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.
Several oneshots:
1) *Overhearing a Flower Song*
(Spring story) "During these past few days I've been on [cleaning] duty, there's been the sound of a guitar coming from that old school building that we've been barred entry..."
2) *Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light (Hotaru no Mori E)*
(Summer story) "I met him when I was six years old. On a scorching hot Summer day, in a forest that legend says is home to many spirits and monsters..."
3) *The Fallling of Autumn Leaves*
(Autumn story) "To me, back then, it was in order to stay by my beloved Kaede... that I came up with the most brilliant plan."
4) *Deepening the Scar*
(Winter story) About a sister and brother who reunite because their family decides to get together again after 8 years. But things will never be the same as they were in their innocent days...
The reprint contains the identical title story as chapter 1 (Hotarubi no Mori e), and three additional new stories:
2) Taion no Kakera
3) Hoshi no Mienai
4) Hotarubi no Mori e - Special Chapter
Synopsis & details from MangaUpdates
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