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.

One day after school, Ao Tsutsujigaoka, a second-year high school boy, receives a confession of love from a classmate. But it was from the "crush" of the "person he likes." He is torn between wanting the person he likes to be happy and his own uncontrollable feelings for him. The person he loves is like a mirror of his own reflection. Three "unrequited loves" are woven together in this coming-of-age love story!
(Source: Kodansha, translated)
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