Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 6 “Interview and Wine and Dine” an introduction to two things Sasaki probably never thought he would ever see. The first thing is promotion, and a very rapid promotion on top of that. The second is the local black market, with the introduction coming from the last person he probably expected to get it from.

Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 6 “Interview and Wine and Dine”: Details

Sasaki and Peeps NA key visual.
This is definitely not Sasaki’s day, which can only mean good news for us.

Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 6 “Interview and Wine and Dine” is the sixth episode (you can read reviews for Ep. 1, Ep. 2, Ep. 3, Ep. 4, and Ep. 5 here) of this first season of this isekai comedy fantasy anime. Said anime is the anime adaptation of the novel series of the same name by Buncololi. SILVER LINK. (Brave Witches, Bofuri, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!) is the animation studio behind this anime.

Alas, we don’t know who is behind Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 6 “Interview and Wine and Dine” specifically. However, we do know that Mirai Minato is the director of Sasaki and Peeps overall. Kousuke Arai, Shun Oorui, Akihiro Narita, Shuka Nishimae, Yukari Kuwayama, Kenichi Tokumura, Hayato Kaneko, and Shunichi Uemura all co-produced this anime. Deko Akao is also the overall writer for this anime. Nippon Columbia collectively composed the music of this anime.

Speaking of music: the opening theme song for Sasaki and Peeps as a whole is “Fly” by Madkid. Meanwhile, “Aimai Girl” (曖昧ガール, “Ambiguous Girl”) by Aguri Ōnishi is the ending theme song.

Voice Cast

Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 6 “Interview and Wine and Dine” features the voices of Tomokazu Sugita as Sasaki, Aoi Yūki as Peeps / Pii-chan, Naomi Ōzora as Shizuka Futari, Rie Takahashi as Hoshizaki-san, Ryōtarō Okiayu as Akutsu. They all get equal screen time here.

When and Where to Watch

Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 6 “Interview and Wine and Dine” made its airing and streaming debut on February 9, 2024. You can watch this episode only on Crunchyroll. In fact, you can watch this entire anime only on Crunchyroll for now.

Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 6 “Interview and Wine and Dine”: Synopsis

What better way to hype up this episode than with the opening theme music that has been playing for 6 episodes now?

Alas, Sasaki and Peeps is still a fairly recent anime series. In fact, Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 6 “Interview and Wine and Dine” only just premiered today as of this writing. Thus, you will all get the official synopsis from Crunchyroll instead of a spoiler-filled plot summary. You can read that below:

After a… magical encounter, Sasaki finds himself in an unlikely alliance with the most dangerous psychic around. Can he convince his other allies that she’s not the threat she appears to be? And can he find a way to profit from this?

Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 6 “Interview and Wine and Dine”: The Good

Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 6 "Interview and Wine and Dine" screenshot showing Hoshizaki's daydreams about Shizuka feeding an umeboshi to Sasaki.
Note: this does not actually happen.

Again, the story of Sasaki and Peeps is proving to be the best part about it, and Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 6 “Interview and Wine and Dine” is no exception. I mean, in what other isekai story do you have the main character’s best deal is to finally access the local black market to make killer deals off of? Or even address the economic issues of trading currencies between worlds, especially when the main character wishes to keep both worlds from knowing about each other? Or heck, when promotions for the main character are a bad thing to them?

Yes, that’s right. Sasaki himself is part of why the story of this episode is great. He drives much of the comedy in this episode. Not least of which is because he gets some seriously unwanted promotions. Most people would be happy with that. Sasaki knows better though. While promotions do equal increased pay, it also means increased responsibilities and duties. At least, in this organization, it does. That’s why the promotions are an unwanted thing for him, but alas, he gets them nonetheless. It’s all great comedy for us though, so it’s alright here.

Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 6 “Interview and Wine and Dine”: The Bad

Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 6 "Interview and Wine and Dine" screenshot showing Sasaki's reaction to being promoted.
Sasaki’s facial expressions continue to be the highlight of the anime’s comedy.

My only complaint about Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 6 “Interview and Wine and Dine” is the same complaint I’ve been having about most of the anime in general. That would be the inconsistent animation quality. One frame could have the most gorgeous and hilariously animated facial expressions like the above, while the next could feature blobs and blobby people. Is it too much to ask that this amazing story can get consistently good animation? I guess not. We’ll just have to depend on the story to continue carrying this anime to greatness. Which fortunately, said story very much is.

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