NTE Character Animated Shorts

Hethereau looks like a normal modern city until you notice the antiques that remember things they shouldn't. Yi Huan: Juese Duanpian is a 2026 ONA made of roughly three-minute character shorts for the game Neverness to Everness, and each one is a tiny, polished window into a different resident. Episode 1 follows Nanally, who recruits for the Colucci family with total confidence and hands out a bottle cap as an official membership token. Episode 2 slows down for Hotori, an antique dealer with an old pocket watch and a small favor that folds into family history and the way time keeps moving. That contrast is the whole pitch: loud comedy one minute, quiet nostalgia the next. The appeal is the format. You get a full character read in the time it takes to drink a coffee, and the city does the worldbuilding for you through street corners, shops, and odd little rituals. It's character acting over plot machinery. If you liked Durarara!! for its city full of eccentrics, or Persona 5: The Animation for stylish urban supernatural vibes, this sits comfortably nearby. Call of the Night fans will recognize the mood too: ordinary nights with something strange humming underneath.