Review of Absolute Duo

This show is exceptionally poorly written. Usually, I'm more lenient towards shows than the general MAL userbase. So I saw this show at 6.5 or whatever and thought, hey let's give it a go. I'm very very surprised this show got as high of a rating as it did. Maybe if it were Ecchi you could excuse the terrible writing and pacing. But it's not. That being said, I would probably give the first half of the show a 6 or so. It seemed like it was laying the groundwork for a decent show. Each character was introduced in a memorableway and the setting is great. Who doesn't like magic schools right?

Well here's the issue. Very quickly you will start asking yourself, "wait did I miss something?" Because the show will seem like it jumps 5 minutes ahead without explaining how you got there. And all the groundwork sloppily laid in the first half goes to waste as the story becomes impossible to care about, the characters are completely forgettable lacking any depth, comedy is nowhere to be seen, and actual character progression gets no content. Additionally, the school itself somehow boils down to just these 5 or 6 freshmen characters being front and center in all the action, which really makes no sense. And "school" is a bit generous as if there is anything close to teaching or training in this show it must be under 1% of the content because I sure can't remember it.

So yeah, it's not the worst show I've seen, but it's a poor excuse for a show. I just can't forgive terrible writing that wastes a decent concept.