If, like some of our own critics, you found yourself confused by the events in the first episode of Peach Boy Riverside, it’s not your fault. The anime series is airing out of chronological order—that is not the order the events happen in Coolkyoushinja and Johanne‘s original manga. According to an interview with director Shigeru Ueda published by Animate Times on June 20, the decision was made for multiple reasons, but primarily to avoid developing anime original content.
“It’s difficult to explain, but the main reason is [the Peach Boy Riverside manga] is still running. When I discussed writing the series with [Keiichirō] Ōchi before production, we discussed how to end the story. At that point, the manga was in between volume six and volume seven, so the end of the adventure hadn’t been created yet. If we animated the series based on the manga as is, it would end in the…
