country road~
story started with this song in Japanese ver.

Shizuku Tsukishima , a normal high school girl who is about to graduate soon.
She is looking at her book borrowing card, noticing that there is one person is on all the card before her, Seiji Amasawa.
The next morning, Shizuku rushes to meet her friend Yuko Harada.
By handing in her translated Country Road lyrics and Concrete Road for some comments by Yuko.
Later on, Yuko tells Shizuku that she received a love letter by someone, but Yuko had already fall in love with someone else.
Just then the baseball player, Sugimura is yelling at Shizuku and caught both their attention.
Yuko stand up suddenly to the back and quickly run away.
Shizuku noticed that the person that Yuko admired was Sugimura and she admitted.
On the way from the school, Shizuku realize that she left her book and the lyrics on the bench.
She run back there and saw a boy reading his lyrics, and get insulted for her translated 'Concrete Road'.
Shizuku was pissed off by that guy.
The next day, Shizuku was commanded to send lunch to her father, a librarian, in the library.
When she headed up to the train, she saw a fatty cat came in too and settles it self on the seat beside Shizuku.

Shizuku started a conversation with it, but there was no reply.
Until then, the cat went out from the train at station as Shizuku.
Shizuku was amaze by the cat and try to follow the cat.
After a long journey walking to the hill, the cat brought Shizuku to this antique shop.
Shizuku went inside and she discover a charming cat statue, on the table. That statue caught her eyes.
The shop owner introduce Shizuku about the cat statue, it is Baron Humbert Von Jikkingen.
Shizuku also get the chance to see a old antique clock was sent to be repair by the shop owner.
There is a beautiful sad fairy tale about the clock.
Inside there was a fairy, who only return herself from a sheep to herself at 12 o'clock, a prince, who appear every hour for the fairy, and dwarfs working for the prince.
Without noticing the time,it was late. Shizuku rushes to the library.
Unfortunately, she forgotten her father's lunch box.
That guy who read her translated lyrics carry the lunch box for her with the cat beside his bike.
That guy teased Shizuku that she own such big lunch.
Again, that guy sang the concrete road for joke and made Shizuku in a foul mood.
The next morning, Shizuku went back to school.
During the recess period, she went to the teacher office and had meal with her friends.
She show her translated lyrics to her friends here, and they like it.

Few time Shizuku went back to the antique shop but it is closed.
But when Shizuku sat down infront of the shop petting the fatty cat, the guy came by and invite Shizuku to go into the shop and see the Baron again.
They guy told her that the best time to see The Baron was when sun set shine to the window and reflect the cat eyes stones( Engel Zimmer/ Angel Room), just like the eyes was glowing.
Then, Shizuku went down from the shop to the workshop.
she saw the guy was building a violin by hand and she was amaze.
Requesting if he could play a song, but then Shizuku need to sing along.
On the middle way singing, the shop owner Mr.Nishi and he 2 other friend join in to the performance with their instruments. Everybody was gay.
Shizuku introduce herself after the singing.
By only that time, she was shocked to know that the guy is Seiji Amasawa.
Seiji walk Shizuku back home after then.
Seiji then tell her about his dream to study in Cremona to improve his violin skills.
On the way, Seiji finally admit to Shizuku that her lyrics were very nice.
The next day in school, Seiji came to Shizuku's class to some talk.
Everyone was cheering on thinking that Shizuku has a boyfriend.


Shizuku quickly grab Seiji out of the class and went to the roof.
Seiji tells her that he is going to Italy to study as an apprentice for two months to test himself whether he has the talent to become a violin maker.

The rain stops.
Seiji tells her that he will be using the song translated by Shizuku to encourage himself.
Shizuku also promise that she will find her way out to improve herself.

All Shizuku's classmates ended up like this to try to peek on both of them.

Girls talk with Yuko about guys and future.
Shizuku made up her mind to write a novel about The Baron.
She asked for permission and more information from Mr.Nishi, with one condition, thats is Mr.Nishi must be the 1st reader for Shizuku's novel.
She started her fantasy world although she is still in examination period.
But then, she promise she will just test herself.
Shizuku's result was out, her mum was asked to drop by in school to take his report.
She drop 100+ rank in her result.
Her dad and her mum was worried and asking what she hv been doing recently.
She said n promised them that is only for trial for herself.

As she promised, she give her novel as soon as she done to Mr.Nishi and waited him for review.
Mr.Nishi told her that the novel was still rough and unpolished, still a long way to go.
But Shizuku was good enough to be a beginner.
Mr.Nishi gave the slate mica to Shizuku as to encourage her to keep on moving.
He told Shizuku that she was exactly like the stone, raw, pure and unpolished.
She has to find the stone inside herself, and polish it, This take time and efforts.
So dun expect perfect first.
The day before Seiji was leaving, he cycle to Shizuku's apartment and waited downstairs.
Miracle that on the same time, Shizuku open her window and look down and she saw Seiji.
Both of them on a bike.

Seiji brough Shizuku to a perfect spot for a sun rise.
The story ends when Seiji told Shizuku that he will marry her and confessed his feeling towards Shizuku.

For intro in Chinese
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