When we last left off, it looked like the SSS was more than willing to sacrifice a school bus full of children just to send a message — just to maintain Ostania’s image of a strong, unflappable nation. But now that the second bus full of hostages have been found — thanks to the combined efforts of WISE and Yuri working his connections — we now learn that the SSS is not as unified as it seems. Yes, yes, what a shocker: it turns out not everyone wants to kill children.
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When we last left off, Santa was trapped in a room full of the infamous Class 10 students, i.e. naughty children who have all committed murder. A few of them might as well be serial killers. Unfortunately, this Santa — not our Santa who isn’t quite so debilitated by his transition to anime — must always grant a child’s wish regardless of their nice-or-naughty status, so our hero was about to lose both his thumbs to a little girl. Luckily, Fuyumura arrives just in the nick of time — get it, ’cause he’s St. Nick! — to spare us any yakuza-like dismemberment of digits. Fuyumura’s excuse for blowing up the door is that everyone needs to tie their shoe laces. Um, right. Why do we need an excuse in the first place? I mean, I guess it doesn’t hurt to have one, but does it even help? Maybe Class 10 won’t go after her now because they’re stupid enough to believe her excuse? Shrug, I’m just spitballing.
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We kick things off with a glimpse into Diana’s past when she was only known as Sanya, a plain ol’ village girl from the country. We even get to see the exact moment she got her saintly powers. But why did the goddess pick her of all people? Was Diana an exceptional child? All we get to see is that she had a fight with her childhood friend Mary. Beyond that, there’s too little to say whether or not Diana was even a good or bad child. If the goddess operates on meritocracy, we sure as hell ain’t seeing it. And maybe this is a sign of things to come. Maybe we’ll get to see just how human Diana really is, i.e. flawed. I mean, she has a crush on Leo, so that’s already a major flaw. I kid, I kid… maybe. But more importantly, we’ll get to see that the motivations of gods and goddesses are often quite inscrutable.
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We get the usual mishap to kick off the episode. It’s the day of the big collaboration event at a local cafe, but Kamegawa naively relied on the merchandise not just being delivered on time, but also on the day of the event. Yeah, that’s kinda silly of him. Why would you not hedge your bets and schedule it a couple days earlier? Naturally, Kannawa scolds him, but she then also blames herself for not double-checking his work. Apparently, she didn’t want to come across as a nag. Girl, you’re his superior, not his wife. Besides, this is hardly the end of the world. The collab hasn’t started yet, so you’re not technically late. Oh yeah, Hotta is also here for some reason. Just to be a third wheel, I guess?
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When real Konoha returns to the party, she finds Menoa’s her half-sister berating the poor girl in front of everyone. This seems rather gauche for a noblewoman, but no one around them seems to care. I guess it’s okay to act like a petulant brat if you’re bullying a child born from a sordid dalliance with a mistress. Well, thanks to Reddit, I’m so over step or half-sibling drama. As an only child, I simply can’t understand wasting so much time and energy hating on someone like this. Perhaps real Konoha seems to agree, because Iana suddenly steps in and takes the “blow,” i.e. a glass of red wine to the face. The choice to make it look like she’s bleeding from her eyes must have been deliberate. I guess this makes her look like a villainess? Well, she certainly still has that reputation, so now everyone thinks Iana is out to get the mean half-sibling.
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