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)

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**Mariya Ise** is a Japanese actress and singer affiliated with Across Entertainment.

**Non-Anime Roles:**
- Camellya - Wuthering Waves (VG)
- Magallan - Arknights (VG)
- Mecklenburg - Azur Lane (VG)
- Leo - Epic Seven (VG)
- Wendy - Path to Nowhere (VG)
- Raeon - Echocalypse: The Scarlet Covenant (VG)
- Reo Kamiyama - Persona 5: The Phantom X (VG)
- Farrah - Granblue Fantasy (VG)
- Helel ben Shalem - Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (VG)
- Crazy Taxi - 404 Game RE: SET (VG)
- Lilyiro - Soul Tide (VG)
- Lupina - Guardian Tales (VG)
- Kudan - The Caligula Effect 2 (VG)
- Tiger Lily Cookie & Sherbet Cookie - Cookie Run: Kingdom (VG)

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Emanuelle Durão, also known as Manu Durão, is a Brazilian actress and voice actress. She is the older sister of the voice actor Davi Durão.

__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Ava (Pokémon: Path to the Peak)
- Mustang (Black Phone 2)
- Young Cheon Da-Hye (Queen Of Tears)
- Ramona (The Curse of Bridge Hollow)
- Becca (See You on Venus)
- Gracie (Black Friday)
- Young Elizabeth "Betty" Cooper (Riverdale)
- Young Isobel Evans-Bracken (Roswell, New Mexico)
- Kelli Manning (The Good Doctor)
- Daisy Wilkerson (2nd dub; Malcolm in the Middle)
- Rebecca Wilson (That Girl Lay Lay)
- Samantha Wayne (Pennyworth)
- Sara (Di4ri)
- Jane (Jane 2023)
- Kaja Melling (A Storm for Christmas)
- Iris (Rain Dogs)
- Marie Michelsen (Blackout)
- Sally (Sago Mini Friends)
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In a near-future Japan, Christmas has faded into myth, and the birth rate has dropped so dramatically that children are now the most precious commodity. Society has artificially extended adolescence to preserve their youth, and traditional holidays, like Christmas, are a mere legend of the past.
 
Volume 1 of SANDA introduces Sanda Kazushige, a middle-school student who unexpectedly becomes entangled in a strange and dangerous mystery. When his classmate, Fuyumura Shiori, accuses him of carrying a curse that could help find her missing friend, Ono Ichie, Sanda's life takes a dramatic turn. Together, they embark on an incredible adventure to unravel the truth behind Ichie's disappearance and uncover the hidden magic of Christmas itself.
 
As they delve deeper into the mystery, the duo faces external threats and internal challenges—questions about loyalty, courage, and the power of belief. Along the way, they confront the true meaning of friendship, trust, and the possibility of magic in a world that has all but forgotten it.
 
(Source: Titan Manga)

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