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.

In high school, Toyoki Ashihara befriends Yu and Haru, identical twins who often switch places with each other as a joke. But, when Toyoki reveals that he can tell them both apart the twins stop. Overtime, the twins stop their gags and start cutting and dying their hair to make it easier to know who is who. Their friendship seems to go smoothly until it fades away when they graduate high school. Years later, Toyoki and Yu reunite at Haru's funeral...but is this really Haru's funeral?
(Source: Futekiya)
1-2. Hankai no Hana (半壊の花, Fragment of a Flower)
3. Tobira no Mukou no Naida Umi (扉の向こうの凪いだ海, The Calm Sea Behind the Door)
4. Usotsukitachi no Shokutaku (嘘つきたちの食卓, Dining Table of Liars)
5. Inaho ni Kaeru Michi (稲穂に帰る道, The Road Back to the Paddy Fields)
6. Inaho ni Tsuzuku Michi (稲穂につづく道, The Road Continuing Into the Paddy Fields)
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