Piano sheet music: Whisper of the heart

Tsuioku

One day Shizuku sees a cat riding on the train with her. She follows the cat off the train and ends up at an unusual little curiousity shop. She meets the shop's owner, a kindly old man.

Later, she finds out that Sugimura, who her best friend, Yuuko has a crush on, likes her. However, she says that have to stay as friends because if she went out with him, it would hurt Yuuko's feelings.

Afterwards, outside the shop, Shizuku finds Seiji Amasawa, a boy from her school whose name she had first noticed on the cards of her library books: he had checked out all of the same books before she did. The shopkeeper is Seiji's grandfather. Seiji and Shizuku's first encounters are brief and uncomfortable, but eventually they grow close to one another. Shizuku learns that Seiji is working to become a violin-maker. Ashamed that she has no similar aspirations, Shizuku dedicates herself to writing, but abandons her studies and falls farther behind at school.

When Seiji leaves for Italy to begin a trial apprenticeship with an instrument-maker, Seiji's grandfather helps encourage Shizuku to complete her ambitious writing project. The movie's resolution comes as Shizuku finishes her story and decides to resume her schoolwork; Seiji returns from his first stay in Italy; and Seiji and Shizuku declare their love for each other.