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.


A collection of six of Yotsuhara Furiko's short stories depicting the love between various girls.
The title story is set in a university, with Yuriko, a girl of the jou-sama type, being followed around by her puppy-like female friend Koroku. While eating lunch one day, Yuriko overhears some malicious gossip and her ensuing bad temper leads her to take Koroku to a hotel, where she tells her to do whatever she likes...
1. Laika, Pavlov, Pochihachi-kou
2. Koi wo Egaku Hito (A Person Who Draws Love)
3. Kuchisaki Onna to Teppeki no Shojo (Lip-service Girl and Iron-Walled Maiden)
4. Karasu Nureba ni Hikarimono (That Which Shines on the Soaked Crow Feathers)
5. Koibumi Miman (Insufficient Love-letter)
6. Chopsticks
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