Peach Boy Riverside is one of the latest anime that started airing on July 1st, 2021. If most of you found yourself in a dilemma after watching its first episode, don’t worry! We’re with you. You must be asking what’s with the confusion? It’s nothing more than the anime being aired out of sequential order. These events do not take place in such order in the manga.
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Peach Boy Riverside - plot
Saltorine Aldike or Sari is a lively princess who wants endless adventures in her life. She’s bored of her tiny castle in the countryside and wants to experience something new! One day, demons known as “Oni” came knocking at her door who threatened her with killing everyone in the kingdom.
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However, everyone was saved by the traveler who’s all alone, Kibitsu Mikoto. With his peach eye, he killed those monsters! Sari/Sally was much shocked by this dangerous world and decided to set out on her own journey. She knew that she would dwell in a motion and a chain of events will discover the destiny of this magical world!
Interview with Director Shigeru Ueda
In an interview with Director Shigeru Ueda, the decision of airing the anime out of sequential order was made for multiple reasons. (Animate Times published on June 20th) But mainly, the decision was made to avoid producing anime original content.
The director states that it’s difficult to explain as the manga is still running. He also asked Keiichiro before writing the series about the ending of the Manga. And during that time, the manga was in volume six or seven. So, the adventure didn’t end at that time. That’s why if they animate the series based on the manga, it would end in the middle of the story.
He also explained that the first and second chapters substitute in both perspective and theme. Ueda also stated that it’s easier to follow a story having a single main character. He was confused about picking the main character that’s why he chose Sally but it wasn’t a popular idea.
The director felt the real start of the story when Sally and Frau met.
Ueda also wanted to shuffle the timeline even though it gets tricky for the viewers. Ever since he was a child, he wanted to see the anime describe what was drawn in the manga. That’s how he decided to produce an anime out of sequential order.
Final Verdict
Are you guys watching Peach Boy Riverside? Once you get hooked on it, there’s no going back. The story is quite good when you start to realize that the adventure never stops! What did you guys think of Peach Boy Riverside, make sure to let us know in the comments down below! And stay tuned to Quote The Anime for more news!
I stopped watching because I got tired of the airing out of sequential order as it made following the story confusing, airing out of sequential order was done in the past for old shows but I think it’s ridiculous either way.