# Absolute Duo (2015)

> A reluctant student at a soul-weapon academy must learn to fight alongside a mysterious partner, Julie Sigtuna, in a bid to join an elite peacekeeping corps.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/58062

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 12
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, action, comedy
- Network: AT-X
- Cast: Nozomi Yamamoto, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Ayaka Suwa, Haruka Yamazaki, Nozomi Nishida, Kentaro Ito, Manami Tanaka, Mami Uchida
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4216878/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: playful, energetic, lighthearted, sincere

## What critics say

Reception is mixed to middling, with viewers finding the action set pieces appealing but the story and characters thin.

## Synopsis

Absolute Duo (2015) is a Japanese anime action comedy series adapted from a light novel and broadcast on AT-X. It follows Tooru Kokonoe, a student at Kouryou Academy, where young fighters train to wield Blaze, soul-powered weapons, in preparation for the Dorn Agency's special peacekeeping corps. Tooru is paired with a mysterious classmate, Julie Sigtuna, and the engine of the series is their struggle to overcome a steady run of training hurdles so that their teamwork and combat skills are good enough to pass. Episodes are built around sparring sessions, mission exercises and the everyday friction of two very different students forced into a tight partnership, so the show moves forward through a single continuing training storyline. The tone mixes brisk action set pieces with light comedic banter and a playful romantic undercurrent, while the partnership supplies a sincere, warm core. The series spans one season of twelve episodes. Fans of Infinite Stratos, Sword Art Online and Aquarion Evol will find the same mix of academy setting, weapon-based combat and a young partnership at the centre.

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