Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
_Bubassotto_
Generic, but watchable... or maybe not.
Absolute Duo is the kind of anime where, within just a few minutes of starting, you can predict practically everything that’s going to happen. The show is incredibly cliché, and that was already true back when it was first released. The whole "school setting where teens have special powers, train to get stronger, fight battles, and, obviously, develop romantic relationships" formula was already worn out even then. Nowadays? It’s practically a trope-fest. After years of consuming works in this genre, it’s hard to look at Absolute Duo without feeling like you’ve seen it all before.
Still, there is at least an attempt to make the protagonist stand out. While most characters in this world manifest a weapon as their ability, our protagonist develops a s…
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The anime Absolute Duo i liked it personally because it had some romance moments and how cool it was,this anime persoanlly is one of those animes that i liked even if the score is so low.
The animation wasnt so good but even so it didnt bother me at all.
The story wasnt there much of the time because it is a 12 episodes anime but i liked it even without that.
So overall Absolute Duo is an anime that i personally enjoyed it despite his lower score so thats why i gave it a 10/10 because it has some fights and this anime is like the same with an anime named "Chivalry of a failed Knight" because it has those weapons named blazers,soul weapons or somthing,but i really enjoyed it myself.
Read at the sourcebob-weebington
Absolute Duo is a harem ecchi lover's anime for harem ecchi lovers. To anyone else, it's just a boring school superhero anime with too much fanservice. But to harem ecchi lovers it is sublimely entertaining.
The way their boobs bounce, the way the girls literally fall in love in the first few episodes because THEY WON'T STOP TRIPPING AND LANDING ON THE MC! Every bit, sublime.
OK not really but it's definitely serviceable and I was able to get several hours of enjoyment out of this while pedaling away on an exercise bike.
I would say that like Fruit of Grisaia and Hagure Yuusha were better than this. Probably much of the Monogatari series too. It's just serviceable at best.
Read at the sourceKano_park
Review of Absolute Duo (4/10)
Absolute Duo had potential with its premise—a school where students wield soul-powered weapons called Blaze and aim to unlock new powers through partnership. Unfortunately, it quickly devolves into a generic harem action anime with little originality. The plot feels rushed and unfocused, characters fall into tired tropes, and the emotional stakes never truly land.
While the art and character designs are decent, the animation quality is inconsistent, especially during action scenes. The main character, Tooru, is bland, and his partner Julie—though somewhat more intriguing—is underutilized. Their chemistry feels forced, and side characters often exist just to pad the cast.
Overall, Absolute Duo fails to stand out in a crowded genre. It's mildly entertaining a…
Read at the sourceSagaiko
So we're diving into the whole Harem and Ecchi vibe here. Don't expect some epic story or deep character stuff, theres not really a huge development. Its more about chuckling a bit and a fan service party. Not the go-to if you're hunting for a mind-blowing plot or characters evolving into something super profound. There's a cool factor in how the characters throw around their unique talents. If you're all about "cool" visuals mixing it up with some spicy scenes and a bit of a harem twist, this could be something you can enjoy. It's like a slight visual treat with that extra side of fan service fun
Read at the sourceChaoscollector
Where is the endgame to getting stronger??? It has a good story. Don't get me wrong. The graphics are phenomenal. But, what is the bigger detail?? Lots of smaller details are referenced and we have a good competitive view, but, why develop into reaching "Absolute Duo" if there isn't a big threat to the world? I haven't seen a good enough reasoning behind it yet. I'm giving the anime an 8/10 because it has a good story and awesome animation. But, it definitely could be quite a bit better. The characters were good considering their circumstances. The situation with miyabe was a good tragedy. It was very enjoyable to watch. I just can't get over the underlying question of "why?".
Read at the sourceArdee_Uchiha
Introduction:
An intriguing idea of a school where pupils have weapons that have sprouted from their souls is presented in Absolute Duo, an anime series based on the light novel by Takumi Hiiragiboshi. The execution, however, falls short in a number of ways, making for a lackluster viewing experience despite its intriguing notion.
Animations and Visuals:
Absolute Duo's animations and graphics are passable but fall short of making an impression. The character designs are uninspired and unoriginal, sharing many of the same characteristics as those in other anime shows. Even though the action scenes are well orchestrated, they lack the power and flow necessary to be genuinely captivating. The scenery and surroundings are comparatively unimpressive and lack the depth and richness required to…
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This anime embodies what the non-anime watchers think anime is: cute girls, bunny-girls, harem, basic mc, and tons of fan service...Save your time and don't watch this.
I first saw a picture of the female lead and I thought she was charming with her white-haired, pink-eyes, and overpowered abilities. Thus, I decided to give this anime a watch. I must say, the idea of the anime isn't terrible. I do enjoy watching an overpowered pair dominating their universe together but, there is too much fan service to take the show seriously and it knows. There was world-building somewhere, but it's barely relevant lol. Plus, it's not like the fighting scenes make up for it either. The protagonist is one of those basic bois who keeps getting into weird sexual moments.
Read at the sourceFAKECROSS97
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Well, well, well, what do we have here? Absolute Duo, an anime that promises to be an epic, action-packed adventure, but falls short in so many ways. After watching this show, I've come to the conclusion that there are three unique things about it, and three annoying things as well. Let's start with the unique things:
- The concept of wielding weapons made from one's soul is pretty cool.
- The fight scenes are visually stunning.
- Some of the character designs are interesting and memorable.
But of course, where there's good, there's bad:
- The plot is predictable and lacking in originality.
- The characters are one-dimensional and unrelatable.
- The fan service is cringe-worthy and unnecessary.
Now, o…
Read at the sourceOnii-Chan09
I'll start off by saying that this anime is good to watch for guys new to anime. Ok review time.
Story: it's the basic fantasy school setting harem anime, the MC doesn't start off too over powered at the beginning and has a unique ability that no one else has. Also has a decent pace and doesn't have too much filler.
Art: it's not bad, definitely seen better and worse but it just looks like a 100 other anime, doesn't really have it's own style. The animation is crisp and doesn't have any blow outs or goofy looking background characters or blurry faces in the distance.
Sound: the OP & ED wasn't very good, pretty forgettable to be honest. Voice acting and SFX were pretty good though in my opinion, if not for the OP & ED the sound would have had a better rating.
Characters: pretty much you…
Read at the sourceDark_Ellie
Absolute Duo was short and enjoyable, but unsatisfying experience. It had an interesting premise with mediocre characters. The show sets out with a goal for the main character and his partner but doesn't even come close to finishing what it started. In the end it became a standard super powered school anime with somewhat interesting characters.
The art is nothing special but it's not mediocre either. Every character is uniquely designed with very cool looking armaments that match their personality.
The sound design is mediocre. Nothing astounding but nothing bad.
TL;DR:
This show is not a pass but I would'nt put it on the top of a watch list either. It's enjoyable for the 12 episodes it has.
Read at the sourceJoe_Devaney
Overview:
"Absolute Duo" is definitely not what I would call a masterpiece of an anime, in any sense of the word. In fact, if you were to read the premise, you would most likely dismiss it as just another run-of-the-mill magic school harem series and, well, that's actually pretty accurate. Nevertheless, it does do just enough things differently that allows it to stand above a typical example of the genre, with great music, good action scenes and a very likable pair of main characters, all of which manage to make the anime quite enjoyable in spite of itself.
Story (6/10):
"Absolute Duo" follows two main characters- a young Japanese boy named Tooru "Tor" Kokonoe and a strange Scandinavian girl named Julie Sigtuna, both of whom have recently enrolled in the prestigious Koruryu Academy, which…
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An interesting anime. The concept isn't that far-fetched but does feel lacking at some points. It popped off at the beginning but I feel like the later episodes kinda fell down. My interest slowly went down as the episodes progressed, which sucks but I went through with it.
I feel like there could have been more to this anime. The story isn't bad, but it does feel rushed. It also feels like they just added a few ideas just for the sake of adding them, but maybe that's just me. I expected much more initially, which may be the reason why I'm disappointed. Overall, not a bad story but it has unused potential which is unfortunate to see.
Characters are unique and interesting in their own way, but not much is done with them in terms of developments and such (the bunny teacher is annoying tbh)…
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I had left this series on hold for over 2 years and resumed it recently. it'd have been better if I had left it there.
This anime is the definition of flat.
It doesn't excel in any of its genre:
-Action
The battle scenes are lazily animated, they're pretty short and not really exciting.
-Harem
It does respect this part, but the characters are flat. They never get developed. When they act melodramatically or in a cute way they just create a huge amount of boredom or cringe. -Supernatural
Their powers are nothing really special, but that's not the problem. The problem is that they're badly used.
-Romance
The romance in this series is nowhere to be found. Maybe there's something in the last episodes, though it's poorly written.
-Ecchi
Not satisfying at all. The character design is somewh…
Read at the sourceMudspire
The show makes no sense. I suspended my disbelief assuming that the really strange parts of the world building would get explained and they do not. This means you have no explanation for why this story even takes place or how the setting was formed. Considering that the characters join a military academy of sorts with superhuman capabilities at least setting the groundwork would be good. It never happens.
Why do the characters decide to join, and what qualified them? Not really explained. Why do they have no issue with the state of the world? Ignored entirely. There is full scale military conflict happening on the school grounds at one point and it appears that regardless of the scale of the damage or the number of casualties/deaths that occur there are no consequences at all. My suspensi…
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I have to mention that I haven't taken the manga under any circumstances, let alone know about it. Therefore, I can not assess whether and how far the anime adaptation from the manga, let alone the novel, went away.
Nevertheless, I have to say that I was really disappointed with Absolute Duo. And without exaggeration, I can confess that the actual opening of this adaptation was much better than the anime itself. No without a joke, the opening had better animation, better representation, and much smoother movements than the characters ever brought in the anime . This adaptation was felt with limitless clichés, a perfect "0815" setting, a bunch of monotonous characters, a plot that was hardly touched upon, and a protagonist who could simply drive you to the heat. Not to forget the fan servi…
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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 memorable way 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…
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OH boy Absoulte Duo well that anime back in the days was my number one favorite all time series anime from the age of 12-15 it was pretty much my favorite back in the days that anime was actually the most amazing thing inside my eyes it was the most intersting romance anime that i have seen its a story about 2 characters basically becoming 1 as a whole thats the inside meaning of the anime it has ecchi in it (i think) but i dont consider that anime an ecchi trash it was pretty intersting to watch i think i even cried when it ended as well the ending was also pretty good but how do i see it now days and why its not in my favorites the truth is i still love it but not as much... the anime back then was pretty much THE MOST BIZZARE THING that i have seen in anime romance but when i grow up a…
Read at the sourceJawbreakerGamer
Should you watch Absolute Duo? Yes. The story is similar to some other shows, but still manages to keep you interested in the plotline. The soul weapons are very interesting, and they do a great job at giving each character a specific weapon that suits them. While some weapons seem weak, if used correctly can be on par with the rest of them. The characters themselves are a mixed bag, I enjoyed the main duo a lot. Lilith was also amazing though, and her weapon was probably my favorite from the show. If you like bunny girls then Riko Tsukimi, will probably be your favorite. The Opening for the show was good, the animation in it could have been better but the song was well song. The animation was well done though, it didn't seem to suffer from lack of animation like some shows do. The show di…
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Don't waste twenty-five minutes of your time watching even the first episode of Absolute Duo.
Like most animes that have the harem, ecchi, supernatural and school genre, it has nothing interesting. Just another cliché of school life mixed with super powers, where people can summon weapons according to their magic level, in which the protagonist sucks and is surrounded by cute girls to force romances and cliché scenes from harem.
The characters have no originality, considering the classic big man, a tsundere, dandere, kuudere and himedere who are, "coincidentally" all throw themselves on top of the protagonist (by the way, he's becomes super strong in five days, ironic, no?).
The fights are so bad as the characters. The anime never seems to develop, there is always the same monotony as alwa…
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