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.


Kikka Tsumugu (28 years old) lives alone on the 2nd floor of an apartment building. Kikka, who works as a "wasai" (traditional Japanese clothing manufacturer) at home, is a job given by Mashimo, her ex-boyfriend from high school. One day Kikka was selected to be a board member of the apartment complex lives at and met with a man named Hirara...!? Mashimo lives 200 meters away from Kikka's house and Hirara lives 200m above. The vertical and horizontal romance triangle has begun!
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