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.


Because of a job transfer, Ookawa transfers to Shirakiran Academy for girls. At this Academy she runs into a university student who used to live in her neighborhood 4 years ago, and is now a teacher at her school. A sweet teacher-student love story ensues.
Contains two extra stories:
• Sakura Yuki
Maria attends an all girl's school, but she acts like a tomboy. For example, she climbs trees and is quite energetic. One day, she falls from a cherry blossom tree only to be caught by a boy. When she fell, their lips touched. Is this love?
• Baby Magic
Ogawa Chinatsu first received a confession from Wada Shouhei, her little brother's friend, when she was in sixth grade. Although two years younger, it hasn't stopped Shouhei from confessing. Now, both of them are in high school, and he continues to confess using a cotton ear swab as his magic wand.
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