Episode 11

STELLA (MISSION: 11　〈〉) is the eleventh episode of the SPY x FAMILY TV anime series.

Synopsis
In order for parents to attend one of the social gatherings at Eden Academy, their children need to be Imperial Scholars, but Anya hating to study makes this rather difficult. Loid then comes up with a plan to get Anya to get Stella Stars by doing community service rather than with her academics. But when she ends up volunteering at a hospital, she continuously messes up. Later, she hears a child drowning in a pool with her telepathy and...

Summary
Loid sees Anya's grades and realizes she failed all the tests. Loid calls out to her, but she tells him she's busy because she's watching Spy Wars. He decides to turn off the TV and picks her up and carries her away from the TV so they can go to study as they promised at 5 o'clock, but Anya starts throwing a tantrum. They begin studying and Loid scolds her for being unable to spell correctly. Yor joins them, takes a look at Anya's test, and compliments her for her score being not bad despite still being a failing grade.

Loid tries to help her learn idioms by referencing idioms used in Spy Wars, but Anya, however, only had difficulty with the idiom’s test because she read another student's mind who also failed. She plans in the future to learn who is the best at each subject so she can read their mind for tests. Loid considers having her grades changed in the school's records but realizes that would be suspicious if she didn't also have some real improvement as well. He also believes that if he does that, her classmates will resent her for her unearned accomplishments. Anya reads his mind and contemplates whether it's a good idea or not for her to cheat by reading her classmates' minds. Loid decides maybe he's being too strict with studying and decides instead to have her switch to doing some drawing.

She tries drawing a cow, but it turns out poorly, so Loid gives up on her drawing skills. He tries to get her to do music and sports as well, but she fails horribly at both of them. Yor instead gives Anya a jumping rope to try playing with. While she does this, Loid contemplates his mission and the hopes that the organization has of her getting 8 Stella Stars in 4 months. While he contemplates this, Anya gets herself tangled up in the jump rope. She tells him she's going to work really hard before asking him to untangle her. After untangling her, Loid asks if she'll go somewhere tomorrow, and she agrees.

The next day, they go to the hospital to do some community service in hopes of earning her a Stella Star that way. Through his intel, Loid knows that outside of academic achievement, Stellas can be awarded for long-term community service and heroic acts like lifesaving and police assistance. The nurses assign Loid and Anya to start by cleaning the locker room by the pool. Anya ends up breaking 2 flowerpots while cleaning, so the nurses decide to reassign her to tidy the books in the library. Instead of cleaning though, she ends up just reading manga. Anya tells them she's tired of cleaning and runs off to find a surgery room so she can assist a doctor by handing them tools but ends up bumping into a nurse.

The nurse yells at the two of them and tells them they are excused from service. They dejectedly begin to leave the hospital with Loid realizing she won't be able to get a Stella Star this way. Ken, a patient at the hospital, passes by them in the hallway alongside his mother and heads to the pool. Her mother leaves him near the pool for a while since she told him she was going to change. He reaches his hand in the pool to check the temperature of it, but ends up falling in. His mother looks around for him but doesn't see him and assumes he's still changing. Ken, unable to swim, begins to drown in the pool. Anya hears his cries for help through her telepathy and is about to tell Loid about it but realizes he won't believe her.

Instead, she rushes out of the pool herself, stating she wants to be a pro-swimmer and passes by Ken's mother who tries to stop her. She frantically looks around for where Ken is before hearing more cries for help and diving into the pool after him. Anya is unable to swim as well, but almost reaches Ken. Loid dives into the pool as well and saves both of them. Ken's mother is shocked because she didn't know he was in there and the people around the pool are shocked as well as they heard nothing. Loid tells them that's how children usually drown as it makes little sound so it's best to keep your eyes on kids around a pool. Loid praises her and Ken's mother gives her thanks for coming to Ken's rescue.

The next day of school, Anya is awarded a Stella Star for saving Ken's life. Becky congratulates her for getting the first Stella Star in the grade while Damian scoffs at her for getting one before him. Ken and his parents went to the Forger residence to thank them for saving Ken’s life, and after they left, Yor gives Anya a hug and Loid pats her on the head because he's very proud of her. Anya realizes that she can use her powers to help people and gets very happy. Yor proclaims that she's going to make a special dinner, but Anya rejects the idea because she doesn't want Yor's bad cooking and wants Loid to cook.

Sylvia and Loid, while disguised, discuss Anya's recent earning of a Stella. Sylvia poses the idea of using WISE agents to get her more stars, but Loid rejects the idea as it would look suspicious and endanger the agents. She encourages him to try to get Anya to get as many stars as possible quickly regardless as Donovan has been making moves with money recently.

Anya arrives at school proudly wearing her Stella Star on her chest. Several students begin talking in awe about how she was apparently the fastest student to get a Stella Star. Becky greets Anya who instructs her to call her "Starlight Anya" from now on. Becky states that with this fame, Anya could probably make 100 friends just today. An image pops into Anya's mind of Damian asking her to be friends and Loid praising her for helping to complete his mission. However, Damian instead greets her by telling her to not get too full of herself before walking off which disappoints Anya.

Becky and Anya head to their class where the students immediately begin to badmouth Anya for wearing her Stella Star in class. Other students try to assert that the whole incident was faked, and she didn't deserve the Stella Star. Two girls looking for support in this ask Damian what he thinks. Instead of support though, he tells them that Eden Academy isn't a third-rate school that would give out Stella Stars without merit. The girls worriedly try to take back their words before Damian cuts them off telling them to transfer if they have a problem with Eden. However, these words only hurt Damian because he knows that he has lost to Anya.

Becky and Anya head to lunch where Becky asks Anya what she got as a reward for earning a Stella Star. Anya thinks maybe she could get peanuts, but Becky pushes her to think bigger like the gifts she's gotten from her dad like dresses, tiaras, and a tank. Seeing all the things Becky has gotten makes Anya frightened at the amount of money the Blackbell family has. Anya decides that she wants a castle, but Becky tries to get her to lower her request size. Becky brings up the dog that she got which makes Anya curious. Anya sees Damian and his gang walking by, so she asks Damian if he has a dog. Damian shrugs off the question but Anya reads his mind and sees him playing with his dog Max. Anya envisions a future where she tells Damian that she got a dog which makes Damian want to compare the cuteness of the dogs. Loid and Anya then head to Donovan and Damian's house where Loid asks Donovan to end this war.

When Anya arrives home, she tells Loid and Yor that she wants a dog as a reward for her Stella Star. Yor tells Anya that taking care of an animal is a big responsibility, but Loid tells Anya that he'll give the idea some thought. Loid envisions a guard dog that can be used to protect Anya whereas Yor envisions a dog that would attack and kill Anya. After reading their minds, Anya tells the two of them that she wants a small, cute dog which makes Yor envision a small dog slashing Anya's throat with a knife in its mouth. Loid decides that they should go to a pet shop over the weekend to see what's available.

Meanwhile, two men are discussing the sales of the dogs they have in holding. They plan on selling them to some revolutionaries who are going to use the dogs as bomb dogs. They look over the dogs and see that some of them aren't doing well. One of the dogs sees an image of Loid, Anya, and Yor welcoming him, and this makes him stand up.

Anime Notes

 * Max's appearance differs in two versions. In the manga, the dog runs to Damian, who is wearing a white T-shirt. In the episode, Damian hugs and strokes Max in his school uniform.
 * When Anya asks Loid for a dog as a reward, she is sitting on her knees, while she is simply standing in the manga.
 * When Yor envisions dogs hurting Anya, the blood effects in the manga are replaced by pink flash effects, likely due to censorship reasons.
 * Anime-exclusive content:
 * Two new assignments are briefly seen in the hospital sequence. One is food tray delivery (which Anya failed because she slipped on a puddle and dropped the food tray) and laundry cleaning (which Anya also fails because she fell asleep).
 * When Anya envisions achieving world peace, she imagines herself happily standing with Becky, Damian and his friends, Henry, Yor, Loid and Donovan.

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