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A [[Lazy Bum|lazy young girl]] named Annie Eilenberg is unknowingly shipped off to Sera Island by her parents in order to force her to make something of herself. Left only with a note from her grandfather and a [[Fairy Companion|fairy sidekick]] named Pepe, she is pushed by her family to take up the trade of [[Alchemy Is Magic|alchemy]]. Shortly after she wakes up on the island for the first time, she is informed by a young man named Hans Arlens of a contest being held on the island. She and several other alchemists are to compete to build Sera Island into a resort paradise within three years. The person whose alchemy most impresses the judges will earn themself the title of "Meister", granting them a boatload of money and the opportunity to win the hand in marriage of one of the King's children.

 

Hearing those magic words ("money" and "marrying up"), Annie gets right to work...

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: A lot of the characters are built like this; Annie is a "[[Determinator]]" who is only working hard in order to marry up [[Broken Aesop|so she'll never have to work again]], Kilbert is an [[Idiot Hero|Idiot "Hero"]] whose incompetence actually prevents him from using his full potential, Kyle is a [[Bungling Inventor]] who ends up ''really'' annoying people when his inventions don't work, etc.

* [[Alchemy Is Magic]]

* [[Bifauxnen]]: Annie. Poor, poor Annie. She gets mistaken for a boy ''constantly''. That she doesn't really have much of a fashion sense (or ''care'' to have one) doesn't help her much, either.

** Mueller is also this, but much more deliberately.

* [[Bishoujo Genre|Bishoujo]]: And on the other side of the coin? Oh yeah. Practically '''''every''''' unique-portrait female character is one (even Mueller, who really is too pretty to be a man). The actual appearances run the gamut, but without fail Sera Island is evidently packed with eye-poppingly gorgeous girls. The male demographic hasn't been ignored, either.

** The only exception is ''Annie'', of course, since, well, [[Bifauxnen|nobody is really sure if she should be filed under "bishoujo", "bishounen" or "neither"]]...

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|The 'normal' ending, where Annie is packing up to leave for the mainland because the project ran out of money. Only the 'bad' ending has a more depressing feel to it.}}

* [[Boss Battle]]: Mostly averted, since your main goal is helping improve the island and not killing mobs. The few "boss battles" you do get into are against enemies who become regular opponents as you search the scavenging sites (with at least one exception in the {{spoiler|Rock Puni}}.)

* [[Chick Magnet]]: There are several scenes that involve Hans having to fight off mobs of admirers, including on one occasion a group of ''[[Even the Guys Want Him|men]]'' who'd [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|mistaken him for a girl]].

* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Beaux.

* [[Gold Digger]]: Annie's goal in life is to "marry up" and never work again.

** And that she's being woken up after being hauled across half a nation and an ocean by her grandfather's homunculi...[[Heavy Sleeper|during which she never woke up at all]].

** He has to do this to her once or twice ''more'' during the course of the game. Annie is apparently capable of entering a voluntary comatose state at will.

* [[Handsome Lech]]: Kyle likes to ''think'' he's this. Annie is usually just annoyed by his antics, however.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: Gillian and Kilbert.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Literally the first words out of Pepe's mouth upon meeting Fitz are an insult about her height. This sets off an instant feud between them.

* [[Idiot Hero|Idiot "Hero"]]: Kilbert. Obviously he isn't the ''actual'' "hero" of the story, but he's clearly meant to be a send-up of this type of character.

* [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]: Inverted. Most of your allies visit Annie's workshop by breaking in while she's not around and often rummaging through her pantry for tea and snacks. No one is deterred at all by her anger about it. Kyle, Kilbert, and Beaux are the most brazen about it.

* [[Lazy Bum]]: Annie is this before she decides to "go for the gold", as it were; she still retains a lot of her slacker tendencies afterward.

** Apparently, they also smell so horrible to the point driving everyone out of the city library at one point. And later, she even makes health stew and health cake...

* [[Low Fantasy]]: A notable and welcome return to this after some of the craziness in ''[[Mana Khemia]]'', and this is the first time Americans have seen the franchise acting this way. Although, as always, the game isn't gritty or cynical in the ''slightest'', humanity still dominates the island and the wider world (in fact, other "sentient" beings generally try to keep out of human business; Pepe insinuates that even the fairies don't always like involving themselves in wider affairs, and ''he's'' only training Annie as a favor to Bentner), all the "magic" involved has some basis in science, and the most epic thing Annie can do is fight some large monsters who are in the way of the island's development. And, of course, you never actually leave the island.

** Hans also gives you a mission that requires a different [[Rare Random Drop]] (Lizard Tail). You also need 6 of these items to complete the final jobs for the Market location.

* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Kilbert, against physical enemies.

* [[Multiple Endings]]

* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Daniel

* [[Nice Hat]]: Annie's, though she's of the opinion that it's incredibly unfashionable.

* [[No Sense of Direction]]: Beaux. He somehow ''crossed an ocean'' without understanding how he did so.

* [[Odango Hair]]: Fitz's hair buns.

* [[Optional Party Member]]: {{spoiler|Liese. She's not exactly hard to unlock, but at the same time, if you're distrustful it's possible to lose her hook. She's also only available starting from the game's second third onward.}}

* [[Overused Running Gag]]: Some (or probably most) players view [[The Napoleon|Pepe's]] [[Berserk Button]] triggering by several characters throughout the game as this.

* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: Arguably, the mascots of your resorts.

* [[The Rival]]: Julian.

* [[Running Gag]]: The traditional Atelier Series's barrel gag, which is lampshaded by a customer in your shop who comments about the barrels in your shop throughout the game. Beaux's lack of sense of direction -which causes him to get lost in town and nearly dies from starvation, often needs someone else to bring him to Annie's workshop- can qualify.

* [[Ship Tease]]: LOADS between Hans and Annie.

* [[Sink or Swim Mentor]]: Bentner.

* [[The Slacker]]:

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