Review of K
People complain about not knowing stuff when reviewing this anime, but i say STOP. This anime is more in depth than they'd like to admit, even characters. Before watching the series, i'd recommend watching K seven stories, movies 1-5, not 6 as spoilers for the end. 1-5 will help you understand the characters a little more, but you can watch confidently without watching it. People complain about a weak story, when the only difference is the story is personal to the characters than to the audience. What i am trying to say is, it's not about the world, or some OP villain. The plot is centredsimply around the characters, their feelings, emotions. The plot centres them, and they did it very well. Then comes characters, most people say they are shallow and under developed. However, lets take Mikoto, red king. He is quiet and seems cold heated. People will look at him and say "he's shallow". i disagree completely. That man is more human than many characters in anime. Take a deep look in his personality, when you're close to him he seems a little cold, yet from an outside view he looks caring. He deeply cares about his clansmen, showing compassion to them. Furthermore the man is showing an insane, yet calm attitude, balanced with a layed back persona. I may not have explained it well, but take a look at him and you'll see how human he really is. You can clearly see the connection he has with the people around him, and the comfort he has given to the people of HOMRA.
Even fight scenes, they look fluid and are engaging. I can't remember any fights where they copied and pasted the same animation to save budget, the movements, attacks are very well animated. The art style is exceptionally well done.
The sword of damocles isn't very well explained in the anime, but take one look at how it is represented and what's said and you'll understand immediately. It doesn't take much effort, because all you need to know is that if it starts to crack, and crumble the king is going to die soon. That is all, it is very relevant to the entire story of K and simple enough to understand. The very definition of Damocles means that at any given moment, something bad could happen to them. The name gives away what it represents, and the blades condition represents how close they are to it.
Their powers are simple enough to understand if you watch the anime. Just pay attention and you'll understand where it came from.
My final thoughts, ignore the haters that payed no attention to it, i'd recommend watching K seven stories, K, K missing kings and K return of kings and you'll have a very good time