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.

Collection of one-shots.
1. My Unique Day (マイユニークデイ)
Sorako joined a theater troupe entirely because of her admiration for Miki, the group's star. But is admiration really the only thing Sorako feels for her pretty brunette friend?
2. Pie wo Agemasho, Anata ni Pie wo ne (パイをあげましょ, あなたにパイをね, I Will Bring You Mille Feuille)
3. Sawako-san to Uchuu Ryokou (スワコさんと宇宙旅行, A Space Voyage with Suwako-san)
A woman falls for a married woman.
4. Mou Suki nante Iwanai kara (もう好きなんて言わないから, I Won't Say I Love You Anymore)
Hirasawa Eriko, a former teen idol, remembers the relationship she had with another idol, and how it ended painfully.
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