K: Missing Kings Movie

*Warning Spoilers Below*

I hope i'm not wrong in expecting a lot from this movie after watching season one. 

Before Munakata is a gigantic Damocles. Scepter 4 receives an emergency alert about the Gold tower being under attack. A green light flashes across Munakata's glasses... Could it be that this is the unveiling of the Green King? While Scepter 4 has the outside of the building locked down, there is an assailant inside who cuts down a group of Gold clansmen in an instant. There's a lot of green colored themes already but this guy doesn't have green hair. 

After more cutting, he arrives at his goal, the slate that gives the Kings their auras. Wtf. Was that Mikoto Suoh? Yata is seen traveling on his skateboard. Neko and Kuroh meet up with Kukuri at a cafe. Through their dialogue, we gather that it's been a year after the events of K Project season one. Since then, the school has been restored barring the clock tower and a crater. Kuroh and Neko split off to chase after Anna. There appears to be another assassin aiming for Anna. Kuroh can immediately see that the enemy is from Jungle, the Green Clan; before the attacker retreats, we're treated to a taste of his manipulation ability which is the Green clan's specialty. 

My jaw dropped in response to finding out who Anna's escort, Kamamoto Rikio was. Holy cow like that's a completely different character. I first thought it was Kusanagi. He explains that Mikoto's passing has made him lose his appetite. It turns out the reason the Jungle member was stalking Anna was because he wanted her to use her powers to locate Weissman, the Silver King. With an appalled reaction from Kuroh and Neko, they get their hopes up. However Anna hasn't been able to use her tracking powers as of late. Furthermore, we hear that Homra has basically disbanded. 

We cut to Yata back at Homra's bar, stuck in the past and watching old footage of his own birthday party held there. Damn son, dat ass doe. Seri calls Kusanagi who has been doing investigations in Germany following the incident. The Jungle member informs his partner (who we saw at the beginning of the film) of KuroNeko's reappearance. As KuroNeko travel with Anna and Rikio to shelter, they get intercepted by the Jungle clansman, Mishakuji Yukari. He and Kuroh know each other having served the late 7th King Ichigen together. Kuroh harbored hatred for this man for years due to the fact that Mishakuji pointed his blade at Ichigen once before. 

As they began their battle, Rikio attempts to escape with Anna. Unfortunately they were cut off by the masked Jungle assailant from before resulting in Anna being captured. Rikio makes his way back to the Homra bar to enlist the help of Yata, still feeling salty about Kusanagi's absence. With no one else to turn to, Yata calls Saruhiko for help. Alright, why is it that the sign above the bar says Homra, but clearly when Yata and Saruhiko pronounce it, it's the same as Homura the word? Shake my noggin. Anyways, Yata is begging with all he's his pride on the line and Saruhiko hangs up on him. After pre-raging and feeling hopeless for a bit, Yata receives a map from Saruhiko. One of the most ridiculous(ly hilarious) forms of comedic relief, is given here as Saruhiko reports to Munakata on his findings. 

As he speaks about the relationship between Miwa Ichigen and Jungle, then the manipulation ability of their higher tier members, Munakata shifts his entire focus on the similarities between their masked clansmen manipulating walls and the wonder of Ninjas. 

>>>Holy fucking shit, you can't make this stuff up. As I'm taking screenshots for this blog I get this notification from Gyazo<<<

Once he's got his head back on straight, Munakata decides to rescue Anna. Once again, the characters head to the gold tower where Jungle has taken control. Yata charges straight through the front door surprising everyone outside. As Kuroneko follow suit, they beat a ton of Jungle clansmen then move up and find a trapped Anna behind Mishakuji. It seems like the green parrot could be a strain like Neko. 

After the parrot dispels Neko's illusion, she is saved by Kusanagi. Meanwhile, Kuroh is fighting Mishakuji once again. As Yata also has trouble with his green ninja opponent, Kusanagi also makes his way up to assist him. Kusanagi whispers something into Anna's ear, which in turn initiates a dream sequence. She sees Tatara and Suoh who encourages her to accept and become the new King (Queen?) of Red. 

Once she does, she easily breaks her cage and summons a Damocles. At that time, every member of Homra gains a sense of what's going on through their emblem. Yata brims with confidence in this new powerful feeling, as he takes down the foe. A gigantic bird thing flies out of Anna. Not too sure what's going there. Kuroh resolves that he's not just a follower of Ichigen but Silver Clansman to Weissman. After the parrot confirmed Anna becoming the new Red King, it becomes a tool for communication between Mishakuji and Nagare Hisui, the Green King. As Mishakuji leaves, they leave a "gift" of Green lightning amassed by their power. 

Anna struggles with her Damocles to shield the group from it. Once her barrier broke, Munakata immediately forms another and saves them. When the Ninja jungle member tries to escape, she is cut off by Saruhiko. As Anna, Yata, and Kusanagi exit the gold building, Scepter 4 gives them a warm welcome ceremony for the new Red King. 

Since the Green King has his eye on Anna, Munakata offers the full cooperation of Scepter 4 to protect her. Back at Yashiro's dorm room, Kurneko and Kukuri look at the tracking marble gift Anna gave them. Inside of it, we see Weissman, alive and talking to a hospitalized Gold King Kokujoji on his blimp. It seems like this is a death talk where Kokujoji will die at the end of the conversation. Yep, that's exactly what it was. I think this is an allusion towards the return of Weissman back onto the grounds of humanity. 

The stage is set for Season 2 K: Return of Kings.

I wonder if this was like a theater movie or a TV special movie. Most of my time spent watching it was also wondering if this could've been done in 2-3 episodes so I'm guessing TV. All in all it was pretty good. Definitely a great way to set up the new season. In this method of laying bases for a continuation, they reminded everyone of the characters, already introduced new ones, and answered questions people had following last season. I very much prefer this way than how they taught characters in season 1. Onto Season 2!

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