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The series has an official HighSchoolAU, ''Gakuen K''. A manga and a UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable OtomeGame set in this universe, called ''Gakuen K ~Wonderful School Days~'' have been released. The game was ported to UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita in December 2015. It features an original protagonist called Saya Konohana.

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The series has an official HighSchoolAU, ''Gakuen K''. A manga and a UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable Platform/PlayStationPortable OtomeGame set in this universe, called ''Gakuen K ~Wonderful School Days~'' have been released. The game was ported to UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita Platform/PlayStationVita in December 2015. It features an original protagonist called Saya Konohana.
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* {{Magitek}}: In ''Anime/KMissingKings'' and ''K: Return of Kings'', it's shown that the Green King and others from the topmost ranks of the Green Clan have created a [[spoiler:smartphone app that they use to recruit huge amounts of new members (such as Douhan Hirasaka) into the lowest ranks of their clan, and to delegate small amounts of superpowers[[note]]from the Dresden Slate[[/note]] to those new recruits, and to send those new recruits on possibly-dangerous "missions"[[note]]which are meant to achieve certain goals for the benefit of those at the top of the Green Clan, and which the lower-ranked members most often don't know the true purpose of[[/note]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_as_play in exchange]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamification for "points"]] which the new recruit can eventually redeem for a reward: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience_point "levelling up" (i.e. promotion)]] to the next-highest rank of the Green Clan, which [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_video_game_terms#U unlocks]] more superpowers for the new recruit to use. As a consequence of this, the Green Clan's leadership barely even knows who those new recruits even are, let alone having ever met them in person, and has '''no hesitation whatsoever''' in treating said new recruits as mere foot soldiers and/or cannon fodder... something that Douhan Hirasaka found out the hard way in the first episode of ''K: Missing Kings''[[note]]when she almost got killed as "friendly fire / collateral damage" by the Green King's bomb attack, which was aimed at the Silver King's friends/allies[[/note]]. By contrast, the Red, Blue, and Silver Kings generally admit far fewer members into their own clans, and consequently care much more about their own clan members' personal well-being, and overall tend to have close personal relationships with said clan members.]][[note]]This whole thing pretty much reads like an {{allegory}} and social-commentary about certain businesses -- e.g. ones that were founded only a few years before the show was made, such as Airbnb, Postmates and Doordash, Uber and Lyft, swipejobs, etc. -- that use custom smartphone apps to interact with "independent contractors" working for them, in what has become known as the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing crowdsourcing]]"-style of business model... '''including''' an implicit statement that said businesses tend to mercilessly exploit their "independent contractors" for the benefit of the people way up in those businesses' C-Suites![[/note]]
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: A few instances:
** Munakata's first name - "Reisi" or "Reishi"?
** Kuroh's name - "Kurou" or "Kuroh"?
** HOMRA's romanization - "HOMRA", "Homura" or "Howling Flame"?
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* EveryoneIsASuper: In ''K: Return of Kings'', this is the stated end goal of [[spoiler:the Green King. The show concludes with the Silver King, who ultimately decides that '''no one''' should be a super, preventing the Green King from achieving that goal.]]
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Written by [=GoRA=], a team consisting of seven LightNovel authors, ''[[OneLetterTitle K]]'' is an original anime that premiered on October 4, 2012 by Creator/GoHands. The anime gained some notice by revealing almost no details about its plot, setting, or genre in promotional materials. It was quickly picked up by both Creator/{{Animax}} Asia and Creator/VIZMedia for simulcasting. A [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-27/k-anime-gets-sequel-green-lit sequel]] was announced when the last episode aired. In May 2013, the [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-26/k-anime-movie-adaptation-green-lit sequel was confirmed]] to be a [[TheMovie movie adaptation]], ''Anime/KMissingKings'', that was released in July 2014. A second season, K: Return of Kings, aired in Fall 2015.

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Written by [=GoRA=], a team consisting of seven LightNovel authors, ''[[OneLetterTitle K]]'' is an original anime that premiered on October 4, 2012 by Creator/GoHands.Creator/{{GoHands}}. The anime gained some notice by revealing almost no details about its plot, setting, or genre in promotional materials. It was quickly picked up by both Creator/{{Animax}} Asia and Creator/VIZMedia for simulcasting. A [[http://www.[[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-27/k-anime-gets-sequel-green-lit sequel]] was announced when the last episode aired. In May 2013, the [[http://www.[[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-26/k-anime-movie-adaptation-green-lit sequel was confirmed]] to be a [[TheMovie movie adaptation]], ''Anime/KMissingKings'', that was released in July 2014. A second season, K: ''K: Return of Kings, Kings'', aired in Fall 2015.

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The Kings are the strongest fighters in their respective clans.


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* RankScalesWithAsskicking: The Kings are the strongest fighters in their respective clans.

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* DressCodedForYourConvenience: The HOMRA members dress in various kinds of urban casual-wear while the SCEPTER 4 members dress in standardized blue uniforms.

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The HOMRA members dress in various kinds of urban casual-wear while the SCEPTER 4 members dress in standardized blue uniforms.



---->'''Izumo''' ''(completely in English)'': This is the guy we are... looking for. See? Look at the gun he has - it's from your place. Don't you know anything about it? ''(smirk)'' Relax... and take your time to remember.

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---->'''Izumo''' --->'''Izumo''' ''(completely in English)'': This is the guy we are... looking for. See? Look at the gun he has - it's from your place. Don't you know anything about it? ''(smirk)'' Relax... and take your time to remember.



---->'''Man''' ''(English)'': Are you little brats from Homura?!

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---->'''Man''' --->'''Man''' ''(English)'': Are you little brats from Homura?!



--> '''Kuroh''': (slurps tea) Alright, time to kill you.

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--> ---> '''Kuroh''': (slurps tea) Alright, time to kill you.



--->'''Shiro:''' My name is Isana. Yashiro Isana.

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--->'''Shiro:''' -->'''Shiro:''' My name is Isana. Yashiro Isana.



* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Shiro is Adolf K. Weissman, having lost his memories because of the Colorless King.]]

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[[spoiler:Shiro is Adolf K. Weissman, having lost his memories because of the Colorless King.]]



* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Both Kuroh and Neko express hope that Shiro might still be alive and are last shown running off somewhere while hiding themselves in illusory animal forms.]]

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* ShoutOut: In episode 3 when Kusanagi's bar gets hurt, his reflection in the falling glass is in TheScream pose.

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Written by [=GoRA=], a team consisting of seven LightNovel authors, ''[[OneLetterTitle K]]'' is an original Fall2012Anime that premiered on October 4, by Creator/GoHands. The anime gained some notice by revealing almost no details about its plot, setting, or genre in promotional materials. It was quickly picked up by both Creator/{{Animax}} Asia and Creator/VIZMedia for simulcasting. A [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-27/k-anime-gets-sequel-green-lit sequel]] was announced when the last episode aired. In May 2013, the [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-26/k-anime-movie-adaptation-green-lit sequel was confirmed]] to be a [[TheMovie movie adaptation]], ''Anime/KMissingKings'', that was released in July 2014. A second season, K: Return of Kings, aired in Fall 2015.

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Written by [=GoRA=], a team consisting of seven LightNovel authors, ''[[OneLetterTitle K]]'' is an original Fall2012Anime anime that premiered on October 4, 2012 by Creator/GoHands. The anime gained some notice by revealing almost no details about its plot, setting, or genre in promotional materials. It was quickly picked up by both Creator/{{Animax}} Asia and Creator/VIZMedia for simulcasting. A [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-27/k-anime-gets-sequel-green-lit sequel]] was announced when the last episode aired. In May 2013, the [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-26/k-anime-movie-adaptation-green-lit sequel was confirmed]] to be a [[TheMovie movie adaptation]], ''Anime/KMissingKings'', that was released in July 2014. A second season, K: Return of Kings, aired in Fall 2015.
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* IllGirl: Yashiro's little sister. [[InventedIndividual Whom he made up]] to garner sympathy from someone trying to kill him.

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** And then there's Kukuri, who for the most part only exists to provide panty shots or be entirely irrelevant (seriously, for the first 10 episodes, her sole purpose is foreshadowing). And when she does become relevant to the story, in the last three episodes of Season 1, they shoehorn as many panty shots into her scenes as they possibly can, [[{{Narm}} and it just becomes ridiculous]].

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** And then there's Kukuri, who for the most part only exists to provide panty shots {{panty shot}}s or be entirely irrelevant (seriously, for the first 10 episodes, her sole purpose is foreshadowing). And when she does become relevant to the story, in the last three episodes of Season 1, they shoehorn as many panty shots into her scenes as they possibly can, [[{{Narm}} and it just becomes ridiculous]].

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** And then there's Kukuri, who for the most part only exists to provide [[PantyShot panty shots]] or be entirely irrelevant (seriously, for the first 10 episodes, her sole purpose is foreshadowing). And when she does become relevant to the story, in the last three episodes of Season 1, they shoehorn as many panty shots into her scenes as they possibly can, [[{{Narm}} and it just becomes ridiculous]].

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** And then there's Kukuri, who for the most part only exists to provide [[PantyShot panty shots]] shots or be entirely irrelevant (seriously, for the first 10 episodes, her sole purpose is foreshadowing). And when she does become relevant to the story, in the last three episodes of Season 1, they shoehorn as many panty shots into her scenes as they possibly can, [[{{Narm}} and it just becomes ridiculous]].



* PantyShot: An incredibly JustForFun/{{egregious}} one happens at the end of Episode 5 to Kukuri when Yata talks to her. They happen again to Kukuri in the last episodes as well. Happens in S2 to Neko during episode 5 and several times to Awashima.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Among the main characters, Yashiro, Anna, Sukuna and Adolf K. Weismann all have white/silver hair while Neko has pink hair. A few minor characters have some odd hair colors as well, such as SCEPTER 4 members who have blue hair and a female high school student and later Hisui Nagare who has dark green hair.

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* ArtifactOfPower: The source of all the Kings' powers is revealed to be a mysterious object known as the Dresden Slate, which is an ancient-looking tablet with inscriptions on it. How it chooses Kings is unknown, except once it does pick someone, the chosen person (or animal) has a customized Sword of Damocles that literally hangs overhead whenever they activate their powers and is called a Sword Aura.



* PowerSource: The source of all the Kings' powers is revealed to be a mysterious object known as the Dresden Slate, which is an ancient-looking tablet with inscriptions on it. How it chooses Kings is unknown, except once it does pick someone, the chosen person (or animal) has a customized Sword of Damocles that literally hangs overhead whenever they activate their powers and is called a Sword Aura.
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A new anime project has been greenlit, called ''K Seven Stories'', announced on 4/30/2016. It is a series of 6 films that will screen in Japanese cinemas each month from July to December 2018. The first 5 films will adapt various light novels and manga with the 6th film being an original story. Each film is also accompanied by shorts based on the ''Idol K'' parody manga.

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A new anime project has been greenlit, called ''K Seven Stories'', announced on 4/30/2016. It Stories'' is a series of 6 six short films that will screen that screened in Japanese cinemas each month from July to December 2018. The first 5 films will adapt adapted various light novels and manga with the 6th film being an original story. Each film is also accompanied by shorts based on the ''Idol K'' parody manga.
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TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, following a slightly AlternateHistory, Japan has become a technologically advanced land and one of the world's most flourishing countries due to the power of the Kings. These seven individuals are chosen for their abilities to embody the natural forces of the world, and they have the ability to grant powers to their followers, who form their "clans". Two powerful sides - the Red Clan, HOMRA, and the Blue Clan, Scepter 4, have been at odds, and their conflict comes to a head due to the murder of Red Clansman Tatara Totsuka at the hands of a culprit claiming to be the Colorless King.

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TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, following a slightly AlternateHistory, Japan has become a technologically advanced land and one of the world's most flourishing prosperous countries due to the power of the Kings. These seven individuals are chosen for their abilities to embody the natural forces of the world, and they have the ability to grant powers to their followers, who form their "clans". Two powerful sides - the Red Clan, HOMRA, and the Blue Clan, Scepter 4, have been at odds, and their conflict comes to a head due to the murder of Red Clansman Tatara Totsuka at the hands of a culprit claiming to be the Colorless King.

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