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.


Anyone who encounters Yoishi dies seven days later. Yoishi is not a living human. Any offline gathering she attends meets a terrifying end...
I—"Nagi"—have stumbled upon the beautiful girl, Yoishi Mitsurugi, whose legend is whispered about like an urban legend on the little-known occult website, Ikaigabuchi. That was the beginning of a story that shouldn't have ever been known.
(Source: Kodansha, translated)
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