Shizuku Tsukishima

Shizuku is a slender girl with short black hair and loves reading. She writes alternative lyrics to "Country Roads" and often borrows books checked out by the mysterious Seiji Amasawa. Easily distracted, she daydreams in class and writes a novel called "Whisper of the Heart." Initially having an enemy, Shizuku struggles with her career path as she starts her years but eventually becomes Seiji's girlfriend.