On the Spot - hizuku Tsukishima, a 14 year old high school girl notices "Seiji Amasawa" on all the check cards one evening in a library. The following day Shizuku meets up with her friend Yūko Harada. In the library she sees the same name again and asks the teacher. The teacher tells her to ask the older ones. Shizuku rendezvous with Yuko and presents her the sample of the song Shizuku has been writing for graduation. Yuko mentions of the love let, but already likes another classmate – Sugimura. On her way back home, Shizuku abruptly realizes she left her back behind. She hurries back there to a find a boy of the same age reading it. He hands it to her, they talk and calls her song "corny" which leaves her feeling irritable for the rest of the night. Shizuku's sister Shiho gets home and tells on her for slacking off on her daily chores. The following day, Shiho tells Shizuku to give their father his lunch at the library. On the train heading there, Shizuku sees a lone cat. When it gets off at Shizuku's station, she decides to stalk it. It stops at an antique shop, where she sees the statue of a cat in formal clothing. The owner of the shop, Nishi-san, informs her his name is Baron Humbert von Jikkingen. He also shows her a recently restored Grandfather clock, that tells a tale of the King of the Dwarves and a Fairy Queen. Shizuku is in awe, considering the shop a place where stories begin. Inspired by Seiji's utter determination to realize his own dream, she writes a story about the feline-shaped sculpture coming to life.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
