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.


In the school’s gym equipment room, the transfer student pinned the female lead against the wall in a patch of sunlight, playing with the tip of her fluffy ear as she smiled lightly.
“If you move another inch, the whole school will know that the top student’s ears turn redder than a cat in heat.”
“You can do whatever you want… as long as you keep my ‘secret.’”
Yet the crux of this “secret” seemed to hold a deeper meaning…
(Source: Bilibili, translated)
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