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.


This is a story about the love and hardships of a 29 year-old guy named Makoto Suda. Makoto is an ordinary office worker in every sense but one - in front of Takashi, his stepchild, he disguises himself as a woman and plays the role of a beautiful mother. While leading this “fatherless family” life, he falls in love with a woman. One morning he sees her on a crowded train, but… she’s being molested!?
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