Review of Absolute Duo

I came to this anime after reading some chapters of the novel, and actually liked how it beginned. Unluckily, this wasn´t the case for all the series, and I found many problems here. The story has a good context and decent character ideas. But the only well-done character is Tor. He has a well-rounded personality and backstory, which makes him be actually good. Not the same for Julie. Definitivelly not. They had a great little sister idea, and, maybe because of the director, they turned her into a fanserviced defenseless piece of cardboard with no aparent emotions until the last two chapters. Miyabi was a greatcharacter until they brought up the idea to make a pointles battle with a "god killing power" (and still Tomoe defeated her with a SLAP) that had no context. Lilith was an actually nice character, but they could have exploited her better. I also liked Tora, but he had little screentime, which made it horrible. Let´s not even talk about Tatsu (muscleman), who didn´t get a single piece of importance in the plot. And the villian? Nonsense, with a terrible objective and a rushed, shallow backstory to make you feel bad. Incredibly wrong.

Animation was very good, and battles felt actually nice. The big problem? The annoying, unbearably bad 3D animation they gave to the enemies. What in the hell was that? Regarding the rest, it was fine.

Sound was ok, and OP 1 and ED 2 and 3 were actually great. Maybe the best part of the series.

I enjoyed the series, but with a bitter sensation that answers to the fact that it could have been a lot better. Maybe having no Season 2 killed the series... I don´t know. As what I saw, it passed the exam with a last minute goal and playing with 10 defenders. Barely approved.

Story: 4/10
Art: 6/10
Sound: 7/10
Character: 5/10
Enjoyment: 6/10

Overall: 6/10
Should you watch it? Low priority. Start other series and maybe one day, if you are bored, give it a try.