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.

"I never met a teacher like him!"
Her breath stopped, and so did the air around her. She wanted to show him how she feels. Her heart was shaking. She never saw someone as beautiful as a painting before. She fell in love for the first time with her teacher. Trying to get closer to him, she went to a gokon as an older student named "Mika". They had a lot of fun but at the end of the night he told her that he would never go out with one of his students!
Even though she knew it, she decided to meet him again as "Mika". She wants to be close to him more than anything, and she continues to lie to him
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