Ok. I'm done.
STORY (2):
Absolute Duo or Absolute Hatred follows these two bland characters by the name of Tor Kokonoe & Julie Sigtuna who attend Koryo Academy where they are trained in combat skills using Blaze. Blaze are supernatural weapons that suit different combat skills.
Let me tell you that I have 0 expectations when going into this anime. The concept is boring and it is an ecchi genre. In fact, after that horrendous atrocity known as Rail Wars, I wasn't looking forward to watching this anime. So you know what, why not I review this anime.
You might say "Why are you viewing an ecchi anime with expectations?" My answer is "I'm sorry. My butt cannot stand being violated by Winter Season Anime especially when it comes to ecchi jokes."
This anime has some of the most horrendous dialogue and horrendous jokes I have ever seen since Rail Wars. There is one scene which is the worst scene I have ever seen in this anime. It is when Tomoe meets Tor for the first time, she keeps apologizing and jumps onto Tor and her head lands on Tor's crotch. Then some pauses and "I'm Sorry!" again and then Tomoe does another flip and Tomoe's butt landed on Tor, and pauses again. Rail Wars did that kind of joke like when Takayama accidentally gropes Haruka's boobs, there was a pause and then "I'm sorry". Seriously, how many times must an anime follow that kind of rule? I'm sorry, whenever I think of that scene, I always cringe inside.
There is also this girl get embarrassed when guy looks at the boobs. Bouncing of boobs. Beach episode. I can't take it.
Oh yeah, there was the fight scene between Miyabi & Tomoe. How they end the fight scene was so ridiculous. It ends with Miaybi saying "I've been foiled by the power of love".
At the very end, they tried to tie everything together and it was a fail. The fight scenes were rushed.
ART (4):
The animation is nothing impressive. When it is dark, it is very dull. The action scenes are all dull and boring. These action scenes are all the "Been there, done that" action scenes. I never pay attention to the action scenes because I don't care anymore.
SOUND (4):
The opening and ending are not memorable.
CHARACTER (2):
Where do I begin?
Tor & Julie might be like the new Sora & Shiro. However, Tor is more generic than compared to Shiro. His personality is as interesting as Edward Cullen. Especially, Julie, she is just another Bella Swan, who clings onto Tor with no personality.
Tomoe Tachibana - Her voice actress is Ayaka Suwa who voiced Tokaku Azuma from the atrocity known as Akuma no Riddle. She had the potential to become an interesting character like Mikazuki Yozora from Haganai. However, her character is annoying by apologizing to Tor a lot of times and she get into comedic misunderstandings with Tor.
Miyabi Hotaka - What can I say? She is the most generic character I have ever seen.
Lilith Bristol: I also have nothing to say about her. She is just an generic tsundere.
The teacher bunny by the name of Rito Tsumiki was so annoying. She tried to sound cute but she sounded more like nails scratching on chalkboard. The voice actress Yukari Tamura, her voice is no longer funny or cute, her voice was just annoying. Your cute voice is no longer relevant anymore, you just sound like a broken record player trying to work.
K is a generic villain. He looks like Gilgamesh from Fate/Stay Night. However, his personality is as interesting as a cardboard box. K only appears on the later half of the show.
CONCLUSION (2):
I am so tired of these clichéd ecchi jokes. They are not funny or entertaining anymore. I didn't get a boner in any of the episodes. They are just cringe inducing. Saekano at least tried not to use these ecchi jokes but instead focus on good character development and serve its purpose well. This anime on the other hand tries to use all those "been there, done that" jokes and try to pass it off as entertaining. NO! You don't do that!
Ecchi jokes don't work anymore. Anyone who is planning to make an anime, DO NOT use ecchi jokes. Ecchi jokes are dead. They are not funny. All the ecchi jokes are just cash-grabbing, like to take people's time. I value my time and money and you should too. If you want to make a good comedy anime, do not use ecchi jokes. Make a good story with effort. There is no bigger crime than an anime that is meant to make people laugh or have a boner failed to do that.
This anime might not be a complete atrocity unlike "Pupa". But just like "Pupa", this anime is a prime example of the continuing bad practices of anime companies producing terrible anime in Winter Seasons. Especially when it comes to Ecchi genres.
I don't have any expectations. The reason why I give this anime a 2 out of 10 is because the voice acting was decent except for Yukari Tamura, decent fight scenes and the animation at least wasn't bad compared to Pupa. Way to start my first review for Winter 2015, well done "Absolute Duo"!
I now need to rest my head because there are more reviews to come for Winter 2015.
