The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation', a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.
The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation', a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.

From the time he was very young, Shuuta longed to be "married" through adoption to Kouhei. While Kouhei as a guardian was too absentminded, Shuuta always felt as if he never fulfilled his duties as a "wife". It's a love story between an airheaded, thick-skinned, handsome "husband" and an innocent, pure-hearted new "wife" with an age gap!
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