Review of Absolute Duo

6/10

March 25, 2015

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Absolute Duo, an anime based on a Light Novel series may look like a generic "battle harem school" anime with a decent looking guy, and they have some super powers.... Well, thats exactly what it was, sadly. Lets get onto the review: Story: 5/10 Though the concept is always interesting and has some promise, there was literally no originality to this story, typical past event that scars the MC for life, and he wants to get revenge. Along the way he meets friends and slowly gathers his harem, meanwhile evil organizations are plotting eeeeviiiillll things. The pacing was also pretty bad, almost nothing of note happeningfor multiple episodes at a time, only really getting down to the story ~7 or 8 episodes in, and even then i wasn't sure what was going on.

Art: 8/10
The art/animation was actually very good, probably the only thing that kept me going with the series, everything just looked so good to watch.

Sound: 7/10
Everything seemed solid when it came to the sound, voices all fit the characters, music went with the mood, though it seemed like I'd heard VERY similar music in other anime, might be the composer. I absolutely loved the opening song though, same singer that sang NGNL opening!

Characters: 6/10
The characters were what you would typically find in your "Battle harem school" anime, the male MC that wants revenge from a past tragedy, the cute girl that he wants to protect, the shy girl that wants to be strong, etc. I personally loved the bunny teacher, she brought something refreshing to the show.

Enjoyment: 4/10
I enjoyed all of the battle scenes, they were all on point, but when the episode came around every week, I found myself thinking "Oh.. Absolute Duo is on.. Eh... Maybe they will have a good fight this episode" It wasn't a very enjoyable series outside of the battles basically.

Overall: 6/10
Absolute Duo is your typical "battle harem school" anime, as I stated a few times already, it was pretty disappointing. I would not recommend this anime to anyone, unless you love this type of anime.