Whisper of the Heart/Transcript

Whisper of the Heart

Opening Screen

 * A cooperative production of:
 * Tokuma Shoten - NTV broadcasting network - Hakuhoudou - Studio Ghibli


 * copyright (c) 1995 by Hiiragi Aoi/Shuueisha, Nibariki, TNHG


 * The following credits appear during the opening theme:


 * Mimi wo sumaseba ("If you listen closely")


 * Shizuku: Honna Youko
 * Seiji: Takahashi Issei


 * Shizuku's Father: Tachibana Takashi


 * Shizuku's Mother: Muroi Shigeru


 * Baron: Tsuyuguchi Shigeru


 * "Earth shop" owner: Kobayashi Keiki

Opening Song

 * Take Me Home, Country Roads
 * Words & Music (c) 1971 by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver


 * Country Roads, take me home
 * To the place I belong
 * West Virginia, mountain momma
 * Take me home, country roads


 * Almost heaven, West Virginia
 * Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
 * Life is old there, older than the trees
 * Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze


 * Refrain


 * All my mem'ries gather 'round her
 * Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
 * Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
 * Misty taste o' moonshine, teardrop in my eye


 * Refrain
 * [fades out here]


 * I hear her voice, in the mornin' hours she calls me
 * Radio reminds me of my home far away
 * And drivin' down the road I get the feelin'
 * That I shoulda been home yesterday, yesterday


 * Refrain

Whisper of the Heart

 * On the stairs
 * Shizuku: Good evening.
 * Neighbor: My, isn't it hot?


 * Shizuku's home
 * Shizuku: I'm home.
 * Mother: Thanks.
 * Mother: You got a plastic bag again, for one carton of milk?
 * Shizuku: But that's what they give you.
 * Mother: You could say no thanks... I'd like some too, please.
 * Shizuku: Dad? Barley tea?
 * Father: Mm, I'll have some. I'm coming.
 * Mother: Thanks.
 * Mother: Done with the word processor?
 * Father: It's printing out now.
 * Mother: I wonder if we should get a notebook word processor after all...
 * ugh, cigarette smoke.
 * Father: Shizuku, it's too bad you didn't go to Kashiwazaki too.
 * Shizuku: It's OK. Being with Sis would wear me out.
 * Father: Oh yeah. I'm going to work tomorrow.
 * Mother: What? Will you need lunch?
 * Father: It's OK. I'll eat out. The library is finally switching over to
 * bar codes, and it's a big fuss getting ready.
 * Shizuku: So they're really going to change over? I like the cards better.
 * Father: Well, I do too, but...
 * Mother: Hey, there's something funny about this document.
 * Father: What? Where?
 * Mother: I wonder if there's a line missing... here...
 * Father: Ah, you're right! Shoot.
 * Mother: Ohh... Let me go first. If I don't get this put together in a
 * hurry the professor is going to give me a hard time.
 * Shizuku: This guy...
 * Father: Shizuku, books are nice but you need to go to bed.
 * Shizuku: OK, good night.


 * Shizuku's room
 * Shizuku: I thought so. I thought I recognized that name.
 * Shizuku: This one too...
 * Cards: Amasawa Seiji
 * Shizuku: He's amazing. He checked them all out before me.
 * Shizuku: Amasawa Seiji... What could he be like? I wonder if he's really
 * nice...


 * Next morning
 * Mother: Shizukuuu! Get up already! I'm going out.
 * Mother: What? Dear, did you go to sleep like that?
 * Mother: Wash the rice for tonight, OK?
 * Shizuku: Bye.
 * Shizuku: Ahhh! Is it already that late? I'm supposed to meet Yuuko!
 * Mother: My wallet!
 * Shizuku: What? Did you get all the way downstairs again?
 * Mother: I did.
 * Mother: That's funny...
 * Shizuku: By the telephone?
 * Mother: Found it!
 * Shizuku: You're the one who left it there...
 * Mother: Aahhh! I'm going to be late! Close up, OK?
 * Shizuku: Careless...


 * Breakfast
 * Shizuku: Wow! It's really low!
 * Shizuku: It feels like something nice will happen today.


 * Walking
 * Shizuku: Boy, it's hot!
 * Shizuku: Yoo-hoo! You're lively, aren't you?


 * At School
 * Ball player: Belt it!
 * Friend: Hey, Shizukuuuu!
 * Shizuku: Yoo-hoo! Good luck, OK?


 * Inside
 * Shizuku: Kousaka-sensei, are you here?
 * Kousaka: Huh? Oh, Tsukishima. What's up?
 * Shizuku: Sensei, will you do me a favor?
 * Kousaka: What? It's not something weird, is it?
 * Shizuku: Please open the library.
 * Kousaka: The library?


 * Kousaka: Can't you wait until the term starts?
 * Shizuku: I finished reading all my books. And the city library is closed
 * today.
 * Shizuku: I decided I was going to read 20 books during vacation.
 * Kousaka: 20?! Tsukishima, you could at least pretend to study for entrance
 * exams.
 * Kousaka: Come on, hurry it up.
 * Shizuku: Let's see... Here it is!
 * Kousaka: Hurry up and bring it over here!
 * Kousaka: Hey, come on, get out the reader's card and the checkout card!
 * Shizuku: Here, please.
 * Kousaka: Heyyy, what's this? No one's checked it out till now.
 * Shizuku: This is a rare book. It's not even in the city library.
 * Shizuku: ?! Amasawa... Sensei! Do you know who this Amasawa person is?
 * Kousaka: Ahhhh! I messed up, didn't I! It's probably whoever donated it. I
 * don't know that kind of ancient history. Try asking one of the veteran
 * teachers.
 * Yuuko: Shizukuuu!
 * Yuuko: Oh, REALLY! This is where you were? And you said to meet by the
 * entrance at 11! You made me wait in the sun for 15 minutes! My freckles
 * are going to break out again!
 * Shizuku: S-sorry.
 * Kousaka: Quit the racket! Harada, you're too worried about your freckles.
 * Yuuko: Sensei, I'm seriously concerned about it!
 * Kousaka: I got it, I got it. Come on, you two, out we go.


 * On a bench
 * Soccer player: Upfield, upfield!
 * Shizuku: I made a first try, but it's not going well.
 * Shizuku: Are you sure you don't want to leave it in English?
 * Yuuko:
 * Shiroi kumo waku oka wo
 * Maite noboru saka no machi


 * Hilly town that winds through
 * The hills that form white clouds


 * Furui heya, chiisa na mado


 * Old room, small window


 * Yuuko and Shizuku:
 * Kaeri matsu oita inu


 * The dog who's grown old awaiting my return


 * Kantorii Roodo, haruka naru
 * Furusato e tsuduku michi


 * Country road, road which continues
 * To my home town that's far off


 * Uesto jiinia, haha naru yama
 * Natsukashii wagamachi


 * West Virginia, mountain mama
 * Memories of my town


 * Yuuko: It's not bad, you know.
 * Shizuku: It's no good!
 * Shizuku: So conventional...
 * Yuuko: I guess so...
 * Shizuku: I did one this way too.
 * Yuuko:
 * Konkuriito roodo, doko made mo
 * Mori wo kiri, tani wo ume


 * Concrete Roads, to everywhere
 * Cutting forests, burying valleys


 * Uesto Toukyou, Maunto Tama


 * West Tokyo, Mount Tama


 * Yuuko and Shizuku:
 * Furusato ha, konkuriito roodo


 * My home town is a concrete road


 * (Both laugh)
 * Yuuko: What IS this?
 * Shizuku: So, you said you wanted to talk, what about?
 * Shizuku: You don't need the translation yet, right?
 * Yuuko: Uh-huh...
 * Yuuko: Shizuku, is there a guy you like?
 * Shizuku: Huh?
 * Yuuko: I think it's nice to have someone who feels the same way about you,
 * you know... We're all studying for entrance exams, and if we could cheer
 * each other on to try hard... that kind of thing.
 * Shizuku: Yuuko, there's someone you like!
 * Yuuko: (whisper)
 * Shizuku: You got a love letter??
 * Yuuko: Shhh! Don't!
 * Shizuku: When? What was he like? Is he good-looking?
 * Yuuko: He's from another class. He was kind of good-looking...
 * Shizuku: Why not try going with him? Then if you don't like it, turn him
 * down.
 * Yuuko: But...
 * Shizuku: Well now, I bet there's someone else you like!
 * Yuuko: Uh...
 * Shizuku: It's no use trying to hide it! Come onnn, confess!
 * Yuuko: Uh, umm, Su... Su...
 * Sugimura: Tsukishimaaa!!
 * Sugimura: Will you get my bag for me?
 * Shizuku: Sugimura!
 * Sugimura: Hey, it's the blue sports bag there. Please, Tsukishimaaa! Throw
 * it!
 * Shizuku: Shut up, already! Mr. Bench Warmer!
 * Sugimura: Gimme a break! I'm a regular and we made it to the fourth round!
 * Shizuku: Yuuko?


 * Walking on a road
 * Shizuku: So, it's Sugimura, huh? The guy you like...
 * Yuuko: What'll I do? He might have figured it out... I... That...
 * Shizuku: Hey, it's OK. He's too dense.
 * Shizuku: But, what are you going to do? About the love letter, that is.
 * Yuuko: Mmm. I want to try thinking about it a little more on my own.
 * Shizuku: I see.
 * Yuuko: You're lucky. At your house they don't tell you "study, study".
 * Shizuku: Even though I don't get told often, there are hard times, you
 * know.
 * Yuuko: I guess so...
 * Shizuku: Oh, rats!
 * Yuuko: What's the matter?
 * Shizuku: I forgot my book. I'll go back for it, OK?
 * Yuuko: Do you want a ride?
 * Shizuku: It's OK -- you'll be late for cram school.
 * Yuuko: I'll call you again, OK?
 * Shizuku: 'kay!


 * In the schoolyard
 * Shizuku: Th-that book...
 * Boy: Ah! This yours?
 * Boy: There you go... Tsukishima Shizuku.
 * Shizuku: My name... how...
 * Boy: Well now, how could I?
 * Shizuku: Ah! The library card.
 * Boy: Hey you... I think you should give up on "Concrete Road".
 * Shizuku: ... You READ IT, DIDN'T YOU!!


 * Walking home
 * Shizuku: Jerk! Jerk! Jerk!
 * Shizuku: Jerk! Jerk! Jerk!


 * At home
 * Shizuku: JERK!
 * Shizuku: "You should give up on 'Concrete Road'"
 * Shizuku: Who does he think he is?


 * Later
 * Shiho: I'm home!
 * Shizuku: Sis, was it today?
 * Shiho: Aaaa, I'm beat.
 * Shiho: There was someone who was driving home right this way, so I got a
 * ride.
 * Shiho: Where's Mom?
 * Shizuku: She said she was going to a concentrated summer course. Dad's at
 * work.
 * Shiho: Shizuku, straighten things up a little.
 * Shiho: What about getting dinner ready?
 * Shizuku: I'll wash the rice.
 * Shiho: What is this, Shizuku? You left a mess, didn't you?
 * Shizuku: I'm just about to do it...
 * Shiho: It's hard on Mom, so we decided to help, right?
 * Shiho: After you wash the rice, finish the laundry. I'll make dinner after
 * I take a shower.


 * Making dinner
 * Shiho: Aunty said for you to come too after you're in high school.
 * Shizuku: Mmm.
 * Shiho: Are you studying?
 * Shizuku: Mmm.
 * Shiho: 'Cause it would be awful if you felt you had nothing to worry about
 * because Mom and Dad aren't concerned.
 * Shizuku: I'm studying!


 * Over dinner
 * Shiho: So, you know, she even tried to make me take some soy sauce!
 * Mother: That's just like Aunty, isn't it!
 * Mother: I'm almost sure... Didn't the same thing happen last year?
 * Shiho: That's right! She made me take some miso, you know. Was it heavy! I
 * still remember.
 * Mother: It was about two kilos, wasn't it? But...


 * Next morning
 * Shiho: Shizuku! Get up already!
 * Shiho: Vacuum your own side.
 * Shiho: I'm washing the sheets so take them off. We're airing the futons,
 * too.
 * Shizuku: Where's Mom?
 * Shiho: Long gone.


 * Breakfast
 * Shiho: Tidy up quickly and take that lunch box to Dad.
 * Shizuku: What??
 * Shiho: What do you mean by that tone? You're going to the library, right?
 * Shiho: Or shall I go instead?
 * Shiho: Then you can clean the toilet, the bathroom, and the entryway too,
 * and go to the co-op for me. And take in the futons, do the shopping, and
 * prepare dinner.
 * Shizuku: Goodbye!


 * Outside
 * Shiho: Shizukuuu!
 * Shiho: Mail this for me, please.
 * Shizuku: Whaat?
 * Shiho: Mail this!
 * Shiho: You don't have to look at it! Don't mail it with the clip!
 * Shizuku: Your boyfriend?
 * Shiho: Dummy!


 * On the train
 * Shizuku: Kitty, are you alone?
 * Shizuku: How far are you going?
 * Shizuku: Is it interesting outside?
 * Shizuku: Heyyyyy, respond, will you?
 * Shizuku: I'm getting off here, how about you?
 * Shizuku: Bye, Kitty.


 * Station
 * Child: Oh, a cat!


 * Station sign: Keiou Line, Suginomiya Station
 * [Note: This is written with kanji that would normally be read "Keitama".
 * However, there is really a Keiou line in Tokyo, and the kanji for "ou"
 * (king) and "tama" (jewel) differ by one stroke. The kanji for "tama" can
 * also be read as "ou" in names, but not normally in a railway line name. In
 * addition, later in the film a train has "Keio" in Roman letters on the
 * outside. Given the obvious reference to the real Keiou line and the fact
 * that most people wouldn't get the kanji "pun", I put "Keiou".]


 * Outside
 * Shizuku: He's going towards the library!


 * On the street
 * Shizuku: Awww, just when it felt like a story was getting started.


 * By the library
 * Shizuku: There he is!


 * Sign on door: No admittance except authorized persons


 * Climbing
 * Shizuku: Amazing slope. I wonder how far up it goes.


 * On a path
 * Shizuku: Kittyyy... Kittyyyy...
 * Shizuku: I wonder if he lives in this neighborhood?


 * Chasing the cat
 * Shizuku: Kitty, where are you going? Do you live around here?


 * Nice houses
 * Shizuku: I had no idea there was a place like this on top of the hill.


 * Kitty tormenting a dog...
 * Shizuku: How wicked! He's going around teasing dogs!
 * Shizuku: Hmmmm... Maybe it's me he's teasing.


 * Chikyuuya...
 * Shizuku: I had no idea there was a shop like this on top of the hill.
 * Shizuku: What a wonderful doll...
 * Shizuku: Are you that kitty I was just following?


 * Meeting the owner
 * Nishi: Ah, welcome
 * Shizuku: uh, uhhh
 * Nishi: Oh, no, go on, go on. Please look as much as you like. Baron is
 * bored, too.
 * Shizuku: Is Baron this doll's name?
 * Nishi: That's right. Baron Humbert Von Jikkingen... great name, eh?
 * Nishi: Ah, thanks.
 * Nishi: Thanks, I'm OK now.
 * Shizuku: What a magnificent clock.
 * Nishi: It was sleeping in a certain castle. It was completely rusted. Have
 * a look.
 * Shizuku: Ohhh, it's pretty! What is that?
 * Nishi: hee hee hee... the fun part of finishing.


 * Watching the clock
 * Shizuku: Ohhh!
 * Shizuku: It's nicely made... Those are dwarves, aren't they.
 * Nishi: Very good! So, Miss, you're someone who knows about dwarves.
 * Nishi: Look at the clock face. I wonder if it's going to work?
 * Shizuku: An Elf!
 * Nishi: The glass is shiny, isn't it? Come up here.
 * Shizuku: Yes.
 * Shizuku: A Princess?
 * Nishi: Yes, she is.
 * Shizuku: Are they in love?
 * Nishi: Mmm, but they live in different worlds. Because he's king of the
 * dwarves. Only while the clock is striking twelve can she return from being
 * a sheep to her original world. And so, he too shows himself this way every
 * time that it strikes 12. He keeps waiting for the Princess. I'm sure the
 * craftsman who made this clock had an unfulfilled love.
 * Shizuku: That's why these two look sad somehow, isn't it.
 * Shizuku: Ahhhhhh! This clock is fast, isn't it?
 * Nishi: Mmm, but around five minutes, I think.
 * Shizuku: Oh no!
 * Nishi: Oh...
 * Shizuku: I have to go to the library! Goodbye!
 * Shizuku: Mister, may I come again?
 * Nishi: Sure. For the library it's better to go left.


 * Running
 * Shizuku: Wow! It's right above the library!
 * Shizuku: I found a nice place
 * Shizuku: It's like a shop from a story!
 * Shizuku: It's wonnnderful!


 * On the steps
 * Boy: Tsukishimaaa! Tsukishima Shizuku!
 * Boy: This is yours, right?
 * Shizuku: Huh?
 * Shizuku: Ahhhhh!
 * Boy: You're forgetful, aren't you.
 * Shizuku: Thanks. But, why?
 * Boy: Now then, why would that be?
 * Shizuku: The cat!
 * Shizuku: I-is that cat yours?
 * Boy: Hey, your lunch box is pretty huge.
 * Shizuku: Huh?
 * Shizuku: YOU'RE WRONG!
 * Boy: Concrete Roads, to everywhere, white road going on...
 * Shizuku: THAT'S NOT IT! QUIT IT!


 * At the library
 * Father: Huh? Shizuku, did you come here for me?
 * Father: What's wrong? Why the scary face?
 * Shizuku: It's a little hard to explain.
 * Father: Oh?
 * Shizuku: Something very nice happened, and I had a feeling like I'd found
 * a treasure in a cave. And then with one thoughtless word I felt like it
 * got buried alive.
 * Father: Ha ha ha... how complicated.
 * Father: Are you going to borrow some books today, too?
 * Shizuku: Yeah. I have to read seven more.
 * Father: Same as always... What are you doing for lunch?
 * Shizuku: I'll make do at the lunch stand.
 * Father: Oh? Well then, thanks.


 * Looking at books
 * Shizuku: June 16th...
 * Shizuku: Amazing, this Amasawa guy. He read this book, too. I wonder what
 * kind of a person he is?
 * Shizuku: NO! NOT SOMEONE LIKE YOU!


 * At home
 * Mother: Shizukuu! Hurry up!
 * Mother: Ahhh, we're late.
 * Mother: Umbrella... Take an umbrella.
 * Mother: Even though it's the new term, it's nothing but rain.
 * Shizuku: Stop complaining. You're studying because you like it, right?
 * Mother: Yes, Ma'am!
 * Shizuku: Then study hard.
 * Mother: You can count on me.


 * Walking to shool
 * Yuuko: Shizukuuu!
 * Shizuku: Yoohoo!
 * Yuuko: Hurry, we'll be late!
 * Yuuko: It's rotten, isn't it -- nothing but tests.
 * Shizuku: It's one thing or another every day.
 * Shizuku: Oh, did you reply?
 * Yuuko: Uh-uh.
 * Shizuku: He hasn't come and talked to you again?
 * Yuuko: Nope. I'm going to turn him down after all.
 * Shizuku: I see... Yeah, maybe that's for the best...
 * Shizuku: Sugimuraa!
 * Sugimura: We're barely gonna make it, you know!
 * Shizuku: We know!


 * In class
 * Teacher: OK, time's up. Please collect the papers.
 * Teacher: This afternoon will be as usual.
 * Yuuko: Shizuku, let's go to Kousaka-sensei's office.
 * Shizuku: Uh-huh. Is it OK if we stop at the staff room on the way?
 * Yuuko: Sure.
 * Sugimura: Tsukishima, listen, listen.
 * Shizuku: What?
 * Sugimura: I guessed right and aced that test! Amazing, huh?
 * Shizuku: You lucky dog.
 * Sugimura: I just looked during the break, and I was exactly right!
 * Shizuku: You weren't just a baseball nut.
 * Shizuku: Speaking of guessing, Yuuko's good at it. Why not study with her
 * next time?
 * Sugimura: Harada is?
 * Boy: Sugimura, Sugimura!
 * Sugimura: What is it?
 * Boy: Did you see this?
 * Yuuko: Let's go, Shizuku!


 * On the stairs
 * Yuuko: Don't try to force us together!
 * Shizuku: You noticed?
 * Yuuko: Because I'm not good at guessing!
 * Shizuku: I'm sorry.


 * Staff room
 * Shizuku: Please excuse us.
 * Teacher: Who donated a book? I'm not sure I'll know...
 * Shizuku: I'm sorry to interrupt while you're eating. It's this library
 * mark here.
 * Teacher: Mm? Let me see...
 * Teacher: Ah, it's Amasawa-san, isn't it? I read this too. Nice book, isn't
 * it?
 * Shizuku: Yes, very. So, who is this gentleman named Amasawa?
 * Teacher: I'm sure it was several years ago. He was selected chairman of
 * the PTA.
 * Shizuku: The PTA? Umm, do you know his full name?
 * Teacher: His full name? Let me see... Kimura-sensei... what was
 * Amasawa-san's name again? The doctor?
 * Kimura: Amasawa-san? I'm certain it's Kouichi. Amasawa Kouichi.
 * Shizuku: Amasawa Kouichi...
 * Kimura: Tsukishima! There's an Amasawa who's this man's youngest son in
 * your grade, isn't there? Didn't you know?
 * Shizuku: WHAT?
 * Shizuku: Uh... Umm... Thank you very much!
 * Yuuko: Please excuse us.


 * Outside the staff room
 * Shizuku: I'm sorry!
 * Yuuko: Shizuku, where are you going?


 * Outside
 * Shizuku: I was startled.
 * Yuuko: I'm the one who was startled! I'm going to get a proper explanation!
 * Shizuku: I'm sorry


 * Passing "the jerk"
 * Yuuko: Shizuku, now where are you going?
 * Shizuku: Who does he think he is, ignoring me completely?
 * Yuuko: Shizuku, who was that? Where did you think you were going?
 * Shizuku: That guy's a jerk! Is it wrong to get away?


 * Kousaka's office
 * Friend 1: Hahahahaha
 * Friend 2: That's so cute!
 * Yuuko: I was running around carrying Shizuku's lunch box!
 * Kousaka: Tsukishima and a boy, eh?
 * Friend 1: Sensei! At last, spring has come even to Shizuku, hasn't it?
 * Shizuku: I told you, that's not it!
 * Friend 1: The truth is, you met the prince of books, right?
 * Friend 2: Is he handsome?
 * Shizuku: I told you, I only wondered what kind of guy he is!
 * Friend 2: Hey, Yuuko, you must know his name. Tell us!
 * Shizuku: Yuukoo!
 * Yuuko: Well... it happened so fast... There was a "ma" in it, was it
 * Masaki? Ama... Hey, Shizuku...
 * Shizuku: Well, gee!
 * Kousaka: But you know, running off without hearing the end of the story is
 * just like Tsukishima, isn't it?
 * Friend 1: You want to know, but you don't want to know! Your trembling
 * heart is painful and happy!
 * Friend 2: You're such a romantic!
 * Shizuku: Well, fine if you're going to tease me like that! And after I
 * brought my "Country Roads" song.
 * Yuuko: It's done?
 * Friend 1: Let's see, let's see!
 * Yuuko: Lady Shizuku, great master poet, we shall tease no more, so please
 * show us.
 * Shizuku: Very well.
 * Shizuku: The truth is, I'm not too sure about it.
 * Shizuku: There really is something I don't get about "home town", so I
 * wrote honestly with my own feelings.
 * Friend 1: This is pretty radical, isn't it.
 * All:
 * Kantorii Roodo, kono michi,
 * Zu-tto yukeba
 * Ano machi ni tsuduite ru,
 * ki ga suru Kantorii Roodo


 * Country Road, If you follow
 * this road all the way, I have a feeling
 * it's the Country Road to my home town


 * Yuuko: It's good, Shizuku! I like it.
 * Shizuku: It's not hard to sing?
 * Friend 1: I think we'll manage.
 * Yuuko: Just giving it to the juniors is too dull. Let's us sing it too, at
 * the teacher appreciation party.
 * Shizuku: What? The teacher appreciation party?
 * Friend 2: You're getting ahead of yourself!
 * Friend 1: This part here is nice...
 * Friend 1:
 * Hitori de ikiru to
 * Nani mo motazu, machi wo tobidashita
 * Sabishisa oshikomete,
 * Tsuyoi jibun wo mamotte ita


 * Intending to live alone, with nothing,
 * I flew out of town
 * Shutting loneliness inside,
 * I protected my strong self.


 * Kousaka: First bell, ladies.
 * All: Yes, Ma'am.


 * Walking home
 * Shizuku: Ahhhh, it cleared up!
 * Yuuko: Shizukuuuu!
 * Yuuko: Won't you come drop by Chorus club? We're going to show that
 * translation.
 * Shizuku: No thanks. I have to go to the library.
 * Yuuko: What? There's a test tomorrow too, you know.
 * Shizuku: I'll do it at the library.
 * Yuuko: You really like it, don't you.
 * Shizuku: See you later.
 * Yuuko: Bye-bye!


 * Yuuko and Sugimura
 * Sugimura: Harada...
 * Sugimura: Um, y'know, sorry to bother you, but have you got a minute?
 * Yuuko: Umm.


 * Chikyuuya
 * Shizuku: So they're closed after all.
 * Shizuku: I wonder if the flowers are getting watered?
 * Shizuku: Baron is gone!
 * Shizuku: I wonder if someone bought him?


 * Sign:
 * Studio Earth Shop [Atelier Chikyuuya]
 * Nishi Shirou


 * Shizuku: Nishi Shirou... I wonder if that guy's name is Nishi too?


 * At home
 * Shiho: Shizuku... Shizukuuuu!
 * Shiho: You have a phone call from Yuuko-chan!
 * Mother: Shizuku, your ears are going to go bad.
 * Shizuku: Yuuko? Huh? What? I can't hear you.
 * Shizuku: Mmm...
 * Shizuku: I'll come right away so... Mmm... OK, I'm hanging up.
 * Mother: Where are you going?
 * Shizuku: Not far.


 * Outside
 * Shizuku: What's the matter? Yuuko...
 * Yuuko: Shizukuuuu....
 * Shizuku: What's wrong? Oh--what's with your face?!
 * Yuuko: Shizuku, what am I gonna do? Sugimura's friend asked him to get an
 * answer to that letter.
 * Shizuku: WHAT?!
 * Shizuku: Oh, jeez!


 * Flashback
 * Yuuko: How could you say such a thing!
 * Sugimura: H-Hey!


 * On a bench
 * Shizuku: Boy, he's thick all right. But you know, it's not that he knows
 * how you feel.
 * Yuuko: I'll apologize to him. But I can't go to school looking like this,
 * so I'll take tomorrow off, OK?
 * Shizuku: Even with the test?
 * Yuuko: Yeah.
 * Shizuku: I see...


 * Test
 * Shizuku: (silently) Moron!
 * Sugimura: (silently) What'd I do?


 * Hallway
 * Friend 2: Seems like it went well.
 * Friend 1: Shizukuuuu! The library today too?
 * Shizuku: I'll try going to Yuuko's.
 * Friend 1: Oh, really? Say hi.
 * Shizuku: Sure. Bye-bye!
 * Friend 1: Bye-bye!


 * Walking
 * Sugimura: Tsukishimaaa!
 * Sugimura: Wait up!
 * Sugimura: It's about Harada...


 * Shrine
 * Sugimura: And then, you know, the darn girl suddenly started crying...
 * Sugimura: Say... I wonder if I said something bad?
 * Shizuku: Sugimura, you know... Yuuko said "Why are you saying something
 * like this?", right?
 * Sugimura: Yeah... that's why I said "My friend from Baseball Club asked me
 * to..."
 * Shizuku: THAT'S NOT IT! When she said that she meant she didn't want to
 * hear it from you. You know what that means, right?
 * Sugimura: I don't! Make yourself clear, will ya?
 * Shizuku: God, you really are dense, aren't you! Yuuko's in love with you!
 * Sugimura: WHAT?
 * Sugimura: That... I... what a fix!
 * Shizuku: "A fix"? The one to feel sorry for is Yuuko! She got such a shock
 * she stayed home from school!
 * Sugimura: B-but... I... I love you!
 * Shizuku: WHAT?
 * Shizuku: N-no... Don't joke at a time like this!
 * Sugimura: It's not a joke! I've been in love with you for a long time.
 * Shizuku: Y-you can't! I... But that...
 * Sugimura: Do you hate me? Are you going out with some guy?
 * Shizuku: I'm not going out with anyone... B-but...
 * Shizuku: I'm sorry!
 * Sugimura: Wait up!
 * Sugimura: Tsukishima... tell me straight!
 * Shizuku: Well... you've always been my friend, so I like you... but "like"
 * doesn't mean that...
 * Shizuku: I'm sorry... I can't say it right...
 * Sugimura: Just a friend?
 * Sugimura: And we're still just friends?
 * Sugimura: I see...


 * Home
 * Shizuku: Idiot! I'm the one who's dense!


 * Later
 * Neighbor: Tsukishima-san, please wait a second. I've got a delivery that
 * came for you.
 * Mother: Thanks again, as always.


 * Outside
 * Neighbor: I'm sorry, we always wind up getting some.
 * Mother: It's OK, we can't finish them off ourselves anyway.
 * Mother: Oh, were you home?
 * Mother: Shizuku...


 * Outside Chikyuuya
 * Shizuku: Yoohoo...
 * Shizuku: Are you shut out too?
 * Shizuku: Do you live here? You're not going hungry?
 * Shizuku: You're not very sweet either, are you?
 * Shizuku: Just like me...
 * Shizuku: Why do we change, I wonder? Like me... Even though I was always
 * such a meek, gentle girl. Reading books, too... I don't get excited like I
 * used to. Right away, you know, something inside says, "It's not likely
 * things would work out this well." Not very sweet...


 * "The Jerk" arrives
 * Boy: Say, it's Tsukishima.
 * Shizuku: Oh!
 * Boy: Moon really let you pet him.
 * Boy: Hey, Moon, aren't you going to drop in?
 * Shizuku: Is that cat named Moon?
 * Boy: Yeah. He looks like a full moon, right? So I call him Moon.
 * Shizuku: Isn't Moon your family's cat?
 * Boy: He's impossible to tie down. At other houses I've heard him called
 * "Otama". I'm sure he has other names besides.
 * Shizuku: So he wanders from place to place.
 * Shizuku: Oh, that's it! Moon commutes by train!
 * Boy: By train?
 * Shizuku: That's right. He was riding on the train by himself. So I
 * followed him and wound up here. And there was this wonderful shop here,
 * right? It was like being in a story, I was all excited. I said something
 * bad. I told Moon he wasn't very sweet. Just like me.
 * Boy: Moon, like you? You're not alike at all!
 * Boy: That cat is half goblin. [bakeneko]
 * Shizuku: Umm... Boy: You...
 * Shizuku: Is your grandfather well? The shop's been closed for so long I
 * was wondering if he was all right...
 * Boy: He's never been better. It's just that this a weird shop; it's not
 * open very often.
 * Shizuku: Oh really? I'm glad. When I peeked in the window, I couldn't see
 * Baron, and I wondered if he'd been sold...
 * Boy: Oh yeah! That cat doll? Wanna see? Come on.


 * On the stairs
 * Boy: Close the door.
 * Shizuku: Wow...
 * Shizuku: Like floating in the sky.
 * Boy: Acrophobia?
 * Shizuku: Uh-uh. I like high places. Wonderful...
 * Boy: This time of day is the prettiest. This way.


 * In the shop
 * Boy: Just right! Sit there.
 * Shizuku: The clock is gone.
 * Boy: Ah! The one that was there?
 * Boy: We went to deliver it today. Come over here.
 * Shizuku: It was sold?
 * Boy: It was originally a repair job.
 * Shizuku: I see. I really wanted to see it one more time.
 * Boy: Took three years, too. It was finished the day you forgot your lunch
 * box.
 * Shizuku: Oh! That lunch box!
 * Boy: I know. At least that it wasn't yours. Come here and try looking into
 * the cat's eyes.
 * Boy: Hey, hurry it up! The light's going.
 * Shizuku: Ohhhh!
 * Boy: "Engel's Zimmer": Angel's Room, it's called. They say it's made when
 * the craftsman accidentally causes a flaw while attaching the fabric.
 * Shizuku: It's so pretty.
 * Boy: Baron won't disappear, you know. Because he's a treasure of Grandpa's.
 * Shizuku: A treasure?
 * Boy: It seems like there're some memories involved. But he won't say. You
 * can look as much as you like. I'll be downstairs.
 * Boy: The light's there, OK? Turn it on if you want.
 * Shizuku: It's mysterious, isn't it. I have a feeling like I've known about
 * you from long ago... Sometimes I want to see you so much I can't bear it.
 * Shizuku: Today you look very sad somehow...


 * Downstairs
 * Boy: Oh... All done?
 * Shizuku: Y-yeah, thanks. Say, that... Are you by any chance making a
 * violin?
 * Boy: Eh? Yeah.
 * Shizuku: May I see?
 * Boy: Mmm.
 * Boy: It goes together this way.
 * Shizuku: Did you make this all yourself? By hand?
 * Boy: Of course I did.
 * Shizuku: I can't believe it!
 * Boy: The shape of the violin was set 300 years ago. Since then, the skill
 * of the craftsman has determined how good the sound is.
 * Shizuku: Did you make all these too?
 * Boy: You've gotta be kidding... There's a violin-making class that meets
 * here too, you know.
 * Shizuku: But one of them is yours, right?
 * Boy: Mmm.
 * Shizuku: Come on, which one.
 * Boy: That one!
 * Shizuku: Ohhhh... This one? It's amazing, that you can make them so well.
 * It's just like magic.
 * Boy: You know, you can toss off embarassing things like that pretty often.
 * Shizuku: Oh? What's wrong with that? It's how I really feel.
 * Boy: Anyone can make one like this. They're still no good at all.
 * Shizuku: Hey, I bet you play the violin.
 * Boy: Well, kinda.
 * Shizuku: Please let me hear! Even just a little.
 * Boy: Hey now...
 * Shizuku: Please Please Pleeeease!
 * Boy: Fine! But in return, you sing!
 * Shizuku: Huh? I-I can't! I'm tone deaf!
 * Boy: That oughta be just about right.


 * He tunes up
 * Boy: Sing, will ya? It's the one you know.
 * Shizuku:
 * Hitori botchi, osorezu ni
 * Ikiyou to yume mite ta
 * Samishisa oshikomete
 * Tsuyoi jibun wo mamotte ikou


 * I dreamed of living
 * without fear of being alone
 * Bottling up loneliness
 * I'll go, preserving my strong self


 * Kantorii Roodo, kono michi
 * Zutto yukeba
 * Ano machi ni tsuduite ru
 * Ki ga suru Kantorii Roodo


 * Country Road, If you follow
 * this road all the way, I have a feeling
 * it's the Country Road to my home town


 * Donna samishii toki datte
 * Kesshite namida wo misenaide
 * Kokoro nashi ka hochou ga hayaku natte iku
 * omoide kesu tame


 * No matter when I get sad
 * I never cry
 * Without meaning to, my pace quickens
 * To erase the memories


 * Kantorii Roodo, kono michi
 * Furusato he tsuduite mo
 * Boku ha, ikanai sa
 * Ikenai Kantorii Roodo


 * Country Road, even if this road
 * continues to my home town
 * I won't go, you know
 * The Country Road I can't take


 * Kantorii Roodo, ashita ha
 * Itsu mo no boku sa
 * Kaeritai, kaerenai
 * Sayounara, Kantorii Roodo


 * Country Road, tomorrow
 * I'll be the same, you know
 * I want to go home but I can't
 * Farewell, Country Road


 * Nishi: Ah, what a pleasure!
 * Shizuku: I'm Tsukishima Shizuku. Thank you very much for just now.
 * Nishi: Not at all. I'd been thinking I wanted to meet you again, Miss.
 * These two are my music friends.
 * Friend 1: Nice vocal! You're the young lady who had the luck to be here
 * when the famous clock was completed, aren't you?
 * Friend 2: Who'd have thought Seiji-kun had such a cute friend?
 * Shizuku: What?! SEIJI?? Are you by any chance Amasawa Seiji?
 * Seiji: Yes. Wait a minute. Did I not say my name?
 * Shizuku: You did NOT. And it said "Nishi" out front.
 * Seiji: That's Grandpa's name. Mine is Amasawa.
 * Shizuku: What a horrible surprise! I'm buried alive in a cave! It's like
 * the sky is falling!
 * Seiji: What kinda stupid things are you saying? What does it matter what
 * my damn name is?
 * Shizuku: It does matter! YOU used my full name without an honorific!
 * Seiji: Well YOU shoulda asked, right?
 * Shizuku: And when did I have time to ask?
 * Shizuku: Ahhhhh... Amasawa Seiji... I was sure...
 * Seiji: Now what?
 * Shizuku: I thought you were a gentle, quiet person!
 * Seiji: You know, you read too many books.
 * Shizuku: And you don't read lots too?


 * Walking home
 * Shizuku: It was really fun. Everyone is so nice.
 * Seiji: Come again. Grandpa and his friends would like that.
 * Shizuku: If only I could've just listened... Singing was painful. But
 * Amasawa-kun, you're good at the violin. Are you going to pursue it?
 * Seiji: There are lots of guys as good as me. But y'know, more than that, I
 * want to become a violin maker.
 * Shizuku: Really? Because you're already so good, aren't you.
 * Seiji: In Cremona, Italy, there's a violin-making school. I'd like to go
 * there after junior high.
 * Shizuku: You won't go to high school?
 * Seiji: Everyone in my family is against it in a big way. So I still don't
 * know how things are going to turn out. Only Grandpa is standing by me.
 * Shizuku: It's amazing... you've already decided on your life's direction.
 * I don't have even a guess about mine. Just getting through each day
 * somehow...
 * Seiji: Well, I still haven't decided whether I'm really going or not
 * either, you know. I fight with my parents every day. Even if it was OK, if
 * I don't actually try it I'll never know if I have the talent.
 * Seiji: Is it OK if I don't see you home all the way?
 * Shizuku: Sure, it's just a little farther.
 * Shizuku: Bye now!
 * Seiji: Uh, Tsukishima!
 * Shizuku: W-what?
 * Seiji: You know, you can really write songs.
 * Seiji: I like the one you just sang, but I like "Concrete Roads" too.
 * Shizuku: What is this? The other day you told me to give up!
 * Seiji: Did I say something like that?
 * Shizuku: YOU DID!
 * Seiji: Really?
 * Shizuku: Thanks for today. Goodbye!


 * At home
 * Shiho: Shizuku, turn your lamp off like you're supposed to. Yesterday you
 * left it on.
 * Shizuku: Sis, when did you decide what you'd do?
 * Shiho: Huh?
 * Shizuku: What-you'd-do!
 * Shiho: I thought you were applying to Sugi-no-miya?
 * Shizuku: Not about high school...
 * Shiho: I'm going to college to find that out.
 * Shizuku: (sigh)
 * Shiho: Good night.
 * Shizuku: Good night.


 * Running in the rain
 * Shizuku: Mom didn't get up just 'cause her class was cancelled!
 * Sugimura: Morning!
 * Shizuku: Morning!
 * Sugimura: Run faster!
 * Shizuku: It's OK to go on ahead.
 * Blackboard: (September 7. First hour, self-study. Workbook B, p.32-33)
 * Shizuku: I'm saved.
 * Yuuko: Shizuku... Shizuku...
 * Yuuko: Gosh, what a look.
 * Shizuku: Speaking of which, you've recovered quickly.
 * Yuuko: Last night, were you walking with a boy from another class?
 * Shizuku: What? Who's been saying that?
 * Yuuko: It's going around. They're saying you looked like a couple.
 * Shizuku: It's not like that...
 * Student (off): Either one's fine, y'know.
 * Sugimura: Harada, about that matter, I wanted to apologize. I'm sorry.
 * Yuuko: No, it's my fault, I'm sorry.
 * Sugimura: It's OK.
 * Sugimura's friend: Hey, did you see Sasuke last night? He was amazing! I
 * was moved...


 * During class
 * Teacher: This formula is going to be on the midterm, OK, so please
 * memorize it.
 * Class: What?!
 * Teacher: Dismissed!


 * Hallway
 * Seiji: Umm, Is Tsukishima here?
 * Student: Amasawa? What's up?
 * Seiji: Tsukishima's in this class, right?
 * Student: Tsukishima? Yeah, she's here.
 * Student: Hey, Tsukishima! You got a visitor -- a guy!
 * Student: See, there she is.
 * Shizuku: Seiji-kun!!
 * Seiji: Tsukishima... have you got a minute?
 * Shizuku: Yes!
 * Student: Wheee! Tsukishima's got a guy!
 * Students: Boyfriend!...Boyfriend!...Boyfriend!...
 * Shizuku: NO! It's not like that, I tell you!
 * Shizuku: What on Earth is it?
 * Seiji: They're letting me go! To Italy.
 * Shizuku: Huh?!
 * Shizuku: Let's go somewhere else.
 * Seiji: Where are we going?
 * Shizuku: The rooftop.
 * Shizuku: Ahhhh!
 * Seiji: Incredible...
 * Shizuku: You know, you called for me in front of all those people.
 * Seiji: Sorry. I wanted you to be the first to know.
 * Shizuku: I don't mind it being misinterpreted but...
 * Seiji: Dad finally gave in. But there's a condition.
 * Shizuku: Huh? What?
 * Seiji: I'm going to apprentice at a studio a friend of Grandpa's
 * introduced me to for two months.
 * Shizuku: Apprenctice?
 * Seiji: They say the master is really strict, and he'll see whether there's
 * any hope for me. And besides, I'll find out whether my self-confidence can
 * see me through.
 * Seiji: If it doesn't work, I have to do what Dad says and go on to high
 * school. I... don't like that, 'cause it's like planning an escape route.
 * But it's my chance, so I'm going to go.
 * Shizuku: When? When are you going?
 * Seiji: As soon as I get my passport. Dad and I are talking to the school
 * today.
 * Shizuku: So it's soon, then.
 * Shizuku: It's nice, isn't it? Your dream will come true.
 * Seiji: Yeah. Anyway, I'm gonna try my best.
 * Shizuku: Umm... Seiji: Eh?
 * Seiji: Hey, the rain's stopped.
 * Shizuku: It has.
 * Shizuku: Ohhh, look over there.
 * Shizuku: Maybe there'll be a rainbow.
 * Seiji: Mmm.
 * Shizuku: I wonder what kind of town Cremona is. I hope it's wonderful.
 * Seiji: Yeah. They say it's an old town. Lots of violin makers live there.
 * Shizuku: It's great, isn't it? Facing your dreams and pursuing them. I'm
 * such a fool. "It'd be nice to go to the same high school with you" --
 * stuff like that. Ha ha. So completely on a low level I can't stand it.


 * Stairwell
 * Boy 1: Shhh, they're here.
 * Boy 2: Hey, we found 'em!


 * Rooftop
 * Seiji: From long ago, I noticed you from the circulation cards. I bet you
 * don't know how many times I've passed you in the library.
 * Seiji: Hey, I've even sat in the seat next to you.
 * Shizuku: What?!
 * Seiji: You know, in order to write my name on the cards before you I read
 * quite a few books.
 * Seiji: I... After I've gone to Italy, I'll sing that song of yours and try
 * my best.
 * Shizuku: I... me too...


 * Boy 1: Don't push, moron!


 * Shizuku: QUIT IT!!!


 * Stairwell
 * Student 1: She's mad!
 * Student 2: I'm so scared!
 * Student 3: Here she comes!


 * At home
 * Shiho: Here you are.
 * Father: Ah, thanks.
 * Shizuku: Thanks for dinner.
 * Mother: Shizuku, aren't you going to eat any more?
 * Shizuku: I'm going to meet Yuuko.
 * Mother: If you're going towards the station buy some milk.
 * Shizuku: What?!
 * Shiho: Shizuku, you're the one who guzzles it, right?
 * Shiho: Recently that kid has slacked off altogether.


 * Outside the convenience store
 * Shizuku: I'm sorry! Did you have to cut class?
 * Yuuko: It's OK.
 * Shizuku: Man, I've gone soft in the head.


 * Yuuko's house
 * Yuuko's mother: Oh! Shizuku-chan, it's nice to see you.
 * Shizuku: Good evening.
 * Yuuko's father: Welcome home.
 * Shizuku: Please excuse me.
 * Yuuko's mother: I'll make some tea, so come get it, OK?
 * Yuuko: I will.
 * Yuuko: I'm having a fight with my father, so I'm not speaking to him.


 * Yuuko's room
 * Yuuko: Boys are amazing, aren't they?
 * Shizuku: Even though he'll come home in two months, after graduation he'll
 * go right back. He say's he'll study over there for about ten years.
 * Yuuko: That's almost like saying goodbye forever.
 * Yuuko: But y'know, more than that, it's like being joined together by a
 * red thread, isn't it? That's wonderful!
 * Shizuku: He's too cool. Because even though we were reading the same
 * books, one of us did only that, you know, and the other already has
 * decided on his life's course and is steadily following it.
 * Yuuko: I see...
 * Yuuko: You're right, too. When Kinu-chan was a freshman, she was in the
 * same class, wasn't she.
 * Yuuko: She said he's a little hard to approach, but he's handsome, and
 * studies hard, too.
 * Shizuku: Of course he is! Please don't talk about it that explicitly. I'm
 * getting more and more depressed.
 * Yuuko: Why? If you like him it's OK, isn't it? He's already told you that
 * he likes you, right?
 * Shizuku: I'm not even sure about that anymore.
 * Yuuko: I don't get it. If it was me, we'd be writing letters of
 * encouragement to each other every day.
 * Shizuku: It's because I just can't encourage someone who's been striving
 * more than me for so long.
 * Yuuko: I wonder...
 * Yuuko: When you talk like that, you know, I don't know how you want things
 * to turn out with him. Is it that if you haven't decided what to do with
 * your life, you can't fall in love either?
 * Yuuko: You have talent too, don't you? The juniors just love your "Country
 * Roads" translation. You're not like me... You can speak your mind clearly.
 * Shizuku: "There are plenty of guys as good as me."
 * Yuuko: Huh?
 * Shizuku: Uh-uh... Something he said. He's going in order to make sure he
 * has talent. If that's the case, I'll make sure too.
 * Shizuku: I've decided! I'm going to write a story. There's something I
 * want to write about. If he's going to do it, I'll try too.
 * Yuuko: But the midterm is coming up.
 * Shizuku: It's OK. Yuuko, thanks. Somehow my energy has bounced back.
 * Yuuko: Are you going home?
 * Shizuku: Yeah.


 * Downstairs
 * Shizuku: Sorry to intrude.
 * Yuuko's mother: Give my regards to your mother, OK?
 * Shizuku: I will.


 * Outside
 * Shizuku: Yuuko, you hang in there too, OK?
 * Yuuko: Mmm.
 * Shizuku: I'm sure even Sugimura can understand how nice you are.
 * Shizuku: Goodbye.
 * Yuuko: Goodbye.


 * Walking
 * Shizuku: I see... it's so simple. All I need to do is try too.
 * Shizuku: Moon!
 * Girl: Muta... Muta...
 * Girl: Mommm, Muta went off again.
 * Girl: Muta...
 * Shizuku: "Muta", huh?


 * At home
 * On paper:
 * "If You Listen Closely"
 * Listen to the voice of the forest. And the memories of the wind which
 * blows from a far cluster of stars, and the world told of by the cloud...


 * Chikyuuya
 * Nishi: Oh, make Baron the hero...
 * Shizuku: May I have your permission? Because I heard from Seiji-kun that
 * this doll is a treasure of yours.
 * Nishi: Ha ha ha. And so you went to the trouble... Yes, indeed. But
 * there's one condition.
 * Shizuku: Yes?
 * Nishi: It's that you let me be the first reader of your story.
 * Shizuku: Uh, ummm...
 * Nishi: How's that?
 * Shizuku: Do I really have to show it to you? 'Cause... I don't know yet
 * whether or not I can write well.
 * Nishi: Ha ha ha ha. That's something we craftsmen have to face too. You
 * can't possibly expect it to be perfect at first.
 * Nishi: Oh yes. Maybe I should show you something nice.
 * Nishi: Here we go.
 * Nishi: Have a look.
 * Nishi: This is a stone called mica schist. Try peeking into the crack.
 * That's right, like that.
 * Shizuku: Ohhh! It's so pretty!
 * Nishi: It's called "beryl". There's an inclusion of raw emerald.
 * Shizuku: "Emerald"? The gemstone?
 * Nishi: That's right. You and Seiji both, you're like that stone.
 * Unpolished stones in their natural state. Now, I like even unpolished
 * stones very much, but things like violin making and storywriting are
 * different. You have to find the rough gems inside yourself, take the time,
 * and polish them. It's very time consuming work. That rock has a largest
 * stone, right?
 * Shizuku: Yes.
 * Nishi: Actually, that one, when you polish it, instead turns out to be
 * worthless. The smaller ones further inside are of higher purity. And in a
 * part you can't see from the outside, there might be even better stones.
 * Ah, this won't do. You get old and you start getting preachy.
 * Shizuku: I've become very afraid of finding out whether or not I have have
 * a beautiful crystal like this inside me. But I want to write. When I've
 * written my story, I'll be sure to show it to you first.
 * Nishi: Thank you. I'm looking forward to it.


 * Walking
 * Shizuku: A rough stone...
 * Shizuku: A vein of Lapis Lazuli...


 * The Story
 * Baron: Now then, I shall serve as your companion, on our journey to find
 * the vein of Lapis Lazuli.
 * Baron: There is nothing to fear.
 * Baron: On the day of the new moon, space becomes warped.
 * Baron: Far things only appear large and near things only appear small.
 * Baron: Let's jump! We'll catch the updraft.
 * Baron: We must hurry! The planetoids have gathered.


 * Flying
 * Baron: It's all right, you know. We're riding the air currents.
 * Baron: At this rate, we'll be over that tower in a moment.
 * Girl: That high?
 * Baron: What? All we need do is draw nearer and it'll be no such thing, you
 * know.


 * Running
 * Shizuku: We'll go unafraid! When the afternoon air currents are mixed up,
 * our hands can reach even the stars!


 * Library
 * Father: Huh?
 * Father: Wow... Boy, that's unusual. Shizuku looking for a book that's not
 * a storybook.


 * Doing research
 * Book: Opal, Quartz, ???, Jadeite, Lazurite
 * Shizuku: This person... he's making a violin in prison.
 * Shizuku: Seiji-kun! I was wondering if you'd already left.
 * Seiji: I heard from Grandpa, and I thought you would be here.
 * Seiji: I'm glad I was able to see you... I leave tomorrow.
 * Shizuku: Tomorrow?
 * Seiji: It's OK. I'll wait here until you're done.


 * Going home
 * Seiji: Sorry about not seeing you home.
 * Shizuku: Uh-uh. I was very happy you came. I can't see you off but I'll be
 * waiting for you to come back.
 * Seiji: Yeah, it's only two months, y'know.
 * Shizuku: I'm sorry I've done nothing but complain. I'm going to try my
 * best, too.
 * Seiji: Well, so long.
 * Shizuku: Goodbye!


 * The Story
 * Baron: I and my fiancee Louise were born in a town in a far off land.
 * Baron: In this town, magic still lived, and the blood of magicians flowed
 * in the veins of the craftsmen who linked together the studios.
 * Baron: The one who made us was a poor apprentice dollmaker.
 * Baron: But Louise and I were happy, for he instilled in us a feeling of
 * love for humanity.
 * Baron: But then...


 * In class
 * Yuuko: Shizuku... Shizuku... Shizuku!
 * Teacher: What's the matter? Tsukishima!
 * Shizuku: I-I don't know. I wasn't listening.
 * Teacher: Shape up! This is an important time for you, you know!
 * Shizuku: I'm sorry, sir.
 * Teacher: Harada, you read instead.
 * Yuuko: Yes, sir.


 * Lunch
 * Yuuko: WHAT? You were up till 4 again?!
 * Shizuku: Calm down, OK? 'Cause I don't get tired at all.
 * Yuuko: But, you know, recently you've been spacing out a lot. Like just
 * now...
 * Shizuku: I was just lost in thought. There are too many things I want to
 * write so I haven't got them together.
 * Shizuku: Somehow I don't have an appetite.


 * Home
 * Mother: Shizuku! You're here? For goodness sake, you didn't even turn on
 * the lights.
 * Mother: Ahh, I wish you had at least finished the laundry.
 * Mother: Shizuku! Come here for a moment, Shizuku.


 * Dinner:
 * Father: Where's Shizuku? She's home, right?
 * Mother: She said she didn't want anything.


 * Teacher's room
 * Teacher: Ah, I've been waiting.
 * Mother: Sorry to trouble you.
 * Teacher: Please come this way.
 * Teacher: The career guidance office is empty, right?
 * Another teacher: Right.
 * Teacher: Please...


 * Home
 * Mother: I'm home.
 * Shiho: Welcome back.
 * Mother: You're early today, aren't you, Shiho.
 * Mother: Phew, I'm beat.
 * Shiho: Coffee?
 * Mother: Yes, please.
 * Shiho: Mother, there's something I'd like to discuss with you.
 * Mother: What is it?
 * Shiho: I'm thinking of moving out.
 * Shiho: A room's already been found.
 * Mother: But that'll take money, won't it?
 * Shiho: It's OK. I've saved up from my part-time job, and what's more I've
 * found an opening as a cram-school teacher, so somehow I'll get by.
 * Mother: I see... and I've been doing nothing but having you help out. Do
 * your best. I'll talk to Father about it.
 * Shiho: Really? I'm so glad!
 * Mother: Until spring you'll have to deal with the expenses, but after
 * graduation, I'll be able to work too, so we'll help out a little, OK?
 * Shiho: Mm, I hope so. I'm sorry, this is a terrible time, with your
 * Master's thesis.
 * Mother: Thanks. I'm very grateful just for your help getting the data
 * together.
 * Shiho: With more space in the room, Shizuku will be able to concentrate a
 * little on her studying, too. Because that kid's been acting kind of
 * strange lately.
 * Mother: You really think so?
 * Mother: Today, I was called to school. Look at this.
 * Shiho: What is this?
 * Shiho: I don't believe it! Her rank has dropped a hundred places!
 * Mother: That kid seems to be stuck to her desk, doing something.


 * Outside
 * Father: Ah, good evening.
 * Neighbor: Welcome home.
 * Neighbor: Pardon me.


 * Inside
 * Shiho: With grades like that, what kind of high school do you think you're
 * going to get into?
 * Shizuku: So what? I just won't go to high school.
 * Shiho: Not go to high school?! You're sure wearing rose-colored glasses!
 * With just junior high, what do you think you can do?!
 * Shizuku: I'll at least decide my own life's course!
 * Shiho: You're pretty sassy, aren't you? Your course is just to escape
 * reality! You do understand that your record will be decided by the second
 * term, right?
 * Shizuku: Is studying that big a deal? Since you entered college you've
 * just worked part time jobs!
 * Shiho: I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing! The one who's running away
 * from what she has to do is you! Don't you understand that!
 * Shizuku: I am not running away! I have something more important to do!
 * Shiho: What's "more important"? Try speaking plainly!
 * Father: Shiho, Shizuku, stop it already.
 * Shiho: But... Father, Shizuku's being awful.
 * Father: Hm. You two come here and try to explain your reasons. Shizuku...
 * change your clothes like you're supposed to and come.
 * Shiho: Hurry it up.


 * Kitchen
 * Paper slip: Midterm test results, Grade 3 (=U.S. 9) Class 5 (Tsukishima
 * Shizuku)
 * Japanese: 82, English I: 62, English II: 54, Math I: 17, Math II: 31,
 * Chemistry: 39, History: 53, Social Studies: 46, Total: 384
 * Out of 276 students, number 153


 * Father: Now I see.
 * Father: Shizuku, is it as Shiho says?
 * Shizuku: It's not like I don't care about my tests!
 * Shiho: Didn't you say "I just won't go to high school" a little while ago?
 * Shizuku: But you said I wouldn't be able to go anywhere...
 * Father: Shiho... I'm going to speak with Shizuku alone, so would you
 * please leave?
 * Shiho: Yes, sir.
 * Father: Where's Mother?
 * Shiho: At the Tanakas.
 * Mother: I'm home.
 * Shiho: Welcome home. Mother...
 * Mother: Is Father home?
 * Shiho: Yeah.
 * Father: Mother, would you please join us? I've just heard from Shiho about
 * Shizuku.
 * Mother: Coming.
 * Father: Now then... Shizuku.
 * Father: Is what you're doing now more important than even your studies?
 * Father: Won't you tell us about what it is you're doing?
 * Shizuku: When I can tell you, I will.
 * Mother: Shizuku, is this something that must be done right now?
 * Shizuku: There's no time! If I don't do it in the next three weeks...
 * Because I've decided to test myself during that time. I have to do it.
 * Mother: Test? What? What is it you're testing?
 * Mother: If you don't speak up we won't know, right?
 * Mother: Is this something you can't say to your mother or father?
 * Mother: Dear.
 * Father: Ah, sorry. Guess I forgot.
 * Father: I've seen how you've been doing something wholeheartedly at the
 * library. I've been impressed. Shall we let Shizuku do as she wants, Mother?
 * Father: After all, there's more than one way to live your life.
 * Mother: Mmm. Besides, I remember being in her shoes once or twice myself.
 * Father: OK. Shizuku, try doing what you believe in.
 * Father: But you know, living in a different way from other people is hard
 * in its own way. Because no matter what happens you can't blame it on
 * anyone else.
 * Mother: And I also want you to show your face at mealtimes.
 * Father: That's right. Because we are a family, right?
 * Shizuku: I will.
 * Father: Go call Shiho.
 * Mother: I'll make tea.
 * Father: Mmm.


 * Bedroom
 * Shiho: Shizuku.
 * Shiho: Dad may have said what he did, but the truth is he wishes you would
 * study, OK?
 * Shizuku: I know! It's been made more than clear!
 * [literally: "it's written on his back". Couldn't find an equivalent
 * English saying.]
 * Shiho: I'm gonna be moving out this Sunday.
 * Shiho: You can have the room to yourself.
 * Shizuku: Sis, you're leaving home?
 * Shiho: Right. Shape up.


 * A Dark Wood
 * [the voice sounds like Baron]
 * Voice: Hurry!
 * Voice: Hurry!
 * Voice: Hurry!
 * Voice: Only one is genuine!
 * Shizuku: Which? Which one is genuine?
 * Voice: Hurry!
 * Voice: Hurry!
 * Voice: Hurry!
 * Shizuku: Ahhh...
 * Shizuku: Eeeeeeeeeeee...


 * Chikyuuya
 * Nishi: Louise, have you come to me? I've already grown so old...
 * Nishi: Shizuku-san... Well, do come in. Gee, I'd completely dozed off.
 * Shizuku: Excuse me, um, I wrote a story so I brought it.
 * Nishi: Oh! So it's done, then.
 * Shizuku: I promised. Please be the first to read it.
 * Nishi: This is quite long.


 * Cover:
 * If You Listen Closely
 * The Story Given Me by Baron


 * Tsukishima Shizuku


 * Shizuku: Um, could you please read it right away? I'll wait however many
 * hours it takes.
 * Nishi: But... you worked so hard on it. I want to take time to read it...
 * Shizuku: If it's boring you can stop right away. If it's not a bother...
 * Umm, I'm very nervous.
 * Nishi: I understand. I'll read it right now, if I may. Now, to the
 * fireside. It's getting cold today.
 * Nishi: This way no one should bother us.
 * Shizuku: Um, would it be all right if I waited downstairs?
 * Nishi: Hmm?
 * Shizuku: I don't mind. I'm not at all cold.
 * Nishi: Well...
 * Nishi: I don't mind, but...


 * Outside
 * Nishi: In a place like this... Shizuku-san, I've finished.
 * Nishi: Thank you. It was very good.
 * Shizuku: It's a lie! A lie! Please tell me the truth! The things I wanted
 * to write don't fit together! The second half is ridiculous! I know this
 * myself!
 * Nishi: Right. It's rough, unsubtle, and unfinished. Like Seiji's violins.
 * Nishi: You definitely showed me your freshly quarried stone. You did your
 * very best, didn't you. You're terrific. There's nothing to get upset over.
 * Please take your time and do a solid job polishing it.
 * Nishi: Now, it's cold here. Please come inside.
 * Shizuku: I-I knew after I tried writing. That just wanting to write is no
 * good. That I have to study more. But... Seiji-kun is always going on and
 * on ahead of me. I told myself I'd do it even if it's impossible. I was so
 * scared... so scared...
 * Nishi: You like Seiji, don't you.


 * Slurping
 * Nishi: How does it taste?
 * Shizuku: It's delicious.
 * Nishi: When it was Seiji it was ramen.
 * Nishi: When he finished his first violin, that is.
 * Nishi: That was a jumbo portion too.


 * Later
 * Nishi: Well, thank you.
 * Nishi: Now then, where was I?
 * Shizuku: You were studying abroad in Germany and found Baron in the town
 * cafe...
 * Nishi: Right, right. I wonder if you could call it "melancholic" -- I was
 * attracted by his expression. I proposed to the proprietor that I
 * definitely wanted to take Baron off his hands, but I was turned down. This
 * cat-baron has a companion. He said he couldn't tear two lovers apart. He
 * said that Baron was waiting for the return of a cat-noblewoman doll who
 * had returned to the original craftsman for minor repairs.
 * Shizuku: That's just like the story I wrote...
 * Nishi: You're right. A mysterious similarity, isn't it. The day of my
 * return to Japan drew near, and I was ready to give up. At that time, a
 * woman who was with me offered a proposal.
 * Nishi: When Baron's sweetheart returned, she would claim it, and we would
 * surely reunite the two. The proprietor finally gave in. And so it came to
 * be that I left Germany with only Baron. I promised the lady I would return
 * without fail to get Baron's sweetheart, and asked her to keep the doll
 * until then.
 * Nishi: And when the two dolls met again, we would too...
 * Nishi: After that, the war soon started, and I couldn't keep my promise.
 * Nishi: Finally, after I was able to go to that town again, I searched high
 * and low.
 * Nishi: But I never did find out the lady's whereabouts, or what happened
 * to Baron's sweetheart.
 * Shizuku: She was very important to you, wasn't she?
 * Nishi: The Baron who lived only in my recollections has been revived for
 * me in your hopeful tale. Of course; that...
 * Nishi: Now, hold out your hands.
 * Shizuku: Uhh...
 * Nishi: That stone suits you. I'm giving it to you. Please do a solid job
 * and finish writing your own story.
 * Shizuku: I will...


 * Nighttime outside
 * Shizuku: Thank you very much.
 * Shizuku: Goodbye.


 * Home
 * Shizuku: I'm home.
 * Mother: Welcome back.
 * Shizuku: Where's Dad?
 * Mother: In the bath.
 * Mother: Dear, what time do you think it is now?
 * Shizuku: I've caused you to worry. From now on, I'll return to studying
 * for entrace exams. Please put your mind at ease.
 * Mother: Oh! Then, you're done with whatever it was you were testing,
 * aren't you.
 * Shizuku: For the time being.
 * Mother: Have you eaten? There's curry.
 * Shizuku: No thanks.
 * Mother: Hmmm. For the time being, huh?


 * Later
 * Father: Shizuku, can I come in? Take your bath.
 * Father: The warrior rests.


 * Early morning
 * Shizuku: N-no way!
 * Shizuku: W-wait!


 * Outside
 * Seiji: It's a miracle! I was really able to see you!
 * Shizuku: I-it's not a dream, is it?
 * Seiji: I flew back a day early. Get on.
 * Seiji: Ah, wait a sec. You'll be cold like that.
 * Seiji: Now, get on.
 * Shizuku: I'll go get a coat.
 * Seiji: There's no time. Come on, get on.
 * Seiji: Hold on tight.
 * Seiji: I wanted to see you again right away. I called you so many times
 * inside my heart -- "Shizukuuuu". And then, like, you really appeared!
 * We're amazing!
 * Shizuku: I wanted to meet you too. This is still like a dream.
 * Shizuku: How was Cremona?
 * Seiji: Seeing it was very different from hearing about it. But I'm gonna
 * do it! Oh, it's getting light.


 * On the hill
 * Shizuku: Shall I get off?
 * Seiji: It's OK! I decided I was going to give you a ride up the hill.
 * Shizuku: That's unfair!
 * Shizuku: I can't stand just being luggage!
 * Shizuku: Because I want to be of use!
 * Seiji: I got it! Would you?
 * Seiji: Just a little more...
 * Seiji: Shizukuuu! Quick, get on!
 * Shizuku: Y-yeah.


 * At the top
 * Seiji: We made it.
 * Shizuku: Ohhhh...
 * Seiji: Shall I give you a hand?
 * Shizuku: I'm OK.
 * Seiji: This way.
 * Shizuku: Incredible! With the morning mist it's just like the ocean.
 * Seiji: This is my secret spot. It's just about time.
 * Seiji: I wanted to show this to you.
 * Seiji: Grandpa was telling me about you. I didn't do anything to cheer you
 * on. I was thinking of nothing but myself.
 * Shizuku: Uh-uh. Because of you, I was able to try my best. I'm glad I
 * pushed myself. Because I understand myself a little better than before.
 * I'm going to study more. And I've decided to go to high school too.
 * Seiji: Shizuku, umm, you know... I... It can't very well be right away,
 * but... Will you marry me?
 * Seiji: 'Cause I'm sure I'll become a bona fide violin maker. And after
 * that...
 * Shizuku: Mm-hmm.
 * Seiji: Really?!
 * Shizuku: I'm so happy! I thought it would be nice if things could turn out
 * this way.
 * Seiji: Really! All right!
 * Shizuku: Wait.
 * Shizuku: The wind's cold.
 * Seiji: Shizuku, I love you!

Closing Song

 * Kantorii Roodo, kono michi
 * Zutto yukeba
 * Ano machi ni tsuduite ru
 * Ki ga suru Kantorii Roodo


 * Country Road, If you follow
 * this road all the way, I have a feeling
 * it's the Country Road to my home town


 * Hitori botchi, osorezu ni
 * Ikiyou to yume mite ta
 * Samishisa oshikomete
 * Tsuyoi jibun wo mamotte ikou


 * I dreamed of living
 * without fear of being alone
 * Bottling up loneliness
 * I'll go, preserving my strong self


 * Refrain


 * Arukidukare tatazumu to
 * Ukande kuru furusatou no machi
 * Oka wo maku saka no michi
 * Sonna boku wo shikatte iru


 * When I stand still, tired from walking
 * My old home town comes to mind.
 * The steep road that winds the hill
 * Scolds me for being that way.


 * Refrain


 * Donna kujikesou na toki datte
 * Kesshite namida ha misenaide
 * Kokoro nashi ka hochou ga hayaku natte iku
 * omoide kesu tame


 * No matter when I feel downhearted
 * I never cry
 * Without meaning to, my pace quickens
 * To erase the memories


 * Kantorii Roodo, kono michi
 * Furusato he tsuduite mo
 * Boku ha, ikanai sa
 * Ikenai Kantorii Roodo


 * Country Road, even if this road
 * continues to my home town
 * I won't go, you know
 * The Country Road I can't take


 * Kantorii Roodo, ashita ha
 * Itsu mo no boku sa
 * Kaeritai, kaerenai
 * Sayonara, Kantorii Roodo


 * Country Road, tomorrow
 * I'll be the same, you know
 * I want to go home but I can't
 * Farewell, Country Road