Judging from y'all's comments, I guess I made the right decision to stop watching this after the first episode. Honestly, the whole thing just feels so half-assed.

It's just so cliched it bugs me. I've seen this anime before, several times and in different forms. I only watched this to see Watsuki's character designs, and even then the only interesting one was the guy with the big hair. I'm disappointed.