Absolute Duo
Plot. Tor Kokonoe enrolls in Koryo Academy, a high school where its students battle each other with weapons known as as training to become future peacekeepers. The students must pass a battle during the qualification ceremony of the freshmen day in order to be enrolled in the academy. Although most students manifest their Blazes as melee weapons, Tor's ability manifests as a shield, making him an . The school uses a special Duo system in which students are assigned partners. Tor is paired with Julie Sigtuna, a silver-haired girl from Scandinavia, and must share a room with  her. Media. Light novels. The first light novel was published on August 24, 2012, by Media Factory under their MF Bunko J imprint. Eleven volumes have been published as of July 2016. 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 three "tankōbon" volumes. A second spin-off four-panel comedy manga adaptation titled with art by Tor Oiwaka will also be serialized in "Monthly Comic Alive" magazine with the December 2014 issue to be sold on October  27, 2014. Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed the series in North America. Anime. An anime television series adaptation by Eight Bit was announced at Media Factory's 2014 Summer School Festival event. It aired between January 4 and March 22, 2015, on AT-X. It also aired on Tokyo MX, Sun Television, Kyoto Broadcasting System, Television Aichi Broadcasting and Nippon BS Broadcasting at later dates. Crunchyroll began streaming episodes to parts of Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa in the same week, and Funimation has licensed the anime, broadcasting English-dubbed episodes on its online service starting March 16 . The opening theme song is "Absolute Soul" by Konomi Suzuki, the first ending theme song is "BelievexBelieve" by Nozomi Yamamoto, the second ending theme song is by Yamamoto and Haruka Yamazaki, and the third ending theme song is "2/2" by Ayaka Imamura and Ayaka Suwa.