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jotaro69joestar
This series is one of the hidden gems in the anime community..
If you are an anime fan you owe yourself to watch both seasons of this anime,
I watched the S1 back in 2014 on Animax and was visually stunned by it.
In terms of animation, it's 8/10 since there is too much CG (more than necessary) but still enjoyable not on Hand shaker's level.
the story overall is 6/10 not because it is bad but rather it always seems like I am watching a small part of a much grander narrative (yeah, yeah I know should read the LNs) the plot is extremely rushed.
The characters are 7/10 not saying they are bad or average rather it has some of the best characters in any series till now but those characters are given very less screen time so I just can't connect with them. for example, Fushimi (the guy who b…
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This is K, a story about supernatural powers and the kings that uses them. Well it's the sequel of K. This is actually a rewatch of this series. The story is as much as I expected of the K series. The story is of course one of the best part of K. Some battles in K are very good yet some are very underwhelming. I feel that the battles had much more potential that what was actually displayed. I didn't expect the appearance of another king so that was kind of surprising. Art and animation is pretty slick. The animations are also really smooth, thought it seems lots of budget went into Seri's ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). I personally loved the K soundtrack, the opening this time around is also very wonderful with Anna singing it. K has some pretty unique characters, such as Fushimi and Neko. Kuroh obsession o…
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THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS FOR THIS SERIES AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL K!
What a disappointment!
So, for anyone who read my review for the original K series, you already know how much I love it. I still, to this day, believe that K is one of the most underrated anime shows out there and I stand by it. But after watching both the sequel movie as well as this series, it is more than clear that the writers of K did not learn from any of their past mistakes. In fact, they capitalized on the issues and added a plethora of new issues to the mix.
This review is going to be different from how I do them normally. Instead of talking about the good and bad, I’ll be going over the issues in detail, point by point.
So, to start off, let's list the biggest issues the original series had (in ord…
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Well, this is my first review so I decided to write about the second season of this fantastic anime that is K Project.
To start, I am going to talk about the story. I think that the way that the story is developed is much better than in the first season, being more complex and introducing us differents new characters. It keeps you waiting for more everytime you end an episode and you are always asking yourself what's going to happen next. About the end of the anime, I feel like they could had finished it in a better way, but they explain everything very well and they close the story succesfully.
To continue, I need to admit that the art is one of the things that first caught my attention about K. The charachters are beautiful, the backgrounds are incredibles and the fight scenes are ama…
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I just finished watching it, and for me I think the story was summed up pretty well in the finale. Definitely have to watch the Missing Kings movie to fully appreciate it. I suppose one could say it was a little predictable--obviously the good guys win, the bad guys lose, and mostly everyone goes away pretty happily. But even still, I don't really mind that. How else would it end? With everyone getting powers and destroying the world like JUNGLE wanted?
The story wasn't all that unique for an anime from the beginning, but I don't understand some people's complaints about "plot holes". If you paid attention in the first season and in the film, and especially if you read some of the side stories and other manga (e.g. I read K: Black and White right before watching Missing Kings and it was n…
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K: Return of Kings should really be called "K: you can now finally watch this." What began as a brilliantly animated but horrifically puzzling work back in 2012 has now developed into a reasonably understandable and finally contiguous storyline. As a bonus, the show has outstanding production values with awe-inspiring, artistic graphics and a clean yet themed audio experience to match. It's hard to really classify K as there aren't a lot of other shows that I've watched like it. It has a wide range of characters that would probably satisfy both male and female viewers. The actual story is a fantasy, magic-based alternative to current day Japan, with lots of high-budget action and a few dramatic moments.
Imagine an alternate world where several individuals have amazing super powers, be it…
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Too much style, less to none substance. That is how I see K: Return of Kings.
Continuing from the events roughly after a year that occured in the first season and the movie, K: Return of Kings is a continuation of the series as it exposes the mysteries behind the seven kings and the Dresden Slate that was the cause of it all.
Frankly talking, the story makes sense as all of the questions that were left behind in K is being answered but the narrative itself is very weak. What made K a successful anime was because it literally didn't care about anything. You heard it right, K had little to no cohesive storyline to begin with. Stuff about Kings ruling the planet and keeping order to an inane teenager going around places to know who he was, where he came from as he remembered nothing about…
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Despite having few releases overall, GoHands has produced a few successful series, one of which is the K, or K project series. I first discovered K back in 2013 a year after its release, without any expectation of what I was in for. At the time I was already a fan of one of GoHands’ other releases, Seitokai Yakuindomo, but even without watching K, it was clear that the two releases were of completely different genres.
I immediately became a fan upon watching the first season. So when I discovered that not only was there a movie release one year later, but also a sequel season on the way, I was ecstatic. Because K is an original work, I was a bit anxious for this season and whether or not it would be a good release, but I had good faith that it would follow. That faith was well placed, be…
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I am writing this review under the assumption that you have already watched the 1st season of the show, as well as the movie bridging the 2 seasons. There will be some spoilers but I'll have a notation when that will be so you can skip to the next paragraph.
Project K caught my attention a while back and coming out of the 1st season I was definitely interested and excited for the series continuation and how it would build upon the various elements it introduced. Does this 2nd (and from the looks of it Last) season of the show, satisfy the viewer with its conclusion ?
TL;DR : Kinda. But here is a breakdown as to why.
Story 5/10
This season kicks off after the events of the movie Missing Kings. The pivotal event in this season is the emergence of the Green Clan that now that the Gold…
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We return to modern Japan, where "Kings" with superpowers reign over clans that are constantly at war with each other. While season 1 focused on the Colorless King and White King, this season focuses on the Green King and his clan known as "JUNGLE." The Green King, Hisui Nagare, seems to be plotting an act of utter chaos, and now it is the job of the new Red King, the Blue King and White King to stop him.
K Season 1 caught my eye for a number of reasons, the most compelling of which being its beautiful visual and auditory aspects. K has a lovely color scheme, rich with blues and reds and purples and greens. And its soundtrack has an ambient, smooth feeling that often contradicts the nature of scenes in the show. That's why, despite the shortcomings of season 1, I still gave it a 6/10.
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WARNING: The following review contains some spoilers, please read further at your own risk.
Let me start by taking some of the negative reviews into account. I do not understand what there is not to understand in this anime. What part of it can possibly be so confusing? It’s just plain simple, it expands to all the kings in this sequel, does not involve any mystery which was there in K (Which was the rather “confusing” bit).
- Story 7/10
The story in K: Return of Kings is just an extension to the story in K. It further adds 2 kings and removes 2. Which again sums up to 5 total Kings. It involves the same deal they’re up with in the movie, which is JUNGLE. (Green Clan + Grey King)
- Art 8/10
- Sound 7/10
Who wouldn't love K franchise’s flashy animation and music? GoHands especially showe…
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So this season of K does most of the things that the previous season did. I loved the previous season of K. So why didn't I like this season nearly as much??
Well there are 3 reasons:
1) The HUGE addition to Fan-Service. The first season had it and it was enjoyable. it added to the atmosphere and made some moments quite humorous. However, in Return of Kings, you can be in the middle of watching the most intense fight scene ever and suddenly you have breasts jiggling in your face. I'm talk about Dead or Alive Extreme Beach Volleyball level of jiggle physics
2) The animators tried too hard. Like, the first season was perfectly fine and I still praise its animation. However, there were lots of moments in this season where things felt disjointed and forced animation-wise.
3) Nothing really ha…
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I waited long for the sequel of K and I'm very disappointed to see how GoRa and the writers themselves messed the second season of my favorite Anime up.
I set high hopes in 'Return of Kings' but I'm angry, somehow, how the story took it's course.
The show started with a nice flashback but after that - nothing.
I don't want to spoiler because it's unfair for anyone who hasn't seen the second season yet, but in my opinion there would have been many other ways, better ways to let it end.
The biggest bother for me were the repeating scenes (for example scenes with Anna or Reisi in it) and the OST's from season one, those aspects, and also the lame animated fight scenes ruined the enjoyment for me.
Not even the beautiful art, drawing style, animation were able to make it better.
Most of the f…
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first things first, if you don't want to read the rest of this review, and if you thought S1 had an awful plot, I suggest you give S2 another shot because I really found it a ton better than before. In every aspect.
A rare gem- even more surprising considering how awful season one of K was. I'll be the first to admit that I didn't enjoy the first season one one whit despite the brilliant animation because of how awfully vague the storyline was. I went into S2 expecting something similar, and despite being lured in yet again by the animation quality, I was fully prepared to drop the series midway through, and pleasantly surprised to find myself sticking it out to the end- and enjoying it, even.
first, to state the obvious, the animation was superb- a lot of k's budget goes toward it, I t…
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My K: Return of Kings review, No Blood, No Bone, No Ash!!!!
Ratings: Story: Good 7.
Art: Fair 6.
Sound: Good 7.
Character: Mediocre 5.
Enjoyment: Good 7.
Overall: Very Good 8.
Ok, so I guess it is safe to say that this series has now been put to an end by authors GoRA ( whoever she/he is) and Furuhashi Hedeyuki, and quite frnakly it has been a good sequel, considering all the flare that this anime has. so: Story (up)
Well, IMO it deserves a "Good" score since the plot really did played out well, since the story is about Kings who engages each other like a gang. So, the 1st season is all about them Reds called HOMRA , whom were portrayed as bad guys, here, as the title said..... despite of the wrong grammar (since the one who truly returned is Shiro ) the first king has returned to mak…
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The first thing I could say is that this anime is K. Oh my, what a bad pun. Anyway, moving on to the review, K - Return of Kings is the long-awaited sequel to the original series for the ones who enjoyed the first season, whereas for the viewers who didn't might as well skip it, as it was more of the same. Audiences are presented once again with fantastic animation and sound, in addition to its interesting premise as well as its colourful cast; however, story and character development remain lacking as well.
The story of K - Return of Kings focuses on what the title suggests: the different kings that remained unknown in the first season, as well as the previous kings and its development, including the silver king and the newly crowned red king. What is more, it explores more on the myster…
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Watching K: Return of Kings is like running inside walls of a labyrinth, trying to find a way out. The confusion sinks in more and more and by the time you reach exit, it’ll be a relief. No, I don’t mean that the second season of K takes place inside a labyrinth. That would just be plain weird. What I mean is that K: Return of Kings lacks entertainment when it comes to storytelling. Each episode progressively makes the show more and more mind boggling. For a show that makes its big return, it’s also a big disappointment.
As the direct sequel of the movie, K: Missing Kings, this series also requires knowledge from the original season. Without it, watching the Return of Kings would be a dreadful experience. The first few episodes consists of setup that builds more and more for future events…
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**UPDATED** Added a paragraph with my thoughts on the ending.
Honestly, I can't believe the negative reviews!
This anime is a rarity in my opinion. The first season of K was more of a mystery, trying to figure out who Shiro really was, this time it's about keeping the peace. It's focused on all of the groups as a whole rather than individually and explores a goal that all three kings share.
The animation is spectacular and far surpasses AoT, I particularly like the animation in scenes with Misaki on his skateboard, there has clearly been extra care into those types of scenes. There has been no major character development since the characters were probably explored to their full potential in the first season. The show is only three weeks away from its climax and I'm looking forward to i…
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Currently on episode 13/13
I don't think this anime can be properly appreciated with out watching K: Missing Kings Movie between episodes 1 and 2. Because there are huge bits of info "missing" between the first 2 episodes. The movie isn't a prequel. It fits directly in between episodes 1 and 2 and explains what happens Mikoto and how Anna becomes the new Red King. What happened to the Gold King and the Gold clan members. As well as other pieces of key information related to the events leading up to the 4 episode.
I love everything about this series so far. It's exciting to watch, the fight scenes are some of the best I've seen in a while, most of the characters are already pretty powerful so not a whole lot of room for growth, but we're talking…
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Superpower anime has been the main solution to attract many people in order to keep the Anime industry in balance. Since the success of such famous anime like the big three (Naruto, One Piece, and Bleach), there are dozens anime that uses the super power as an appeal and works as a direct jump to make profits. One of them are the K - project franchise, which has been ongoing since 2012. K Return of Kings is the 3rd project that exists in K Franchise. As the series go, K really didn't maximize any potential that it have.
The 1st season started the story while adding the mystery genre into it. While Return of Kings does a different thing, they're trying to build-up its world in this 13 episode. While doing that, the anime throw many flashbacks & scenes to build that, but they didn't succee…
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