The story of teenage Anya Forger that you didn’t know: Rengoku no Ashe — Ashe’s Purgatory

Spy x Family is one of the 2022 series that maintains the love of fans after two years of its launch, Any Forger is especially part of the great success of the anime, a little orphan who is psychic and is also adopted by a murderer and by a spy who protects the world makes the story have an impact of tenderness and action that fans love, however there was someone before the little girl with pink hair and here I will tell you who it is.

Anya Forger is part of the main cast triad of Spy x Family. The manga series is still in publication and the anime and movie seasons could have a great future. We are still far from the end, we do not know what direction the story will take, will we see the girl in her adolescence or even after that? Who knows!

But a one-shot by Tatsuya Endo, the mangaka of Spy x Family, It was published in 2014 and allows us to imagine what it would be like to see Anya Forger, below I will tell you the details.

What is Rengoku no Ashe about?

It is a beautiful story of witch hunts, love and marginal beings! In reality, it goes for much more, it is the type of story that was left tentatively to check if the public loved it and from there continue, it did not happen because it was a bit cliché, but perhaps it will be revived after the success – and completion – of Spy x Family.

Rengoku no Ashe Its protagonist is Ashe, a young woman who lives in a small town with an adoptive father. He is a doctor, so she helps him and learns from him, she usually goes to collect the medicinal herbs they need and helps the townspeople without having to charge anything.

One day a gentleman arrives in her village and although he does not remember it, he has a strange burn that the girl will cure from the beginning. They form a kind of inexplicable bond. And they continue like this, together in the short’s house while the young man does not have to leave with the other soldiers.

In this monarchical world, The highest authority carries out a witch hunt and burns girls to keep people’s properties, The couple of protagonists witness a trial and realize how unfair and shameless it is.

When the time comes, the soldier leaves, but before asking her if he will be able to see her again, she tells him that she would have no problem with it, which gives the boy hope to return soon.

The soldier returns and arrives just in time to witness the trial of the caged and terrified Ashe. Although he tries to reach her, They put him on his knees and he watches as he burns, three years pass in which he wanders like a wandering knight because he is disqualified from his position and scarred after trying to defend Ashe, he becomes an independent soldier and wanders the world. He knows that there has been a plague in the town and since Ashe and her father were murdered, the people don’t have a doctor and he quickly dies.

The knight is very depressed, he travels cursing his luck and his skills, which did not allow him to save Ashe. He will arrive back at the village and realize that the former village chief is about to witness a new trial in which he himself is the accused.

A bishop more powerful than him wants his goods—which he has gathered from exterminating his own people—and has been condemned to be burned, in that moment of desperation, too. The soldier jumps on him to demand revenge.

After that, everyone wakes up from the dream and Ashe tells them that the future is at hand if they murder her, so they stop and she is released. For this moment She begins to prepare to move, she knows that now that everyone knows that she is a witch, there is no return, she has to leave, but she does not count on the fact that the knight is prepared to help her. and travel by his side.

It is soon discovered that the unexplained burn belongs to the last moment he risked himself to avenge Ashe. Together they see a new illusion that inspires the soldier to wonder if all witches must be evil, because Ashe is the complete opposite.

About Ashe and Anya Forger

Tatsuya Endo previously commented that Anya Forger’s design is based on Ashe. And the thing is, she liked it so much that she preferred to keep it in some way. So in theory we are seeing the Spy x Family character in a new dimension, how interesting!

And it is that, In addition to the pink hair, the little horns and the look, Ashe’s same kind but brusque personality is quite similar to that of Anya Forger.

Although the oneshot is simple, I’m pretty sure Forger fans will love it.

Are you ready to give this one-shot a try?

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Where to watch Spy x Family?

The two consecutive seasons of Spy x Family are available on the platform Crunchyroll. So if you want to see the strange family that makes up the Forgers, in addition to guessing the future of the world, you can go straight there and embark on the tender adventure that is also full of adrenaline.

Remember that the manga belongs to Shuēisha and therefore can also be read for free and legally through Sleeve Plus.