In recent years, the franchise Atelier has become very popular thanks to the various adaptations it has had, both with video games and with its anime, and the “waifus” present in its history have become loved by fans, which is why every day Today a lot of merchandise is created. But in the last few hours, one of these products, more precisely one that recreates Sophie Neuenmullerbecame a trend within the community, as it started a huge debate about whether the franchise became too “crazy.”
This figure of Sophie Neuenmuller belonging to Atelier Sophie started a new debate in the community
Thanks to the popularity that the franchise Atelier has obtained in recent years, is that we can see all kinds of merchandise that is constantly created, and that the game has been characterized by the large number of “waifus” present in its very varied staff. But this does not seem to have always been the case, since with the exit of a new collection piece, in this case whose protagonist is Sophie Neuenmullerseveral “veteran” fans of the saga have come out to criticize how the “craving” theme has begun to ruin the franchise.
And the main argument that the fans who have been playing the various installments of Atelier It’s like in the beginning the saga was about showing a beautiful story, but with the division of the development group into two teams things began to change from minor to major. Here one of these would create a game which, although it maintained a fantasy story, ended up being a failure, while the second studio, which focused on giving more “cuteness” to its titles, took off quickly, which is why now the Atelier games would opt to increase this aspect before others.
With this decision, the saga began to carry out more and more fanservice of all kinds, and veteran players reached their limit with the release of this new figure, which shows a character who within the saga, with his version original presents himself as someone much more innocent. And in this figure we see Sophie Neuenmuller changing clothes before putting on a dress, so you can see her lower garments, accompanied in turn with a pose of shame and anger that was quite “crazy”, which is why the players raised their voices.
On the other hand, there are those fans who largely accept the “craving” in the saga. Atelieras well as all its variations, such as Atelier Sophie of which Sophie herself is the protagonist, since they see, in addition to a great opportunity to sell the brand much more, further aspects. One of these is that they find a small degree of love when creating this content, more precisely in developing cute girls, which may be to the taste of fans.
Finally, they also see this type of product as an object that does not directly belong to the franchise, but rather as something “extra” created for another audience. Now we just have to see how this story will continue within the franchise community, since this figure will not be the last one released with this theme and the saga with its different installments has many more girls, which may have this type of treatment.
For those who don’t know the saga Atelierthis is a set of video games that began in 1997 with the title Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburgreleased only on PlayStation in Japan and the most recent is the gacha video game Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Polar Night Liberator which was released in the year 2024. These games stand out for being mostly RPG with many elements of alchemy, where we will live the story of different protagonists, such as Sophie Neuenmuller herself or Reisalin “Ryza” Stoutwho is the most recognized of the franchise.
Furthermore, in 2023 was when the saga reached a new audience thanks to its anime adaptation, which tells us how the Ryza She began in the world of alchemy, mainly how her love for these practices arose and the path that led her to become an alchemist. Although the anime also made the news for an aspect that was presented in each chapter and that is that Ryza’s thighs stole most of the scenes, to the delight of her fans.
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