Review of K

Where to begin with K: Project? As many of you already know, this anime has received a notable income of poor feedback, and it's share of rather fair reviews as well. However, I find a lot of these responses to be either biased or not written correctly, and I intend to give what I find to be a reasonable resolution to the actual quality of K. In short? I enjoyed it. Despite some easily forgivable flaws, K: Project wasn't actually a terrible process. In some areas it could definitely sharpen its blades of mastery, but regardless of what other reviews are claiming, K is not asbad as it seems. In fact, if you're into a story like this, I would even recommend it to people. It certainly is worth a look; and I would by no means say the quality of this anime is "shallow" or "poor".

In length? Let's begin.

Story: (8/10)

The plot of K isn't a completely unseen topic, as it has been touched upon by some other anime. Despite the unoriginal sequence of events, K: Project has decent storytelling and it isn't by any means "cliche;" hell, it could even be pleasant to watch. Some astonishing moments have hit me in the story, but it could be difficult or confusing to follow if you haven't got time to read the Wikis for extra information.

Some of the storytelling is rushed or delivered improperly; and some of the events flowed too quickly, leaving your head spinning if you don't rewatch a few moments of it. I'm not afraid to deny I have done my share of Wiki reading and revisiting old episodes to understand the plot, but I'm also just as happy to claim that it was never less enjoyable every time. In fact, understanding the plot could leave you enjoying the story more - but not everyone has time to read the Wikis like me.

Art: (10/10)

The art of K: Project - especially towards the beginning - is astonishing. K's quality of visuals allured me into the plot more, even if the latter is a bit slow in the beginning. Throughout K: Project, we were given the beautiful detail of Tokyo's streets through well-placed fisheye cameras that were absorbed in light, depth, and amazing style, as well as astounding shots of fire, ice, and electricity that the Clans in this anime used. In K, I never found myself dissatisfied with the well-polished touch-ups to glare, lighting, or use of tints, despite what others are saying.

In contrast, I have to mention slight animation failures towards the ending episodes where several characters' seem to have several ill-proportioned limbs or awkwardly big eyes, but the overall delivery of the style is more than enough to make up for this flaw. If the story alone doesn't entertain you, then the art should be plenty to let you watch this anime.

Sound: (9/10)

Regardless of other opinions I've seen on this, K: Project has given us memorable music quality, especially through multiple combat sequences and opening shots. In particular, I listen to many of these soundtracks to this day - and the impact of some of these still lingers there. The tracks were original, from what I've seen, and I haven't experienced anything close to the likes of some of these moments since I've been watching anime - and K: Project was the second anime I ever watched.

However, on the other hand, I have to rate this section as a "9" because more than just two of the tracks were boring, forgettable, and had no flowing rhythm. That being said, some of these soundtracks are so poor to the point I've forgotten some of them entirely. In adjustment to this, there were plenty of good songs to choose from.

In particular, the opening and ending songs were nothing special, in my taste, and they never change in the first season - and I did have to skip through the opening a few times to ignore this choice of music.

Character: (7/10)

I love K's characters, I really do - but this anime, for just 13 quick episodes and rather rushed plot, has such an overabundance on characters and side-characters that it took me over three times of watching this anime to even remember half of them. In specific, SCEPTER 4, which has many branches of military and command, have a certain section known as the "Swordsmen" that consist of up to 8 independent characters, and almost none of them had screen time or significant development.

On the other hand, the main characters - Yashiro, Kuroh, and Neko - were somewhat enjoyable as the story started, but none of them were talked about progressively throughout the story and little was known about Kuroh or Neko's childhood. Yashiro, on the other hand, was given an episode, I believe, to focus on his history, but this may be due to the plot significance of his story.

Less-important characters, primarily focusing on HOMRA's and SCEPTER 4's supporting cast, were scarcely touched upon at all, although multiple links of characters from both appeared to have some connection with each other. Yata Misaki and Fushimi Saruhiko are the two notable exceptions of this and despite that fact, they are still required to be read about on the wiki to even know where they originated.

Even less memorable characters - the school characters, respectively - are present through K: Project. To this day I don't remember what any of the schoolgirls' names are, and they're all rather transparent and cliche, and despite their forced roles in the story, aren't plot-critical and could have been left out altogether.

Enjoyment: (8/10)

K: Project, through it's visuals and enticing character design, was a formidable experience for me. I would rate it as an "8" here because I never found myself sitting through an uncomfortable or boring moment in this anime, although I have read speculations on this. If the characters are read about on other resources, a few exceptions are rather developed and interesting, and some characters like Fushimi Saruhiko, as I mentioned before, are relatable and layered.

The plot, despite the flaws, is entertaining to watch in co-existence with its well-placed music and unforgettable animation. K: Project was, in particular, enjoyable and humorous in some areas, and some of the moments could have been considered shady or mysterious.

Overall: (9/10)

Should you give K: Project a try? I would certainly hope so. While the story may be one of the worst things here, it also has other areas of expertise that make up for this. Action-packed areas will have you sitting on the edge of your seat, and some of the soundtracks will be in your memory undeniably. I would give this anime such a high rating because K is by no means a rushed or sloppy anime, and even if you don't like it after reading my thoughts on it, at least you could say you tried. Hell, even tell me what you thought of it if I inspired any of you border-edges to watch it.

I recommend you K: Project because it is a horribly underrated, uncredited anime that is definitely worth a look!