Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout - Recommendations

• Vol: 1
• 2009 - 2010

Rorona Frixell is a carefree would-be alchemist who's training under the tutelage of Astrid Zexis, a master alchemist. One day, the kingdom of Arland makes a sudden announcement: Astrid must perform tasks imposed by the palace or risk losing her alchemy workshop! Unfortunately for Rorona, her lazy teacher isn't the slightest bit worried and forces the unskilled girl to work in her stead. Now, she must do her best to become a full-fledged alchemist, but between facing obstacles such as her own ineptness and helping a little girl create delectable treats, can Rorona actually pull herself together to save the shop?

• Vol: 3; Ch: 17
• 2008 - 2009

Rena is a girl living in Expel. From a young age, she has always believed strongly in the legend of the Warrior of Light and believed that one day he will appear before her. Then on one day, the Sorcery Globe fell upon the planet of Expel, causing chaos to the planet. Later Rena met Claude when she was at the Shingo Forest, who had saved her from a monster with a weapon that shoots a dazzling light .Rena had believed that Claude was the Warrior of Light in the legend, but Claude had denied it. Despite that, the both of them set off together towards Eluria, where the Sorcery Globe fell, in order to investigate it, meeting new people and gaining new allies on the way.

• Vol: 1
• 2013

• Vol: 3
• 2000 - 2001

Leif, fighting to regain the land of Leonster from the forces of Grannvale. At his side are the Fiana Militia lead by Evyel and his knight and father figure, Finn. A twist of events at the finally start the steps in which Leif will finally begin his journey to regain Leonster...

• Vol: 2; Ch: 10
• 2019 - 2020

• Vol: 11
• 1999 - 2002

• Vol: 1; Ch: 11
• 2012 - 2013

• Vol: 11
• 2002 - 2006

Hugo is the son of the Karaya clan-leader, trying his best to become a man worthy of his tribe. Chris Lightfellow is a young woman from the nation of Zexen who is struggling to follow her missing father's footsteps as a great knight. Geddoe is an enigmatic mercenary who fights for no cause but his own, and yet he seems to know more than he lets on. Each of them gets involved in an ongoing conflict between the tribes of the Grasslands, the merchant nation of Zexen, and the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia, and soon find their resolves, loyalties and abilities tested to their utmost limits.

• Vol: 7; Ch: 36
• 1998 - 2001

The vast universe that spreads endlessly... There are as many hopes and dreams of people as there are countless numbers of stars...as well as nightmares... During a planet investigation, Claude came in contact with a strange energy field and got transported to an unknown planet. There, the earth swayed and monsters terrified the denizens. Claude met a young girl named Rena, and in addition to searching for a way to return to his world, he went on a journey to investigate the calamities that had been troubling this world.

• Vol: 12; Ch: 59
• 1993 - 1999

Long ago, Medeus, king of dragonkin, conquered the continent of Archanea, giving rise to an age of fear and despair for its entire people. That tyranny was broken, however, when an unlikely hero intervened. A young man hailing from the Altea region appeared with a divine like blade in hand. Fang of dragon and blade of light locked in battle; and in the end, blade prevailed. For some after, the land enjoyed an age of peace. However, after a century's passing, the Shadow Dragon returned. He forged an alliance with a fiendish sorcerer who sought to rule the world, and their combined might topple kingdom upon unsuspecting kingdom. Again, the darkness threatened to engulf the continent. It fell upon the king of Altea, sole descendant of the dragon-slaying hero, to sally forth with the divine blade and fulfill his blood destiny. His son, Prince Marth, remained at home with the boy's mother, his elder sister, and a garrison manned by Altea's neighbor and ally, Gra. Thus the boy applied himself to the ways of both pen and sword, until one day...