Sanda (2025) s01e04 Episode Script

I went and became an adult
We're two sides of the same coin,
with you still a kid
I went and blurted out the words
I'll never be able to take them back
There's nothing righteous
about unrequited feelings,
so let things stay as is
In the gaps between the seasons
that whiz by,
I was crying,
and I bet I always will
You don't believe, do you?
In despair? Being moved?
Unable to take it anymore, the night
that had turned white now turns black
Nothing's going to change
ever again? I just don't know!
I've been clinging to this moment
no matter what,
and I pray that today
my wish will come true
DON'T STOP
I won't forget the adultish heart
I stole from you ever again
Because neither the me that grew up
nor you will ever change
It's okay
Because I still haven't forgotten
the adultish heart I stole
Because even though I've changed,
I'm still me
Regrets, hopes and prayers,
Children, me,
I don't understand any of it
You can believe in wishes coming true,
but who I am will never end
EPISODE 4:
ZEUS, SMASHER OF TEXTBOOKS
S-Sanda!
Wow, who'd have thought that the latest
Santa would turn out to be a kid?
Even at my age,
life is one surprise after another.
Will this earn me a pay raise
or a promotion to management?
Either way, I'm looking
at a better class of booze.
You've got some nerve, shooting somebody
just as they're making
a cool statement of intent!
Talk, Pops!
Who the heck are you?
Whoa!
S-Sorry!
I still don't know my own strength!
Hey! Mister! Are you okay?
H-Hey now
Please tell me you're not dead.
Does this mark ring any bells for you?
Holly leaves?
Sorry, never seen them before.
First, let's just calm down, okay?
Take a breather.
I said chill out!
Crap! I didn't hold back again!
That's dirty pool!
You may be Santa,
but you've got all the parts, I see.
A horrible memory just resurfaced!
The day I became Santa, the very first
thing I did was check my crotch.
It's there.
I have
an adult you-know-what!
Let's pretend I never saw that.
Am I
I can't go back unless I capture you!
Tell me! Am I a danger to everyone?
I don't know my own strength, so I end up
punching people and smashing walls!
And I have a ton
of other dangerous powers!
And I have an adult wiener!
Is Santa really just a danger to society?
Is that why you're here to capture me?
Tell me! I'm seriously freaking out here!
You're not a danger to society
or anything else!
Don't get so full of yourself,
you old fart!
You're Santa Claus.
That's the main problem!
I'm beat.
I should have introduced myself.
I'm Yagiuda from St. Nick Pursuit Unit.
And here's a bonus tip
to go with the introduction.
A being that gives kids
hopes and dreams
ain't got no place
in this country anymore.
Preordained education.
Preordained marriages.
What it needs
is children who will lose hope in
this country that's marching to the grave
and do as they're told
as they live out their preordained lives.
If a supposedly legendary being
like Santa Claus were to show up
they say it'd have an effect
on the children
they've so carefully coddled and managed.
You're something that can't be allowed
to exist in this era.
They stopped talking.
I wonder if he's okay.
What a relief!
I figured that a past Santa
had killed a dude or something
but that's what this is about?
This whole time, I hated how I looked.
I'm supposed to be Santa Claus,
but I'm fully packing downstairs,
I've got superhuman strength,
and I look like I'll kill you
if you look at me funny.
My own appearance made me
doubt myself to the point
I would avoid looking at myself
in the mirror when I'm in this form.
But
now you tell me that Santa's whole deal
is that he brings dreams and hope
and it always has been?
That's what you're telling me?
Because if that's the case
that means I can fight for the children
with my head held high
using nothing but my body
and not have to hold back!
Dammit! I went and monologued,
and now I made more work for myself.
What's going on in there?
Should we help?
No, I think we should stay clear of
Was that a gunshot?
Come on, no way.
The funeral is about to begin.
Gosh, my heart started pounding there!
I won't tell anyone.
You'll get on everyone's bad side if your
eyes are twinkling. Dead eyes, dead eyes!
Hey, Fuyumura
do you think this is
what a boy's naked body is really like?
Ew! I'm amazed that you found this book.
When you're told not to do something,
it makes you want to do it all the more.
The adults are too strict with us.
It's the same with banning
kissing before marriage,
that stuff
about how you'll catch cavities.
In the old days, it was okay for
young people to kiss someone they liked.
Ono, you want to kiss someone?
Do you, Fuyumura?
Don't you want to see what it's like?
Well wanting to try is the problem.
I've never even thought about it.
My molars hurt when I clench my teeth
so if we both already have
cavities, then
That's what was running through my head
but all we kids really have
is myths.
They were supposed to be myths.
Santa Claus
Adult nude bodies
The warmth
of a human touch.
And the things that feel like pounding
waves that sometimes stir up in my heart.
I had always thought that all
these things didn't really exist.
For Fuyumura's smile!
Huh?
For the children!
Ow
"Ow"?
N-No way am I gonna
let myself
be captured here!
Ever since I met Sanda
the myths inside me
have been coming true almost instantly.
All students, stand.
Sing the school anthem.
Oh, crap!
Ono's funeral is starting!
Come back here!
Are you kidding me? Nobody said anything
about this guy being basically unkillable!
Anyway, with that guy's muscle and size,
I am way outclassed
in a fair fight on the ground!
You've seen me
in my
kid form
so I can't let you get away!
This has totally gone sideways!
I'm gonna miss Ono's funeral!
Oh, so you're fighting for children
who believe in some dumbass
fairy tale, Mr. Santa?
Well, in that case
I'm doing it for the money!
I'm doing it for the glory!
In this funeral, we mustn't perform the
motion of putting our hands together.
Let's call it what it is, "praying."
When we are young, we want to believe
in the existence of God and of Heaven
but it is a waste of time.
Children can believe in
whatever they damn well want!
At least let them decide for themselves
what they believe i
It is because we have believed in such
things over the course of our long history
that humanity has been reduced
to its current sorry state.
In order to survive this ultra-declining
birth rate ultra-aging society,
we must dispense
with all such frivolities
and with this funeral,
let us send her off with a smile.
Here's a truth bomb from a former child!
When you grow up
everything you believed in as a kid
is pointless!
But you mustn't look
at the dark side of things.
Ichie Ono will never grow old.
She will live in all your memories
as her young self
for as long as you all shall live.
And that, I believe,
is a far more noble end.
You all should savor
your current value to society
and live out your precious
student years rationally.
Shove it!
None of that matters right now!
At a funeral, praying to God
is expressly forbidde
Oh, crap!
Dumbass.
Tell me, Fuyumura.
We might not be allowed
to look at the real thing
but looking at these, don't you think
the adult nude body is kinda beautiful?
No. If a bare crotch like this
appeared in front of me in real life
I'd be struck speechless.
I think they're people
straight out of mythology.
Is
Is that God?
It's a naked old guy?
How dare he parade around
in front of the children!
Still
if the St. Nick Pursuit Unit
got into a tussle with him here,
it would be sure to inflict terrible
mental trauma on the students!
Is he telling us to stand down?
Hang on!
Now that I got a good look at him, isn't
that the terrorist from the other day?
But he seems different somehow.
S-Since I'm here and all,
I guess I'll say what I came to say.
Ono
I don't really know you.
I don't know what you're thinking.
I don't know where you are
or what you're up to.
But wherever you are, I hope you're well.
If you aren't, I couldn't take it.
I'll find you, I promise.
Wh-What kind of crazy circus
is this funeral turning into?
God is attending it!
TRAUMA-FREE CURRICULUM
Hey! Did you see God-pa?
I did! God-pa!
Sanda! Did you see the God-pa?
Gosh, no!
I wasn't there yesterday. What a shame.
I've heard it 100 times today already.
The whole "God-pa" thing.
They probably
No, they absolutely
mean me.
It was incredible! Totally supernatural!
He crashed through the ceiling
without warning at Ono's funeral!
Everybody who was there
was stunned speechless!
Yeah! Totally stunned speechless!
Even Headmaster Oshibu
looked like he was gonna die of rage!
And that's when
he vanished into thin air!
With a mighty explosion!
Oh Really?
-That's amazing.
-Fuyu, did you
Don't care.
Oh, okay.
-Isn't the God-pa amazing?
-Totally!
Thanks for the save yesterday, Fuyumura.
I was able to slip out of the gym
thanks to you.
I had no idea it would blow up like this.
What did you expect?
In a time when bathrooms are separated
by young and old, not boys and girls
RESTROOM
a buck-naked old guy appearing out
of the blue in front of kids is gonna
I know! I know, okay?
I'm about to die of shame over that, too!
-Sanda
-Huh?
I wanted to say thank you.
Fuyumura
has this surprising side to her.
Like she's the type who totally opens up
once she trusts someone.
Hey!
Crazy stuff is happening
all over the campus.
Look, it's like I wrote in my report!
He was inside the gymnasium!
Do you realize what you've done?
You let Santa escape!
-Yagiuda! Send your report
-Huh?
-to Daikoku Welfare Academy!
-Hello? I think our connection is bad!
-Hey! Yagiuda! It's not funny!
-That's funny! I can't hear you!
-Are you listening? Say something! Yagi
-Hello? Hello?
TOBACCO
Damn it all.
I know better than anybody.
That Santa Claus that got away
was just too damn big.
GOD-PA
Get your God-pa merch!
Plushies are 700 yen!
God-pa superhero landing!
You look just like him!
I still say the God-pa
is the god of explosions.
Come on, no way!
Let's all write messages to the God-pa
asking him to come down
and visit us again!
I'm scared!
I heard the God-pa is
The God-pa is
-The God-pa is
-The God-pa
The God-pa
The God-pa
I'm scared!
Every student in this school
believes to their core that I'm a god!
Maybe it's the price you're paying
for showing everyone your crotch.
That's how big an impact that Sand-pa had.
This is all too scary!
Uh-oh.
I did something unbelievably bad!
It's something that I did.
So, I have to step up
and make things right!
Sanda's a straight arrow to a fault.
This isn't about Santa Claus's nature.
This has to be coming
from Sanda's own personality.
Is he gonna be okay?
What's he so afraid of?
GOD-PA, PLEASE COME DOWN
AND VISIT US AGAIN
Oh
Fuyumura?
Are you okay?
I-I-I'm fine! Totally fine!
Why do you ask?
You couldn't erase this
because you're too short, right?
Wha Stop teasing me about my height!
I'll get it for you.
I can reach it just fine!
Whew, that actually helped.
I feel like it's
only when I'm around Fuyumura
Sanda
that I'm allowed to be
a 14-year-old boy.
Fuyumura?
I mean it, thank you, Sanda.
You literally crashed
Ono's funeral for me.
Huh? D-Don't mention it! It was nothi
Wh-Wh-What's the matter?
You're really slender, you know that?
Well, look who's talking!
You're right.
We're still 14.
Still children, inside and out.
Right?
I-I-It's kind of a relief.
We really are still kids, aren't we?
We are.
That's why I have to
do this.
I like you this way, Sanda.
What I was really afraid of
was this.
Well, well, well!
When did you have a red track jacket
hidden on you?
You're feeling a little better, right?
I'll be your emotional support
Santa anytime!
Why am I on the verge of tears?
You're Santa Claus, dammit!
I miss Ono so much, Sanda.
Yep yep
I bet.
Being relied on by children
Living up to an adult's obligations
I can't believe how hard that is
when I'm in front of Fuyumura!
No! I can't
think those thoughts!
Sorry!
What am I doing?
I'm being stupid.
And it's rude to you.
I locked the door, so we're good.
Sorry. But I wish for another bear hug.
Don't laugh.
I'm not laughing.
This 14-year-old Fuyumura
How many times a day does she switch
between being a child and being an adult?
Same goes with me.
Thanks. And now, it's your turn.
Be honest, the pressure
must be killing you.
You can tell me.
S-Sure.
How many more times going back and forth
before I'm Santa inside and out?
I think we both still have
a long way to go.
Oh, you've got some chalk dust on you.
Wipe it off.
Aren't they so gross they're adorable?
Oh, Kazao!
Look at these!
It's God-pa!
God?
As if!
It's just an old guy.
Gotta admit, though, that was pretty fun.
I wish this was as stimulating
as the real one was!
Same goes for my crappy fiancé.
When I'm feeling antsy,
full of muddled emotions,
I sometimes just stand there,
or sometimes I shout
at the top of my lungs
When I'm feeling indecisive,
full of emotions that ebb and flow,
the diary I grumble and complain to
is tucked away in a closed drawer
How's it gonna turn out?
Not knowing, I just cry
I bet that's how it is, right?
Out of desperation, a lie
Really, how's it gonna turn out?
I wish I could stay in my dreams
I wish I could stay,
could stay, could stay
When I'm feeling antsy,
full of muddled emotions,
I sometimes just stand there,
or sometimes I shout
at the top of my lungs
It's ironic that it's only once
you've grown up
that you realize
you can't stay a kid forever
There are even times
that I get depressed
thinking about these days
I find myself in,
but once they've passed me by,
will I look back and miss them?
How's it gonna turn out every day
I'm shouting every day