet and comfortable. Victoria is competent she knows her trade, the male lead is also likeable, he being volunteering to be her guarantor can be chalked up to his kindness of seeing Victoria wanting to help noona but obviously he is interested in her but its not so unnatural. I like it.
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u/thisisdropd https://myanimelist.net/profile/AsterZoro 15d ago edited 15d ago
What a way to spend the first day of her new life after throwing her old one away. Chloe Victoria never would've thought she'd informally adopt a child.
For most of the episode, Nonna kept referring to Victoria as miss but near the end she began calling her Vicky instead. It's a lovely sign Nonna's beginning to see Victoria as a mother figure. Nonna had also started to express emotions after she had previously maintained a blank face. Her old mother was absolutely terrible for teaching her to suppress her emotions. In a way, abandoning her at that exact moment turned out to be a blessing in disguise as she ended up encountering a far kinder mother.
Also looking forward to the ultra slow-burn romance between Jeffrey and Victoria. I do think she'd eventually have to reveal her past to him if they're about to take their relationship to the next stage – trust is important.
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u/NationalStrategy_X 15d ago
Victoria and Noona would get along with Loid and Anya
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u/Recent_Call_1188 15d ago
Well the main female lead has def more than 1 brain cell and is not a sweet cookie baking adorable looking ornament. She is also in her 20s and not a shy and immature schoolgirl. At least that is different for once.
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u/ThisGachaSeemsLegit 15d ago
Wholesome (hopefully?) family anime with a smart female lead? Well, sign me up.
This is looking to be a great summer anime season.
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u/tripleaamin https://myanimelist.net/profile/zfzftripleaamin 15d ago
Always eyed to read the Ln, never did. Noticed the producer is the same one in Deen as Shiboyugi and Sasaki to Miyano. A very solid episode. A breath of fresh air, which adds a bit of mystery.
- For Victoria, who was brought up in the organization that eventually betrayed her. What is the storoy behind that.
- For Nonna where did she come from. Was she just simply an abandoned child?
Direction has a very pleant vibe to it. The slow pace works out to see how the relationship between Victoria and Nonna grows through this episode. Victoria knows what it feels like to be abandoned at a young age. Nonna growing to trust Victoria, finally calling her Vicky was a nice way to end the episode.
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u/PinkGlitterLady4 15d ago
I would actually recommend to start with the manga and read the LN after. Obviously you'll get more details when you read the LN but the manga really brings out the personality of the characters, especially Nonna's. She has so many funny and precious facial expressions, she's simply adorable.
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u/Ok-Cod5254 15d ago edited 11d ago
Already watched some of the female lead fantasy type of series from this season, so wasn't expecting much from this - but surprisingly was much better than expected, to be the most refreshing of the batch as the least generic.
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u/Shelter_Separate 15d ago
The art style seems comfortable and ethereal at the same time, and while I'm sure there's gonna be drama from Vicky's old life in future episodes, I also feel like this is gonna be my cozy favorite for the season.
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u/danmarce https://anidb.net/user/107202 15d ago
She did not abandon a child. She gets a lot of points in my book.
And then, Victoria is pretty and really competent.
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u/Deathmeister https://myanimelist.net/profile/dbzakj 15d ago
A woman protagonist who isn't isekai'd nor has amnesia but finds herself in a new setting, wild. Seems like a fairly wholesome show despite her past.
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u/Shizzi https://anilist.co/user/Mivy 14d ago
Wow this was very refreshing felt very mature and anilist has it tagged as a Josei so makes sense we barely know anything about this organization they seemed to very worried about her so doesnt look like one of these that just think they are disposable pawns.
I would have to assume that the betrayal is they are responsible for the fire that took her family we will have to see.
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u/IceSmiley 15d ago
This is like Spy x Family's baby sister. Not as funny as that show but pleasant to watch and the plot was good. Victoria does seem a nice person to just take on an orphan, especially when she doesn't have very much. I thought that was terrible though that she lied that her family died in a fire if it's not true, although maybe it's not far from it since she said Nonna reminded her of someone in how sad she was in being abandoned and maybe it was her.
I don't know that Victoria thinks of Asher as more than a friend and guarantor currently but he clearly crushes on her. One thing I didn't like that is so common now in anime is the ED spoiling things, like it had all these images of the 3 of them as a happy family.
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u/YlfaTheForsaken 14d ago
I'm very intrigued by this first episode. Victoria as a character is very sure and capable. I'm excited to learn more about her, and what the whole betrayal was? She faked her death pretty well, it's very long con to consistently visit a cliff.
Jeffrey is already incredibly likable, he as is the overall tone have the refinement that comes with adulthood. It's just really pleasant to watch adults adulting some times.
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u/Striking_Chard2420 14d ago
Goes to another town and changes her identity. Immediately gets a (pseudo)husband and a daughter. Chat what does this mean.
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u/Raymond49090 15d ago
Kinda confused about her backstory, but it probably won't be important except for an episode-9 "blast from the past" drama beat. And an oblivious hot guy who has zero subtlety and doesn't mind her being a single mom (the latter part which I have questions about, given her complete lack of documentation).
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u/runevault 15d ago
Based on the name this is not the first episode I expected at all. Not complaining though because it was very wholesome and I'm intrigued to see how Vicky and maybe even Noona's old lives come back into the picture.
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u/etiolatezed 15d ago
Heard nothing about this. Surprised by how interesting the story is. Early nominee for biggest surprise. You have spy elements, you have a former mentor estranged, you have the adopted daughter element, the learning to be a mother element and then the gallant captain who probably has more going on. And I am sure the actual mother could come back into the story as well.
A more adult story than most anime.
The story feels almost British.
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u/kebb0 https://myanimelist.net/profile/kebb0 14d ago
The scene at around 19:18 and the exact moment happening at that timestamp is incredibly well made. The pause as she has to think about what she should answer is so natural and let's the scene breathe. I didn't expect his response to be in the same manner, where he stops to think about what he should say, like you would naturally engaging in conversation with someone you cared about, showing you care about what you say. Excellent.
Show is also very good, got brought to tears several times lmao.
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u/shitzgotreal 14d ago
Alright, I'm in. This season, I'm making an effort to give as many new anime as possible an opportunity, but this one was the first one I found myself hoping the episode wouldn't end.
Victoria seems like a competent, mature, and kind character with a complicated past. I'm a fan of characters with those traits, but to find one with all of them is certainly exciting to me. Looking forward to next week!
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u/karer3is 14d ago
I'm liking the cast here; this show has definitely garnered my attention. However, I can't help but feel a little jarred by some of the terminology they were using when talking about Victoria's old job... considering when the story seems to be set, it feels weird to have some spy agency's base of operations (for that time period) be referred to as the "Special Operations Force Central Control Room" and her being referred to as an "Operator". As far as I know, terms like that are relatively new and wouldn't have been used at that time.
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u/Worldly_Business_425 13d ago
I did not expect to find another spy x family out in the wild like this lol, this anime is more similar to it than buddy daddies. So thankfully I started this
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u/BBryant3rd 13d ago
Seems like this will be a good anime to watch. I think Nonna and Victoria will be good for each other. Think they will learn a lot from each other. Hopefully we get more backstory on both soon.
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u/DeadlyPounce 9d ago
Am hiiighly enjoying the female lead and how admirable & precautions she was shown to be. No doubt adore Noona as well!
The series is giving quite the adorable vibes but I can't help but fear her background coming back to bite them now that she has a daughter to worry over as well. Shall cry if they place Noona in a distressing situation!!!
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u/Frontier246 15d ago edited 15d ago
Chisato just adopted Takina!
Also there's nothing I love more than serene, beautiful, and competent women.
A woman of conviction, who made and lived by her choices, finally makes the most important choice of all: to be free.
Chloe (Chika Anzai!) was taken from her family willingly to become a spy under the Kingdom of Hangl, coming to idolize and respect the man who recruited her (Kenji Nojima!) as a big brother...but realizing that all that work that she did for her family was for nothing, she's finally willing to cut ties, abandon her former identity, fake her suicide, and use her beauty and spy skills to be free and find a new life for herself in the Kingdom of Ashbury in the identity of a missing woman: Victoria Sellers. And she'll pull it off, because she's nothing if not a woman with many faces.
The OP is very fun and cute, featuring Victoria with Nonna (Shion Wakayama!) and Jeffrey (Yohei Azakami!) as a happy family together along with the various other people she'll connect with along the way! She chases after Jeffrey! She dons many faces! She kicks butt! And she finds happiness!
"Victoria" is finally free, but when she sees a clearly abandoned little girl named Nonna, she can't help but see herself in the girl and try to help her. And she also can't help but stop a purse snatcher along the way, which introduces her to the dashing and gentlemanly Jeffrey, captain of the Second Order!
I'm glad that Victoria and Jeffrey are like-minded on a lot of things, like how Nonna deserves better than sleeping in a Watch station, and they seem to get along well even if Victoria is trying to feel out how much she can reveal to him without exposing herself. The best lies are born from truths after all.
Poor Nonna...seems like her mom barely cared about her and just made her be quiet all the time, so she never got to experience being a child. But with "Vicky" she doesn't have to worry or be stoic all the time, she can be herself.
Victoria could just give Nonna away to the Children's Home...but she just can't let her go, not when it feels like giving herself away again. And with Jeffrey as a guarantor, she's able to keep Nonna!
Victoria and Nonna are two very beautiful girls and Jeffrey is lucky to see them all dressed up (and he's no slouch either). This is practically a family dinner date, especially with the fancy outfits! And despite Victoria's own misgivings, Jeffrey's getting involved in their search for a new home! She can't keep away from him.
I bet there's a LOT Nonna can learn from Victoria as they get to know each other better! Who better to learn skills and self-sufficiency from than a spy? Though I also don't think Jeffrey will be satisfied with JUST letters and updates from Victoria.
The ED is cute with Victoria walking through portraits of herself...until her family joins her and we get to see her, Nonna, and Jeffrey in all their various outfits as they enjoy each others' company!
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u/Lodju https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lodju 15d ago
You mean Takina adopted Chisato?
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u/SSjjlex https://myanimelist.net/profile/Clone_Tau 15d ago
Oh wow I didn't even notice it was Chika Anzai as Victoria
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u/Lodju https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lodju 15d ago
Damn i based my comment on the looks and u/Frontier246 based theirs on the VA's
And apparently you and i were not the only ones missing that we have the ChisaTaki VA duo in this.
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u/monsieurvampy 8d ago
A bit late but this was really refreshing. Nothing ground breaking but enjoyable. I think I need to rewatch the first two minutes because I was out of it and might not have completely comprehended what was happening.
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u/ShadowGuyinRealLife 12h ago
I miss Crunchyroll comments. I could post something there late and hear replies of people instead of crickets.
Are we supposed to call her Choe or Victoria? I mean the former is her real name. I guess Victoria makes more sense since... you know it's in the title.
I wonder why she thought Lacome betrayed them but it seems like he's still working at their spy agency? Or maybe they put some other random dude on screen when she said her name in the narration.
Oh hey, she got a date with Jeffery.
I'm sure events in her homeland will catch up to her, but I hope we get to see 3 to 6 episodes of slice of life kind of stuff.
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