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 SuBLime: Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all. With school, with his basketball club, and even with his one true passion: playing guitar. That is until the day he finds his favorite hidden napping spot occupied by a strange boy cradling a broken-stringed guitar. At first, Uenoyama is nonplussed by Mafuyu Sato and his slightly odd behavior, but when, on a whim, he asks Mafuyu to sing, the power of that song pierces him to the core. **Original Manga:** [Dear Plus Comics](https://www.shinshokan.com/given-comic/COMICS.html) | [Mechacomic](https://mechacomic.jp/r/books/120201), [Piccoma](https://piccoma.com/web/product/140265?etype=episode) **[Official English Translation](http://www.sublimemanga.com/given)**
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