K

Isana Yashiro finds himself a target for various people when he was mistakenly identified the murderer of Totsuka Tatara, a member of the group Homra. Apparently a video evidence shows Yashiro talking to Totsuka moments before the latter's death. Soon enough Ashinaka High School becomes a battle stage for the people after Yashiro and a power struggle among clans. 

Yashiro insists that he is not the man in the video but he had difficulty proving that even to the Black Hound Yatagami Kuroh who is hunting down the next Colorless King. However, Yashiro and Kuroh later form a team with Neko to escape the pursuers.

From left: Yatagami Kuroh, Isana Yashiro and Neko

Set in the futuristic Shizume City, this 13-episode series follows moments of Yashiro's life after the accusation and the different stories of the clans led by kings who are designated seven colors. These clans have members with psychic powers, the strongest are called kings. The rich animation shows the fight scenes of powerful clan members using various modes of fighting. The series is also full of diverse characters and has an interesting history of the struggle of the kings of different colors.

Homra

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Besides the animation and fight scenes, there is not much to look forward to in the series. There is a lot of emphasis on the background story and too many characters to take note of that there is a tendency to drown the viewers in too much information. A little mystery is good but there's just too many things to remember in so short a series. The pace is slow as well for a series that could have been interesting if done well.

Some viewers might not like Neko because she's running around naked most of the time. Other than that, the rest of the characters are not too bad especially after watching them fight.  Most are interesting at first glance but forgettable.

K has great animation, a promising story and yet it did not turn out as well as I expected. The story seemed weak after a couple of episodes and some characters are easy to forget. I do not even remember most of what happened in the series after I was done.

Rating: 6 out of 10