Ange has to convince nine men to abandon everything for a stranger's survival, and the show actually lets you watch that negotiation happen instead of skipping past it. The guardians aren't interchangeable magic helpers, they have lives that matter, doubts that feel real, reasons to say no that the show respects. By the time the Queen wakes, you've earned the weight of what these men chose to give up.
Ange is stuck in the Seijuu Universe and cannot return until she wakes the realm's Queen. To do that, she has to gather nine new guardians. The job looks straightforward at first, but it means persuading these men to leave their own lives behind and devote themselves to protecting someone else. The series is a twelve-episode fantasy romance with a dramatic bent.