I love atelier series, although sadly I don't own ps3 due to priorities problem (this few years, I need to use a lot of money to buy stuff for school)
I can't play it even I want to,so at least I want to read the story.
I play the ps2 version, atelier iris 1-3.it's RPG,just my cup of tea.
I absolutely love the 1st and 2nd. if you hate atelier annie,you might love this one, I like it how you can make stuff XD
I loathe atelier annie though,i don't understand that one ( i have no idea what I should do in there beside making stuff) and I hate annie. but gameplay has nothing to do with stories.
this is the manga version,you can try read the manga and see whether it's interesting or not
http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=49177
summary:
Based on the PS3 RPG, this tells the story of the young, somewhat lazy alchemist Rorona. Rorona lives in the small kingdom of Arland, with her teacher Astrid and a helper called Hom. Unfortunately for Rorona, Alchemy is not as popular as it once was, and the government has given her atelier a three year review period to prove that it should not be shut down. Rorona lives peacefully amidst her numerous friends while she tries her best to prove the usefulness of alchemy. She works to complete the tasks assigned to her by the government, in addition to helping out various townspeople. Though she messes up sometimes, and occasionally slacks off, she’ll try her best to protect her atelier!