A 1993 OVA that tells a love story almost entirely through animation and music instead of words. The soundtrack, English pop songs by Okada Tooru that shouldn't work but absolutely do, carries the emotional weight while the visuals do the heavy lifting, turning silence into intimacy. Story ambiguity means you're reading the characters' faces and body language like a silent film, which makes the romance feel more honest than dialogue ever could. The animation itself is the dialogue here, and it's genuinely moving.
Two sisters, Mariko and Mayu, become entangled with Ichiro, a conceited male model known for chasing women, while Mariko's short-tempered boyfriend is drawn in as well. What follows is a romantic drama told almost entirely without spoken lines. A soundtrack of Japanese pop songs written by Okada Tooru and performed in English by SEIKA carries the mood, and text cards between scenes keep the story moving in the manner of an old silent film. The single episode is an unusual romance built on music and images rather than dialogue.