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.


Compilation of shorts stories related to the theme of "painful love" :
1) Kyoumachi Hisa - Gomen. Demo, Suki (ごめん。でも、好き | Sorry, but I like you)
2) Nanajima Kana - Maigo no Maigo no Hatsukoichuu ( 迷子の迷子の初恋中 | Two lost children in first love)
3) Mitsuki Miko - Hatsukoi, Yoru ni Tokeru (初恋、夜に溶ける | First love, melted to the evening)
4) Watanabe Shiho - Todoke, 0 km no kimi e (届け、0kmのキミへ | Notification, 0km to you)
5) Shiumi Saki Nikaime no Hatsukoi (二回目の初恋 | Second first love)
6) Koizumi Ren - Iitakatta, Ineakatta. (言いたかった、言えなかった。| What I said, and what I couldn't say)
7) Miyazawa Ritsuko - Dare yori mo Kimi no Soba ni Iru noni (誰よりも君のそばにいるのに | You're by my side more than anyone else)
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