Ahh, the thigh game. Or ass. One of the two, depends on which way Ryza is turned.

She is the reason this is the best selling game in the franchise.
Anyway, Atelier Ryza is the highest selling Atelier game, a series focused on alchemy with frequent shoujo ai undertones. I have played a grand total of three games in the series, Atelier Iris 2, 3, and Mana Khemia. I never touched a PS3 or PS4 era one until Ryza. Why? Because the game’s don’t really offer anything.
The romance is shipping at best, with character endings being “here’s a potential romance you’ll never see” for a vast majority of them. Fanservice was none existent as the series characters were mostly very young girls that were flat as a board. Cute was the focus. The series was about making stuff and advancing the life of the main alchemist and that was it. Which to me, sounds boring. Ryza kinda changed that with the designs of Lila and of course, Ryza.
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