Story:
The story behing K is...complicated, to say the least. The first setting (seven kings and so on) sounds great and gives you everything you want. An interesting setting, a little bit of mystery and just enough comedic scenes to really entertain you.
The problem is how the story evolved...without giving any spoilers, It just gets too complicated and too confusing. I liked the flashbacks and everything but if you need a flashback in every episode to explain your story, something is seriously wrong -__-
Art:
The art...*sigh*...the characters itself look great. I really loved the details and the powers and everything related to their powers (the swords of damocles or what it is called) BUT for everything else...the colours were often just blurry or not strong enough. Some scenes just burned your eyes with the light colours and yea, overall, I hated the colours schemes of the anime.
Sound:
While the story was okay, the art a mix between good and bad...well, the sound...the sound was just awful. In action scenes the music took away everything related to action which rioned the scenes and sometimes there was no sound at all which was just annoying. The only good sound parts were the sad and touching scenes...argh...seriously I'm getting angry just thinking about it...
Characters:
Like the setting -> just amazing! I loved the characters and the character design and they are probably the only reason I even finished the anime. The characters were great and I just wished some had a different story than they had...
So for enjoyment and the overall score, K is a good anime. If you tend to fall for the characters and just watch a show because of them, K is perfect for you. If you want a cleanly drawn anime or some really exciting action scenes, watch something else. If you want an interesting story with a little bit mystery, good choice with this.
I would recommend K if I knew the other person likes anime like this, otherwise no. But there is one light in the dark, the movie and the second season has better art and it seems like the sound is better too!!! So if you manage to watch this -> just continue, it gets better :D
