Unfortunately, I just really did not like the story as the main character continues to put themselves into a small box of existence and it’s insufferable to me. I didn’t finish it with 10 hours left. The magic was interesting, and the Narrator was good. A lot of people still like this book I want to point out. I just have a strong personality as a lady and was getting too angry reading it personally as the world exists in some strong societal caste systems of 1600s Japan that are not my cup of tea. Outside of that I still found the story overall fairly boring.