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.

You Qiuzi's name was one that everyone in her school has heard of. With barely any friends because of her thick makeup and redoubtable presence, hardly anyone dared to approach her. But beneath her intimidating exterior was a hurt and broken soul that just couldn't relate to anyone, let alone making friends with strangers. Until one day, when her boring life was changed by her reunion with her childhood friend Gao Tuo after five years. Facing someone who felt so familiar and yet so distant at the same time, before she even knew it, she found herself trying to scale the extra mile just to see him smile...
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