One former soldier, Van, is working as a slave in the mines alongside a little girl named Yuna.
We meet a young man named Juan, who disrupts such a competition, only to run across a disguised woman, also named Juan who demonstrates her own skills.
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko focuses on an 11-year-old girl named Kikuko who is shy, quiet, skinny, and logical in approaching life choices.
Still, he resolves to try for it again along with 2 other boys and recruits Juan to be an all-important member.