Here's the bottom line. The main plot of the story doesn't begin to unveal until episode 13. And then from there, the rest of the eps will build on that plot. Like Bebop, every episode within the first 13 are episodic, each one standing out on it's own with it's own "hunt". Like someone said, It's only boring if your an action freak. A number of the first 13 eps are actually very good and. I mean, visually it's beautiful, the main character is very lovable despite the fact that some of you have been turned away by the pig tails. I think she's actually cute.
The only problem here is the pretty bad dubbing

. It really takes away from the characters I think. Unfortunatley the two main lead characters don't have very stellar voice acting. If only Bandai had done WHR's dubbing the way they did Bebop's. If I were to compare WHR's dubbing to a current AS show, it would probably be somewhere along the lines of Inu Yasha.