Japan has its own relationship with the Christmas holiday, with well-known traditions including yearly excursions to eat at KFC. But in a future version of Japan, they've forgotten all about Christmas, and it's up to a hero with a prodigious name to restore holiday cheer and "childhood wonder." At least, that's the premise of Sanda, a manga by beloved Beastars creator Paru Itagaki which is now being translated into English thanks to Titan Manga.
Sanda (which, yes, does indeed kinda sound like "Santa") focuses on eponymous hero Sanda Kazushige, who is drawn into a mystery that centers around the lost magic of Christmas when his middle-school classmate Fuyumura Shiori tells him he is the victim of a powerful curse.
