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Sanda
Summary
The story is set in a near-future Japan, facing an era of extremely low birth rates. Children are treated as national treasures and are cared for and protected by adults in boarding schools. Santa Claus, who gives children hope and dreams, is considered a dangerous person and is targeted for elimination. On a snowy December 25th, middle school student Sanda Kazushige's life is threatened by his classmate Shiori Fuyumura. Having learned that Sanda is a descendant of Santa Claus, she is hoping that he will grant her a wish. "Santa, please find my friend." Fuyumura's wish is to find her missing best friend, Ichie Ono. To protect the children, Sanda decides to become Santa Claus and fight against adults!
Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Currently Airing

Duration: 24 minutes

Aired: Oct 04, 2025 to ?

Season: Fall 2025

Studio: Science SARU

Theme: School

Demographic: Shounen

External Links: AniList, AniDB, ANN, MAL

Action

Mystery

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TV
Transcript
00:00Santa Claus, huh?
00:303
00:314
00:33大人になってしまいました
00:37あなたは今日を言いたい子供のまま
00:40言葉を吐いてしまいました
00:42私は今後一切取り消せるまま
00:44届かない想いの先に
00:46正しさなんてなくて
00:48どうかこのまま
00:49すれ違く季節の間に
00:51私が泣いてました
00:53きっとそのまま
00:54信じられないで絶望感が
00:57白くなった夜は絶えず
00:59黒くなって
01:01ああ何も感もも変わらない
01:03うからない
01:04どうしちゃってまたこの瞬間を
01:06繋いでた今日
01:07きっと叶えられますように
01:11Don't stop アナタカラバッタ
01:15アダルトチックな心
01:17また忘れないから
01:18大人になった私もあなたも
01:21変わんないから
01:23まだアダルトチックな心
01:26まだ忘れないから
01:28変わってしまった
01:29私も私だから
01:31アダルトチックな心
01:33アダルトチックな心
01:35アダルトチックな心
01:38アダルトチックな心
01:40アダルトチックな心
01:42アダルトチックな心
01:43アダルトチックな心
01:45アダルトチックな心
01:46アダルトチックな心
01:58something in your hair oh my gosh we just touched a girl's hair sorry thanks for that um sure
02:10here too sweet santa
02:17ah dang it lately stuff around me keeps
02:21stuff keeps falling hmm that's new maybe you're just extra clumsy or nervous should we even be
02:32talking about stuff like this out in the open break time's noisy so as long as we don't shout we'll
02:37be good this has gotta be some kind of santa power what's up abe everything good with you
02:44yeah bye sorry about that but i can sense the changes coming on day by day it feels like the
02:53santa powers i've got inside of me keep growing the two of you are kids who believe in santa claus
02:59so maybe stuff has fallen because of that why would santa need the power to knock things over
03:05that doesn't make any sense i know it doesn't i don't get it either maybe your body's just too
03:11small to hold all that power in it what's that supposed to mean you're not much bigger than i am
03:17i'm five foot two inches tall how tall are you i'm about five seven
03:29hey maybe what triggers the new power is people lying because the truth is i'm five foot six i shrank
03:34i'm five ten now if you guys are gonna lie lie big anyway we better get this mess cleaned up
03:42now that i think about it i don't remember reading anything about santa hating lies
03:47and i've gone through tons of books on christmas customs
03:52all the books say santa claus doesn't give presents to naughty kids
03:57that must mean he has a way to tell good kids from the back
04:01like something falling when he got close to a bad kid
04:04the noise would startle the kid and wake them up forcing santa to get the heck out of there before
04:13the kids saw him
04:16since you're descended from santa claus maybe your naughty detector is much more focused and a simple
04:22lie triggers it lying is a sin after all it's a theory so what do you think
04:29this is so amazing santa if you can detect lies now that could come in very handy
04:36i hate your theory why because if you're right then my pencil case falling to the floor
04:42and izawa's reaction after i touched her hair can only mean one thing you're too sweet santa
04:52this weirdo touched my hair without asking for permission first there was nothing there he was
04:56lying facts i'm the cutest girl in class and i can totally tell when creeps lie about stuff being in my hair
05:03damn my life's over she thinks i'm a liar and i'm gross
05:11just because i can turn into santa that doesn't mean i'm not interested in girls anymore
05:15i don't want this i don't want to be a human lie detector anyway how about you lie to santa about
05:20something dude way to put me on the spot let's see no don't do it just drop it forget we ever
05:28talked about this in fact i imagined the whole thing why what's gotten into you come on this is
05:33our lucky break we could id someone who might know where ono is sorry
05:40why hello there ms fuyumura mr amaya i've been looking all over for you and you're mr santa as i
05:52recall where did the cut on his face go i'm terribly sorry may i borrow your friends for a bit
06:00you see there's a matter i'd like to discuss with ms fuyumura
06:05uh santa i've been keeping a secret from you for a while now huh what what is it i like you
06:23and i always have always
06:35let's go all right that settles it this new power of yours can definitely detect lies
06:50that light was so huge it shattered the fluorescent lights thanks guys now i really feel like a loser
06:55we can use this to fight oh no this could lead us right to her let's hold the class meeting and try it
07:06out ah no matter we're all on campus we'll run into each other again eventually it's been exactly one
07:17month and seven days since ono disappeared we asked for this meeting to find out if anyone here knew anything
07:24you could have seen or heard something that might be a clue to where she is
07:28if you did raise your hand like that's old news great now you think one of us has something to do
07:34with it guess that's a natural reaction no of course not but we just ono was kind of weird remember
07:41i don't think any of us really even talked to her yeah he's right i can't say i knew her very well at
07:47all but she would have been way cuter if she didn't wear her glasses all the time
07:51oh i swear that's all you ever think about oh no never even went outside we form a search park
07:56no way i'm too scared
07:58so bad
08:13hey who just said that those books they fell
08:18come on now come on now fess up which one of you said that
08:24you said oh no's dead
08:29hmm
08:31santa he fainted you see his eyes roll back
08:34they're all fussing over me do you guys really care about me don't lie now i'm related to santa claus
08:46if you lie i'll know because something's gonna fall i'm a human lie detector after all
08:53this power i hate it it sucks ass it must have been anxiety overload that made you pass out
09:02are you good now quit being nice to me i bet it's all an act anyway you have no idea what it's like
09:08to hear someone say something nice to you and wait on pins and needles for something to fall over
09:13i think you sound like a fragile 14 year old because i am a fragile 14 year old every clatter
09:19every thud they've all become the sounds of my heartbreaking
09:27i can't take it statistically human beings tell one another an average of 200 lies every day
09:36i'll show you how trivial the ones you're afraid of are compared to the others using these
09:43i don't give a damn what happened to ono she's just some girl that went missing over a month ago
10:05everybody knows she's dead even if she was kidnapped there's nothing we can do about it
10:13so let's just forget about her and if there's someone in our class who turns out to be a suspect
10:20i still don't give a rat's ass we've gotta let this go and get on with our lives
10:29oh wow your hands is cold as ice for you mora if you say but your heart's warm then i'm gonna get mad
10:36hey i love you let's all act like she's dead and erase her from our memories
10:48cut it off
10:58santa i swear unless i got the guts to take a lie this far i'm never gonna lie to you
11:07if the lie doesn't also hurt the one telling it then as santa claus you can't care about it you have
11:18to ignore it what this is how this is how i'm supposed to balance my student life with being santa claus
11:31my heart can't take it hold up
11:39this freaking hurts
11:40oh we need to get to the doctor your blood just turned me into santa
11:45the doctor was really freaking out there try not to flip out again okay it took him four hours to
11:56patch me up it's pretty late let's get that glass cleaned up and go back to our rooms hmm
12:03fuiyamura you think someone in our class might be responsible for ono going missing one thing's for
12:09sure we know there's one person who thinks she's still alive so the day is not a total wash
12:17and the two of you are going to help me find out who this person is when we do let's throw a party
12:31uh um hi hono is it really you
12:49oh no wait i'll go get her
12:52santa's faster gotta catch her i can't let her get away
13:00what's wrong go after her
13:05why'd she run away from us
13:07she was gone we looked all over school for her but in the end we didn't find her
13:26drinks are on me guys after a weird night like this one we could use something warm and sweet
13:31it almost feels like the three of us are afraid to say the name ono at this point
13:43fuyamura hasn't said anything yet what's with her maybe what happened hasn't sunk in yet or maybe
13:52she's mad i couldn't catch ono or after finding her best friend and seeing her run away she's in shock
13:58it's not going in your mouth huh what's up with this can it's not the can it's you you forgot how
14:08to drink man this really sucks hey you should be glad it wasn't tomato juice because if you got your
14:15shirt red then you would have turned right back into sandpah huh sandpah yeah santa and grandpa
14:22the two versions of the two versions of you to hell with that fuyamura do you have a hanky or
14:27something i may uh you guys are dorks
14:36hang on a minute that was definitely ono right i can hardly believe it but it was
14:43she's right that was ono and she wasn't a ghost she's alive why'd ono run away and what happened to
14:57her fuyamura's happy she saw her so that's all that matters why'd she run from us though yeah
15:06i've been curious about that too she's the same old oddball sometimes when i hear a girl's laugh
15:14it sends chills down my spine it almost sounds like they're crying
15:21all i could do was sit there next to her and listen
15:24what a funeral for ono like right now yeah i guess her family never had a funeral for
15:40her outside of school so today the school decided to have one we're all supposed to
15:45wear our formals and go to the gym after school that's what headmaster oshibu said
15:49hmm two days after we saw ono this can't be a coincidence attendance is mandatory hurry up and
15:57get dressed yeah sure we will something's fishy he's planning something oh the ceremony will be
16:09starting soon and you children in the school band are certainly dressed to the nines for occasions like
16:15this we had our red suits custom made in the tenchi era do you know why it's become customary to wear
16:21red suits to the funerals of minors instead of black um no sir i just know that a long time ago
16:28everyone wore black it's because when a child dies the mood should be festive in our society with its low
16:37birth rate when a child's soul is called to heaven although it is painful at the same time it is an event
16:44that is rather precious indeed so at a school funeral it's important to have music and feasting
16:53let's send her off in grand style for her benefit as well you stay here and i'll go find fuyumura
17:00roger that i'll snoop around if i see an adult acting suspicious that's the kidnapper
17:08why is it all decked out like this looks like a celebration i never noticed till after my santa
17:17jeans kicked in but there's something very wrong with this school anyway there's no chance i'm going
17:23to this if i put on my red morning clothes they'll all know my secret santa step aside don't block the
17:31door crap i'm crashing this thing quite literally you can lick all the bombs you want and as long as
17:41you're a minor you won't get arrested for it i love that i was born in this era they can't touch me
17:48hang on bombs are against the law how many did you make anyway you're gonna be hurting a lot of innocent
17:53people they're about to have a funeral for a student who's alive and i'm gonna stop it
17:58it's that simple uh yeah i guess i can see your point i've asked you all to come here today for a
18:06specific purpose this is a perfect chance for the saint nick pursuit unit to finally capture your target
18:13santa claus holly leaves charming it appears each one of you is an official member then
18:21as far as the students are concerned you are workers servicing the funeral
18:26it can't be a coincidence he appeared so frequently after ichie ono's death it's clear he's involved in
18:33it somehow and i feel quite certain he'll be making an appearance today so exercise do caution while
18:39looking for him does everyone understand yes sir yeah mr yagiuda i hear you are the greatest weapon
18:50why are you standing in the back i don't like when people stand behind me
18:57if catching santa were so simple our job wouldn't be so hard also that whole greatest weapon thing is
19:05just because i hurt that guy pretty bad when he showed up around 20 years ago i spent years hunting him
19:12and i'm in my 50s now before long i'll be joining the ranks of the fogies this country's drowning in
19:18and treats like garbage being back in school like this reminds me of when i was a kid and felt so
19:25indestructible oops almost gets sentimental there guess i'll kill time with the smoke okay sender
19:35you've been staring at me for a while you got some kind of problem with me
19:39well why would you think that huh students still like to hang out behind the gym
19:46cut it out it's rude to keep staring at someone like that if you're not trying to start a fight
19:52lecturing me about manners sorry if looking at you makes you uncomfortable does he have a thing for
19:58her i get the feeling there's some romancy tension between them hang in there kiddo i stared because
20:05like i don't want to hold on to it the way you laughed the other night and how happy you sounded
20:13compared to everything that happened that night the biggest miracle was you laughing that's what i
20:19think for what it's worth anyway sorry for making things weird i bet it's harder for you to laugh now
20:27dude the kid's in over his head sounds like he fell for a girl who's playing hard to get
20:33bail out man but still from the moment the santa claus curse got lifted i made up my mind
20:42uh-oh he's gonna do it he's gonna tell her he loves her go for it kiddo i get the feeling things
20:50aren't gonna get easier for us and there will be hard times ahead but even so
20:56for you mara i'll make you smile again i think maybe that's why i was born as a descendant of santa
21:07claus yeah yeah santa just know i'm ready to do anything you need me to do
21:20for that smile santa there's something important i've been wanting to tell you too
21:26i
21:38no santa oh that was so awesome the older i get the more of a sucker i am for this teen romance stuff
21:48that's sad i can't pretend i didn't hear what i heard so i'm gonna hold back my tears of joy and
21:58snatch me a big old santa i swear sometimes this job's a bitch
22:18like
22:20yeah
22:22mind
22:24for sure
22:26it's
22:28too
22:30it's
22:32too
22:34not
22:36you
22:38you
22:40you
22:42you
22:44No, no, no, no
23:14No, no, no, no
23:44No, no, no
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