Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 11 “Imagination and Counters” is a series of emergencies one right after the other. All involving some psychic shenanigans of epic proportions. It looks very much like our salaryman and his pet bird from another world won’t be getting rest for quite some time.

Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 11 “Imagination and Counters”: Details

At last, we have now met everyone in this key visual!

Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 11 “Imagination and Counters” is the 11th episode (you can read reviews for Ep. 1, Ep. 2, Ep. 3, Ep. 4, Ep. 5, Ep. 6, Ep. 7, Ep. 8, Ep. 9, and Ep. 10 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 have no idea who is directly behind Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 11 “Imagination and Counters”, as has been the case for all the previous episodes aside from Ep. 1. However, we do still 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. 11 “Imagination and Counters” features the voices of Tomokazu Sugita as Sasaki (Tyson Rinehart in English dub), Aoi Yūki (Erin Nicole Lundquist in English dub) as Peeps / Pii-chan, and Naomi Ōzora (Robin Clayton in English dub) as Shizuka Futari. Other notable voice roles in this episode include Rie Takahashi (Julie Cleburn in English dub) as Hoshizaki.

When and Where to Watch

Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 11 “Imagination and Counters” made its airing and streaming debut on March 15, 2024. You can watch this episode only on Crunchyroll for now. In fact, you can watch this entire anime only on Crunchyroll for now, due to the show being a Crunchyroll exclusive.

Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 11 “Imagination and Counters”: Synopsis

And now for something slightly different in this review.

Alas, Sasaki and Peeps is an ongoing anime series. In fact, Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 11 “Imagination and Counters” only just made its premiere today as of this writing. Thus, you will all have to settle for the official synopsis of this episode from Crunchyroll in place of the spoiler-filled plot summary I want to do. You can check that out below:

After an urgent call from Futari Shizuka, Sasaki and Peeps rush to save her from her old organization in a battle that goes, er, straight to the top?

Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 11 “Imagination and Counters”: The Good

Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 11 "Imagination and Counters" screenshot showing a pouting Shizuka.
Not exactly good. More like self-interested.

As always, it’s the story of Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 11 “Imagination and Counters” that’s the star of the show. Interestingly, this whole episode is effective diplomacy between two armed parties. Yes, there’s armed conflict, but there’s just as much negotiation to balance it all out. To me, it’s a good balance that would satisfy both fans of action and fans of political thrillers.

And interestingly, the animation of this episode is surprisingly high compared to previous episodes. Or at the very least, the animation quality is pretty consistent throughout the episode. This is surprising all the more because this is an action-heavy episode. Usually, the animation quality seemingly goes down whenever there’s a lot of action happening. However, the animators at SILVER LINK are doing pretty well in this case. Now we’ll just have to see if this consistency continues in the next episode since it seems like we’re going to get quite a bit of action then.

Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 11 “Imagination and Counters”: The Bad

Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 11 "Imagination and Counters" screenshot showing Magical Pink floating in the night sky.
Magical Pink looks like she’s all set to be the anime’s villain.

Ironically, it’s the action that I would criticize about Sasaki and Peeps Ep. 11 “Imagination and Counters”. Despite what I’ve been praising about that action. The action is fairly simplistic. None of the action scenes are particularly complex. It feels like the story writers are keeping the action sequences as simple as possible to avoid taxing the animation department. Admittedly, it makes sense given how the animation has been inconsistent for those scenes in previous episodes. However, once you step back and just look back on those action scenes, then you realize that they’re not much to write home about.

However, if I had the choice between simplistic action scenes and good animation quality or complex action scenes and inconsistent animation quality, I would probably pick the former. It’s just my opinion here though. Your mileage may vary.