Iwas prepared to cry buckets. Like any medicated zillennial, I had worshipped at the altar of BoJack Horseman , the Netflix hit about a washed-up sitcom actor who is also a horse. From 2014 through early 2020, the series redefined adult animation: It was surreal, structurally inventive, and a merciless satire of show business. I knew that creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg’s next project would bring an avalanche of wordplay—and, sooner or later, tears.

What I didn’t anticipate was how Long Story Short , Bob-Waksberg’s new Netflix series, would force me to sit with my own grief over the COVID-19 pandemic. The animated dramedy follows the Schwooper siblings—Avi (Ben Feldman), Shira (Abbi Jacobson), and Yoshi (Max Greenfield)—over decades, exploring how childhood experiences ripple into ad

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