SANDA

Anime
SANDA
2025/10/04
Speech time
3h 37min
Word count23,302
Unique words
3,590
Unique kanji
1,107
Avg. sentence10.6
Speech speed
300
Difficulty ≈ Average
Episodes12
Rating
75 %

In a future where children are few and regarded as Japan's most valuable assets, Christmas has become a mere legend of the past. For the students of Daikoku Welfare Academy—a boarding school where they are educated, protected, and monitored—the mythical Santa Claus is a forgotten character of fiction. For the adults, Santa Claus is a very real menace that needs to be neutralized by the Saint Nick Pursuit Unit in case he makes an appearance. Shiori Fuyumura, a student of Daikoku Welfare Academy, is determined to find her best friend, Ichie Ono, who has been declared dead after being missing for six months. One morning, Fuyumura summons her fellow class representative, Kazushige Sanda, only to attack the unknowing boy. She is convinced that Sanda is the descendant of the infamous Santa Claus—the only person who can make her wish of finding Ono come true—and is determined to force out his dormant true self by any means necessary. (Source: MAL Rewrite)

Genres
Drama
Mystery
Tags
Male Protagonist
Coming of Age
Female Protagonist
Dystopia
Henshin
Shounen
Super Power
Urban Fantasy
Magic
Teen Cast
Mythology
Boarding School
Absurdist Comedy
Fairy Tale
Snow
Gore
Bisexual
Tomboy
Nudity
Swords
Yuri

Japanese study overview

SANDA is a Japanese anime of 54,868 characters, with 3,590 unique words and 1,107 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.6 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 3,590 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

Episode 1

Speech time
18min
Word count2,195
Unique words
747
Unique kanji
393
Avg. sentence11.1
Speech speed
311
Difficulty Average

Episode 2

Speech time
19min
Word count2,066
Unique words
779
Unique kanji
408
Avg. sentence11.0
Speech speed
298
Difficulty Average

Episode 3

Speech time
18min
Word count1,915
Unique words
717
Unique kanji
378
Avg. sentence10.7
Speech speed
277
Difficulty Average

Episode 4

Speech time
17min
Word count1,951
Unique words
725
Unique kanji
423
Avg. sentence10.9
Speech speed
336
Difficulty Average

Episode 5

Speech time
18min
Word count2,006
Unique words
763
Unique kanji
387
Avg. sentence10.8
Speech speed
306
Difficulty Average

Episode 6

Speech time
18min
Word count2,039
Unique words
727
Unique kanji
371
Avg. sentence10.1
Speech speed
297
Difficulty Average

Episode 7

Speech time
18min
Word count1,915
Unique words
762
Unique kanji
376
Avg. sentence10.6
Speech speed
283
Difficulty Average

Episode 8

Speech time
19min
Word count2,040
Unique words
730
Unique kanji
380
Avg. sentence10.8
Speech speed
298
Difficulty Average

Episode 9

Speech time
18min
Word count1,844
Unique words
689
Unique kanji
338
Avg. sentence10.5
Speech speed
278
Difficulty Average

Episode 10

Speech time
16min
Word count1,844
Unique words
689
Unique kanji
338
Avg. sentence10.5
Speech speed
329
Difficulty Average

Episode 11

Speech time
15min
Word count1,727
Unique words
602
Unique kanji
332
Avg. sentence10.5
Speech speed
325
Difficulty Average

Episode 12

Speech time
17min
Word count1,760
Unique words
657
Unique kanji
334
Avg. sentence10.1
Speech speed
268
Difficulty Average

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Vocabulary highlights

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