A guide dog that actually lived, actually mattered, actually died. This special doesn't perform emotion at you, it just watches Serv work, rest, exist beside the person who depends on him. In 30 minutes, it shows you something most anime won't bother with: a life that was ordinary and devastating at the same time, the kind of quiet heroism that doesn't need music or tears to land.

Serv is a dog who works as a guide for a blind person, and he is the subject of this single-episode TV special that aired in December 1988. Serv was not a fictional creation: he was an actual dog, and he passed away not long before the animated adaptation was produced. The result is a slice-of-life special built around the story of a real working guide dog.