The story begins with Blaze—a weapon that is the manifestation of a human's soul. Tooru Kokonoe happens to be qualified for this, but for some reason his Blaze is not a weapon, but a shield. Moreover, he enrolled in a school that teaches combat skills, and thanks to the school's Duo partner system, he ends up living with a beautiful silver-haired girl.
Absolute Duo
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| Absolute Duo | |
First light novel volume cover
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| アブソリュート・デュオ (Abusoryūto Dyuo) |
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| Genre | Fantasy, Harem, Romance, Action |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Takumi Hiiragiboshi |
| Illustrated by | Yū Asaba |
| Published by | Media Factory |
| Demographic | Male |
| Imprint | MF Bunko J |
| Original run | August 24, 2012 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 7 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Takumi Hiiragiboshi |
| Illustrated by | Shin'ichirō Nariie |
| Published by | Media Factory |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Monthly Comic Alive |
| Original run | April 27, 2013 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Manga | |
| Absolute Duo Tea Party | |
| Written by | Takumi Hiiragiboshi |
| Illustrated by | Tōru Oiwaka |
| Published by | Media Factory |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Monthly Comic Alive |
| Original run | October 27, 2014 – scheduled |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Atsushi Nakayama |
| Produced by | Hidetake Komiya Kazuo Ōnuki Keisuke Kaminaga Makoto Ito Mika Shimizu Uesama |
| Written by | Takamitsu Kōno |
| Music by | Atsushi Hirasawa |
| Studio | 8-Bit |
| Licensed by | |
| Network | AT-X, Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS, TVA, BS11 |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 4, 2015 – ongoing |
| Episodes | 12 |
Absolute Duo (Japanese: アブソリュート・デュオ Hepburn: Abusoryūto Dyuo?) is a Japanese light novel series by Takumi Hiiragiboshi with illustrations by Yū Asaba. Media Factory has published seven volumes since 2012 under their MF Bunko J imprint. It has received two manga adaptations. An anime television series adaptation by 8-Bit started to air from January 4, 2015.
Plot
A boy named Tōru Kokonoe decides that after losing someone precious in a terrifying incident, he wants to become stronger and enrolls in a special school where people, known as Exceed, manifest their souls as weapons called Blaze. Tor is capable of producing his own Blaze, but for some reason it manifests as a shield instead of a weapon.Characters
Main characters
- Tōru Kokonoe (九重 透流 Kokonoe Tōru?)
- Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka[1]
- Tōru Kokonoe is the male protagonist of Absolute Duo. He is born in Fujisawa, Kanagawa. Tōru's motive for joining Kouryou Academy stems from the death of his little sister named Otoha (音羽?), and wanting revenge and the chance to get stronger. He is dubbed an Irregular for having a Blaze which is not in the form of an offensive weapon. Despite having a defensive shield as a Blaze, Tōru has learnt to use a powerful punch attack to use in conjunction with his Blaze. His name is written as Tor Kokonoe at the anime's official website and Funimation. As his name Tōru is pronounced in the same way as Thor in Japanese, Julie takes to calling him by the latter name.
- Julie Sigtuna (ユリエ・シグトゥーナ Yulieh Shigutūna?)
- Voiced by: Nozomi Yamamoto[1]
- One of the main female protagonists. She is a beautiful girl with silver hair and red eyes, who takes a liking towards Tōru and after some time she becomes his duo. She is from a foreign country named Gimlé in Northern Europe as well as a princess. Her Blaze is a Sword Type, known as Twin Blades. The reason she came to Japan and enrolled to Kouryou Academy is because she wants to get stronger to avenge her family's death where the scar on her back serves as a reminder of such horrible incident where the killer is the same one whom Tōru has encountered a few years back, because of this she seeks out Tōru for help and to teach her his Final Move. Julie says "Yes" and "No" in Danish/Swedish/Norwegian: "Ja" (ヤー Yā?) and "Nej" (ナイ Nai?). Her surname "Sigtuna" is also a the name of a Swedish town. Gimle is a place in a city called Roskilde, in Denmark.
- Tomoe Tachibana (橘 巴 Tachibana Tomoe?)
- Voiced by: Ayaka Suwa[1]
- One of the female protagonists and Tōru and Julie's classmate. She is a typical Yamato Nadeshiko, who is smart and talented. She cares very much about the people who are close to her especially Miyabi, whom despite of being weak still chooses her to form a duo. She is very much into martial arts and Shogi. She can never tolerate idly work, so she always wakes others when they're about to be late. She possesses a dignified atmosphere. Being a vegetarian, she often gives Toru a plate of vegetables to maintain his stamina and power. Her Blaze is a Kusarigama.
- Miyabi Hotaka (穂高 みやび Hotaka Miyabi?)
- Voiced by: Ayaka Imamura[1]
- One of the female protagonists who is a buxom girl, she forms a Duo with Tomoe. She's also in Tōru's class and tends to be shy around others. She lacks stamina that keeps her from doing any physical activity for long periods of time. She eventually comes to realize she is in love with Toru and confesses, but as he was about to accept her feelings, he instead turned her down telling her that he's too weak. Despite Toru rejects her, she takes Toru´s words very seriously, even accepting Equipment Smith´s offer to become stronger, getting a Unit suit, despite to have to fight his friends and Toru. Her Blaze is a huge and heavy lance which is capable of doing large scale destruction.
- Lilith Bristol (リーリス・ブリストル Rīrisu Burisutoru?)
- Voiced by: Haruka Yamazaki[1]
- A transfer student from England came from an affluent family. She is a very exceptional student whom at a young age has learned how to shoot and hunt, however, she is also selfish and arrogant. She went to Japan in order to form a duo with Tōru after hearing news about his capability, however much to her disappointment Toru declines. She later falls in love with Toru, and declares he will be her future husband and win his heart. Though she is officially enrolled in Kouryou Academy, she never attends class claiming that she had already finished her studies a long time ago which is why she prefers loitering around the school garden sipping tea with her confidant Sarah. As an Exception her Blaze is a rifle where she is a superb marksman and though she is armed with a weapon that she can fire from a distance, she is surprisingly very agile to the point that she can shoot anybody at point blank range.
Other characters
- Sakuya Tsukumo (九十九 朔夜 Tsukumo Sakuya?)
- Voiced by: Yui Horie[2]
- The Chairman of Kouryou Academy, and is always seen wearing a Gothic Lolita dress. Her way of running the school is so ruthless that she actually encourages battle amongst the students. She's known as the Blaze Diabolica.
- Rito Tsukimi (月見 璃兎 Tsukimi Rito?)
- Voiced by: Yukari Tamura[2]
- Tōru's homeroom teacher, who is always energetic and dresses like a maid with bunny ears, which greatly disturbs her entire class. She has two personalities; the first one is always childish and a happy person who likes calling her students various names, while the second is foul-mouthed, sadistic and ruthless, not even thinking twice about attacking her students. Her Blaze is a sword.
- Imari Nagakura (永倉 伊万里 Nagakura Imari?)
- Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu[2]
- Imari is the first person Tōru talks to after entering the school. However, she is soon expelled from the school after losing against Tōru during the entrance ceremony's combat exam. Her Blaze consists of a single sword, which she wields like a katana. She reappeared when Tōru's class were sent to summer training camp at some remote island where Kouryou Academy has another branch, where students like her who failed the combat exam from the main branch where actually transferred there and were trained to become shinobis. She was also one of the greeting parties who ambushed Tōru's class the moment they arrived to the island.
- Tora (トラ Tora?, lit."tiger")
- Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae[2]
- Tōru's childhood friend who is also considered an irregular. His Blaze is a katar. His full name is Aoi Torasaki (虎崎 葵 Torasaki Aoi?) (in the manga and the anime).
- Tatu (タツ Tatsu?, lit."dragon")
- Voiced by: Yoshihisa Kawahara[2]
- A silent classmate and Tora's roommate, he is the tallest person in class who has a muscular physique. His Blaze is a naginata. His full name is Ryutaro Tatuno (辰乃 龍太朗 Tatsuno Ryūtarō?) (in the manga). Rito oftens calls him "Barbarian".
- "K"
- Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai
- Equipment Smith
Media
Light novels
The first light novel was published on August 24, 2012 by Media Factory under their MF Bunko J imprint. Seven volumes have been published as of December 2014.| No. | Title | Release date | ISBN |
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| 1 | 告白は蒼刻の夜に | August 24, 2012[3] | ISBN 978-4-04-066487-3 |
| 2 | 嘘と真と赤い紅 | December 25, 2012[4] | ISBN 978-4-04-066470-5 |
| 3 | 渚に揺れる恋物語り | June 25, 2013[5] | ISBN 978-4-8401-5228-0 |
| 4 | 黎明せし異能の境界 | November 25, 2013[6] | ISBN 978-4-04-066029-5 |
| 5 | 闇ノ銀狼、光ノ深淵 | March 25, 2014[7] | ISBN 978-4-04-066312-8 |
| 6 | 風と焔と雷と | July 25, 2014[8] | ISBN 978-4-04-066911-3 |
| 7 | 禁忌の果実 | December 25, 2014[9] | ISBN 978-4-04-067312-7 |
Manga
A manga adaptation with art by Shin'ichirō Nariie started serialization in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive from April 27, 2013, and has been collected in a single tankōbon volume. A second spin-off four-panel comedy manga adaptation titled Absolute Duo Tea Party (アブソリュート・デュオ TEA PARTY?) with art by Tōru Oiwaka will also be serialized in Monthly Comic Alive magazine with the December 2014 issue to be sold on October 27, 2014.[10]Anime
An anime television series adaptation by 8-Bit was announced at Media Factory's 2014 Summer School Festival event.[11] It began airing on January 4, 2015. The opening theme song is "Absolute Soul" by Konomi Suzuki, the first ending theme song is "BelievexBelieve" by Nozomi Yamamoto, and the second ending theme is "Apple Tea no Aji" (アップルティーの味?) by Nozomi Yamamoto and Haruka Yamazaki.Episode list
| No. | Title | Original air date |
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| 1 | "Blaze" "Bureizu" (焔牙/ブレイズ) |
January 4, 2015 |
| 2 | "Duo" "Dyuo" (絆双刃/デュオ) |
January 11, 2015 |
| 3 | "Avenger" "Avenjā" (復讐者/アヴェンジャー) |
January 18, 2015 |
| 4 | "Exception" "Ekusepushon" (特別/エクセプション) |
January 25, 2015 |
| 5 | "Level Up" "Reberuappu" (位階昇華/レベルアップ) |
February 1, 2015 |
| 6 | "Survive" "Sabaibu" (生存闘争/サバイブ) |
February 8, 2015 |
| 7 | "Silver-Blonde, Yellow Topaz" "Gin'iro no kami Koganeiro no kami" (銀色の髪, 黄金色の髪) |
February 15, 2015 |
| 8 | "Selection" "Hinpyō-kai" (品評会/セレクション) |
February 22, 2015 |
| 9 | "Rebels" "Ribērusu" (神滅部隊／リベールス) |
March 1, 2015 |
| 10 | "Reign Conference" "Reinkanfarensu" (七芒夜会/レインカンファレンス) |
March 8, 2015 |
| 11 | "Killing Game" "kiringugēmu" (殺破遊戯/キリングゲーム) |
March 15, 2015 |
| 12 | "Absolute Duo" "Abusoryūto Dyuo" (絶対双刃/アブソリュート・デュオ) |
March 22, 2015 |
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