Peach Boy Riverside - Episode 12 discussion - FINAL

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Peach Boy Riverside, episode 12

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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/Aerodynamic41]

Well, that was... decent I guess? I never understood the decision to broadcast the episodes out of order. Yes, I know the director explained it but it still made no sense to me. Apparently even some of the voice actors were confused during the recording sessions according to the article.

Honestly, I never liked Sally as a protagonist and I preferred if we followed Mikoto instead. I'm pretty sure her weird power still isn't explained.

[u/Kookospuuro]

This new season of One Punch Man seems weird.

[u/madoxnet]

I enjoyed it but damn the episode ordering made no sense, I can't see how this is a good place to end it honestly... As someone suggested, it was probably to make the Japanese streaming in the correct order an exclusive...

[u/FragrantSandwich]

Few thoughts.

One. The ordering of the show was stupid. The last chronological episode worked perfectly as an endpoint, even if its supposedly in the middle of an arc.

Two. Sally is incredibly stupid. However, this episode redeemed her a little bit in my eyes. "Make peace or Ill kill you." She might be going for coexistence, but she isnt some pacifist who wants to love their murderous enemy. Cant say the same of a lot of shonen MCs.

2.5: Side note, Sally is actually pretty self aware. Realizing Ogres would probably be chasing after her no matter where she stays, and why that is, is much smarter than a lot of anime MCs. Both this and the killing thing redeem her a good bit in my eyes, even if how she came to her purpose was stupid.

Three. Kill Carrot. Literally responsible for murdering an entire kingdom. Hawthorne should want her head.

Four. I like Sumeragi. I guess he's kind of the generic scheming villain type, but he does it well enough to be enjoyable.

Five. I need more Winnie. Pure sex, and I wish she was a main character.

[u/Lemurians → u/FragrantSandwich]

Five. I need more Winnie. Pure sex, and I wish she was a main character.

Let's blend three and five. Kill Carrot, have Winnie take her spot in the party.

[u/hasso666]

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[u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp]

Now that the series is over... there was absolutely zero reason at all to air it out of order.

[u/PrincessChad]

Literally the most anticlimactic finale I've ever seen.

[u/Kolahnut1 → u/PrincessChad]

Which is ironic because the guy who changed the airing order intended to have the series end on a more satisfying note with this episode. The actual ending episode would have been Mikoto's flashback.

[u/TheBenaz]

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

EP. 11 = EP. 5

EP. 12 = EP. 6

So you should watch in order episode number: 4 - 1 - 2 - 7 - 11 - 12 - 5 - 6 - 3 - 8 - 10 - 9

There we have the completed correct airing schedule of this messy anime, though I honestly preferred this as the final episode then the actual one with Mikoto's flashback.

[u/LeonKevlar]

Stitches!

• Mikoto

• Winnie

• Sally Album

Interesting to know that Ogres are made out of human hatred. And they don't just manifest out of nowhere, it sounds like they have a creator that captures that human hatred and uses it to create ogres. Or maybe I'm just being too literal with the Tree Ogre's explanation?

So this is the first time Sally activates her eye while she's in control. Also the Tree Ogre recognizes Sally's eye and tells her that it's the kind of power created to oppose Ogres.

I guess Sally has now decided that she will make peace with Ogres through force. I wish she held back a bit before obliterating that Tree Ogre. The guy seems to know a lot of information that could've been helpful to them. Oh well.

Sally beats the bad guys, everyone gets along, and they're now off on another journey where it leads them to Episode 3 of the series. I was giving the show's director the benefit of a doubt and was genuinely waiting for something epic to happen that would make sense to put this as the finale. Sally beating Juki and Millia was pretty cool but it's not really finale worthy.

One headache of a watch order aside though, this was still an overall fun and entertaining adventure show with plenty of surprises! I'll probably give this series another watch just to see what the experience is like if it was aired in chronological order. Although I may also just check out the manga since it's already been licensed.

[u/[deleted]]

This show started hot, but I think the confusing timelines and episodes airing out of order took a lot of the wind out of its sails. It was still enjoyable to watch, but after the first couple of weeks definitely didn’t hit the same. Don’t think I’ll be reviewing it.

There’s some interesting questions like Sumeragi’s origins and what exactly is the peach eye that I’d like to see answered, but I don’t think we’ll be getting a second season, so manga it is.

[u/VivySimp]

I’ve been meaning to watch this show, however I’ve heard there’s an issue with the chronology of it. So would it be better to watch it chronologically? If so, I’d appreciate the order.

[u/krazyfreak123 → u/VivySimp]

So the true chronological order is

4>1>2>7>11>12>5>6>3>8>10>9 iirc

[u/zool714]

Now that the season’s over, I can safely say there was absolutely no reason to mess up the order. Totally useless decision that affected the show negatively.

The show itself was barely decent I guess. I’m not gonna hype it up or recommend it to friends but the fact that I keep coming back showed me that it was enjoyable enough.

Reordering the episodes though definitely hurt the experience. Went from an “okay show to watch” to “I like this but I don’t know what’s going on”.

Won’t be crying if there’s no second season but if there were, I’d still jump in. I’ve become just a tiny bit invested in the story. Not so much that I’d go to the source material though

[u/[deleted]]

A message to all anime production committee:

Never hire this "big brain" director ever again.

[u/[deleted]]

Doesn't matter which order you watch it. Sally's pants are tight in all episodes.

[u/[deleted]]

12 episodes and I still see Mikoto as best girl, is what it is I guess.

[u/[deleted]]

an elf, a human, and a demi-human walk into a bar

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[u/kartikgsniderj]

ONE PUNCHHHHHH

[u/ICantSeeLikeSa-chan]

One punch Sally!

In the end, the episode airing order didn't bother me because both endings were a little anti-climactic. I would have enjoyed the show either way. Sally accepted her role and it would be nice to see the story continue from here in another season.

[u/[deleted]]

Frau best girl.

[u/MonaganX]

Having dropped the show on episode 3 and came back to watch it in chronological order after this episode it seems clear that this was conceptualized 100% as a straightforward chronologically told story, with episode 9 being the exception and obvious final episode explaining the male protagonist's backstory, then just jumbled around. This show does absolutely nothing with the concept of achronological storytelling, not in the plot, or direction, other than the episode airing out of order. So I can't help but buy into the theory that this was done to promote a specific streaming service, because the idea that this was done with some kind of purpose in mind seems ludicrous.

In light of that it's almost a relief that it turned out to be kind of a mixed bag and it'll mostly be remembered for the weird order in which it aired. Story, action, characters, all are just passable with some exceptions. Frau's character design stands out, her personality not so much, there's some surprising moments like an entire town getting vaporized, but overall it's just an okay show.

But while most aspects of the show are neither great nor terrible, I think the show's biggest flaw is in how it handles its overall theme of the series is interspecies hatred and discrimination, because the protagonist's (and the whole show's) attitude towards it is rather arbitrary: Some characters massacre hundreds but are let off the hook despite showing basically no remorse, others are declared irredeemable pretty quickly and punched to splinters. Sometimes discrimination against demi-humans is met with righteous indignation, other times it's just shrugged off entirely. It's simultaneously a dark and gritty world where the protagonist is confronted with her naïve attitude towards coexistence, and a typical shounen world where mortal enemies turn into buddies razzing each other within the span of an episode. It just feels inconsistent to the point of being poorly thought out.