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.


"See you at the Forest Bookshop"... A bookshop that brings joy to any booklover's heart. What if there's also both a kind, knowledgeable guy who wears glasses and the cool prince of glasses there?
Read on and watch as the story of Akari and the bookstore clerks start to intertwine.
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