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.

When she was little, Chizuru lived in the house where her mother worked as a housekeeper and played all day with Yukihiko, the little lord of the Black Ivy Mansion. At some point she had to leave, and when she returns some years later she meets Yukihiko again. He invites her back into his house. But the mansion hides a terrible secret that Chizuru doesn't know...
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