This one doesn't grab you, it sits down next to you and waits. Six episodes, each one a self-contained ache, and Momo barely does anything except show up in white with that dull, gleaming scythe and let people finish feeling what they were already feeling. Daniel, the winged black cat, does most of the talking, which is the joke and also the point: the death god is the quiet one. The first three stories are where it lands hardest, built with a patience most 2006 TV wouldn't risk, all soft palettes and long pauses instead of spectacle. It gets a little sentimental near the end, and yes, six episodes is not enough room to go as deep as it wants. You'll still be thinking about it on a train ride weeks later, which is more than most 26-episode shows manage.

Momo is a girl dressed in white who holds a scythe, blunt but gleaming, and her role among people resembles that of a death god, or shinigami, as she carries away human souls. At her side is Daniel, a black cat with wings. Whenever this pale reaper reaches into the hearts of the people she meets, the world around them fills with both kindness and sorrow. Adapted from the light novels by Hasegawa K-Ske, this six-episode TV series is a supernatural fantasy drama with a psychological edge.