Sasaki and Peeps

Sasaki and Peeps is an oddball one. It's sort of an isekai and sort of not. So, there's a middle aged salaryman living a dull life. He'd love to get a cat or a dog, but he can't afford one. But one day he stops off in a pet store and buys a java sparrow. But...it's not really a java sparrow. It's a wizard/magician/something from another world that was transported/reborn/whatever into Sasaki's world. In exchange for assistance, "Peeps" (who's real name is, like, Piancarlo?) gives some of his magical power to Sasaki. And thus, they embark on a partnership.

Perhaps the strangest thing about this one is how much happens in the first episode (which is a whopping 45ish minutes). Traveling back and forth between Peep's world and Sasaki's, they set up trade (real world goods into this fantasy world, which deals in gold coins), open a restaurant, get in with a local lord, Sasaki learns some magic, and then Sasaki saves a woman from a strange attacker by shooting an icicle ... but it's not an ordinary damsel in distress, it's Hoshizaki, an agent in some paranormal government monitoring bureau and she immediately recruits him (he's not given a choice). Oh, and there's a next door neighbour teenage girl that might possibly have a crush on him (but, at least so far, he thankfully seems oblivious).

Whew.

That was a lot. I mean, that's like an entire SEASON worth of things to happen. I haven't even seen another episode yet. 

Anyway, things that I liked so far -- Sasaki actually seems like a middle aged man. Peeps, though a powerful magician or whatever, does actually seem to view it as a partnership and Sasaki as an equal and it isn't that thing where he is constantly insulting the MC. The set up seems interesting. Sasaki's preoccupation with having a comfortable bed and decent food is realistic.

I'm not at all sure about the teenage girl or the woman/girl agent as yet. Little bit worried about those elements.

But, overall an interesting first episode jam packed with stuff.