As a male I do enjoy seeing a hot female main charector but that's not all there is to it. The game itself has excellent combat system, the music fits so well with the game and the cut scenes are actually nice to watch unlike most games where you just want to skip.
Gameplay.
You have to study the enemy and learn parry, dodge and time your attacks. It rewards you with oportunities to counter the enemy with awsome damage and flashy attacks. Controls are smooth and easy to learn. Skills are not overly complicated and it feels just right. Enemys get progressivly harder but you learn at just the right pace so that it's not stressful. No excessive grinding unless you want to, bossess can be taken down with skill (or lower the difficulty).
One Downside.
Unfortunatly one smal tiny thing is the side quests feel like an unneccessary extra which adds to longer game time however for those that just want to enjoy the game the story should only take about 15 hours. You don't miss much for skipping the side quests as they only give a bit of gold/sp/outfits which you end up not needing anyway.