Anime Review: Peach Boy Riverside

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Rating

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Anime Digest

A princess named Saltorine “Sally” Aldike is on a quest to discover a person named Mikoto Kibitsu in a mythical world where humans, demihumans, and oni are in strife. As she travels the planet, Sally discovers many realities about her ancestors that she was previously unaware of, including the fact that the oni has the potential to wipe out humanity. Sally possesses a strange power that expresses itself as a symbol resembling a peach, granting her superhuman abilities capable of quickly destroying great oni. Nonetheless, Sally refuses to judge humans, demihumans, and oni as much as possible, believing that peace between the three factions is possible one day. Mikoto, who possesses the same skill as Sally, but with higher mastery, has a goal to murder all oni in existence, and he will go to any length to achieve this goal. As Sally and Mikoto continue to cross paths, the power they hold will be the difference between peaceful coexistence and total devastation.

The Feel-Good Part

Nothing fascinating. Only fan service.

The Disappointing Factor

The plot could have developed maturely and gradually but has no direction to follow. The setting and the atmosphere change quickly. The transitions are poor and lack technical skills.

In-Depth Analysis

The interaction between the characters is so bad and the mentioning of myths and folklore is poorly transitioned and delivered. It makes me sick to write this, but it is wasted potential. The narrator kept referencing a particular folktale. The characters would appear as if they had been introduced before.

Star Power

The voice actors do just fine.

Overall Opinion

Not recommended.