Reviews for Sasaki and Peeps

This anime is just a complete mess... ""Want a slice of life anime about a mid 30s guy finally deciding to owe a pet? We got just want you need! Or, do you want a isekai story where you can live up your power fantasy? Boy you are in luck !! Want to also try to conquer the isekai world through economy and trading and slowly build an enterprise in that medieval world? Say no more !!! But now you say that this is a generic isekai and you're thinking of switching to something else ? Wait !! We saw that you liked isekai Ojisan and we know thatwe can do it better!

Our "Ojisan" comes back to his salary life with magic powers !!

Now what can he do with his powers in the real world?.... Hmm...

I know ! Lets throw in shady government organization fighting paranormal people into the mix that recruits our Ojisan!

Oh yea, i forgot to mention that this is also a gourmet show for the hell of it. We cannot have the netflix one be the only one this season.

Now all we need is an yandere loli that will force herself onto our Ojisan...

Ha! Joking ,we got that already!!!""

By the end of it i am sure that we will also go to space and find out that aliens were the real enemies all along....

Sasaki to Pii-chan started out interesting enough: You have a first episode that looked like typical isekai slop only for it to shift gears completely into urban fantasy with espers in the second half. Count me sold I thought at the time. But no, alas, it's yet another case of "interesting premise, bad execution". Actually no, it's worse than that. Bad execution can sometimes lead to amusing trainwrecks, this is just overly bland. I had just finished watching the last episode a few hours ago and already I'm forgetting plot details. One of the main issues with this is how it lacks any sort offocus. Even within the Isekai stuff which takes up like half of the season, it jumps between slow life, business management, (boring) political intrigue, and there are some battles in there too. I could not give less of a shit for most of these, and Marc-san's Mild Ride taking up the bulk of the Isekai segments made me wonder why Sasaki is involved with any of this at all.

It's not like the other segments fare any better either. The Real World segments are even more messy. You have the show juggling between many plot threads with his supernatural spy agency and evil espers, then suddenly they throw in Mahou Shoujos who use a different magic system altogether. I wouldn't have minded any of this if the show have given proper buildup, development, and payoff to these sudden shifts in the narrative, but the original author seemingly just dumped them whenever he got bored of a particular plot thread.

But the biggest crime in all of this is how boring everything just ended up being. Even Sugita and Yuuki Aoi sound like they're phoning it in most of the time. But even if the voice acting was good it still wouldn't save the show from siphoning away your life energy the more you look at it. There is just way too much boring expository dialogue that don't contribute much to the mess of a plot and just serves to bore you even more.

In short, if this was like your very first show after watching nothing but Netflix, then yeah, maybe you'd find some kind of enjoyment from how different it is, but just don't bother with the show.

I guess the one saving grace is that the OP is unintentionally funny. Though that is immediately negated by its creepy ass ED.

Sasaki and Peeps is definitely something. This anime tries to be so many things all at once: a supernatural, a fantasy, a slice of life, a gourmet, etc. To be brutually honest, I don't think this show knows what it wants to be. The main selling point behind Saski and Peeps is the fact that the MC, Sasaki, travels between his world and the fantasy one, thanks to his Peeps, his magical pet. This anime is at its best when the two worlds actually have some benefit to one another, whether that be Sasaki taking his business expertise from the real world into the fantasyone, or when he uses the magic he learns in the fantasy one to fight other magicians in the real one. Outside of that, Sasaki and Peeps struggles to balance the plotlines that happen in the two worlds. There's very little cohesion in this show, which leads to awful pacing since the writing has to just pull stuff out of its ass in order to move things along. Sasaki and Peeps really feels like if someone took two completely different anime and clogged them together without putting in the effort to justify the contrasting themes. It's not bad, but it could've been better.

Sasapi came out the gate with one of the most original pilot episodes I’ve seen, implementing aspects of 4-5 different genres, a cool magical system, a talking bird, hot girls, I was wowed. Sadly, it never really matched those highs again. Still, I enjoyed it for what it was and would recommend it. There’s definitely more than enough to separate it from your run of the mill fantasy seasonal. It does have a fun cast of characters and an interesting world, it just felt underutilised at times and chaotic. Sasapi doesn’t really do anything new. Just recently, we’ve had shows like Roukin8 that featured working ageMCs going back and forth between worlds to make money selling goods. But, Sasapi is the first show to have that element mixed with magical girls, a secret government organisation and science fiction. While it sounds crazy, all of this stuff just really works in the confines of the story. The problem is the show introduces so many concepts that it has trouble balancing them all. Some cool characters like Hoshizaki or the neighbour girl get introduced and then kind of fade away as the show goes on, which is a shame because they were the best parts for me. That’s done in favour of a political negotiation arc in the isekai world, which I personally could not care less for. I’m not sure if this was just how it was in the books or an issue with the adaptation, but it felt like it needed 3-5 more episodes to really do justice to everything, either that or reduce the time spent in that arc. The story is at its best when it focuses more on Sasaki and Pii taking on magic users on earth with the government agency and selling stuff to the other world on the side.

Sasaki himself is a cool character. He’s not a generic degenerate otaku, but just a regular salaryman who’s standing still in life. Not able to advance up the ranks in his company or get a raise, he’s stuck in a cycle of overwork and exhaustion until he finds magical talking bird , Pii in a pet store. Their relationship is the cornerstone of the series and I liked seeing them come to understand one another and support the other’s weaknesses. Despite coming from different worlds they’re able to form an unbreakable bond over mutual pain and good old chateaubriand steak. The slice of life moments with them are authentic and tender. It reminded me a lot of a buddy cop dynamic which I’m a big fan of.

The production values also took a step back after the premiere episode. It was an hour long premiere and you could tell a ton of time went into it. But the action scenes after that felt half baked and even character models didn’t look as good. It’s not horrible, but definitely a noticeable downgrade. Luckily, this isn’t an action heavy series so it’s not always apparent and you can still enjoy the show.

I enjoyed Sasapi despite its flaws. The characters were fun and Sasaki and Pi’s banter was a great way to end my week on Fridays. I went out and bought the Light Novel as well so I’ll be reading that too. I’d recommend this anime for fans of urban fantasy, Japanese toxic work culture, or just working adults who want someone you can relate with as a protagonist for once.

Sasapi gets 7, out of 10.

(update upon completion) The anime turned out to be fragmented and ill-structured till the end. Among the many characters introduced (with polarizing traits), not a single one left a lasting impression on me; the connections between the characters were also very weak. Perhaps this was intended with much ambitions yet to be fully showcased; but for the audience, it was annoyingly chaotic. The story's progression mainly revolved around the male protagonist Sasaki getting entangled in various issues in two different worlds and smoothly resolving them by navigating between various factions. The anime tried hard to portray Sasaki as a mature problem-solver, but the lack of persuasive problem-solvingmethods makes it difficult for the viewers to resonate, especially those with years of experience in the workplace. A main character lacking charm is devastating in this case.

I'm not sure which type of audience is this anime trying to target - overall I don't find it worth watching.

(preliminary review at ep.3)

This anime tried to incorporate so many elements that it became confusing. It's hard to predict where the story will end with current pacing.

Ep.1 took viewers on quite a ride. The first few minutes seemed like a healing slice-of-life story, but all of sudden the main character Sasaki was teleported to isekai by a talking bird. Then Sasaki got into trading for a while, but somehow he learnt magic and was forced into some secret government agency dealing with supernatural power IN REAL WORLD (?!). Not to mention the mysterious teenage girl living next door, who showed toxic love towards this 40 y/o man (wtf?), but seemed to have nothing to do with either isekai and secret agent…There were a lot going on, but they were all parallel with no clear connection points. It felt like a dish with too many ingredients.

Up until ep.3, the storytelling had been straightforward and lacked a clear focus. Sasaki was a typical salaryman, and to be honest there wasn't much fun watching him doing corporate things in isekai. Still, it was better than seeing Sasaki fighting - because the fighting scenes in this anime was subpar.

It remains to be seen how the story will progress; hopefully the multiple lines of plot would cross somewhere in this season.

Eehhh? Why is the rating so low? I feel compelled to make a review.. I appreciate anime like this where the MC is calm, collected, and mature. There is a certain charm to it. I don’t need to be stressed about stupid actions, decisions, and words~ which escalates simple plot.. MC’s actions are witty, cunning but professional, and mature but at the same time not too overly complicated since the events/plot itself is not too convoluted. The MC’s typical sales person character is quite appealing to me as well since 1. It’s realistic 2. its a breath of fresh air from the usual bullish type MCs. One ofthe comedy aspects of the anime dwells around mahou shoujos… well… weird but it’s not overly dwelled on so it doesn’t bother me that much.

Anime’s title is Sasaki and Pii-chan, so it’s mainly about these two… so dw about the mahou shoujos lol

First season is really more on their life in Pii-chan’s world.. love the pacing here.. it’s not overly stretched

I’m thinking with how season 1 ended, we might see more of the Sasaki’s-world in season 2

I enjoyed the not so complicated sub plots and the business-like handling of events by MC..

Give it a try and judge for yourselves:)

This anime is really unorganized, the storyline is completely ruined, where is this anime actually going to focus? In Isekai or in his own world? I am also confused! When reading synopses from various websites, many people think that this anime will be similar to anime Rōgo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-manmai no Kinka wo Tamemasu, I also think the same thing, but it's a shame that this anime is far from its initial concept. At first I thought MC would focus on collecting money to survive, but apparently not, MC and Isekai's affairs seemed to pass quickly, all agreements went smoothly. Even the MC can immediately enjoythe results of trading at Isekai.

Without any obstacles between MC and Isekai.

Apart from that, there is another confusing thing that turns out that in his own world there are people who have super powers, What is this? MC is even involved in an organization involving people with super powers, very confusing!

I was wondering why he had a bird that could take him to Isekai, but MC was more focused on matters in his own World.

What's the use of that bird?

If the MC world itself has a lot of dealings with superhumans, I think the Isekai is really not important, because MC just visited Isekai for business after that he came back again.

Basically what I want to say is where is this ANIME going to focus?

To Isekai or in his own world? In fact, in the world itself, there is a lot of busyness with other Superhumans.

This is very confusing for the audience.

In my opinion, this anime only has two choices so that the story looks neater, First choice focusing on Isekai with business matters and removing superpowered humans in the world MC that are not important. Because this disrupts MC's business with Isekai.

The second option is focused on the organization and superhumans in the world and delete the birds and the Isekai itself, because when it comes to money the MC should be able to get paid from the organization.

Isekai without untimely death of protagonist who is in his 30's. He meets a powerful bird who teleports him between worlds. Pretty good story, but at few points I felt overloaded by the new characters and tropes. By the 8 episode, I strongly doubt how this magic stuff is possible to cover up by anime's universe logic. It is just wild how much there is of it. As the guy moves through worlds with motivation to improve his quality of life, number of named characters skyrocket pretty fast. I can't imagine watching this on weekly basis as there is just too many things to keep trackof. It seems that the main plot is the problem of lack of time and space to juggle his new connections between and within both worlds. It is entertaining to watch him struggle to do just that.

In terms of animation quality and etc it looks better than average.

This series had potential to tell quite an interesting story. The first double-episode painted a simple but charming premise. But the style of storytelling is perhaps even worse than your typical Shonen series. Instead of new information and episodes helping to build and enrich a developing plot, it muddies any cohesiveness the series attempts to create. Sasaki to pii-chan writes you a letter within the first episode. Instead of just redrafting the letter to form a more consistent tone, each new episode is the equivalent of a postscript (p.s.) note. Revelation and progression genuinely feels like an afterthought. The series may as well be episodicbecause the subplots do absolutely nothing for the bigger picture.

Every character besides Sasaki and Pii-chan are plot devices, nothing more. One such plot device gets themselves into some trouble. It's pretty difficult to care given the superficiality.

The major flaw of Sasaki to Pii-chan lies within its storytelling. Other aspects are fine. Keep expectations grounded and you may find some entertainment, but I unfortunately didn't have the endurance to watch until completion.

On the surface, this looks like another Isekai anime but delve further it is a good blend of both Isekai and earth. The characters are likeable and relatable which helps. Plus with a 40-something MC makes it stand out even more. It is not your usual late teenager or early 20s MC that are the Isekai's de rigor MC. So in that sense it is refresing. The only downside to the anime so far is the number of young teenagers used as supporting characters against the MC. Why the similar age group and females at that too? Perhaps there is a reason or two but itis a touch too much at times.

This show is absolute insanity, but I cannot look away. (Story: 7/10) Sasaki, a middle-aged man who has dedicated his entire life to the cold struggle of a corporate workplace, finds himself wishing to change his way of life be adopting a pet bird on a whim. Unfortunately for his sense of normalcy, said feathered friend is actually a legendary mage from another world, soon dragging his new ‘owner’ into an almost isekai-esque fantasy world to shake things up. Things only grow even more complex as Sasaki realises he is not the only human to possess supernatural abilities, throwing viewers for a loop right when they thoughteverything was already understood.

While none of these plot lines are the most original stories on their own, the fact that this show combines so many genres into one gives it props for sure. I’m not too confident that this show will be able to wrap all of these interesting aspects up in just twelve episodes, but I’m holding out hope given how well it’s been doing in its first quarter.

(Characters: 6.5/10)

From this array of stories within one, we get to meet a cast of lively characters, some aware of Sasaki’s mystical connections, others remaining in the dark. Sasaki and Pii-chan themselves, while not amazingly developed, are fun to watch at the very least, holding my attention well enough to warrant at least a decent score for the time being.

(Animation + Sound: 8/10)

The animation itself is definitely one of the better aspects here, having fluid movement throughout the many magic sequences all while making the colours pop beautifully onto the screen. As for the soundtrack, it’s very fitting for the narrative (perhaps a little on the generic side), although not memorable enough to call “incredible”.

(Enjoyment / Overall: 7.5(rounded to 8)/10)

While it isn’t a masterpiece by any stretch of the word, suffering from quite a few moments of whiplash as it jumps between about five separate genres without a care, Sasaki to Pii-chan is shaping up to be one of the better shows this season.

I look forward to continuing on this adventure, and I will absolutely be updating this one the show reaches its conclusion !

Sasaki and Peeps has a very promising first episode that the rest of the series is unfortunately unable to deliver on. Our protagonist is plucked from ordinary life and, through a combination of happenstance and his own decisions, ends up at a crossroads of danger that gradually erodes all of his initially ample safe retreats. Within the otherworld he lives a lie, a high-profile merchant selling goods he can neither make nor procure without his secret dimensional travel. Within the real world he is conscripted into a shady and highly dangerous job where he must hide his abilities. Staying in the otherworld may cause himto miss this job's demands, while abandoning the otherworld for too long may raise suspicions as to his whereabouts. Between all of this is Peeps, a powerful entity of unknown origins and goals whom our protagonist is fully dependent on. It's compelling and intriguing.

None of these avenues of tension go anywhere. Sasaki quickly achieves overpowered protagonist status in the real world, which may not be enough to stomp out all threats his job presents him with but is certainly sufficient to keep himself safe. His secrets in the otherworld are quickly and amicably resolved, as is Peep's true identity. His job calling while he's away is never a worry, and even when it does happen there aren't any immediate consequences.

What we're left with is a show which refuses to be tense, is too dry to be cozy, lacks interesting characters, is too low-budget to be exciting, and makes no attempts at humor or even fanservice. Unless you're into the very specific power fantasy of 14-16-year-old girls making flustered moon-eyes at a middle-aged salaryman, there's nothing here for you.

The bird is pretty cute though.

Wait for season 2. The themes opened so far would suffice for at least 4 completely different animes. Spice&Wolf meets Mushoku Tensei meets Saving 80,000 Gold meets Jujutsu Kaisen meets Sailor Moon. There's not nearly enough time and space to let any of them take shape and spread wings, it's not so much a cliffhanger, as a 12-episode teaser for an upcoming series. It's an awesome anime but it doesn't have an end. It feels like it was aborted mid-season, mid story arc, with so many threads open and hardly any even moderately developed. A chekov gun hanged in ep 1 and reminded of every other episode,is shown to be hanging there right at the end of ep12. Wait for S2, and if it's not 24+ episodes, also wait for season 3.

(also, flashy action is toned down in favor of strategy, economy, subterfuge. So, if you don't like anime where people rather talk their conflicts out instead of solving them with fists/guns/swords, this may not be your cup of tea.)

Sasaki and Peeps - Is this show an Isekai, Reverse-Isekai, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, all wrapped into one? This feels like an over-convoluted and a fictional existential mistake... Let's all be true to ourselves: Isekai, in the traditional sense, can be easy to write. It's the creativity portion that is the hardest to keep the entire story consistent and interesting and can even send authors scrambling for the next plot device that no matter how orthodox the story can go; it must remain entertaining. And this is what happens when you encounter a work like novelist Buncololi's Sasaki to Pii-chan a.k.a Sasaki and Peeps, the LN serieswhere the mundaneness of one leads him to find new entertainment, and that entertainment spans worlds and characters of many proportions alike, with the work winning the first place in the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! a.k.a This LN is Amazing! 2022 rankings in the tankobon (i.e. independent/standalone) and novel categories.

Sasaki to Pii-chan is the result of plot devices like treasure boxes opened after one another to reveal surprises of gifts that never stops giving. And this journey starts with the middle-aged blue collar worker Sasaki, who finds his corporate work rather mundane (and who doesn't feel drained after work?). To fill the empty void in his life, he visits a pet shop on a whim to find a pet companion who could keep him company. What he does not realize that the pet that he eventually bought, a small gray Java Sparrow who has an affinity for Kobe chateaubriand beef from learning of humans in the pet shop, is actually a renowned sage from another world who is using the bird's body as a vessel for its exploits. With Sasaki more or less coming into terms with the bird he names Pii-chan a.k.a Peeps, the Star Sage grants him access to its world, revealing the other world where Sasaki can commit to interesting things, like making a trade business and most importantly, a restaurant as a source of income for Peeps's obsession for chateaubriand beef.

But one of those benefits of the otherworldly things, is that Sasaki is granted magic powers as a sort of medium if danger comes towards at his corner, which back in his world, is picked up by a secretive government-independent Bureau who handles all matters pertaining to psychics residing on Earth. Sasaki being forced and tested to join the Bureau to apprehend any rogue psychics going loose, from criminals...to even Mahou Shoujos or other entities who are seeking refuge to the Bureau? Hell, Sasaki earning his powers for the purpose of peace and comfort, but with all of the colourful characters popping one after another, the salaryman's life is becoming more taxed than his mundane life would allow him to live and breathe life anew.

So first out of the docket, the character relations bracket:

- Peeps's world: the Otherworld faction, where Sasaki and Peeps mainly do business with at the start. His business trade of bringing over modern items to the otherworld to be sold for exact in profit, it involves Marc, who reports to Viscount Mueller as the overseer of the city's trades. On the other end, there is French, a chef kicked out of a resturant, whom Sasaki chances upon as the best person to open a restaurant business to help finance for Peeps's chateaubriand liking. When it comes to the crunch, the royal family will be involved, with Prince Adonis only interferring when there's serious consequences.

- Sasaki's world: the Modern Psychics Faction, where Sasaki does dealings with the Bureau, his division led by the secretive Chief Akutsu who always has him and his subordinate of high school student Hoshizaki under close survelliance, the latter of which who always dresses like an adult for her professional business etiquette. Sasaki's role in the Bureau is quite the extension: from random Mahou Shoujos like Magical Pink, to even the high school girl Otonari living next door to Sasaki, but someone who seems to also keep said salaryman on close toes, even to the point of overhearing Peeps being able to speak human terms. Otonari is an enigma, though her real intentions and role hasn't been seen much in the anime, but just as someone who develops an interest in Sasaki.

Characters when created and used right (within the extension of the anime's content) can create impact. But the way that novelist Buncololi does it, gives a feel that with each subsequent episode, the story gets bigger and more bizarre, which seems to be the case that the LN translated into the anime, just isn't integrated all that well, outside of the traditional fantasy plot elements.

And speaking of the adaptation, Silver Link does have a lot of resources mixed between the 3 projects they have this season: the continuation of Ragna Crimson, this show, and Dosanko Gyaru wa Namara Menkoi a.k.a. Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!, the latter 2 series this season of which senior in-house director Mirai Minato is overseeing both projects, with the latter series (Dosanko Gal) thankfully being part of the studio's push to collaborations with studio Blade under rookie director Misuzu Hoshino, who co-directed and debuted with Summer 2022's Saikin Yatotta Maid ga Ayashii. But back to Sasaki and Peeps, the push for Mirai Minato to train up new directors while spanning his own project, he may have been in the major directorial role since Winter 2017's Masamune-kun no Revenge, so he has the expertise to still sufficiently allocate resources within their sizable staff in order to keep the final product consistent, and it's decently produced as a whole.

Sound-wise, it's as decent as the whole show can make its psuedo-Disney-like fantasy to play out with many gears clicking together like clockwork. Madkid has seen better days, though their OP song "Fly" isn't one of their best songs. And as for Aguri Oonishi's ED song, it's fine, though the totally 3DCG visuals are trippy at best. At least this is the extension of creativity in a bizarre sense that doesn't look bad at all, you've got to admit that.

When it all comes down to the important decisions, Sasaki to Pii-chan a.k.a Sasaki and Peeps, stand in a position where it's pretty hard to recommend, and that's where if you only desire Isekai in a different sense and taking into account of the back-and-forth between real life and fantasy worlds. It's definitely an interesting LN to pick up and read if you have the time, though the anime's in a very tough spot of pacing issues and coherence to keep its interest running.

If you're keen on trying the anime, even if it's just for the sake of know-how, go ahead, it'll show you a world of infinite proportions.

This is an anime with truely so much going on. There are so, so many storylines and they all interweve. I didn't find it intimidating, in fact I dropped the show for about 2 months and didn't have a problem jumping back in when life allowed. If you like shows that stay in their lane move on, this is weird and interesting and trying to spin many plates. A couple drop, sure, but mostly it's incredible to watch. The show revolves and Sasaki balancing his life in two world and his pet bird whose secretly a powerful magic user. He's an older protag and interesting guy.He's got a reasonable skillset and it's fun to watch him rationalise and work his way into and out of things using the skills he's picked up, for me I found it refreshing to have someone whose way more realistic than some overpowered edgelord child or a cop with a past. The supporting case are all great, but it's early days yet and there's so much more we are yet to see.

There's so much more I could say, but I think this is a show you need to watch if you want something that's a little less stuck to the tropes. I found it refreshing to see a show that isn't so obsessed with the same tired tropes. Sometimes it uses them, sometimes it ignores them, sometimes it inverts them. There are many storylines and I can't wait to see how they develop. Looking forward to S2!

Entertaining and interesting, but lacking and shallow. Sasaki and Peeps is the perfect show for when you're mid-flight on Southwest airline going from coast to coast in the US on a Boeing 747 that may or may not have had its emergency exit door blown off a month ago due to "mechanical failure" and "poor maintenance". While in the middle seat between an egregiously overweight couple who are spilling over into your personal space, covering you in their tricep sweat, you can snuggle up comfortably in your warm moist cocoon as you place your phone on your laptable next to your peanuts and coke to immerseyourself in the wacky and wonderful world of Sasaki and Peeps.

Why is it the perfect show for such an oddly specific and mildly nauseating situation? This is because neither you nor the couple sandwhich you find yourself between will be able decide whether funny bird cartoon is more interesting and attention-grabbing than the latest news article about another critical mechanical failure on a Boeing airplane.

With the trauma dump over, let's cover the show.

To start, the first episode is a double length feature which covers all of the basic world and character building you need to begin understanding what is happening in Sasaki and Peeps' lives. While this might be a turn off for some, the length is necessary and actually very well-paced as it perfectly lowers you into what is a chaotic mess of a universe. Imagine having to explain a fever dream to a friend where you have a magical talking bird from another world take you under their wing to live a dual life in said other world while teaching you magic, only to come back to the your own world to be recruited by a secret psychic organization that polices other psychics, all while being hunted by magical girls with a vendetta against psychics. That's not an easy task and the production team somehow managed to do all of that while sneaking in nuanced bits of future story and character developments to keep you coming back for more.

However, from Episode 1 on the pacing never really changes and the emotional Rollercoaster of trying to figure out where the hell all of this is going mellows out into a comfy isekai-but-also-not-isekai show. It is mildly disappointing since now there's a fairly large disconnect between the two main worlds of the series, Isekai and Not Isekai, since it's not realistically possible to tell a cohesive story or plotline in either without devoting several episodes, making it all feel like an appeal point than a crucial plot device. That's not to say it isn't well-written and interesting, it's just that there's so much density to the information and story that I think even the Light Novel, having not read it yet, probably struggles to contain and organize it all.

But given all of this it is a breath of fresh air that the characters are written fairly competently and make rational decisions in such an unrational setting. Everyone has a goal and role that they play with different tools to achieve them, and a lot of their scheming and machinations when revealed show no major illogical leaps purely for the sake of progressing the plot. My only complaints are that the limited screen time make a lot of them feel one-note in personality and desire, and everyone is written like how a middle-aged man sees them and hopes they act.

There are no major deviations from expectations which while grounding the story does take away slightly from the excitement.

Now as for recommending the show, I do. It's entertaining and intriguing enough to want to see what happens next, while just strange and normal enough that the strangers on each of your shoulders don't get what's going on but think "The pink bird with a star is cute". It's a little more on the closeted weeb side of the anime spectrum, but sits comfortably in the "I wouldn't mind if my parents walked in on me watching this" section.

6/10

TL;DR - Show about funny pink birb with a bad Italian accent is entertaining and chaotic, but lacks in certain areas leaving a lot to be desired like the middle-aged business man's receding hairline

When I watched the first episode I was very interested in how an employee got into isekai because of his pet bird, and he started learning magic, doing business, and participating in noble politics there. But I started to feel 'less like' when there was the concept of superpowers in the 'first world' especially with the government superpower organization, I think it just messed up my interest. I started to get interested again during Marc's rescue mission, where it was shown how Sasaki could solve big problems on his own without Pi-chan's help. However, again and again even at the end of this anime I was disappointedwith the story in the first world which was boring to watch.

Yes maybe this is just my selfishness, I'm just telling my impression of watching this series without knowing where the real story of this anime is going.

Sasaki to Pii-chan is uniquely a mish-mash of isekai-reverse isekai, which involves magical power system + Men in Black plot + Medieval type politics + corporate negotiation elements all in one anime. It's frankly a double edge sword - it either intrigues you or confuses the hell out of the viewers. In my case, I actually kind of enjoyed this anime and this unique premise. The supporting characters are kind of generic but developed just enough to keep the plot going without appearing too jarring - and the MC is an ex-corporate salaryman with a decent moral compass but without appearing dumb, naive or annoying -and has the intelligence to draw upon his experience or stop to think before making crucial decisions.

Animation-wise, it is not terrible but neither is it anything to be impressed. The animation movement can be a little bare and I have to say the ED outro with the 3D terrible is outright the worst outro anime this entire season. Nonetheless, the OP is surprisingly top notch.

If you are looking for something fresh and intriguing without too much expectations on animation quality or story depth, then Sasaki to Pii-chan will definitely be highly enjoyable. It was for me.

My rating - 7.5/10

An anime that has a middle-aged main character that actually acts his age will always get my attention. That said, the first episode was interesting, but it felt like the author was throwing a lot of stuff to the wall to see what sticks. It certainly could be confusing, as the show seemed to change genres with each episode. However, it managed to strike a balance with all the elements it was juggling with as the season progressed. At its heart, it's a fantasy that fulfills every wish a middle-aged salary man wants of having a nice job, while able to travel to another world andhave a second fulfilling career. There's no harem, but the author does seem to populate his stories with teenaged girls and lolis. That fact is not enough to make it problematic because the main character likes to keep things professional.

I did enjoy the show because the main character manages to solve his problems with creative solutions. Like the one where butted heads with a noble in the other world who he outmaneuvered politically, or in the last episode where he dealt with a magical girl problem.

You can watch this with your brain off, but I don't recommend it because it was a lot of fun thinking of how he would resolve his problems alongside the show.

Watching 'Sasaki to Pii-chan' is akin to experiencing a masterclass on the importance of sound design, albeit in a negative sense. The sheer magnitude of errors in sound production is staggering, transforming what should be a delightful auditory experience into a jarring cacophony. Even the most basic sounds become grating, leaving one longing for the blissful ignorance of being born deaf. The disparity between the potential enjoyment offered by the narrative and the relentless assault on the ears is disheartening. It's as if in an alternate reality, there exists a version of this anime where every element aligns seamlessly, allowing for genuine appreciation. Regrettably, inthis reality, the immersion is shattered the moment a king's sword slash evokes the startling resonance of gunfire. The consistent mishaps in sound design serve as an unfortunate barrier to fully embracing the charm of the story. One can't help but lament the missed opportunity for the sound quality to complement the inherent appeal of 'Sasaki to Pii-chan.' Keep in mind that despite my ramblings about the poor auditory experience provided by 'Sasaki to Pii-chan,' this tale is not for all to witness and seek enjoyment from. There are many who speak ill of the rampant use of female characters younger than the legal age of consent in the United States. Despite this particular anime's status of not pertaining to any type of romantical or otherwise suspicious tags in consideration of the United States, I have not watched past 3.5 episodes so idk. If one can overlook this shortcoming and quirk, they may uncover a delightful narrative awaiting them.