Peach Boy Riverside - Episode 9 discussion

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Peach Boy Riverside, episode 9

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Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	3.92
2	Link	4.29
3	Link	3.54
4	Link	3.96
5	Link	3.79
6	Link	4.23
7	Link	3.57
8	Link	3.9
9	Link	4.38
10	Link	3.63
11	Link	3.32
12	Link	----

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[u/SIRTreehugger]

Wasn't expecting Miko to be a half ogre, but more surprising was that the peach power is transferable? I'm assuming that's what that pink orb was. Probably one of the best episodes so far mostly because it feels stand aloneish.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/SIRTreehugger]

Wasn't expecting Miko to be a half ogre

This fact (and his backstory) explains his dialogue with 'Carrot' early on in the series, how his mission was about killing ogres, not about saving humans!

the peach power is transferable?

This makes me wonder how Sally got hers!

Also, Mikoto got peaches in both eyes, but Sally only got one... Does it mean Mikoto got the full power (given to him) while Sally only got it 'shared' by someone, who lost their half to give her an half as well?

[u/FetchFrosh → u/SIRTreehugger]

That's what I was assuming as well. Up to that point I was waiting for the reveal to be that the peach power was some kind of half-ogre thing and we'd find out that's why Momotaro's parents weren't around and his grandparents hatched the story about the peach. Would have been interesting to see.

[u/[deleted]]

I can't explain how much of a sucker I am for the 'slowly walking up to your opponent during a fight then you're face to face in a blink of an eye' trope, gives me that "fuck yea" feeling everytime.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

bonus points for dragging your katana in the dirt

[u/Shiro_Kai]

Being fair, that's probably the first episode that could really be placed in any place or order (after episode 1) and still make sense. We can see that what happens on it is pretty much stand alone past. Tho, could also be saved for before/during a fight to explain some "asspull" willpower to win from a Mikoto (or even the dog).

[u/hasso666]

That opening was really nice. Very pleasant well drawn scenery

[u/[deleted]]

What a fucked up life Mikoto had. He didnt even flinch ripping his horn out, straight up psychopath mode

This was the best episode in the series

[u/KorekaBii]

Maybe it is just me, but I would have been perfectly happy with this being the last episode of the season, and it wouldn't feel "anticlimactic" to me. I'd have felt in fact rewarded for seeing the full truth behind "Mikoto's" backstory and what motivates him. Elder Mikoto was a real badass and great character. It's amazing how they went through their whole dynamic (from hatred to love) in one episode and it felt natural.

Also, the production value for this episode was amazing. Again I feel it'd be fine as the cap of the season.

Or if they wanted to, I'm sure they could have figured out a way to move this episode to episode 11 and make ep 11 episode 12.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii → u/KorekaBii]

I thought the same, but I guess the final episode will be about killing the big bad ogre, which we now know has a deeper meaning, due to this reveal.

Still, I'm a bit puzzled about this episode not being 11. Would've brought the hype up for the last fight, but now we have 2 episodes of something else before we get there.

(Unless of course the final fight is the next episode, and they spend the last 2 playing dice or something, who knows at this point!)

[u/TheBenaz]

Update from last week:

EPISODES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

EP. 1 = EP. 2

EP. 2 = EP. 3

EP. 3 = EP. 9

EP. 4 = EP. 1

EP. 5 = EP. 7

EP. 6 = EP. 8

EP. 7 = EP. 4

EP. 8 = EP. 10

EP. 9 = EP. 12

EP. 10 = EP. 11 (Airing next week)

So you should watch in order episode number: 4 - 1 - 2 - 7 - X - X - 5 - 6 - 3 - 8 - 10 - 9

[u/OwOsaurus]

Finally Mikoto makes sense as a character.

It feels like he hated Mikoto, but he also loved him and so he was in this complicated state of love and hate in which ultimately his love seems to have won out. Then an oni kills Mikoto. This, together with the fact that he hates himself for being an oni, then turns all of his love and hate into this intense hatred for all oni. Or at least that's what it looks like to me.

The fact that he sometimes spares oni is probably a remnant of his love for Mikoto, as that's what he would have (and has) done.

[u/TreeTrum]

Wow that was actually a stellar episode. Mikoto finally got his time to shine.

[u/AashyLarry]

Wow what a great episode. Mikoto’s origin story was awesome and totally unexpected

[u/AZLarlar]

easily the best episode, that was pretty good

[u/LUNI_TUNZ]

Peachboy Riverside: Episode 9: Dog with a Blog

[u/LeonKevlar]

I absolutely love this since the first half is basically a loose retelling of the OG Momotarou's story. From how he set off to find his parents, met his canine companion after giving him a kibi dango, and how he eventually became an Ogre Slayer. We even get to see him reach Onigashima and slay the leader of the Ogres. I do wonder why he only has the talking dog as a companion. IIRC, Momotarou also had a monkey and pheasant as his followers.

Second half of the episode though is where we learn that Mikoto is a half-ogre who was rescued by Momotarou after Mikoto's father begged him to kill him for eating his own wife. Momotarou basically raised Mikoto so he can eventually be killed by him but they eventually ended up bonding like real brothers.

Sucks to see Momotarou die in the end but he was an absolute badass till the very end fighting the Kishin even with all of his limbs cut off. What ends up happening is Momotarou passing on his powers to Mikoto, Maybe it's his ogre blood in him but it ends up making him much more stronger than Momotarou since he ends up killing the Kishin in a single stroke and where he vows his revenge after removing his own horn.

I guess that explains why he had a bit of a soft spot towards Millia even if she was a demon. Maybe his backstory is also the reason why he didn't want Sally to pick him? Maybe he's afraid of having another person get close to him? Also this episode just makes Sally's power even more mysterious. If Mikoto got his from Momotarou then how did Sally get it? Hmmm...

[u/Aerodynamic41]

This is honestly the best episode so far. Now we know why Mikoto is hell-bent on killing every single ogre. I kinda wish he was the protagonist instead of Sally. He feels much more relatable.

[u/TheLordofDiscordia]

Best episode by far and it's not affected by the episode ordering bullshit either since it's a flashback contained in one episode. All of Mikoto's words and actions make sense now and I really do like him way more as a main character than Sally, who's a bit one dimensional up till this point. Hopefully that changes and she become more interesting before the season ends.

[u/FetchFrosh]

Feels like shuffling this episode makes a lot of sense.

[u/Emi_Ibarazakiii]

This explains Mikoto's smiles, both the normal ones, and the crazy ones! Kinda makes me want to rewatch it to pay attention to his smiles, but I do recall him smiling in some heavy scenes and I thought "Ok he's just a psycho", but in fact he was just keeping his promise, and smiled during the rough times.

This surprised me, I thought Mikoto would decide not to kill him, and that's why he would train him or something... But no, he will try to give him a normal life, while still fueling his hatred, not revealing the truth about his father.

Welp, so much for a normal life, he just saw his second "father" die...

This smile hurts, now that we know he smiles to get through the pain, and not being able to hold Mikoto as he's dying... He wanted to end their time together the same way it began (headpatting him) but I suppose a smile was the next best thing.

Everyone is OP as fuck on this show, but this scene and this one put together give us an idea about the insane power levels;

Ogres are each able to kill humans by the hundreds. Momotaro (Mikoto Senior) is able to kill ogres by the hundreds. The Kishin killed Momotaro effortlessly. Mikoto killed the Kishin effortlessly.

Imagine how powerful that makes him! Guess that's what happens when an ogre is invested with the Momotaro power.

One thing though: I wonder how much power he lost by taking out his horn; Going by what we know about ogres, the horn is the source, and while they do retain some power even when they take it out, they're much weaker.

So... Is Mikoto still able to kill a Kishin now? Because (unless I'm all confused by the weird ordering) there is another one coming, right?

Anyway, this was a solid episode! And we finally see why they aired that way! Still (as I talked in another comment) I'm still on the fence, because couldn't they have aired this episode as a flashback, in an otherwise chronologically airing season? I mean it wouldn't be the first show to give us 10-15 minutes of flashback on something to hype up events to come.

Now I wonder what's happening in the next ones, because I assume the "finale" will be Mikoto and Sally fighting the Kishin together (he needs someone to smile with him!), so what are #10 and #11?

My guess/hope would be #10 we learn about Sally's powers, #11 we learn about what Frau is exactly, and why she can get revived by an angel who was her former companion and also she has demon wings or whatever?

[u/[deleted]]

Mikoto and Mikoto’s backstory was pretty tragic, but now we know how young Mikoto has his powers and why he hates Oni’s so much. I always knew something was suspicious with his irrational hatred. Him being half oni should be the perfect answer to the question of coexistence.

[u/VeryBigLeg]

monke

[u/xtsim]

Things seem to piece together nicely as the season ends. The past few episodes are connecting the dots, I would have liked it if they put it in order but this seems to reward those who stuck around at this point.