I am going to get criticized for posting this, but actually, small retail investors in SHIB and PEPE don’t really need to buy anymore. SHIB's total market value has reached 20 billion now, which is already absurdly high. Ordinary people can't afford to play with that kind of money; this market value has long exceeded any reasonable range for cryptocurrencies. In the long run, while it is expected to rise to 0.0002 USD by 2025, it is impossible to rely on it to become rich overnight like before.
As for PEPE, its prospects are also not great. It has a serious inflation problem, and in the coming years, its price is likely to fluctuate around the seventh or eighth decimal place. Although there will be price fluctuations in between, the opportunities to make a fortune overnight are long gone.
If you want a relatively high return, you have to pick coins with low market value but potential. For example, FLOKI, TURBO, puppies, etc., are worth buying a bit, after all, we came to the crypto world to turn things around, not just to double our money.