As seen on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim! Balsa, a cynical female warrior, has sworn to protect young prince Chagum from royal assassins known as the Hunters. Chagum's inner nobility demands he challenge a local bully twice his size, and when Balsa gets involved an old enemy recognizes her. He is a patient strategist and master warrior, who attacks her physically and psychologically in perfect concert in a test of skill, endurance and pure force of will.