Anya's "Heh" Face / Anya Smug Face

About

Anya's "Heh" Face or Smug Anya Face refers to a manga panel of character Anya Forger from SPY x FAMILY with a smug face and saying "Heh." Her expression has been used in redraw memes since it's print.

Origin

On July 1st, 2019, the eighth chapter of SPY x FAMILY was released^[1]. In the chapter, Anya was annoyed at a boy named Damian that always bullies her, when she remembers what Yor, her mother, says to her: "when someone is being mean to her, just do a smile." Then she starts to make a smug face instead of a smile at him and says "Heh." (shown below).

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The chapter, especially Anya's panel, gained popularity among anime communities. The first use of it appeared on July 4th, 2019, when Reddit user Tsunami45chan^[2] uploaded fan art of Anya's "heh" face to the /r/manga subreddit. The post received more than 5,200 upvotes in three years (shown below, left). On October 10th, 2019, an Imgur^[3] user uploaded photos of stickers that use Tsunami45chan's fan art. The photo received more than 200,000 views (shown below, right). On the same day, Reddit user ManInGlasses^[4] shared the photo to /r/manga subreddit. It received more than 5,400 upvotes.

The Anya's face is also used as redraw material. On December 1st, 2021, Twitter user @Ginfutsuu^[5] uploaded fan art of Hololive virtual youtuber character Anya Melfissa. The tweet only received 12 retweets and 54 likes, but on the same day, Reddit user GtrsRE^[6] shared the fan art to the /r/hololive subreddit. The post received more than 2,500 upvotes in five months (shown below, left). On April 20th, 2022, Facebook^[7] user Ruu-Puu uploaded fan art of Ayaka and Kokomi from Genshin Impact to a fan page, where it received more than 3,700 reactions and 551 shares in two days (shown below, right).

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