K: Seven Stories

K: Seven Stories (2018)

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


I'm probably not watching these in the right order, so it feels a bit piecemeal. Most of these episodes tell the backstories of the different kings and how their clans form. Towards the end, things get a little confusing trying to figure out what is real and what is part of a dream world. The very last episode is just the characters playing around and having fun pretending they are competing idol groups rather than deadly kings. Some characters are more interesting than others, but on a whole it's a bit hard to track all the different groups and what is actually going on.

K: Missing Kings

K: Missing Kings (2014)

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


Don't start with this one out of this series; you'll end up rather confused if you do. It does show first hand when a "king" wakes up and how the clansmen recognize that awakening, but the rest is a rather odd jumble of confusion. Sector 4 is portrayed as a type of police force at first, but then apparently serves the blue king who killed another king? They're trying to find the silver king, but get the new red king instead? Why is the silver king missing? Why was the other king killed and who was he? Why does it seem like there's a lot of history between some of these swordsmen, and yet also feels like they're talking in riddles? Definitely a series I think you need to start from the beginning to have any hope of unraveling. Otherwise it's interesting in an observing something different with decent art sort of way, but difficult to appreciate any real storyline.