Review of Absolute Duo

I hate bashing anime I really do but when push comes to shove you just gotta do what you gotta do when it comes to saving the viewers. Absolute Duo is, for lack of better terms, underwhelming and painful to watch. I'm not entirely sure what was going on through the producers' heads when they made this anime but Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt was a better anime and the producers were drunk when they came up with that idea so I sure as hell hope that the producers of Absolute Duo weren't sober and maybe then I'll forgive them. STORY 3/10 What story? This anime just takesa bunch of overused ideas and slaps them all into a blender, add a little bit of harem cause why not and a 'story' is born. It's a revenge story (but not really) with romance, action, friendship, and unnecessarily naked women. If that isn't the epitome of generic then I don't know what is.

The anime starts off with Tooru, an average highschool boy going to the opening ceremony on his first day of school where it is revealed that he can actually summon a shield out of his right hand, called a Blaze, and use a comet punch. The school he attends is no ordinary school, it is actually a school that trains other Blaze users in hopes of achieving 'Absolute Duo'. What exactly is a Blaze and what does Absolute Duo even mean anyway? Beats me, the anime hardly touches on the subject and you just kind of have to accept the fact that things are happening whether you like it or not.

ART 5/10

It's not terrible but it's not good either. More work was put in the opening theme than the actual anime and it is very disappointing. Animation is very lazy and it looks like you're watching an anime at 12 frames per second making for very awkward movements and action scenes.

SOUND 6/10

I actually don't hate the voice actors for this anime and the OP isn't half bad at all.

CHARACTER 1/10

The character development is horrendous. The entire cast remains static throughout the entirety of the series and it's the same thing over and over again. The anime centers more around Tooru than it does any other character to the point where the other characters serve practically no purpose at all. The anime touches on Julie's past a little bit but it is on such a molecular level that it didn't actually make the story or her character progress at all. There's even a character that doesn't say anything, he literally just grunts and, as funny as it is sometimes, it's just....why? Why even give such a useless character so much screen time?

ENJOYMENT 3/10

I'm literally drooling during each episode cause each episode is the same as the last one. The only thing remotely enjoyable about this anime are the ecchi scenes which appear more than necessary.