I tried it last night and I have to say, for all the hype about this one and the previous ones, I was rather disappointed. I guess this sort of Japanese game isn't quite my style. The fighting is OK (a little simple), but the talking is RPG style reading which I hate and both the dialog and music in the background sound like a crappy soap opera. The graphics aren't anything special either.
Darien might like this one though
It has swords, Japanese dialog and a lot of Japanese chicks to talk to.