The Great Comet of 1996 triggers a chain of mysterious occurrences in Kyoto, profoundly impacting the lives of four friends. As they navigate these changes, their relationships and perspectives are tested, leading to unexpected revelations and transformations. The story explores themes of friendship, fate, and the influence of cosmic events on human lives.
Kevin is a young man without a soul, holidaying in Tokyo; Mr Five, the enigmatic kappa, is the man he happens to meet. Little does Kevin know that kappas desire nothing more than the souls of other humans. Set between Singapore and Japan, Kappa Quartet is split into eight discrete sections, tracing the rippling effects of this chance encounter across a host of characters, connected and bound to one another in ways both strange and serendipitous. Together they ask one another: what does it mean to be in possession of something nobody has seen before?