During the break, I managed to squeeze in some time for a short anime called K-Project, which is 13 episodes long.
The one thing that really captured my eye in this one was the great animation. The storyline looked so damn interesting that I couldn't put it off after I started. Character design is great and I like the concept. Overall, it's a great anime that I would suggest to anyone who has a thing for mysterious psychological thrillers with supernaturals interwoven with the plot.
Honestly, the first episode totally masks the actual plotline of the story, which is great for a mystery. Another thing, this anime is one of those mysteries that are made out of pure crap. The storyline is NOT very predictable and turns out quite differently than one would be led to believe.
Now to begin...
Firstly...
HOLY CRAP THE AMOUNT OF PASSIVE BROMANCE IN THIS ANIME IS BEYOND ALL LEVELS OF COMPREHENSION.
... Anyway, to start, we'll look at plot and setting.
The entire anime takes place in a high-tech Shizume City, which functions regularly like any other modern city. Other than the fact that there are a bunch of "clans" (functions sort of like gangs) who fight every other second over little nit-picky emotional things.
There are 8 clans in total, I believe, but during the anime, only 4 of them are present.
Some of these clans are not clans at all, and are only made of a singular person. Those people are referred to as "kings."
The four clans that play their part in the plot accordingly are:
1. HOT-HEADED RED CLAN
2. COOL-HEADED BLUE CLAN
3. ALL-POWERFUL SILVER KING
4. CORRUPTED COLOURLESS KING
Each of these groups portray their unique sets of personalities and, well, is pretty fucking awesome. I mean, the colourless king is pretty screwed up in the head, but you gotta admit, he's pretty awesome.
The plot goes something like this (with trying to avoid spoilers):
ablondeguywhowasbestfriendswiththeredclangotkilledthentheredclangotreallyhotheadedandpissedoffthentheytotallyragedbecausetheyfoundavideoonacameratapethathadthefaceoftheguywhokilledhimanddecidedtodedicatetherestoftheirlivestofindingthispersonwhokilledhim.
blueclanwhoisalwayspissedwithredclangetspissednonethelessandstartstellingthemtobackoffbecauseeveryonethinksthatthekilleristhecolourlesskingwhotheythinkisevilandhencemustbekilled
butredclanistoopissedofftolistentoblueclanandeachofthembattleitup
meanwhileanekogirlwhoisprettymuchonlyinthestorylinetofuckuptheatmosphereandprovidetheviewerwithextremefanserviceofwhichifoundextremelyawkwardisobsessingoverthemaincharacterandabrokenricebowl
Themaincharacteriscompletelyoblivioustoeverythingthathasbeenhappeninguntilhepassesoutfromshockofafoxthinggoingintohiseyeandstartsglowinglikealightbulboutofsheerfabulousness
afterwardsheramblesingermaninaveryyoungmanlyvoice
thenhegoestofuckshitupbyusinghislevetationpowersandneko'sabilitytoscrewupwithpeople'sperceptions
heeatstheevilcolourlesskingandthenproceedstogetkilledbytheredclankingonpurposeandafterwardsthesameiswiththeredclanking
andtheneveryoneislikeholyshitiknewthisguyhewas...waitwhowasheagain?
... If you honestly read all of that, I am thoroughly impressed with your level of patience.
So, some of the main characters...
First up is Isana "Shiro" Yashiro, who is a paradoxal character, because Isana Yashiro is not Isana Yashiro at all.
I don't want to bring about any major spoilers but, during the plot development, he discovers that the life he lives is a lie. From there, shit get real.
But, away from plot and back to character, Yashiro is a kind-hearted friendly high school boy, the protagonistm, who seems to be close to everyone. Once again, the idea of a paradox comes back because, right from the first episode, his relationships with everyone is questioned as "Everyone seems to like him, but he doesn't really hang out with anyone in particular."
Okay, so I wont go any further with his chcracter development, but I'll just say that a fanservice cat girl, Neko, is completely obsessed with him, which obviously makes up for some very awkward scenes.......
Oh and, glowing scene to the right. Don't bother clicking it unless you wanna be spoiled.
Moving on to Yatogami Kuroh
Kuroh Yatogami is known as the infamous "black dog" or kuro inu.
He's pretty much what he looks like:
a cool-headed, long-haired bishie who wields a katana.
He also possesses a type of invisible force through his hands that makes him able to attack from far distances. Confusing, but you'll get it when you watch the anime.
He was out to hunt the colourless king and was going to kill Yashiro on site, but, out of sheer jokes, Yashiro escapes. Eventually, Kuroh learns that Shiro isn't the evil force he was ordered to kill and teams up with him.
He constantly declares that his former king, whom he served was Ichigen-sama. Kuroh is overly obsessed with his deceased master, who sent him out on this quest.
He carries around this voice-recorder thingy, which has messages of Ichigen on it.
Kuroh fangirls over this machine, and upon showing it to Shiro and Neko for the first time, i was like; .... this is not kuroh. what the hell have you done with him. (Kuroh's reaction to the right)
I'm too lazy to explain Neko for many reasons, one of which is because I've already explained some of her personality above.
She has two forms, one is an actual cat and the other is a gijinka, a human adaptation of an animal.
I'll just present a couple pictures.
Cat form
Human form
And those are the three main characters.
Another thing about this anime is the relationships.
Friendship.
Betrayal.
Bromance.
Hatred.
Trust.
It's got all the good stuff, so I suggest you go and watch it right at this instant.
As for a rant on the relationships themselves, I'll have to save for a different post some other time.
I've already made this too long.
DON'T DIE OF SUICIDAL BOREDOM, RANDOM VIEWER!!
So yeah, that's K-Project for you in a cinch.
... A rather long cinch.
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