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.


Contains three short stories:
Cream Caramel
Because her parents are transferred away due to their jobs, Mikoto, a grade 11 student, starts living alone on 100,000 yen per month. But the place she lives at is a horribly old apartment... And the one living in the room next to hers is a super cool boy...?!
White Summer
Mana and Shou have to go their separate ways after graduation, will they be able to stay together when they're hours apart?
There Are Days Like That, Too
Sonomi has been in love with Ikuta-san since she was in the seventh grade, four years before this story takes place. Ikuta-san suddenly starts working at her uncle's cafe, and it seems like Sonomi might have a chance to be his little sister, since he's been going out with another girl for those same four years that she's loved him.
(Source: Intercross and Forbidden Garden)
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