Gauche is a cellist drowning in ten days before his performance, and what arrives at his door isn't salvation, it's a series of impossible visitors from his own mind, each one demanding he listen harder than he's ever listened before. The music isn't background to the story. It's the story, and watching him rebuild a single piece across one night becomes watching him rebuild himself. By the end, you understand why some musicians never play the same piece twice.

Gauche is struggling to get his piece right, and his performance is only ten days away. Then, as he works at it, someone knocks on his door. A single-episode OVA from 1998, this short tale mixes drama and fantasy with music at its center, following one musician's efforts in the days before he has to play.