History YMMV / AbsoluteDuo

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Imari Nagakura. She was only seen in the first episode before getting PutOnABus, but had a likable enough persona that had many wishing for her to return somewhere down the line[[note]]She eventually does return by episode seven, and unsurprisingly, viewers cheered[[/note]]. Helps that she has [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Asuna's]] [[Creator/HarukaTomatsu voice actress]] as well. It won't be surprising if [[FanPreferredCouple some fans prefer Toru to be with Imari instead]], given that he shares [[Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka voice]] with Kirito.

* CompleteMonster: [[{{Jerkass}} Narukami Sakaki]] pretended to befriend [[TheProtagonist Toru Kokonoe]] so as to gain entry into Toru's family sword-training dojo. Once inside, he casually murders everybody inside before setting the building on fire, while mocking his victims as "being weak." Next Sakaki turns his sword on Toru, which Toru only survives because his grievously wounded younger sister, Otoha, took the blow instead. Narukami then mocks the HeroicSacrifice by saying "how boring, all she did was die." Some time later, Narukami does something similar to a boy who would later be named "K," killing the latter's older brother before him resulting in his family being torn apart, and him being sold into a criminal organization that made him a combination slave/test subject/{{Child Soldier|s}}, and when "K" wound up in prison after attacking Toru at Koryou Academy, Narukami teleported him out and sliced him in half, vertically, letting him live just long enough to tell him that his life was meaningless and his role in the story is over. When Toru returns home on a yearly pilgrimage to honor the dead, starting with his sister at the cemetery, he finds [[{{Troll}} Narukami]] waiting for him at the site of his former dojo, acting as if nothing's wrong, and doesn't understand why Toru's angry. After trying to make Toru sound crazy for wanting to avenge his fallen loved ones, Narukami gets bored and slices Toru's shield in half--along with [[AnArmAndALeg the arm behind it]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
** Poor Miyabi gets hit with this hard in the anime adaptation. Since the anime is almost exclusively Toru's POV, we never learn why Miyabi is so interested in him, or distrustful of men in general. Furthermore, [[spoiler:since the anime has her kidnapped and then unquestioningly accept her kidnapper's "offer" without showing any reasoning aside from "wanting to get stronger," or even being forced into the Unit at gunpoint as opposed to the light novel showing Miyabi being tricked into accepting the suit that leaves her BrainwashedAndCrazy.]]
** Tachibana gets a bit of this as well, as the audience never gets to hear about how chauvinistic her dojo was, or how her RulesLawyer attitude was formed as a defensive mechanism against her fellow dojo students who were either terrified of her, tried to beat her down purely because of her gender, or both.

* CompleteMonster: [[{{Jerkass}} Narukami Sakaki]] pretended to befriend [[TheProtagonist Toru Kokonoe]] so as to gain entry into Toru's family sword-training dojo. Once inside, he casually murders everybody inside before setting the building on fire, while mocking his victims as "being weak." Next Sakaki turns his sword on Toru, which Toru only survives because his grievously wounded younger sister, Otoha, took the blow instead. Narukami then mocks the HeroicSacrifice by saying "how boring, all she did was die." Some time later, Narukami does something similar to a boy who would later be named "K," killing the latter's older brother before him resulting in his family being torn apart, and him being sold into a criminal organization that made him a combination slave/test subject/{{Child Soldier|s}}, and when "K" wound up in prison after attacking Toru at Koryou Academy, Narukami teleported him out and sliced him in half, vertically, letting him live just long enough to tell him that his life was meaningless and his role in the story is over. When Toru returns home on a yearly pilgrimage to honor the dead, starting with his sister at the cemetery, he finds [[{{Troll}} Narukami]] waiting for him at the site of his former dojo, acting as if nothing's wrong, like he doesn't understand why Toru's angry. After trying to make Toru sound crazy for wanting to avenge his fallen loved ones, Narukami gets bored and slices Toru's shield in half--along with [[AnArmAndALeg the arm behind it]].

** Tachibana gets a bit of this as well, as the audience never gets to hear about how chauvinistic her dojo was, or how her RulesLawyer attitude was formed as a defensive mechanism against her fellow dojo students who were either terrified of her, tried to beat her down purely because of her gender, or both.

* CompleteMonster: [[{{Jerkass}} Narukami Sakaki]] pretended to befriend [[TheProtagonist Toru Kokonoe]] so as to gain entry into Toru's family sword-training dojo. Once inside, he casually murders everybody inside before setting the building on fire, while mocking his victims as "being weak." Next Sakaki turns his sword on Toru, which Toru only survives because his grievously wounded younger sister, Otoha, took the blow instead. Narukami then mocks the HeroicSacrifice by saying "how boring, all she did was die." Some time later, Narukami does something similar to a boy who would later be named "K," killing the latter's older brother before him resulting in his family being torn apart, and him being sold into a criminal organization that made him a combination slave/test subject/ChildSoldier, and when "K" wound up in prison after attacking Toru at Koryou Academy, Narukami teleported him out and sliced him in half, vertically, letting him live just long enough to tell him that his life was meaningless and his role in the story is over. When Toru returns home on a yearly pilgrimage to honor the dead, starting with his sister at the cemetery, he finds [[{{Troll}} Narukami]] waiting for him at the site of his former dojo, acting as if nothing's wrong, like he doesn't understand why Toru's angry. After trying to make Toru sound crazy for wanting to avenge his fallen loved ones, Narukami gets bored and slices Toru's shield in half--along with [[AnArmAndALeg the arm behind it]].

** Tachibana gets a bit of this as well, as the audience never gets to hear about how chauvinistic her dojo was, or how her TautologicalTemplar attitude was formed as a defensive mechanism against her fellow dojo students who were either terrified of her, tried to beat her down purely because of her gender or both.

* CompleteMonster: Narukami Sakaki. To date, he has befriended, or pretended to befriend, Toru, the main character so as to gain entry into Toru's family sword-training dojo. Once inside, he casually murders everybody inside before setting the building on fire, mocking his victims as "being weak" while doing so. Then he turns his sword on Toru, which Toru only survives because his grievously wounded younger sister, Otoha, took the blow instead. Narukami then mocks the HeroicSacrifice by saying "how boring, all she did was die." Some time later, Narukami does something similar to a boy who would later be named "K," killing the latter's older brother before him resulting in his family being torn apart, and him being sold into a criminal organization that made him a combination slave/test subject/child soldier, and when "K" wound up in prison after attacking Toru at Koryou Academy, Narukami teleported him out and sliced him in half, vertically, letting him live just long enough to tell him that his life was meaningless and his role in the story is over. Then when Toru returns home on a yearly pilgrimage to honor the dead, starting with his sister at the cemetery, to his shock, he finds Narukami waiting for him at the site of his former dojo, acting as if nothing's wrong, like he doesn't understand why Toru's angry, and after trying to make Toru sound crazy for wanting to avenge his fallen loved ones, gets bored and slices Toru's shield in half, along with the arm behind it while saying "your fang will never reach me. Yes, absolutely." His actions are so deplorable, in universe, that a Yakuza boss calls him detestable, [[spoiler: and referred the main character, Toru, to Koryou Academy, publicly known as a law enforcement training center to stop him.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Imari Nagakura. She was only seen in the first episode before getting PutOnABus, but had a likable enough persona that had many wishing for her to return somewhere down the line[[note]]She eventually does return by episode seven, and unsurprisingly, viewers cheered[[/note]]. Helps that she has [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Asuna's]] [[Creator/HarukaTomatsu voice actress]] as well.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Imari Nagakura. She was only seen in the first episode before getting PutOnABus, but had a likable enough persona that had many wishing for her to return somewhere down the line[[note]]She eventually does return by episode seven, and unsurprisingly, viewers cheered[[/note]]. Helps that she has [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Asuna's]] voice actress as well.

* FightSceneFailure: If episode three proves anything going into this series, it's that the animation for the action sequences are terrible.
* HilariousInHindsight: It didn't take long for people to notice that the main character, Tor, and Imari from the first episode, were the voice actors of the two leads for SwordArtOnline.

* CompleteMonster: Narukami Sakaki. To date, he has befriended, or pretended to befriend, Toru, the main character so as to gain entry into Toru's family sword-training dojo. Once inside, he casually murders everybody inside before setting the building on fire, mocking his victims as "being weak" while doing so. Then he turns his sword on Toru, which Toru only survives because his grievously wounded younger sister, Otoha, took the blow instead. Narukami then mocks the HeroicSacrifice by saying "how boring, all she did was die." Some time later, Narukami does something similar to a boy who would later be named "K," killing the latter's older brother before him resulting in his family being torn apart, and him being sold into a criminal organization that made him a combination slave/test subject/child soldier, and when "K" wound up in prison after attacking Toru at Koryou Academy, Narukami teleported him out and sliced him in half, vertically, letting him live just long enough to tell him that his life was meaningless and his role in the story is over. Then when Toru returns home on a yearly pilgrimage to honor the dead, starting with his sister at the cemetery, to his shock, he finds Narukami waiting for him at the site of his former dojo, acting as if nothing's wrong, like he doesn't understand why Toru's angry, and after trying to make Toru sound crazy for wanting to avenge his fallen loved ones, gets bored and slices Toru's shield in half, along with the arm behind it while saying "your fang will never reach me. Yes, absolutely." His actions are so deplorable, in universe, that a Yakuza boss calls him detestable.

* CompleteMonster: And we have a candidate for this with the introduction of Narukami Sakaki. He goes and befriends Toru, the main character, waits until he's accepted at Toru's dojo and then, slaughters everyone present, "for being weak," sets the building on fire, and would have killed Toru too except that Otoha took the blow instead. At this point, Narukami mocked the HeroicSacrifice saying "all she did was die." Then we learn that he did something similar to "K" for no reason whatsoever, condemning the boy to a living hell at Equipment Smith's "gentle hands" to then kill K when K's struggles no longer "fit the script," and lastly he goes and defiles the ruins that were the dojo by going there like nothing had happened and mocking Toru for actually being angry, not to mention constantly trying to compare Toru to himself. Then, when he's done trolling Toru, [[spoiler: he chops off Toru's arm along with his shield blaze.]]

** Tachibana gets a bit of this as well, as the audience never gets to hear about how chauvinistic her dojo was, or how her TautologicalTemplar attitude was formed as a defensive mechanism against her fellow dojo students who were either terrified of her, tried to bet her down purely because of her gender or both.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Imari Nagakura. She was only seen in the first episode before getting PutOnABus, but had a likable enough persona that had many wishing for her to return somewhere down the line[[note]]She eventually does return by episode seven, and unsurprisingly, viewers cheered[[/note]]. Helps that she has [[SwordArtOnline Asuna's]] voice actress as well.

* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Tor Kokonoe. It's a {{Harem}} series after all.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Poor Myabi gets hit with this hard in the anime adaptation. Since the anime is almost exclusively Tor's POV, we never learn why Myabi is so interested in him, or distrustful of men in general. Furthermore,[[spoiler: since the anime has her kidnapped and then unquestioningly accept her kidnapper's "offer" without showing any reasoning aside from "wanting to get stronger," or even being forced into the Unit at gunpoint as opposed to the LN showing Myabi being tricked into accepting the suit that leaves her BrainWashedAndCrazy,]] the final episode had most fans believing Tachibana's actions were far too lenient. Tachibana gets a bit of this as well, as the audience never gets to hear about how chauvinistic her dojo was, or how her TautologicalTemplar attitude was formed as a defensive mechanism against her fellow dojo students who were either terrified of her, tried to bet her down purely because of her gender or both.

* {{Moe}}: Julie Sigtuna fits this to the bill.

* {{Moe}}: Julie Sigtuna fits this to the bill.
* SpecialEffectFailure: If episode three proves anything going into this series, it's that the animation for the action sequences are terrible.

* EndingFatigue: Many find the final episodes of the anime to be a pain to sit through. Primary reasons usually are because the pacing is rushed, the fighting comes off convoluted, and Miyabi Hotaka going {{Yandere}} comes almost completely out-of-nowhere.

* EndingFatigue: Many find the final episodes of the anime to be a pain to sit through.

* Moe: Julie Sigtuna fits this to the bill.