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.


A new sister work from the same team that authored My wife is from a thousand years ago!
If you could go back in time, what would you do?
I would wait for you at the school gate, wait there every day, and relentlessly pursue you until I win you over. What about you?
Hmm... I would wait patiently until I turn twenty-four to meet you again, then proceed step-by-step with dating, marriage, and then I can ask you this question again. I'm proceeding cautiously because I'm afraid the butterfly effect will cause me to lose you."
(Source: Bilibili, translated)
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