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 burst water pipe, skyrocketing rent, and a cheating boyfriend. Not a single thing is going right. On a whim, Yi-Seon brings a drunk man sleeping on the street back to her place to let him sleep over. It turns out he’s a junior in his department at university, comes from a wealthy family, and has a secret crush on him…?!
“We’ve been living together, and now you’re suddenly regretting that you never got to sleep with me?”
“Yeah.”
A mysterious man bursts into the daily life of college student “Na Yi-seon,” whose life motto is “Safety First”!! A crazy romance between a psycho beauty and a junk car collector!
(Source: Ridibooks, translated)
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