Leonine Voice of the heart

14-year-old Shizuku is a smart girl and loves to read. Even during the last summer holidays at the middle school she uses every free minute to stick her nose into books. She also enjoys translating the lyrics of foreign pop songs into Japanese.
One day Shizuku notices that the name Seiji Amasawa appears in all the books she borrowed from the library. She also searches for and finds the name in other books she has read recently. So someone else, someone she doesn't know, somewhere has exactly the same taste in books as she does. Every book she reads, he has already read and she is not sure if she likes this idea.
The following day Shizuku is on her way to her father to bring him his lunch, when she discovers an ordinary looking cat riding alone in the train. At first she can hardly believe that the cat is really alone, but when the animal leaves the train at the station where Shizuku also has to get off, the girl decides to follow her.
The chance encounter with the cat leads Shizuku to Seiji Amasawa's house. There she meets a family that loves music and the mystical and magical cat teaches her to search for "the hidden treasures" of life.
Shizuku dreams of becoming a writer and Seiji wants to go to Italy and become a famous violin maker. He has applied to a school in Italy and is waiting for their reply.
There are a lot of things standing in the way of Seiji's and Shizuku's happiness together; both have their own dream, which leads them in different directions. But their feelings for each other are strong. Whisper of the Heart tells touching and heartwarming stories about how the two create space for each other in their hearts.