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I mean...yeah. It's pretty much what it says on the tin. Pity takes care of Gloomy and tries to treat him like a pet, Gloomy mauls Pity because he's a full-grown bear and bears can't be treated like household pets. There is a point to it though--Pity's design makes him appear young and naive, and yet no parent is ever seen. You catch yourself wondering how the hell he's allowed to keep a bear--where are the people who would keep that from happening? And yet that's a real situation being conveyed. Sometimes our support systems fall through, we aren't protected by the people who are ... "supposed to" shelter us, and we bring home bears. They'll even tell us they're bears--Gloomy's call, that he typically makes before an attack, is literally the word "bear". But even when we're told something's motivations, even when its nature is so clear, projection is powerful. We bring dangerous things into our lives because of nostalgia (Gloomy looks almost identical to a stuffed bear Pity had growing up that he feels guilty for losing) or loneliness (we only ever see Pity and Gloomy in the house). And with a name like Pity, I can imagine our relentlessly saccharine, relentlessly passive protagonist could get mauled for an entire One-Piece length series before he finally learns to not let bears in the house (though that would get incredibly boring).

This series has the potential to get old fast, but I know nothing about how long it's supposed to run for, and the episodes are only 1 minute long--the creators know that for such a simple plotline any longer would be tedious. The artstyle is smartly made cutesy enough to ensure that the constant maulings aren't unwatchable. With the booming popularity of sanrio characters it's nice to see some darker simplified designs too. So far I'm under the impression that this show knows what it is and isn't trying to be anything else (much like how a real bear cannot try to be a child's teddy bear....), and that in itself has value.

Fun fact: I checked out this series because I just had to do bear safety awareness training for a summer job, and one thing we learned is that there's 2 situations where you are supposed to fight back against a bear--when it's mauling you to kill, or if it's trying to get into where you live. Pity has terrible bear safety awareness.

I really enjoyed Alien 9. So much so that I felt compelled to make it my first review on MAL, to defend it against its unmerited (in my opinion) low score. Its oddly cut-off ending and shortness aside, Alien 9 has a tone to it that is completely unique.
The characterizations are very simplified, but that feels like a symptom of the genre and shortness of the show. I tend to like "crybaby" protagonists like Shinji (NGE) and Yuri Ootani because they don't allow viewers to skim over the emotional weight of the events happening to them. There are definitely a few frustrating moments where Yuri ... is frozen with fear or indecision, but this serves to keep the viewer from simplifying her down to a hero. She's just a 12 yr old girl who was given a scary, gross, and isolating job by adults who refuse to fix the problem themselves. That's a pretty relatable position to be in for many younger people.
The alien designs are incredible, ranging from cute and creepy to just bizzare.
I love the funky OP, and the music helps set the strange tone of the show. If you're a fan of the visuals of Madoka Magica then you'll probably like its unsettling moe predecessor.
Alien 9 gives you a lot within 4 episodes. With complex symbolism, fantastic creature design, and a banger of an OP, I think that Alien 9 is absolutely worth the watch.