A kid rabbit sits with his mother's absence and doesn't look away. Ten minutes long and it breaks you anyway, because grief doesn't need a runtime, it needs honesty. The animation is sparse enough that you notice every small gesture, every pause where he's learning to exist in a world that suddenly got quieter. Nothing tries to manipulate you into tears. That's why you cry.

Melody is a young anthropomorphic rabbit trying to get past the loss of his mother, and this short ONA drama centers on that effort. Released in 2008 as a single episode, it keeps its focus on one small character as he struggles to come to terms with being without her.