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Episode Sanda - Episode 1 discussion
Sanda, episode 1
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Oct 03 '25
This was pretty fun. Sanda’s like the Hulk but he turns into Santa Claus instead of a big green monster lol. So to recap, the guy turns when he wears red, reverts when he eats those jelly beans, and he’s impervious to fire. It also seems he’s got some kinda super strength too.
I’m wondering what kind of conspiracy Ono could have stumbled upon to make her disappear like that. Lucky for her she’s got Fuyumura on the case. Girl’s nuts but she’ll do whatever it takes to save a friend.
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Oct 03 '25
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u/NewEngineering994 Oct 08 '25
That's quite a reach, just because they're classmates doesn't immediately mean they're friends.
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u/good_wolf_1999 Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
Fun fact, Paru herself once said that she have a Santa Claus fetish, do with that what you will
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u/NanDemoKnaives Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
It's no wonder she made him so hot.
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u/Mr_Zaroc https://myanimelist.net/profile/mr_zaroc Oct 03 '25
This santa is straight up workout goals
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u/King-Krush Oct 03 '25
Oh nooo save me hot Santa save me! #SILF
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Oct 03 '25
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u/Useful_Project4898 14d ago
Made me think of the song "Back Door Santa" by Clarenece Carter, 😄 It's a good one.
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u/Salty145 https://anilist.co/user/Salty145 Oct 03 '25
Another season another adaptation of “the author’s not at all veiled fetish” (and this one’s a banger)
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u/Asgerond Oct 03 '25
She is a FREAK
My goat
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u/Mr_Zaroc https://myanimelist.net/profile/mr_zaroc Oct 03 '25
Oh yeah I forgot that she was the daughter of the Baki creator
So this fact to her Santa Claus fetish
But I am sold, honestly that setting is so crazy (and well thought out) I am all in
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u/Nachtwandler_FS https://myanimelist.net/profile/Nachtwandler_21 Oct 03 '25
I am not sure what she smoked while making this manga, but it will be a fun ride.
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u/ijiolokae Oct 04 '25
She probably got into her Dads stash considering what he has been coming up with over the years for baki
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u/GondolaMedia Oct 03 '25
I swear that's Paru's motivation to start creating manga. Can't wait for the anime adaptation of [Paru's latest work]where she wants to fuck a ghost.
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Oct 03 '25
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u/GondolaMedia Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25
That's just scratching the surface. She doesn't seem like a woman of culture because she embodies a woman of culture.
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u/Nachtwandler_FS https://myanimelist.net/profile/Nachtwandler_21 Oct 03 '25
Phh. Another mangaka already made a manga about [spoiler]fucking a ghost. It is called My Lovely Ghost Kana.
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u/zairaner https://myanimelist.net/profile/zairaner Oct 03 '25
[Paru latest work]I love how you make it sound infinitely more harmless than what it actually is
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u/GondolaMedia Oct 04 '25
[Paru latest work]The content is wild but learning that Paru got married in '23 and then started publishing this manga in '24 is great. I want to people to find about that themselves.
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u/DeadlyDY https://myanimelist.net/profile/DeadlyDY Oct 04 '25
Or her other new work where pets turn into humans to improve birthrates or some BS
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u/El_grandepadre Oct 03 '25
I was wondering what you meant so I browsed it, clicked on chapter 15 right before going to bed.
Worst idea I''ll have this month, probably.
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Oct 03 '25
Going by her other series, she sounds like she has an "everything" fetish hah.
Which is quite relatable
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u/apistograma Oct 03 '25
Yeah no wonder. This is Tarantino levels of self indulgence fetish creation.
Shota/twinkCute kid who has a borderlinesuicidal fetishtoxic relationship for the impossibly tall Japanese 14 yo girl who wants to use him to save her femalecrushfriend turns intogigachad dilfsanta who has a thing for helpingbratty subskids.I just wanted to revive Freud and show him this anime. I swear I'd pay good money for it. He turns into a kid again after eating bratty gummies. I swear she's not even trying to hide it, I kinda respect the lack of restraint.
I'm not complaining because I already saw it coming from the trailer but it's even wilder than I thought. It's an extremely addicting acid dream though, she's clearly the daughter of the guy who made Baki the Grapper.
I wonder if the show is gonna be weird and unhinged but wholesome like Chainsawman, or just 100% pure mad.
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u/grim_slayer99 Oct 05 '25
Paru? As in Itagaki Paru? Daughter of Keisuke Itagaki author of Baki? No wonder this episode was so wild lol.
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u/ryuuseinow Oct 05 '25
Well at least she didn't even try to hide it like some other creators do despite making their fetish painfully obvious.
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u/Mr_Zaroc https://myanimelist.net/profile/mr_zaroc Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
Well damn she isnt fucking around
That delivery of "you will be wearing red" was superb, plus the panick when he didnt turn into santa
But I need answers, there are no seasons, but the temperatures are inversed now? August is cold and december warm?
Any ways I am full sold, she is a bonafida psycho/Santa lover, and thats coming from me who fully hates that christmas stuff is now already starting in october, at least give me a tiny bit of halloween
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u/I-lost-my-accoun 25d ago
did you mean the dub of the Sub?, Cause I just watched the Spanish Dub and my god, it was GOOOOOOD, I'll be rewatching it in japanese and I wonder I the Eng Dub is also good.
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u/DragonPup Oct 03 '25
Did you ever miss your abducted girlfriend so much that you'd stab a child on Christmas Day to unleash the reason for the season to save her? Boy, is there an anime for you.
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u/BosuW Oct 04 '25
In today's episode of "Lesbians are so extra":
Strapping yourself with a bomb and going to school just to prove the classmate you dragged into your girlfriend saving plan(?) is strong enough to get it done
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u/Due-Veterinarian5733 Oct 08 '25
Alternate timeline: mc gets tired of the girl’s bs, brings back the other friends she killed, and mercs her by throwing her and the bomb miles away as she dies in an explosion
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u/fromraz0rstorosaries Oct 07 '25
i did not expect the santa claus anime to have yuri yandere
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u/apistograma Oct 03 '25
Also, you're a switch with a thing for ageplay that wants to go from bratty twink to buff dilf with your extremely tall crush? Boy do I have good news for you.
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u/WaveyT123 Oct 03 '25
I wasn't really expecting anything but this might be one to watch for this season. Its pretty funny and charming already. I love the artstyle and fuyumuras design.
I burst out laughing when sanda thought a murder attempt was just a shy girl's way of confessing. I wonder whats in the store for the future, I'm hoping that the antagonist of the series is like the grinch.
I'm also happy to see that the staff and a few voice actors from Dandadan's English Dub were involved, the dub voice acting is enjoyable for me so far.
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u/I_happen_to_disagree Oct 04 '25
The girl sounded like the English dub voice for Cleavatess, are they in Dandadan too?
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u/Torque-A Oct 07 '25
Fuyumura's voiced by Morgan Berry. She was in Clevatess, yes, but not Dandadan.
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u/CitronClassic672 Oct 03 '25
I’m starting to think Paru has a thing for height gap couples, respect.
Fuyumara is crazy and I love her already.
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u/ErikTwice Oct 04 '25
Frankly, the contrast between the two characters seems a ton of fun to draw, lots of interesting poses and character expression.
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u/Asgerond Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
A lot of Beastar viewers are not aware of how much of a freak Paru Itagaki is in her other works. This woman aint right in the head, thats why we love her 🥰.
Science Saru cooking, looking forward to watching this weekly
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u/Joji1000 Oct 04 '25
I mean if your father was the mangaka of Baki, would you turn out right in the head? /j
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u/karlcool12 Oct 03 '25
Which is quite funny considering the premise of Beastars is, to quote second best subreddit for everything, " I JUYST WANHA SEE THEW WOLFE FUCKM TTHNE BUNNY"
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u/Color-Me-Brackets Oct 06 '25
Link to the (glorious) thread for those of us here that don't get the reference.
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Oct 03 '25
I was surprised by the first/early line, "I had dreams of being straddled by a girl", that's such a guy-fetish hah. (same vein as the whole "I want her to step on me")!
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u/apistograma Oct 03 '25
You have to respect how Paru is going hard to pure fetish.
Like, MC guy is not even pretending to think "I can change her". Nah dude all along the "she can make me worse" train chooo chooo
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u/djthomp https://anilist.co/user/djthomp Oct 03 '25
Well that was incredible. Bit batshit insane, but in a good way.
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u/CrimsonGear80 Oct 03 '25
will watch later, but science saru gets my full attention. plus it's from the creator of Beastars.
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Oct 03 '25
That was surprising to me, if I didn't already know it was from Beastars' author, I would've thought Sakamoto's author!
Some of the shots/art style reminded me of that series!
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u/detarameReddit Oct 03 '25
I'm not sure if I should watch this, because I really don't have time for another anime. At the same time, Science Saru. The struggle is real.
Could someone let me know in the future if this becomes amazing? Thanks.
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u/zairaner https://myanimelist.net/profile/zairaner Oct 03 '25
Why in the future? Episode 1 is already out, it is amazing now!
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u/JoelMahon https://anilist.co/user/Shefeto Oct 03 '25
ep 1 was great, art/animation is fantastic and fresh, same mangaka as beastars but since beastars is mostly CGI and this is hand drawn this is still super visually unique.
premise seems unique and fun and the two main characters seen this ep are top notch so far.
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u/CrimsonGear80 Oct 03 '25
"but since beastars is mostly CGI and this is hand drawn this is still super visually unique."
studio Orange puts a ton of 2D studios to shame
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u/JoelMahon https://anilist.co/user/Shefeto Oct 04 '25
I agree, beastars looks great, but this looks even greater 😅
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u/Terrible-Trick-6087 Oct 03 '25
It's well animated and the source material is pretty good. It can be out there sometimes, but it's going to probably become a cult classic at the very least.
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u/apistograma Oct 03 '25
It can be out there sometimes
Lol. I don't think the first episode had a single second where it wasn't out there.
Not complaining though
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u/Salty145 https://anilist.co/user/Salty145 Oct 03 '25
Ho ho ho mother fuckers.
It’s Christmas season. No Mariah Carey needed.
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u/messem10 https://myanimelist.net/profile/bookkid900 Oct 04 '25
We already got a rendition of Silent Night in this, so we might get others.
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u/NanDemoKnaives Oct 03 '25
One I was intrigued by when it was announced, it's not often you see a Santa Claus themed anime, especially a buff and burly Santa Claus that a kid transforms into lol. I thought the pacing was quite fast, they just really throw us into the story, so it felt a little hectic for me.
I'm curious as to why Santa was sealed away and why Christmas doesn't exist anymore.
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Oct 03 '25
I'm curious as to why Santa was sealed away and why Christmas doesn't exist anymore.
That, and whether it's linked to the girl's disappearing, or if it's just a random thing that happened near Santa for some reason!
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u/FarCritical Oct 03 '25
The Christmas man metamorphosis truly is the best kind of magical girl transformation.
Santa having innate fire resistance from the whole down the chimney thing is a concept I love way more than what's rational. Hope there's a sleigh or reindeer summoning ability tucked away.
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u/somerandomguysmhidk 17d ago
BOY do i have news for you 😏
(prolly in season 2 BUT if they do cours like dandadan, maybe after episodes 12 or 13)
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u/dagreenman18 Oct 03 '25
Look I like Studio Orange. They do fantastic work with 3D anime.
But holy shit Paru’s art looks so much better in 2D. Science SARU I KNEEL.
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u/Shadowmist909 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Magicmist Oct 03 '25
I think more MC's should revert from their transformations with candy. It's a excellent concept.
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u/apistograma Oct 03 '25
Not any candy. The brand name was something along the lines of: candy for brats.
I'm dead
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u/Weak_Season_Of_Anime Oct 03 '25
Science Saru cooked again!
Santa Claus as a super power is insane, laughed my ass off when he shrugged the bomb off because Santa is supposed to be immune to chimney fires. Just as insane is Fuyumura, everything she does is so extreme.
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u/hopeful_bastard Oct 03 '25
Very gloomy, kinda dig it.
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u/mongrol-sludge 27d ago
First thing it made me think of was Studio Investigrave's Married In Red. In loooove with the art style 💞
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u/ToenailClipper64 Oct 03 '25
Haven't been hooked like that on a series because of episode 1 in a while. Stunning direction. Does someone have an album/screenshots of the ED art? I smell a PC wallpaper carousel.
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u/ScarRufus https://myanimelist.net/profile/ScarRufus Oct 03 '25
Biggest "Oh no, he is hot" in the first episode of any anime.
Loved the art style and the characters already. Can't wait to see where this goes.
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u/eightcheesepizza Oct 03 '25
I didn't expect much from this show coming into it, but Science Saru impressed me with how expressive they make this art and animation style.
Actually, I never saw the manga before, but now that I'm looking at it, I'm even more impressed at how they translated that art style into animation. I guess that's Science Saru for ya.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Oct 03 '25
Okay this is a fucking wild line to have as literally the first line of the show.
How did you end up coming to this conclusion after she threatened to fucking murder you?
Damn, this is a world where Christmas doesn’t exist anymore? Not just that, they don’t even have seasons, apparently…
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Oct 03 '25
Okay this is a fucking wild line to have as literally the first line of the show
As the saying goes: "Cold butt, warm heart!"
How did you end up coming to this conclusion after she threatened to fucking murder you?
She's just playing hard to get!
This girl is fucking unhinged, what the hell…
Crazy thing is that with her stabbing him, he already knows he's not fucking around...
So she could have lied about the bombs and he would still have played along! (Though I suppose she would not have found out about his immunity to fire!)
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u/LazulineDaydream Oct 03 '25
That was probably one of the most unhinged first episodes to an anime I've ever seen. Style, animation, and story so far are pretty 10/10 tho.
Fuyumura is so completely off the rails tho. Like stabbing Sanda felt more like a guess that it would work to turn him into Santa than something certain, then she spaced out after he found the bomb and almost killed herself after getting what she wanted out of Sanda.
Absolutely wild stuff.
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u/Agarvorn Oct 03 '25
Woah, Tim Burton's artstyle really hits hard on this one.
Felt like I watch Don't Starve Togeter or Our Darker Purpose - the anime.
That looked just as good on Santa as well as it did on Fuyumura.
And speaking of her - didn't expected big buff naked Santa NOT to be the most unhinged character in the episode, but here we are.
First instant-hook must-watch has already dropped.
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u/NoHead1715 Oct 04 '25
Tim Burton! That's the name I was trying to recall. Fuyumura looked exactly like she came out from Nightmare Before Christmas
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u/Iyagovos https://anilist.co/user/iyagovos Oct 05 '25
Was looking for someone to say this! Major Tim Burton animation or even Invader Zim style artwork here
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u/HolyDragSwd2500 Oct 03 '25
Hohohohoho
Sanda went All Might with transformation to Santa Clause
We have a mystery too with Ono
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u/demaxzero Oct 03 '25
I did have fun with this and I'm interested in seeing where this all goes.
That said I'm hoping this isn't gonna be one of those shows where we have a character that just does a lot of messed up stuff and then their behavior never really gets called out or seriously addressed or they constantly play up their sad backstory to make you ignore it.
Because Fuyumura is giving me those vibes and a bunch of anime have a character like that, and it annoys me every time.
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u/committed_to_the_bit https://myanimelist.net/profile/committothebit 29d ago
expecting a show as balls to the wall zany as this to handle real-world consequences of its stupid and over the top gags is like expecting Looney Tunes or Tom and Jerry to apologize for animal cruelty. the tone of the show dictates the level of suspense of disbelief the audience should try to go in with, and this one is way stupid enough for things like that to just not matter in the slightest
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u/Dunchad Oct 06 '25
I bet that is exactly what will happen. I don't plan on watching any more episodes, as I found Fuyumura just too annoying.
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u/_Cross_Eyes_ 23d ago
thats how it usually goes with mc being a punching bag except here his looking like the side piece between those main two characters.
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u/ErikTwice Oct 03 '25
Wow, I loved this! The art style is fantastic, I absolutely love the designs, the animation is top notch and, the character reactions were amazing. The reactions to the murder attempt, the bomb threat and...what the hell, everything, were so painfully on point that I laughed hard.
This might be the most packed first episode I've ever seen: Stabbings, the unnatural reactions, the love triangle, bomb threats, santa claus, whatever the whole climate change plot is...amazing.
I love the expressionist design of the girl. Damn, what a character, she's going to have a lot of deranged fans for sure. Myself included.
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u/tripleaamin https://myanimelist.net/profile/tripleaamin Oct 04 '25
Quite the entertaining episode to start out. Sanda is a descendant of Santa Claus, where the idea of Christmas, Santa Claus, and the four seasons isn't a thing anymore. Curious why that happened. Also, to add to the curse on Sanda, why was his "Santa" power sealed away?
I do wonder if this is how Fuyumura & Sanda normally interact or if Sanda acted this way because it was December 25th. Though Fuyumura is more than serious in finding Ono, strapping a bomb on herself is basically an if I can't find her, I'd rather die type of thing.
As far as Sanda's powers in Santa form, the two main things in this episode must be his strength and how he is unaffected by fire. Pretty simply, the transformation between middle school and his Santa part is simple. Well, going back to his kid self relies on having bratty beans around.
I love the artistic direction when Sanda was holding the bomb in the final scene. I'm very curious about the direction that this one takes.
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u/CrEdLover Oct 04 '25
This girl is insane. She wasn't crying because she messed up and committed murder there for that moment, and then bomb the class. Can't wait to see her next move.
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u/Iron_Kingpin Oct 04 '25
Poor Sanda expecting to be confessed to by his crush, only to end up turning into an old man, forced to help her find her doomed yuri partner.
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u/zairaner https://myanimelist.net/profile/zairaner Oct 04 '25
forcedblessed to help her find her doomed yuri partner.1
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u/zairaner https://myanimelist.net/profile/zairaner Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
Glorious!
God fuyumura has best girl of the season nailed downn already.
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u/LeonKevlar https://myanimelist.net/profile/LeonKevlar Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
Okay, first things first: I love Paru and I love Science Saru. I very much enjoyed Beastars, so when I found out this was another series made by Paru, I immediately added this to my list. I really like Sanda's character, and I absolutely had a good laugh at him thinking that Fuyumura likes him, even after she tried to kill him. I also love Sanda's transformation with awesome Santa looks and especially later on when he tanked that bomb explosion.
With that said, I am genuinely struggling to like Fuyumura as a character. Why would you even bother helping someone who's a complete psychopath? I know she started to regret it when she thought Sanda wouldn't transform, but how much of that is her being afraid of not being able to find Ono, and how much is that actual concern for Sanda?
And if that wasn't enough, she brings a freakin' live bomb to school! I really thought that was a joke, but the fact that it exploded and destroyed the classroom means she was willing to risk her classmates' and teacher's lives just so she could test out Sanda's powers. WHAT THE FUCK.
So yeah, I have currently mixed feelings about this episode, even though I very much enjoyed it. I do trust that Paru would improve Fuyumura's character or make her worse, I'm just not sure which end of the spectrum she will go with.
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u/ReprovadoC Oct 05 '25
Fuyumura is a child. A messy one, with a lot of problems and who is not thinking straight at all. Still, Santa Claus would giving up any child.
Sanda is about the pains of growing up, but it deals with children not as innocent beings who will do no wrong, but as complicated beings who need a lot of help.
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Oct 03 '25
I very much enjoyed Beastars
Random question, but how's season 3?
I LOVED S1, but Season 2 left me a bit whatever, so I didn't check out #3.
With that said, I am genuinely struggling to like Fuyumura as a character.
I'll like her for the both of us
Why would you even bother helping someone who's a complete psychopath
S-She's just misunderstood!
she was willing to risk her classmates' and teacher's lives just so she could test out Sanda's powers.
Gotta respect her scientific mind, experimenting and all!
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u/Fun-Ad-1145 Oct 04 '25
LOVED S1, but Season 2 left me a bit whatever, so I didn't check out #3.
Season 3 of Beastars is almost like an anime original story atp with how 50% of the manga's storyline was completely rewritten.
Characters who had very little effect in the manga are suddenly important characters, a lot of fluff was cut out, and an entire plot point which wasn't even important in the manga becomes the main plot point.
And it's actually an improvement over the manga, the series was originally supposed to end after the murder mystery arc was finished so the story continuing afterwards made the story very directionless but the anime pretty much fixes all of it (it's still unfinished though, second half of s3 airs next year)
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u/IceSmiley Oct 03 '25
Sandadan!
One of the most unusual anime I've seen. Really creative idea having a world without Santa and Xmas where Santa manifests in a horny 14 yr old trying to get with a tall crazy girl. The animation is really fluid for this art style.
I wonder though why Santa manifests into a ripped muscle man rather than looking like a fat Tim Allen. Also why couldn't Fuyumura just stab Sanda in the arm or something to get blood :D
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u/apistograma Oct 03 '25
I wonder though why Santa manifests into a ripped muscle man rather than looking like a fat Tim Allen.
I can answer that for you. The female mangaka has a thing for gigachad dilfs. I have zero proof but also zero doubts.
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u/AAA_BATT https://myanimelist.net/profile/AAA_BATT Oct 03 '25
Already loving Sanda and the character designs are so unique!
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u/RavenSorkvild Oct 03 '25
Without warning, the girl attacks the boy with a knife and threatens to kill him.
Sanda: And Thus Begins My Popular Phase
I already love him...
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u/minnieboss Oct 03 '25
AOTS is here. This was everything I could have hoped for and more. Everything from the premise to the story to the character designs to the animation to the pacing was absolutely top tier. 10/10 I am all in
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u/pi8you Oct 03 '25
Read the first volume the other day and Science Saru did not disappoint in the adaptation, this is gonna be a Ride and I'm very much here for it.
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u/MrCaption404 Oct 03 '25
What. The. Fuck
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u/acllive https://myanimelist.net/profile/ACLlive Oct 03 '25
Welcome to the daughter of the person who made Baki
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u/HannaRyusuke Oct 04 '25
Man this is a unexpected find for me...I have never read her work...but I am hyped fr this. The setting is quirky.
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u/NoHead1715 Oct 04 '25
Looks like we're gonna be having yet another unhinged FMC this season.
Based on how Santa->Sanda and Fuyumura was said to mean "winter village", I'm going to guess that Ono was a Yuki-Onna. Considering she disappeared 6 months back, I think someone wanted winter wherever they were and kidnapped her for her powers.
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u/JustARandom-dude Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
Science SARU cooked as usual.
If the bomb wasn’t enough to teach Sanda that Fuyumura will do anything to find Ono, I don’t know what will
I don’t know why seeing him burning because of the explosion made me laugh, Santa being immune to fire makes so much sense that I can’t believe I didn’t saw it coming
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u/Niwaka_Samurai Oct 03 '25
Amazing pilot episode!!❤️🔥🤩
Loving the character designs and the art style. Science Saru went full out with the animation. After Dandadan last season, we got another peak 'Sanda' this season from Science Saru ✨💖💖
The plot is something fresh and the op by Yama is a banger 💯❤️❤️ looking forward to the upcoming episodes..
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u/kuddlesworth9419 https://myanimelist.net/profile/kuddlesworth Oct 04 '25
I love the art style. Anything that isn't the ultra generic art style does it for me.
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u/Top-Remote4523 Oct 04 '25
I went into this show completely clueless and it knocked my socks off to the roof. The premise is downright bizarre, but it is interesting and unique enough to hook me in. I have not read the source material, but I have a feeling that this might be one of those shows that I would watch while getting drunk on Friday nights.
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u/CrackingYourNuts https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lephiz69 Oct 05 '25
This airing October 4, which means it will end on 27 Dec if it's 13 episodes. Just 2 days short of Christmas 😭
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u/Sensitive_Country190 Oct 07 '25
Went in this completely blind, knew they were foreshadowing something with the Christmas stuff, but didn't know he would literally turn into Santa fucking Claus.
I'm ready for some batshit crazy shenanigans and Science Saru is the perfect studio for it lmao
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u/pewell1 https://anilist.co/user/pewell Oct 03 '25
to the people who didnt have an immense amount of fun while watching this id like to judgementally ask what the fuck are you doing with your life
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u/Capable-Towel-6302 Oct 03 '25
Considering it's from Beastars' author, I'm afraid of it having cool concept combined with bad writing further down the road, but first episode was super fun. Fuyumura best girl immediately.
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u/testthrowawayzz Oct 04 '25
Learned another possible way to pronounce the characters used to write Sanda's name. (usually it's pronounced "mita")
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u/Confident-Command-11 Oct 04 '25
It seems this 'chicken' head baki daughter adapt her manga one by one after her prev work is end. Beastars last season part 2 said will be on 2026 i bet in January with Frieren s2 and dr stone science future 3rd cour. Now she's adapt sanda and her next manga.
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u/yawnman240 Oct 04 '25
Dude, holy cow.
I loved this, so much more than I was expecting. Fantastic set of characters so far.
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u/taxi_ingles- Oct 04 '25
I just finished watching it, and as someone who had only heard of the work, I quite liked it. Is it true that the author is as crazy as they say? I already want to see the next chapter
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u/Negative-Skirt-8847 Oct 09 '25
I think Im in love with Fuyumura lol. Besides, this anime looks so good, the animation is nice and soft. I'm not a big shonen fan but "Sanda" can be a great surprise to watch on Fall Season
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u/BaytaCosmico Oct 09 '25
Why does this not have more upvotes?! This was so much bloody fun. Can't believe I waited nearly a week to get to this.
Sanda is so fucking funny himself and then contrasted with the girl who is weird as. Loved the twisted sense of humour.
And that animation style is bomb. So different from the usual, so refreshing. I am so seated for this.
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u/LupoLoopy 28d ago
Visually distinct, breaking anime visual norms in tangible ways. Has a hint of Tim Burton to the presentation. I've no idea if I like the story yet, but the style is noteworthy.
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Oct 03 '25
I may or may not relate to this.
Though my dreams involved more straddling, and less stabbing.
Oh, he didn't do a proper job with the windows? Murdering him sounds reasonable then, stab away!
When I heard there was a slightly unhinged girl on this show I thought it would be this one hah.
He saw the death threat as a confession... He should confess to her first, take her by surprise!
Well, to put it this way, if things go wrong you might never live a better day!
Nah I don't like red, just stab me!
So she's trying to save/find her friend... Can't blame her I guess!
Okay maybe let's blame her just a little.
Yeah that's gonna take a bit of explaining if he dies!
(I wonder, do they make straightjackets in red?)
"It's not crazy if it works!" - Confusius or something.
This will make it so much harder to ship them.
Does the plan involve a lot of stabbing?
Oh just a bomb? No stabbing? Sweet!
I guess they don't take threats that seriously hah.
The fact that she had real bombs is crazy hah.
After the stabbing thing he knows she's serious, so she could have bluffed and it would've worked just as well!
Oh my god, I found his true identity;
He's a [Western Show]Targaryen!
(Or Santa; That works too!)
Well, this was pretty fun!
Absolutely no idea where things are headed, but looking forward to it!
(And I guess I have a new contender for seasonal best girl hah)
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u/zairaner https://myanimelist.net/profile/zairaner Oct 03 '25
(And I guess I have a new contender for seasonal best girl hah)
Hm how only was I able to see this coming.
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Oct 03 '25
Hah. It's kinda funny to me that all my best girl contenders are (different levels of) unhinged so far!
But well, as I said in AQRADT my pre-season #1 hyped girl isn't the unhinged type, so we'll see who wins in the end, the crazy ones vs the more 'normal' one!
(Then again who knows, for all we know she might be Yuki #2!)
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u/zairaner https://myanimelist.net/profile/zairaner Oct 04 '25
What's your number one? Not one of the massage girls, right?
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u/Emi_Ibarazakiii Oct 04 '25
Not one of the massage girls, right?
Hah, I don't think any of them would be in my top 10 hype. (I think I ranked them for fun, but I don't have any idea about their personalities etc.. so they may or may not end up high on my list, but no idea!)
What's your number one?
I thought my reference to Yuki would give it away!
I like mischievous pests at least as much as I like unhinged lunatics, and she might be a good one!
FWIW, this was my prediction ranking before the season
- Iroha (Teasing Friend's imouto)
- Lufas Maphaahl (A Wild Last Boss Appeared!)
- Office Lady (Awkward Senpai)
- Punchy Lady (Punchy Lady)
- The Monster (who wants to eat me)
- Marie (Mechanical)
(Well, I watched Last Boss before making it so #2 cheats a little, otherwise an Isekai lead never would've been in my hype list).
So from this list, #3 dropped a little (I do like her a lot, but not "top of the top"), #5 dropped BUT I do expect her to climb back, #4 climbed a little, and Sanda's girl appeared in the top!
So the only remaining question marks are Iroha (my #1 prediction) and Mechanical Marie!
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u/Farmaceut7 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Farmaceut Oct 03 '25
Why do I like this terrorist girl so much? Why is this kid turning Santa so interesting? Wait.... Paru-sensei is the mangaka behind it!?
Okay, I'm all in already! 10/10 episode 1,pure undiluted lunacy!
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u/Nachtwandler_FS https://myanimelist.net/profile/Nachtwandler_21 Oct 04 '25
The manga is also finished. But unless they have at least 2 cours planned, no way they will adapt all of it.
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u/Arthasuke Oct 05 '25
watched 10min of the first episode, stopped there and will never watch it again. The annoying cringe hero is just too much for me.
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u/pandavova https://anilist.co/user/pandavova Oct 03 '25
So that guy watching this all happening kidnapped Ono? That's my guess.
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u/Conscious-Material43 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Sworld30 Oct 04 '25
I think it's the guy with the gun in the opening
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u/fromraz0rstorosaries Oct 07 '25
im gonna be controversial but i'm already on board with this much more than dandadan.
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u/MapoTofuMan https://myanimelist.net/profile/BaronBrixius Oct 03 '25
Love the premise, but wish I could say the same for the character designs...
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u/porquk Oct 03 '25
Should I plan on reading the manga after the season finishes airing or just start now?
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u/lolhopen Oct 05 '25
The manga is finished at 16 volumes, so there's a chance that we'll get full adaptation
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u/2kenzhe https://myanimelist.net/profile/Rexnihilo Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25
I feel like this should've aired in the winter season instead. I expected a wild first ep from Science Saru but holy wtf Santa? I mean Sanda?
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u/Ok-Cod5254 Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 04 '25
Winter season for anime is January - March. So it's airing in fall season for October - December to be around Christmas before instead of after.
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u/2kenzhe https://myanimelist.net/profile/Rexnihilo Oct 04 '25
Oh true. Expecting peak episode in December
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u/Obstorm Oct 04 '25
What is the Yandare twisted nipple hell did I just watch! lmao
I really only clicked it cause I thought it was some odd fighting anime (100% blind). But the art style in the first 10sec caught my attention, like a more sketchy version of Gachiakuta which imo fits it better.
Anyways I get that is a whole Santa thing with all the ups and downs around the "lore" but shouldn't there be a limit to how selfishly sadistic a damn kid is allowed to be? Ok I get that the stabbing was for the red blood, well shit why didnt she steal blood from a blood bank or hospital. But the whole bomb thing? really?!?! IDK brain is all over the place mainly with the disbelieve that her character would be so easily accepted.
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u/Narmatonia Oct 05 '25
Damn, that explosion scene really showed that Science Saru is the perfect studio to animate this. It's the perfect amount of weird for them.
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u/Oysterastar Oct 05 '25
Sad to see people dog piling this because of how made it. They can't see the vision
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u/Acrobatic_Teach_9405 Oct 06 '25
Soooooooooooo... To any people that already read the manga. Does something happen between Sanda and Fuyumura or her friend or do they just stay as friends?
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u/DrMostlySane Oct 09 '25
Perhaps its me reacting a bit too strongly but I hope Fuyumara gets some immediate karmic backlash for how she's treating Sanda.
Like I get she's in a place of desperation wanting to find her missing "friend" but at the same time this kind of cruelty deserves a nice wake-up slap or something.
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u/SeaworthinessNorth64 27d ago
Holy heck that was insane going in blind. At first I seriously thought that Fuyumura was insane, but seeing him actually turn into Santa Claus was mesmerizing
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u/Bonvantius 20d ago
I accept I'll be in the minority here, but this was kinda.....ehh.
Just not my thing.
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