It’s right there in the title. Yet somehow I was still surprised that the act happened on the first two pages. What follows is her capture and travels with an elite mercenary who may or may not be on the run, who hopes to turn her in for the million dollar bounty on her head. 

I can’t quite figure out where this is going. Anji is a typical young, arrogant, and annoying character who is now stuck with this aging mercenary who doesn’t seem to have a lot of people skills. The banter is well-written, and Anji does typical stupid stuff that you’d expect from someone yet to experience the world. I’m content to just follow the ride right now, but I really hope we see a point to this long travel scene and development of Anji as more than a caricature for arrogant youth. 

So I’m at the halfway point and it’s the only point I can find. There’s more mercenaries and they snake her from the first one. And…I’m not loving it. I don’t know WHY all this is happening. There’s not enough character development to keep me interested. It’s a DNF at 50% for now. I might come back to it later but I’m struggling to keep myself invested.