I actually loved both Atelier Iris titles currently available in the west. The first had some great characters and writing. The joke with the water spirit still cracks me up to this day "Do you know how annoying that is" indeed. It isn't the most technically advanced RPG out there, actually it looks like something that crawled out of the late 16-bit era honestly, but I don't care. Its fun, well written, with good gameplay and likeable characters.

And I personally think Veola is a great character, the love triangle between her, lita, and klein is perfect. Espescially when you get to see how awful a cook she is. The Element X joke still cracks me up to this day.