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.
From Kodansha: Narumi Momose has had it rough: Every boyfriend she’s had dumped her once they found out she was an otaku, so she’s gone to great lengths to hide it. When a chance meeting at her new job with childhood friend, fellow otaku, and now coworker Hirotaka Nifuji almost gets her secret outed at work, she comes up with a plan to make sure he never speaks up. But he comes up with a counter-proposal: Why doesn’t she just date him instead? In love, there are no save points. First released on the author's Pixiv in 2014 began serialization in Comic POOL in 2015. **Original Manga:** [Comic Pool](https://www.ichijinsha.co.jp/pr/wotakoi/#sec-comics), [Ichijun Plus](https://ichicomi.com/episode/2550912965923202428) | [Mechacomic](https://mechacomic.jp/books/99745), [Piccoma](https://piccoma.com/web/product/12973?etype=episode) **Official Translations:** English ([INKR](https://comics.inkr.com/title/2342-wotakoi-love-is-hard-for-otaku-1-4), [Kodansha](https://kodansha.us/series/wotakoi-love-is-hard-for-otaku/), [Manga Planet](https://mangaplanet.com/comic/647868a5823d2), [MangaPlaza](https://mangaplaza.com/title/0303007578/), [Omoi](https://www.omoi.com/series/wotakoi-love-is-hard-for-otaku)) | Korean ([Kakao Page](https://page.kakao.com/content/51490720), [Lezhin](https://www.lezhin.com/ko/comic/otakoi), [RIDI](https://ridibooks.com/books/1987001630))
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