SANDA — Season 1, Episode 9: A Fake Flower, Yet Its Roots Rot

Episode synopsis

Tetsudome says Santa lacks grit. With her aid Sanda becomes dark Santa, but doubts himself. After meeting Namatame again, he vows not to fight kids.

About SANDA

In near-future Japan with ultra-low birthrates, children are treasured but monitored. Santa is banned as dangerous. One snowy December 25th, middle-schooler Kazushige Sanda, descendant of Santa, is attacked by classmate Fuyumura who wants him to find her missing friend, Ono. "Santa, please find my friend." To protect children from adults, Sanda decides to become Santa and fight the adults.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Everything's Bright, Am I Aging?
• E2Candies, Canes, Kisses, and Blades
• E3Charred Fruit Tastes All the Sweeter
• E4Zeus, Smasher of Textbooks
• E5A Typhoon in a Snow Globe
• E6Cyborg vs. Santa Claus
• E7Double-Faced Carnivorous Plant
• E8Love, the Most Selfish Thing There Is
• E10You, an Everlasting Moment
• E11Flashback Attack
• E12Pale Blue Pall