K: Return of Kings

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 make things right, because of the chaos being cause by them greens better known as JUNGLE (Welcome to the JUNGLE) , just as the first king returns, he has to set things right by destroying the cause of the kings squabbles in the first place and 'Yes" it was the slates, and this sequel basically gives this series whether in the anime or the manga (Btw I'm yet to go over with ) a good ending. Art (up) Ok, so far when it comes to art, IMAO, this anime still has to rely on the fanservice,between Neko and Seri, though, I kinda hate the flashy fashion of Shiro , Anna, Kuro, SCEPTER 4 guys and them JUNGLE big shot, what kept me from givinh this category a lower score was because of Neko and Seri's fanserves and the simplicity of them HOMRA's casual attire. BTW Both Shiro and Kuro look like a couple of pimps and Neko and Seri look like a couple of whores. Sound (up) The score was for the background theme being played during the action scene, of cousre I also like the seiyu who did Seri's voice, but for Anna to be voice by Yui Horie was just too unfitting since Yui Horie is already in her 30's to even be voicing Anna, it should have done by Bridcutt, Sarah Emi, since she has that childish voice. Character (up) Since this is a sequel, it wouldn't be fair to make any additional discussion about them, since they're the same ones from the previous season and the OVA before this was aired, so the ones to be discuss here are them JUNGLE guys, now here's the thing, IMO they're just the quintessential antagonist, and it's nice that only the Grey king and the head Jungle king has to die, and that's that. Enjoyment (up) Well, I thought that this is gonna be another good versus bad thingy, but with some fanservice and the sequel having a good plot it was all "Good to say the least, especially when we're made to think that somebody from the Blues have turned its coat only for us to discover that it was all the big man's idea, also the ending was nice since it was a happy ending when we see Shirio becoming a grown up Wisemann. Overall (up) It was a very good ending to the sequel, so season 3????? Maybe, but I'm not counting on it, cu'a it may violate as to how things have ended already. Feliz Navidad, amigos.

**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 nomajor 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 it. I hope that this season doesn't have a disappointing finale, since the first season of K had an excellent finale, and as predictable as the show can be at times, it's thoroughly entertaining and I definitely feel like it's one of the best this year. Okay, so the ending did not disappoint, I appreciated that it was left on a cliff hanger kind of and I appreciate that a lot of loose ends from the past season were tied up. I don't feel like this anime really NEEDS a third season, because everything has already been tied up with a nice neat bow already. I didn't get the type of ending I wanted, but I'm not disappointed with what we did get either. It's a nice ending. It was built up climatically, and I would've been happier with a darker ending, but the one that we got was nice. That's really all I can describe the end of the show as, "Nice." The soundtrack is also mind blowing, the soundtrack is actually one of the things that draw you into the show, as it compliments the colour pallet and spectacular animation and action scenes that the anime gives you in pretty much every episode. I give this show a solid 10/10 so far, I may downgrade the review depending on what happens in the finale though as I definitely feel like a bad finale can let down an entire show. Hopefully it's good!

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 whileadding 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 succeed the 30% of it. For about 8 episodes K: Return of Kings brings us an endless "information dump". The blank paper is filled, they fill it with many chit-chat and useless scenes and they just did the same mistakes once again. As the plot drive slowly, K Return of Kings really just wasting the time it has. The story can be described as 'disoriented' and didn't have a clear direction, it just floating in the air with unclear reasons. As we expected, K strongest power is in the budget. The animation grows very colorful and beautiful. The town settings and the battle scenes are well produced. The character designs have hundreds of bishounen waiting for the fangirl to scream. To adding that, we have some useless fanservice scenes using boobs and many other round things to maintain the enjoyment of the fanboy. Well, those things remind me, "What if K animation similar like Ping Pong?", fortunately, the reality is not like that. Sound settings are okay, the new Opening & Ending Song are not too bad either. The background music was still great like its prequel. Voice actors did a great thing in doing their job. Another disappointment we have is there is no in-depth character development. They throw many flashbacks in this little amount of episodes but useless flashbacks indeed (especially the first 8 minutes of episode 1). The main character possibly didn't do as the main character, they just fleshed out by supporting characters, their role was actually minimum in this series. The green king's motive was relatively poor and slightly typical and we have the gray king in return. The problem is they unloaded a number of characters with not the right balance and I should say this "None of the clansmen has a particular role in anything...", they just as useless as ever and just filled the vacancy of the episodes. It's just so blank, useless, and ridiculous. The useless scenes that occur in the first six episode really bring a bad effect to the enjoyment itself. Actually, the battle scenes are pretty cool and colorful. But it got such an unexpected downfall especially for the story section and character section.

Mod Edit: Review may contain spoilers. -- 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 about a series with 7 kings and their vassals so they have to be OP from the start because there are only 13 episodes and the 1 hour long insert movie so some things need to already be understood about the story line. Lengthy character development should be left for series exceeding more than 20 episodes. There just isn't enough time to explain every single little detail in a shorter series. *edit* So with the series wrapping up it's final episode I have to say I enjoyed it very much. For those of you that haven't watched it yet but are interested in doing so, you should know that K is part of a larger project so get the full experience watching the Missing Kings movie is a must. Even though the movie is a year older than Return of Kings it's not a fucking prequel but an insert for Return of Kings. I recommend watching the movie after the first episode of Return of Kings. Then the second episode as it was probably intended. For whatever reason it was produced this way, the movie takes place after the first episode and before the second of Return of Kings. Explaining most of the gaps in the story between eps. 1 and 2. Also there are a few manga that go with the events of the entire K project. "K - Countdown" is a must read it takes place after the events in the movie and contains the information and character viewpoints after Mikoto's death. (8 chapters) "K - Stray Dog Story" - Kuro's story (5 chapters) "K - Days of Blue" - Scepter 4's story (10 chapters) "K - Memory of Red" Homra's story (15 chapters) "K - The First" Shiro and the Gold Kings story (16 chapters) I highly recommend watching this anime it's so good. So far 9/10 overall from me. Thank you for reading! Enjoy the show! ^_^

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