Review of Absolute Duo

I'll just get straight into it. Story: It's a very cut and dry, 'Done again' type of story. Main character lost someone, and so he continues to grow stronger so he will not lose anyone else. Is the plot okay? Yeah whatever I'm fine with the story. It's the way they executed it that is so poor. You are always left with more questions than answers. Just what exactly is an absolute duo? What kind of power does it instill? What is the deal with the main characters past? And what about Julie's past? Where did the mech suit men even COME from? Too many loose endsare never tied.

Art:
I have no complaints with the art. If anything, it was this anime's saving grace that kept me watching till the very end. It could be just a bit smoother, but I can easily look past that.

Sound:
Ah, sound. This is my main problem with the anime. Music and voices aside, it's fine. But when it comes down to an action anime, special effects need to have some type of impact behind them. Absolute duo? It took it's impact and stuffed it into a fucking doll. There is no sense of anything. At all. All the explosions seemed like puffs of air. These characters took MANY long charged heavy blows, yet when it connected it sounded like someone just lightly tapped a damn fruit. What rattled me the most was so many objects hit the ground. ESPECIALLY the weapons. The animation would show marvelous cracks into the floor and dirt and gravel and dust rising up, clouding the area, yet when you hear it... it's just incredibly dissatisfying. It made watching any type of physical scene extremely difficult. There were so many time where if it just actually sounded like what it was supposed to be, the scene would be fantastic. This anime really dropped the ball on sound.

Character:
Characters are very meh. Copy and paste typical anime characters that you'd see in everything. We got the abused main boy, the tsundere who never listens, the non-caring and fairly out of it girl, the shy un-confident girl, typical harem stuff. There was no real character development at all. Unless you count Juile and Miyabi going on a rampage, only to snap out of it and be THE EXACT SAME WAY AS BEFORE, then, yeah.

Enjoyment:
Honestly, I didn't have any enjoyment. I was either very neutral, or I didn't like some parts. The thought I had most in my head was "It's 12 episodes, lets hurry up and finish this so I can be done with it." Or something along those lines. That is never a thought any anime should make you think.

Overall:
If you're actually looking for ANIME? Don't watch it.