This is 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars. Back in March, Netflix, Netflix picked up a long-running Japanese TV program, based on a children's book from the 1970s.

On Netflix, the show is called Old Enough,

but the name of the original Japanese program

translates to My First Errend.

Because in each episode, a child runs an Errend for the very first time. my first

because in each episode a child runs an errand for the very first time.

Episodes are only 10 to 20 minutes long, but in that short time a toddler treats the

audience to a bite-sized hero's journey while wearing adorable tiny sneakers.

In the first episode a two and a half year old named Heroki is sent to pick up curry and flowers and fish cakes at a market that's a kilometer away.

He stumbles down the street by himself he passes lots of of people, even a cop, but they pay him no mind.

And then he makes it to the store, the dramatic climax of the episode.

He realizes that he has forgotten the curry and he has to go back. But he eventually finds the curry

completes his quest and makes the long trek home to his proud parents, dragging the flowers along the ground with

boogers streaming down his face.

When old enough debuted on Netflix, it was a hit.

That slate reporter, Henry Gabor.

American audiences couldn't get enough of these very cute kids

and their very grown-up tasks.

But there was another element drawing people to the show,

a sense of disbelief.

Who in their right mind would send a two-year-old kid out into the world like this?

What's to stop them from getting kidnapped or hit by a car?

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