Nobody talks about this one. A girl in a small coastal town goes through her actual day, and somehow two episodes of her commuting and working and existing in a place that needs her feels like the most honest thing anime has made about what a life actually is. This isn't comfort because it's soft, it's comfort because it refuses to pretend that ordinary matters less than extraordinary.

Kai Ootsuchi is the image character of Ootsuchi Station, a stop on the Sanriku Railway. The story centers on Kai's everyday existence, living in the town and putting in work around the clock. Told across two episodes, this slice-of-life ONA keeps its focus on the ordinary days of a station mascot and the place Kai calls home.