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| Jesus Christ, this festival thing turned into another chaotic event. I kinda knew it wouldn't be peaceful but damn. Well, at least they did make this dramatic as possible, almost like a mini-movie. Punches thrown, blood spilled, and some humorous moments added in. |
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| So is Ono dead now? Sad episode overall. Feel sad for Ono, for Niko who's still waiting, Shiori who realized things too late, Fumi - the psycho girl. Lots of suffering. Sanda was never going to kill her or let her die though. It was ridiculous to see her and Sanda exchange slaps and punches. |
| The worst of attacks, a hug! kekeke |
| another great episode he did it even if this girl need to be arrested, she is crazy... |
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| It's not looking good for Ono. Can't imagine how long it took Science SARU to animate all those repetitive transformations. Bro Sanda did not look well lying on the ground all twisted like that. I'm always amazed how Sanda keeps me guessing. I'd never expected to see a school festival shooting in a show with Santa. |
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| Second-to-last episode, and so much action between Sanda’s fight and Ono’s possible death. |
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| Sanda switching between Sanda and his normal form was so crazy looking lol Kick Ohsibu's ass, Santa!! |
| The whole sequence where Sanda kept going back and forth between big mode and small mode while fighting Namatame was absolutely goofy but so good at the same time, I’m not exaggerating when I say that was top 10 anime battles of all time lol. But man this conflict with Namatame has been such a rollercoaster, after she ran out of ammo she was forced to flee and was then reminded of her mom while being caught in the middle of a fire, she’s caused a lot of trouble but I’m glad to see that she’s not a complete monster deep down, and it’s also good that Sanda saved her after that. But then came Oshibu arriving on the scene, Sanda is beat the hell up and then some so I’m not sure if he’s gonna fare well in this fight, but I’m looking forward to seeing how it goes down in the finale next week, as well as what’s happened with Ono because it looked like she may have actually died like she said she was going to in that flashback, it’s good Fuyumura realized how bad she messed up but it might be too late now sadly. Also, poor Niko is still waiting on Sanda, she’s a real one for that but I’m afraid she might pack up and leave before Sanda comes back. |
Reply to Sigmar-Unberogen
So is Ono dead now?
Sad episode overall. Feel sad for Ono, for Niko who's still waiting, Shiori who realized things too late, Fumi - the psycho girl. Lots of suffering. Sanda was never going to kill her or let her die though.
It was ridiculous to see her and Sanda exchange slaps and punches.
Sad episode overall. Feel sad for Ono, for Niko who's still waiting, Shiori who realized things too late, Fumi - the psycho girl. Lots of suffering. Sanda was never going to kill her or let her die though.
It was ridiculous to see her and Sanda exchange slaps and punches.
| @Sigmar-Unberogen With one episode left, we're almost surely saving the Ono stuff for next week. Definitely think we're getting a really good last episode and, hopefully, a season two that builds upon that. |
| There were too many peak moments in this episode πππ― Fuyumura beat the living daylights out of Fumi..β€οΈπ₯β€οΈπ₯ Sanda turned it into a brawl between kids by changing back and forth between adult and kid and hitting Fumi only when he's a kid..damn, that must have been so painful to put his body under that much of constant strain. Is Ono gone for real !? π₯Ίππ It's too late for Fuyumura to show Ono how she really felt about her. Sanda relentlessly fought Fumi by having faith in his way and got through to her finally β€οΈ I hope he chops Oshibu's head off with those ski blades from his feet. |
| A beatdown from someone with Fuyumura's height has gotta hurt. When Sanda looked extra chibified for Round 2 with Nanatame had me thinking he might've eaten a little too many beans and became even younger than normal at first. And sheesh the puberty-fueled body horror was real. |
| So I finally kind of get it, its the rapid aging that happens when they sleep. Man I'm lost on some of the things of the show, but I'm still loving it all the same. Fuyumura freaking CLOCKED that girl LMAO Again, poor Ono, the girl aint deserve this AAAAAAAAAAH Sanda facing the Class 10 girl (forgot her name) in his 14 yr old self and then switching back because he got socked so fucking hard he got a nose bleed is so funny. Then it gets better by him doing it repeatedly. The final transformation he did, it kinda seemed different, like he was more fully in control of it instead of it being an uninterrupted switch. FUYUMUYA GO GET YOUR GIRL SHE GON DIEEEEEEE Ngl I kinda wanted him to do the Santa laugh as he walked out of the fire lol FANTASTIC episode |
| Good ep Hooray, Fuyumura saved the day. Ono didn't deserve such bs of a end, especially without Fuyumura leaving despite knowing Sanda is basically immortal. L friend ig. Ngl, this actually pissed me off. Pretty goofy, but deadly exchange by Sanda and Namatame. We gotta off the principal already. Oh well, Ono is dead...... unless plot armor or sum 9/10 |
JayDaAnimeLordDec 19, 2025 9:37 PM
 "Hard work is worthless for those that don’t believe in themselves" - Naruto Uzumaki I rate by enjoyment |
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@Sigmar-Unberogen With one episode left, we're almost surely saving the Ono stuff for next week. Definitely think we're getting a really good last episode and, hopefully, a season two that builds upon that.
| @Briekimchi Yeah, I'd love to see S2. I may even check the manga, but the ratings are giving me a bad feeling. Ranked #9513, Yikes. I wonder why manga is rated so low on MAL. |
| I find it ironic that the puberty blockers are fatal if they malfunction. That is pretty messed up. |
| Fuyumura fearlessly decking Fumi while she had a gun in hand was epic. I thought this show's core theme was aging, but I think it goes broader and is really about transformation. Specifically the mental and physical changes one undergoes through life. Basically this has been a coming of age story inside of Santa Claus's red coat. |
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| Wonder if this is it for Fumi trying to get santa or if she will leave him be after this? Either way looks like next ep we might get one more fight in before the season ends |
| With stuff like puberty blockers malfunctioning, the Japan of that world is doing everything they can to keep the birth rates low and the population in decline. It's so delusional that it's gotta be on purpose, otherwise the entire setting wouldn't make sense even with the in-universe rules. |
ow + nw = 90-2000s |
| I just can't believe that Ono is dead; she must still be alive. But a showdown between Sanda and Ooshibu for the finale, cannot wait. |
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| Fumi had such a character development. Fuyumura beating her ass looked funny. Ono has died fr. Are they going to fight with everyone watching?? lol |
| Finally she's out of bullets, the whole Sanda Namatame fight was weird. (and seemingly pointless) Does everyone know he is Santa now? Fuyumura finally remebers Ono, her being super imporatant to her then completely ignoring her is dumb. And dying? From growing up? Why aren't all the adults dead then? |
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A beatdown from someone with Fuyumura's height has gotta hurt.
When Sanda looked extra chibified for Round 2 with Nanatame had me thinking he might've eaten a little too many beans and became even younger than normal at first. And sheesh the puberty-fueled body horror was real.
When Sanda looked extra chibified for Round 2 with Nanatame had me thinking he might've eaten a little too many beans and became even younger than normal at first. And sheesh the puberty-fueled body horror was real.
| @FarCritical I thought the exact same shit at first. lol The I realized, nah, it's just artistic license. But all of that made an incredibly hilarious fight 10 times more funny! This show is the absolute best. |
Reply to Sigmar-Unberogen
@Briekimchi Yeah, I'd love to see S2. I may even check the manga, but the ratings are giving me a bad feeling. Ranked #9513, Yikes. I wonder why manga is rated so low on MAL.
| @Sigmar-Unberogen The MAL rating means absolutely nothing when determining if it will get a S2 or not. |
| Sanda transforming back to Santa on each hit was an insane scene, I hope Ono is doing okay but I doubt it, obviously :S |
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| Seems it became a battle of attrition after all with Sanda not really able to do anything except enduring attacks to stay true to the Santa spirit. I wonder what Fumi will be like now that Sanda has saved her life as well as with her internal conflict surrounding her mother. Seems we'll have the principal against Sanda for the final battle and maybe some more insight in whether Ono can still be saved? |
| Here we have a girl who's been alienated and punished for going through puberty too early. If Oshibu can piece himself back together like a jigsaw puzzle of flesh and synthetics then there has to be a way to help Ono. No matter how much older and mature she looks, she is still 14... Fuyumura you better hustle girl π |
| Animation of sanda transforming over and over was well done, I wonder if he can turn into a teen |
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| No way Ono is gonna die |
| He managed to suppress the transformation by himself XD |
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| Fuyumura coming to Sanda's aid against Namatame, as much as the latter is there to kill adults and other children matured into adults, the love that she once had with her mother, is only just a reminder of her poor upbringing. And for both of them to see Namatame begrudging on the side (with Ayama catching up on them), Sanda has got his gummies to help with easing his transformation at least to even out the playing field with her, though his body putting on that strain is no good. It's the same with Ono as Oshibu knows that she's heading to her own destruction with the matured body. As Sanda did specify going through with Amaya on fulfilling children's wishes from the get-go, he as his Santa self willng to be put through the ringer wearing Namatame down, as Fuyumura chases Ono down to find her, both are wearing down on their endurance, but Namatame getting a hug from Santa is just not going to happen. The devastation with a raging fire that Namatame is in gushing her life down to its end, Sanda did his job to save her, though it's Oshibu who's to blame for her transformation to being the adult-killer. Where's Ono then, in this chaos? |
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| This ending was way too cool, I can't wait to see the last episode! |
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| Psycho teenage girl vs. Santa Claus. Most unpredictable anime fight ever. Now imagine if the concept of "naughty children" were applicable to this story. That way, Santa would be able to "give coal" to Namatame in the form of a well-deserved beating and I wouldn't be cringing this hard at this series for trying to make you empathize with an actual psychopath smh. One more episode left. |
Psycho teenage girl Who's not psycho there tho? :D |
| This bitch is unhinged, but ofc we'll get redemption/forgiven cause shes a child. |
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| The body horror episode, oh my |
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| Horrible episode. Fumi ruined this show. |
| Gotta say the transformation of Sanda to Santa freaked me out, and the aftermath of doing it so many times on poor Sanda looked horrid. Seems like Sanda's battle with Namatame has now ended, after she blasted more than hundreds of rounds into the jolly old man. Where she carried all this ammunition, we'll never know. I hope that Namatame becomes friends with the gang and moves past her trauma now. And that Sanda reunites with poor Niko whos just been waiting... But it is funny how the only way Sanda can fight her is through tanking and then hugging her unconscious :D |
| I kind of feel ashamed for thinking that Fuyu was beyond saving because of what she did. Santa believed in her until the very end, even when he was about to die, and in the end, that was the right choice. What she truly wanted wasn’t to kill adults, but to overcome the guilt of killing her mother, move on, and live her life normally, making friends along the way. I still don’t fully understand why Ono is going through so much pain just because she’s “growing.” She seems convinced that she’s going to die, but I don’t think that’s actually the case. Maybe it has something to do with the drugs she was forced to take to stop her from sleeping, and therefore from growing. I guess we’ll have to wait and see what happens. |
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