This shows seem to suffers some of the same problems that Tales of the Abyss has due to being a game adaptation. Most rpg games tend to start with a rather boring intro with the sole purpose of introducing the main characters and slowly begin to ease the player into the plot of things. That approach works with games but when translate to anime, the end result is a very dull first few episodes. I've never played it but according to the people who have played the game, the story is very good so i'll give this show a chance. I'm willing to bet that nothing really interesting will happen until we're 7-8 episodes into the series.