We just saw one of Shankraft and Daiyu's descendents with seemingly no anima. What does this portend?

Being without an anima means an instant ability to deceive. Even more, perhaps, that with a red anima.

T'was a ruse! He's not missing an Anima he's just shy. And actually a pretty nice guy too. And boy this chapter is really pushing the "everything's nice and pleasant, you're all just being paranoid" angle hard. That's not suspicious at all

Right! It almost has me believing it...except that in stories, especially in sluggy, we know the shoe will drop. We just don't know when.