Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout Season 1

The Alchemist

Episode 1 of Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the name of the game Hideout starts with our protagonist Reisalin Stout (Ryza), sharing information approximately her island (Kurken), village (Rasenboden), and intention to interrupt free from her regular life.

After staring at at the ocean, Ryza is shown being distasteful about harvesting Kurken Fruit for her father. Her father assures her it’ll end up second nature for Ryza in four or five years. Ryza’s mother scolds her for slacking off and obligations her with giving her father water.

Ryza hands her father the water, and he explains why he by no means grows bored of farming. Ryza tries to leave, but her mother catches her. Ryza tells her mom she has a commercial enterprise inside the Fairystone woodland, however her mother thinks she’s making an excuse to move on a stupid adventure. therefore, she tasks Ryza with managing an crucial undertaking.

Ryza leaves to handle her mom’s task. She meets her friend Tao and asks him why he’s tired. Tao says he discovered a ebook with diagrams that intrigued him to read it. Ryza says it’s bizarre for him to be interested by texts on account that Tao can’t read them. despite the fact that his excellent-grandfather never taught his grandfather a way to study, Tao’s certain he’ll find a way to examine it.

Ryza’s different buddy Lent arrives, and the 2 ask him if he’s completed his every day sword training. Lent says he has and is truely exploring the city. Lent accompanies Ryza and Tao. The trio belittles every different for his or her weird habits and overhears a man complaining to a merchant named Mr. Fressher about humans following Moritz and breaking Rasenboden’s traditions. 

After the person leaves, Ryza and her friends technique Mr. Fressher. Mr. Fressher informs them that elders have been going round telling people no longer to get enthusiastic about the humans arriving at Rasenboden day after today.

Tao tells Ryza that a famous outsider service provider plans to open a store at Rasenboden, and Mr. Fressher says this individual has sturdy help from Moritz. Mr. Fressher fingers Ryza and Tao their elements even as sharing extra intel about this famed service provider. 

The fact

while Tao brings up the service provider who owns a store within the capital (Ashra-am Baird) to Ryza, it makes Ryza surprise what lifestyles’s like off Rasenboden.

At Ryza’s place, she tells Lent and Tao she wants to cross on an journey off the island. Ryza tells Tao and Lent they’ll meet with the service provider tomorrow and then discover the opposite Rasenboden’s contrary shore. She argues that Rasenboden’s culture holds them again.

Ryza says they’ll visit the port, borrow a ship, and make the Pixie wooded area their first vacation spot because it seems like a harmless location. Tao’s involved because the location may want to harbor monsters, however Ryza argues Lent can deal with them. despite their issues, Lent and Tao go along with Ryza’s plans. 

We reduce to two specific prestigious groups discussing Rasenboden and their hopes for it. meanwhile, Lent spends time with Ryza as she collects unis fabric for his or her experience. Tao arrives late, and Lent questions him about his hammer weapon. Tao said he desired to bring some thing that he could swing around.

They leave to enact their plan however spot a girl named Agatha chatting with two human beings. Ryza’s involved approximately borrowing a boat due to the fact Agatha can be there. Tao questions if other Guardians like Agatha may be on the port. Lent says it’s anticipated due to the fact that they’re assigned to greeting visitors. 

We reduce to a woman named Romy appearing upset because she will be able to’t go on her trip. Agatha butts into their verbal exchange and is aware of Romy wants to meet the service provider to get on his right facet. Agatha guarantees Romy they’ll talk about her poor behavior later seeing that she has urgent commercial enterprise to take care of at the island’s other shore.

The bushes and by accident

in the meantime, Ryza leads Lent and Tao to a new location with a random fishing boat. Tao argues the boat doesn’t have a sail and would cross towards way of life in the event that they used one with out it. Ryza reminds Tao they’re breaking culture via leaving the island and need to attention on happening an journey. Ryza goes on a speak of her dreams for this quest. 

She entices Lent to go along with it via bringing up the North Tower, as Lent believes exploring it can make him more potent. despite the fact that Tao’s concerned, he says he’ll go together with them. Ryza and pals set sail.

in the meantime, Agatha attends to the visitor’s requests. all of sudden, someone informs female Klaudia’s father that she’s gone lacking. Agatha’s concerned, but her father says it’s not unusual for Kladia to escape from the caravan. 

on the same time, a person accompanying a pristine lady named Lila tells her to get the merchant, Klaudia’s father’s, interest. on the equal time, Ryza and her friends arrive someplace and take a ruin to plan their journey. Ryza takes a map out, but Tao says it’s vain. Ryza argues why it’s right that the map’s now not complete and says it'd be better to draw their personal map.

Ryza spots a trail and tells Tao and Lent to observe her. Tao’s concerned approximately the ability monsters they’ll stumble upon, but Lent speculates the monsters on this location aren’t robust when you consider that they’re close to the port. 

The group travels thru the wooded area and indulges in a few amusing out of doors activities. throughout their day trip, Ryza spots large mushrooms, and Lent warns her no longer to get close to them. all of sudden, Klaudia rushes out of the bushes and by accident bumps into Ryza. Klaudia apologizes and tells our heroes monsters are after her.

How effective Lila

Ryza and her buddies attempt to combat the monsters, but they fail. They retreat and nicely introduce themselves to each different. Ryza tells Klaudia she and her buddies are on an journey to find some thing superb. 

Klaudia explains how she were given separated from her friends and famous her father the service provider they heard approximately. Tao thinks they gained’t get scolded for breaking way of life on account that they saved the merchant’s daughter. 

Ryza contemplates all they carried out these days and says it’s nice for them to move domestic. On their way home, the crew runs into a trio of pixie monsters. they've hassle defeating them, but Lila and her accomplice arrive to store them.

Ryza and her friends follow Lila and her partner to a woodland protect cabin. Lila’s companion explains it turned into constructed on a ruin from the Klint kingdom, and he reads a few textual content written on the residence. 

Tao realizes it’s the same language in his e-book. Lila’s companion sprinkles a concoction on Lent’s wounds, and every body’s taken aback it healed his arm. They maintain following Lila and her companion.

Lila’s partner has Lent maintain an exorcism brooch that’ll repel any monster from attacking them. Lent can’t trust how effective Lila is Ryza processes Lila’s pal and asks him if he’s a wizard. Her friend confirms that he’s an alchemist and that each one the gadgets he saw them use were through alchemy. 

The troubling scenario

Agatha scolds Lent, Ryza, and Tao for their rule-breaking shenanigans. Klaudia tries standing up for them, however it doesn’t paintings.

The service provider asks Agatha to take him, Klaudia, and his guys to the island. Agatha asks Lila and her friend if they have a business at the island. Lila and her pal tell Agatha they plan to investigate the Klint nation’s ruins. 

Lila’s friend gives to lead them to diverse objects if Agatha allows him and Lila to stay right here. Agatha accepts their request due to the fact that they stored Ryza’s group and Klaudia. Lila’s friend introduces himself as Empel and thanks Agatha for accepting his provide.

The team travels to Rasenboden, and the service provider thanks Ryza for saving his daughter in personal because he didn’t need to mention it in the front of Agatha. once they return to Rasenboden, Moritz introduces himself to the merchant, and we analyze his name is Lubart. Ryza and Lent tell Klaudia Moritz serves as the face of Rasenboden and likes sticking his nose into the entirety. 

He’s wealthy and has manage of the village’s water deliver, making him effective. Thereafter, Ryza asks Tao and Lent if they loved the small adventure. Tao and Lent stated they had fun notwithstanding the troubling scenario.

abruptly,  citizens named Bos and Lumbar scold Ryza and her pals for his or her actions. They inform the trio that the Guardians were livid approximately their journey, and Bos confirms it precipitated a problem for his or her work. Ryza contemplates Bos and Lumbar’s phrases earlier than mattress. no matter their terrible feedback, she’s happy she took her first step into the adventuring international. 

The herbs Empel

Ryza and her pals go to Empel and Lila and request they assist them toughen and teach them various things. Empel and Lila refuse their offer due to the fact they don’t have unfastened time, however Tao’s e book catches Empel’s eye. Tao explains he determined the e book in an underground library at his house.

Empel hobbies Lila and hears the group out. Lila has the same opinion to assist Lent examine the fundamentals of combating if he and his buddies can show them across the location. Ryza asks Empel if he can educate her alchemy, however Empel says she doesn’t have an innate aptitude for it. 

Ryza asks Empel to check her for it, so Empel tasks her with a fetch quest considering the fact that being capable of figuring out substances is the simple foundation of alchemy. He offers Ryza a herb and asks her to locate extra such things as it.

Klaudia notices Ryza and explains she and Lubart rented a house in the village. Klaudia says Ryza can visit whenever she needs, and Ryza guarantees to expose her around. After naming a few places she’d like to show Klaudia, Ryza visits the Fairystone forest and unearths the herbs Empel informed her about.

She returns to Empel’s region, and he’s inspired she observed the herbs. Empel leads her thru the “synthesis” or alchemy item crafting part of her training. He tosses the herb and vial into a pot and uses his thoughts to create an item of his preference. 

He asks Ryza to strive, and Ryza successfully makes a supplement on her first attempt. Empel informs Ryza’s she’s exceeded her alchemist take a look at. but, she has a protracted way to go earlier than she turns into a grasp alchemist.

The Episode evaluate

Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the secret Hideout aimed to make an exciting splash at the summer 2023 anime season’s begin with the aid of giving long-time fans and newcomers a 48-minute choicest. 

whilst the episode may want to’ve benefitted from a shorter runtime or had been cut up into two separate portions to get greater human beings on board, it gave all people an exciting creation to Ryza, her goals, and her global.

Ryza’s already shaping to be an interesting protagonist with her likable character and ardour for exploration. Many individuals who like to journey to new environments and find out existence’s secrets and techniques and hidden terrain will resonate with Ryza and her dissatisfaction with cutting-edge-day scenarios.

Ryza’s partners Lent and Tao are exciting fellows with room to develop in their respective fields. as an instance, it’ll be interesting to see how strong Lent becomes after receiving education from Lila. despite the fact that the monsters Lila defeats in episode one aren’t menacing in appearance or potential, she feels like someone who’s been in many tough fights.

visitors might be curious to look what Tao’s function and goalpost will be in the series in view that they don’t get into a great deal depth about it here. besides his yearning to realize more approximately the mysterious book, he doesn’t have a clean long-term purpose in thoughts. 

based totally on what befell on this chapter, we are able to anticipate this series to be a relaxing gem with tidbits of movement sprinkled in for proper measure. but, it’d be splendid if the anime took its liberties to offer us extra deep dives into Ryza’s universe and its characters in approaches the sport series couldn’t.