On a quiet weekday in Tokyo¡¯s Nakano Ward in spring 2023, a discreet white van pulled up to an apartment. Inside, Jordain Haley, an American-born product manager, and her ex-girlfriend, British-born education consultant Margaret Jane, mourn the pet the two had jointly owned: a small gray rabbit named Megalodon. Jane, who was out of town when Mega passed, had said goodbye to the ailing rabbit by video call.
¡°We saw it coming because she had a lot of health problems and she¡¯d been steadily deteriorating a long time,¡± Jane, 31, says of her pet¡¯s passing. ¡°Rabbits are very fragile. They have so many babies because they die so easily, but even at the end with her fur falling out, Mega was very tenacious.¡±
¡°She was tiny, but full of rage,¡± Haley, 30, says fondly.
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