"Look at her, my little warrior"

Whisper of the Heart - an interesting animated film set in Tokyo, it follows the adventures of Shizuku a young woman fascinated with books. She and her best friend are supposed to be studying for their placement exams and yet both are distracted.

Shizuku is obsessed with finding out the identiy of a boy who she discovers has been checking out the same books she has but always before her. To her delight she discovers the boy is in her school. She is harrassed by her older sister and basically understood by her father.

I enjoyed this film. The story is quite sweet and for those who are fans a reference is made to the film The Cat Returns. It incorporates a dream of mine - to have a boy (man) fall in llove with me while I am reading in a library. The only note of discord is the repition of the song "Country Road" it is not one of my favorite songs and it plays a somewhat central role in this film. But other than that quite enjoyable.