Kafka on the shore ~
At first the story begins with two different sub stories, one with a runaway 15 year old boy and other with a dumb yet smart old man in his sixties who can talk with cats, and somehow this two stories relate to each other at some point.
The other characters CROW, Ms Saeki, Oshima , Mrs Hoshino add a lot of flavours and help both of the main characters in their upcoming life and challenging situations...