A kid and his sea lion just existing together. That's the whole show, and it never needs to be anything more. The comedy lives in the smallest moments, a sea lion learning to sit, a family dinner where nothing dramatic happens, the specific way your pet looks at you when you're not paying attention. This is the sound of a show that trusts slowness, that knows a 1991 slice-of-life doesn't need a plot to matter. It's built for people who've forgotten what it feels like to watch something ask nothing of you except to be present.

Ashibe is an elementary school boy, and the stories follow his everyday life alongside his family and friends. Part of that household is a rather unusual pet: a white sea lion. The TV comedy runs 37 episodes and adapts Morishita Hiromi's four-panel comic strip, which originally appeared in Young Jump. Expect light, slice-of-life humor built from ordinary days.