Emile Elman

is a supporting character of the SPY X FAMILY series. He is the heir to the Elman Family and one of Damian Desmond's followers at Eden Academy.
== Appearance ==
Emile is a young boy with a square face and slanted eyes with small irises. He has a round physique, an upturned nose, buckteeth, and blond hair that is styled into a bowl cut.
Like all other male students, he wears Eden Academy's uniform—a black button-up shirt with black shorts. He wears white crew socks with black shoes.
== Personality ==
As one of Damian's followers alongside Ewen, Emile frequently praises Damian's abilities and makes fun of Anya and Becky, but he is good at doing the right thing to save Damian. Emile is willing to sacrifice himself for Damian during the dodgeball tournament, throwing himself in the path of Bill Watkins's ball. He also jumps into the river without hesitance when he assumes Damian is drowning.
Emile does not have any future aspirations when he grows up but has stated that it is his dream to eat a lot of candy, and he has also shown to be interested in getting Stella Stars and becoming Imperial Scholars with Damian and Ewen.
== Relationships ==
=== Damian Desmond ===
Damian is Emile's friend and classmate in Cecile Hall. He has known him and Ewen since nursery school. Emile displays great loyalty to Damian, even deciding not to join the other boys to watch a movie and have roast beef during the holiday to instead help Damian do chores around the dorm, willingly getting himself punished by Henry Henderson in order to do so. He also displays great admiration for Damian, always praising his abilities. This faith in Damian is so great that Emile has declared that if Damian ever gets a Tonitrus Bolt, the trio will go through Eden Academy in their underpants, much to Damian's reluctance to uphold that.
Emile is a selfless boy and is even willing to sacrifice himself for Damian's sake, as shown when he jumps in the way of a dodgeball thrown by Bill to protect Damian from getting hit and allow him the chance of being the MVP of their dodgeball match. Later, when the boys go on a field research trip with Mr. Green, Emile quickly jumps in after Damian when he sees him fall overboard from their canoe, and when the boys believe they are drowning, Emile prioritizes Damian's safety over his own. During the Red Circus bus hijacking, in which Damian had a bomb attached to him (which most were unaware that it was actually fake), Emile did not even consider running away to protect his friend's life.
Despite his fervent loyalty to Damian, Emile also shows a mischievous streak toward him, as he and Ewen gleefully chase him around with earthworms upon learning of Damian's fear of them. Emile is also not afraid to be humorous around Damian, even if it is at Damian's expense, such as when he and Ewen tease him for looking like Anya's "twin" after she accidentally spills a yakisoba burger on his head.
=== Ewen Egeburg ===
Ewen is Emile's friend and classmate in Cecile Hall and has known him and Damian since nursery school. Both of them work with Damian to become Imperial Scholars together and are always ready to support him, with both agreeing that their "hearts beat as one" with Damian.
=== Anya Forger ===
Anya is Emile's classmate in Cecile Hall but currently does not get along with her because of Damian. When they first meet at the school orientation, Emile pushes Anya away from Damian so he does not catch her "peasant germs." After Anya punches Damian, Emile becomes defensive of Damian and tries to keep her away from hurting him again. Whenever they interact, Emile makes fun of her and calls her names, usually mocking her appearance and commoner status. However, in some instances when Anya would cry or smile, Emile would react with a blush alongside Damian.
=== Becky Blackbell ===
Becky is also Emile's classmate in Cecile Hall and is currently on bad terms with her for being Anya's best friend and her snarky attitude toward him and his friends. Whenever the two interact, they are usually seen arguing.
== Chapter Appearances ==
== Anime Appearances ==
== Trivia ==
* During the arts and crafts class, Emile made a lion.
* Tatsuya Endo gave Emile his name to show how he and Ewen follow Damian, with E following after D.
* Emile's chair, featured on the eleventh volume cover with Ewen, is a Hill House chair designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the same designer who designed the Willow Chair Damian sits on in the seventh volume cover.
* The original designs of Emile and Ewen were loosely based on the Japanese comedy duo Bananaman.
* Emile and Ewen were originally going to be featured on the illustration for Chapter 39 on Twitter. However, as it would be the first new chapter of 2021, Endo discarded the tweet to not "start the New Year with the likes of them."
* Emile shares his Japanese voice actress with Daisy, the tailor shop clerk, the Eden gutter student, and one of the Forgers' neighbors.
== References ==
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