I started watching K knowing nothing about it. I usually look up background info before starting up an anime, because I really don't like following the 3 episode rule. So this time I if ignored my past ways, and dove right into K! And I'm sure glad I did.
Story: 8
K starts with your typical white haired boy named Shiro. He's well liked by everyone at school. Life for Shiro is peaceful, until he is attacked and chased by these guys while he was out for a school errand. Running away, he accidentally gets cornered, and when all seems doomed, you have the black haired boy, Kuroh dash in from of the sky to save Shiro. What seemed like a rescue turned out to be Shiro's turn of luck because now he's being targeted by these enemy groups called HOMRA- the Red Clan Scepter 4- the Blue Clan, as well as the boy Kuroh, for having murdered one of their so called Kings and a member of their group?!?!?!
Characters: 8
I shouldn't even be giving them an 8 by the sole fact that there was 0 character development. But, I'm not since I thoroughly enjoyed the little hints that were thrown here and there and because I quickly grew to like the characters and even have favorites. One could quickly note from the little that was revealed, how the character's personalities were. Although the characters didn't get any background exposure, you can read that stuff in the novels. To my knowledge, they have been translated in English by fans. You can easily find them if you google around.
Art: 9
Oh man. The hype the anime got for the art is pretty spot on. The characters which you can easily see on the promo posters, are made really nicely. it doesn't stop there though. The expressions and movements they make are highly detailed. The first 2 episodes were brilliantly made. The scene were Yasu is riding his skateboard through the city, and the action filled scenes, showed the true wonders of how cgi should be in anime. These scenes had me awed in amazement. People keep bashing that the team focused too much on the visual concept instead of the story, but that's just wrong. The visual concept is PART of the story. K wouldn't be what it is if it wasn't like this. The colors are a major aspect that set off the ongoing and non drifting mood that is recurring throughout the anime.
Overall: 8
The anime only has 13 episodes, which I think is good since animes that drag on (especially with useless filler episodes) are annoying. But for some reason, this seemed to be the major issue to others. Some think it was rushed and badly made, but I actually found this anime really enjoyable since I watched it all one sitting, and was at the edge of my seat at that. I love and find the the whole concept of clans and kings to be really original. The twist and turn of events got to me and left me craving for more, which is why this anime instantly turned into a favorite to me.
