Anya punched her bully in Spy x Family and set the internet on fire

polygon.com:

It’s no secret that Anya Forger is the undisputed starlet of Spy x Family. The charming new comedy and action series follows the Forgers, and from the outside, they look like any other family. But in reality, they each have their own secret: The daughter, Anya Forger, is a telepath who can read minds; the mother, Yor Forger, is an assassin; and the father, Loid Forger, is a spy. In the latest episode, Anya punches her elementary school bully — and the moment has inspired a wave of hilarious memes and fan art that make light of the moment.

[Ed note: This post has spoilers for the latest episode of Spy x Family.]

In Spy x Family, Loid is on a top-secret mission called Operation Strix. He must establish contact with the chairman of a national political party, Donovan Desmond, in order to maintain peace between the neighboring nations of Westalis and Ostania. In Loid’s plan, he creates a fake family and adopts Anya to send her to the ultra-elite Eden Academy in an effort to get closer to the Desmond family, who has close ties with the school.

In the latest episode, “The Friendship Scheme,” Anya finally has her first day of school. The spunky young girl has plenty to go up against; before attending this elite school she lived in a run-down orphanage. Nervous to attend school, Anya asks her combat-savvy mother to teach her how to fight. Meanwhile, the mission appears to be going according to plan, since Loid secretly arranges for Anya to be put into the same class as Damian Desmond, the son of his target. However, not far into the first day of school, Damian and his goons bully Anya and call her a peasant for not coming from a super-rich family.

At first, Anya holds back. But after they throw a crumpled piece of paper at