Shigure and Hatori are fairly male, but otherwise, yeah.
It's weird, yes. Try to look at it as mostly a coming-of-age story rather than... whatever. Have you seen.... episode 8, I think? Hatori's backstory? That one was very touching.
Shigure, I'm not so sure of. Hatori is cool. Maybe the coolest character.
But I actually finished it, and I still don't understand the curse.