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.


Tanaka Koutarou, a taxi driver who works in the countryside, loves his uneventful life more than anything. One day, he ends up saving a yakuza, Kurokawa Hozumi, whose abdomen was bleeding. A few weeks later, under the guise of attempting to return the favour, Hozumi pins Koutarou down...
"I’ll do my best to entertain you."
(Source: Takeshobo, translated)
Note: Includes the one-shot "Doutei no Ore wo Oshitaoshita no wa Osananajimi deshita".
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