Review of Absolute Duo

To be honest, almost everything about Absolute Duo has already been said. But still I want to write my opinion, because I think some of the bad reviews are at least a little unfair. Yes, Absolute Duo uses many clichés. The story is quite generic, a Highschool harem fighting show. Tooru is the typical male MC that was too weak earlier, and now wants to become stronger to be able to protect everybody. And the personalities of the harem cast are as well quite generic. But there were a few things that made me like Absolute Duo more than my first impression. The most interesting thing for me was the fact thatthe female lead was not a Tsundere, but the more dandere and innocent Julie.
So, the interactions and dynamics between the main characters were quite different from what we usually see.
Everytime she said "Ja" or "Nej" (Swedish for Yes and No) with her quiet voice, it was just soo cute.
Tomoe, a tsundere-like character who is quite fixated on morality, often misinterprets situations between Tooru and Julie and acts the tsundere way, but she even honestly apologises after her misconceptions are cleared up.
Not to forget Tatsuno, or Barbarian-kun, a very tall and muscular student who never speaks a word for the entire show, but grunts like HUMM, MHMMM or stuff like that, accompanied by some bodybuilding poses instead.
And last but not least Deathneyland, a famous amusement park.

Yes there is some ecchi and fan service, most of it is standard, but some is even cute and sweet.

So I think Absolute Duo has some aspects to lift it above the vast amount of mediocre and boring standard shows.
It entertained me quite well, although it is certainly far from being outstanding.