Jan 10, 2013 9:55 AM
Recent Thoughts (10.01.2013)
Anime Relations:
K
WARNING! Possible mild spoiler ahead.
I might as well jump right into the point.
K is... well.. meh.
Some potential for enjoyable action series was fairly involved.. or rather loused up, to be more precise.
For the most part it's all matter of subjective preference, it may even turn out that K was pretty pleasing, if we were to look at it from pure entertainment value perspective.
However.. few elements that add up to the whole experience lack in this or other fashion.
The most prominent shortcoming of this anime, for me, was.. the whole ending, basically.
I suppose, there's more to it, since K's story was firstly introduced (if I'm not thoroughly mistaken) in light novel's and manga (which tend to focus more on the background of the plot in terms of storyline as a whole compared to anime, which is somehow limited with defined number of episodes that can be aired during one season).
Whole setting, possible past events (history of each King, Kuroh's past, and.. everything actually) seems to have more to it than we were able to actualy experience, which is acceptable. Although, I had this returning feeling that viewer's were thrown into a certain moment in K's story timeline.
Is it a downside? From a certain standpoint, yes it is.
I'd rather see K being presented in more consistent manner. I dont's despise flashback narraton, I'm actually a enthusiast of it, as long as it's presented properly.
If K's plot, or rather chain of main event's that are of any significance to the setup of storyline were construed with more care, and possibly with more focus on background as well, K would be that much more likable.
The idea on which anime is built, alone, is formulaic and rather average - which doesn't mean that show, can't improve along the way. And to be fair, till a certain point, it does. I guess it was around 10-11 episode that K went downhill and never went back.
Ending was screwed up. Big time. Solution to main mystery, which caused all the uproar is even worse.
To go a little off-topic here.. I believe that this issue is something that preserves supernatural genre to truly "spread it's wings".
They have nice setup (not story-planning-wise.. but whatever), flashy characters, overall enjoyable artistic and musical design, and so many choices in regard to storyline (it's supernatual, after all), and somehow, they resolve the whole commotion with something so generic, and ordinary that it covers any positive aspects anime had in the first place. Many shows suffer the same weakness.
K is a gracious exaple of that.
I'd rather see K focus more on Kings and their clans trying to.. well actually, what IS their goal? Why was Suoh or any othe King blessed/cursed with this power? What's the origin of it? I could go on, for a long time. I guess, it's all a set-up for second season, but if K was less flashy and more.. collected and composed, I suppose I'd enjoy it much more.
Rivalry of clans, more tactically, and polytically oriented in this urban setting (which is a great choice by the way), more focus on clan members and their individual reasons would make it for me. Also, I'd add more sense and rationalisation behind it all (Suoh's actions were somewhat understandable.. but I'd like to see a wider picture).
To be more exact, K can still turn out to be interesting universum, but if I'll narrow my perspective, to only K consisting of those 13 episodes.. I can't say it was anything better than an average anime of same genre. The funny thing is that, I suppose, second season of K (if done well) can make me like the first one more (which is possible, but considering the prevailing trends in nowadays anime I guess the second season will be the same as first, or even more flashy).
Humour was somewhat tolerable, but I couldn't get the point of Kuroh's and Shiro's clowning around early on. Like I said, I'd rather see less-flashy version of K.. but it's just my humble opinion.
What was spot on is the setting. City looks gorgeous, and I'm all about urban/action anime.
Well, not really, but it was really great choice. City feels alive, fresh, different sections of it were presented, but still school Shiro attends is incredible from visual point of view, as well as the atmosphere, and so.
I must praise the score of this show as well. Background music contributes to this anime remarkably.
Not every song is to die for, but even so, it's striking when it comes to action sequences, and pleasant when it comes to more introspective situations.
'Friendship' is by far, the best track featured in K. I have a sweet tooth for this kind of background music in anime. 'Suoh Mikoto', 'Shiro #1' 'K's theme ~piano version~', 'Kushina Anna', 'At SKool 1', 'TosuKA Tatara' - these are more prominent examples of the general audio vibes of this show.
Audio aspect of K is actually it's biggest upside.
Visual presentation is rather pleasing - being very colorful, fresh, sharp and electric. Especially backgrounds, which can be quite stunning.
One thing I noticed is that action or strictly fighting scenes, are not as energetic and fast-paced as you'd assume. There's nothing wrong with them.. but to be fair, they're uninspired, Suoh's just setting everything on fire, and sometimes they even relied on still picture being shaken in a familar to any anime viewer manner, to create an illusion off action, rather than actually showing it.
I didn't saw it as a disadvantage, but if you're into fast-paced action/fighting scenes.. K may be seen as dissapointing.
I wanted to post my few thoughts on K and I almost ended up writing a regular review..
K is one of those shows that do some things right and, at the same time, do some things wrong. I'd even say that more important aspects that make up the whole anime are lacking in some way or the other. Those minor things (presentation, music, setting), on the other hand managed to leave a positive impression on me.
Altogether, K is anime that might have been better. And because of the direction producers decided to follow, as well as some choices along the way when it comes to storyline in general, I'll remember K only as a pretty 'meh..' anime. Unfortunately.
Thing or two about K
I might as well jump right into the point.
K is... well.. meh.
Some potential for enjoyable action series was fairly involved.. or rather loused up, to be more precise.
For the most part it's all matter of subjective preference, it may even turn out that K was pretty pleasing, if we were to look at it from pure entertainment value perspective.
However.. few elements that add up to the whole experience lack in this or other fashion.
The most prominent shortcoming of this anime, for me, was.. the whole ending, basically.
I suppose, there's more to it, since K's story was firstly introduced (if I'm not thoroughly mistaken) in light novel's and manga (which tend to focus more on the background of the plot in terms of storyline as a whole compared to anime, which is somehow limited with defined number of episodes that can be aired during one season).
Whole setting, possible past events (history of each King, Kuroh's past, and.. everything actually) seems to have more to it than we were able to actualy experience, which is acceptable. Although, I had this returning feeling that viewer's were thrown into a certain moment in K's story timeline.
Is it a downside? From a certain standpoint, yes it is.
I'd rather see K being presented in more consistent manner. I dont's despise flashback narraton, I'm actually a enthusiast of it, as long as it's presented properly.
If K's plot, or rather chain of main event's that are of any significance to the setup of storyline were construed with more care, and possibly with more focus on background as well, K would be that much more likable.
The idea on which anime is built, alone, is formulaic and rather average - which doesn't mean that show, can't improve along the way. And to be fair, till a certain point, it does. I guess it was around 10-11 episode that K went downhill and never went back.
Ending was screwed up. Big time. Solution to main mystery, which caused all the uproar is even worse.
To go a little off-topic here.. I believe that this issue is something that preserves supernatural genre to truly "spread it's wings".
They have nice setup (not story-planning-wise.. but whatever), flashy characters, overall enjoyable artistic and musical design, and so many choices in regard to storyline (it's supernatual, after all), and somehow, they resolve the whole commotion with something so generic, and ordinary that it covers any positive aspects anime had in the first place. Many shows suffer the same weakness.
K is a gracious exaple of that.
I'd rather see K focus more on Kings and their clans trying to.. well actually, what IS their goal? Why was Suoh or any othe King blessed/cursed with this power? What's the origin of it? I could go on, for a long time. I guess, it's all a set-up for second season, but if K was less flashy and more.. collected and composed, I suppose I'd enjoy it much more.
Rivalry of clans, more tactically, and polytically oriented in this urban setting (which is a great choice by the way), more focus on clan members and their individual reasons would make it for me. Also, I'd add more sense and rationalisation behind it all (Suoh's actions were somewhat understandable.. but I'd like to see a wider picture).
To be more exact, K can still turn out to be interesting universum, but if I'll narrow my perspective, to only K consisting of those 13 episodes.. I can't say it was anything better than an average anime of same genre. The funny thing is that, I suppose, second season of K (if done well) can make me like the first one more (which is possible, but considering the prevailing trends in nowadays anime I guess the second season will be the same as first, or even more flashy).
Humour was somewhat tolerable, but I couldn't get the point of Kuroh's and Shiro's clowning around early on. Like I said, I'd rather see less-flashy version of K.. but it's just my humble opinion.
What was spot on is the setting. City looks gorgeous, and I'm all about urban/action anime.
Well, not really, but it was really great choice. City feels alive, fresh, different sections of it were presented, but still school Shiro attends is incredible from visual point of view, as well as the atmosphere, and so.
I must praise the score of this show as well. Background music contributes to this anime remarkably.
Not every song is to die for, but even so, it's striking when it comes to action sequences, and pleasant when it comes to more introspective situations.
'Friendship' is by far, the best track featured in K. I have a sweet tooth for this kind of background music in anime. 'Suoh Mikoto', 'Shiro #1' 'K's theme ~piano version~', 'Kushina Anna', 'At SKool 1', 'TosuKA Tatara' - these are more prominent examples of the general audio vibes of this show.
Audio aspect of K is actually it's biggest upside.
Visual presentation is rather pleasing - being very colorful, fresh, sharp and electric. Especially backgrounds, which can be quite stunning.
One thing I noticed is that action or strictly fighting scenes, are not as energetic and fast-paced as you'd assume. There's nothing wrong with them.. but to be fair, they're uninspired, Suoh's just setting everything on fire, and sometimes they even relied on still picture being shaken in a familar to any anime viewer manner, to create an illusion off action, rather than actually showing it.
I didn't saw it as a disadvantage, but if you're into fast-paced action/fighting scenes.. K may be seen as dissapointing.
I wanted to post my few thoughts on K and I almost ended up writing a regular review..
K is one of those shows that do some things right and, at the same time, do some things wrong. I'd even say that more important aspects that make up the whole anime are lacking in some way or the other. Those minor things (presentation, music, setting), on the other hand managed to leave a positive impression on me.
Altogether, K is anime that might have been better. And because of the direction producers decided to follow, as well as some choices along the way when it comes to storyline in general, I'll remember K only as a pretty 'meh..' anime. Unfortunately.
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