I wasn't entirely sure what to expect with Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land. It was my first venture into Gust's Atelier series, which I had largely known as RPGs about crafting and chill vibes.
As it turns out, Yumia is a fresh take on the Atelier series, and so it worked out neatly; I'd be trying a new series of games, and the series was trying some new things. But even though I went in expecting to get wrapped up in roleplaying and adventure, I found myself wholly immersed in something else: picking up as many things as my bag could carry, scurrying back to my atelier like a rodent to a hovel, and crafting and building until the bag was empty.
