"Capitalism, ho!"

Recette Lemongrass is the main protagonist of Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale.

She lives alone in a house on top of a hill in Pensee after her father decided to become a hero, and went out on an "adventure" three months ago. Unfortunately for Recette, he also unknownly left her an outstanding debt so big not even Tear will say an exact amount!

The player takes control of Recette to buy and sell items to gather enough "Pix", the in-game currency, in her house-turned item store, Recettear (a portmanteau of the two partners' names, Recette and Tear), to make increasing weekly debt payments over the course of five weeks.

Contents 1 Background 1.1 Character Biography 1.2 Additional Information 1.3 Relationships 1.3.1 Tear 1.3.2 Alouette 1.3.3 Louie 1.3.4 Charme 1.3.5 Caillou 1.3.6 Tielle 1.3.7 Nagi 1.3.8 Elan 1.3.9 Griff 1.3.10 Arma 2 Notes 2.1 Payment Requirements 2.2 Failure Effects 2.3 Success Effects 2.4 Trivia

Background Edit

Character Biography Edit

The heroine of our tale and the character you play as. Recette is a young girl who, up until now, had practically not a care in the world as her father took care of everything. He's run off to go "be a hero", however, leaving her alone... and apparently saddled with the debt of a massive loan he took out from Terme Finance! Now it falls to Recette to pay back the debt, using her house as an item store.

Recette can be a little "air-headed" at times, but she's also very sincere. Despite the hardship placed in front of her, she never seems to lose her sunny disposition, taking on the role of the mega-optimist. She can also be a quite a ditz.

Additional Information Edit

Despite her young age and circumstances, Recette is very easy-going, positive, and trusting. Even with an "active" imagination (such as believing she would be sold off in parts to distant lands to pay off her father's loans, and wondering if it is possible to survive with two internal organs), she is able to easily make friends with people of different races.

She is fond of many different quotes such as "Capitalism, ho!"

Recette displays a number of unusual skills such as:

• Needlework - when she sewed a girl's doll back together
• Either herbalism or wilderness survival skills - when she was able to safely determine which random plants growing in the Town Square was safe for Louie to eat
• Advanced knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and nutrition - when she was able to tell a woman in the Town Square that sweets would make her feel better.
• Handyness-when she made the shop sign

Recette means revenue in French.

Relationships Edit

Tear Edit

Even if they did not meet in the best of circumstances, Recette looks up to Tear like a big sister, or perhaps as a mother-figure. Recette trusts Tear immensely without question and relies on her help to run Recettear. Tear in turn, cannot help but admire Recette's optimism, but chastises her for her naiviety.

After the five weeks of paying off her father's debts, Recette is sad to see Tear leave as her work is done, but is overjoyed when Tear is 'forced' to stay due to Recette's stark laziness at bookkeeping, requiring a permanent financial advisor to keep Recettear going.

Alouette Edit

Alouette introduces herself to Recette after being caught while sneaking around Recettear Solid Snake-style (in a box that clearly came from Amazon). Despite their different social and financial backgrounds, the two girls appear to get along well, even if Recette is only confused by Alouette's boastings of her high class lifestyle.

Louie Edit

As a new immigrant to Pensee, Louie is unable to find work, but with Tear's help and Recette's trust, the three take their first steps into a dungeon. When Louie gets his Adventurer's Guild Card, he offers his very first card to Recette as a token of appreciation and friendship. Though they don't have much in common, they become good friends.

Charme Edit

Although Charme did initially try to murder and rob Recette, Recette forgives her, and Charme immediately takes a liking to the girl. Charme sees herself as a sort of big sister role, particularly since Tear isn't always completely honest with Recette.

Caillou Edit

Initially, Caillou is just a customer who needs ingredients, but news of high-power arcane items showing up in the dungeons forces him to ask Recette to accompany him as he investigates. Though he himself has accomplished a lot despite his age, he refuses to believe Recette owns Recettear.

Tielle Edit

Tielle and Recette first meet when Tielle is frightened and lost in a dungeon, which might explain why she attacks her adventurer. After being defeated, Recette heals Tielle's wounds with a very expensive elven medicine found in the dungeon. They become fast friends after that, and bond over their shared love of sweets.

Nagi Edit

Recette's patience is a huge boon for Nagi's and her friendship. Though Nagi has an awful sense of direction, the better friends they become, the more times Nagi seems to 'wander' into Recettear. They bond quickly over their shared love of cooking, and Recette's fascination with Nagi's foreign mannerisms.

Elan Edit

Both Recette and Tear first find Elan to be a bit of a suspicious character snooping around the Pensee Orphanage, but when he admits he's just ashamed he doesn't have the money to buy the children sweets like he usually does, Recette immediately takes him to heart. Being slightly inexperienced in the way of dungeons, he seems to consider Recette his equal despite her age.

Griff Edit

While he considers her immensely stupid, Griff seems to have a soft spot for Recette. When he raises the Obsidian Tower, he takes into account that Recette might investigate, so he suggests she leave town before he goes ahead with his plan.

Arma Edit

Arma is very terse, but shows many signs that she cares for Recette. Arma treats her almost like a scholar of human culture and society.

Notes Edit

Payment RequirementsEdit

As far as the debt goes, you have to collect a certain amounts of pix before the end of specific days. Failure to end the day with the required amount of pix brings the game over screen. The days and amount required are as follows:

• By the end of day 8, you must collect 10 000 pix.
• By the end of day 15, you must collect 30 000 pix.
• By the end of day 22, you must collect 80 000 pix.
• By the end of day 29, you must collect 200 000 pix.
• By the end of day 36, you must collect 500 000 pix. Completion of this week's requirement completes the game, as the whole debt is paid.
• The total amount, by the way, is 820 000 pix.

Failure EffectsEdit

If you fail to amass the amount required by the end of the week, the game will end with a home repossession (game over) screen. You restart the game from day 2 with 1000 pix, as if the previous things that happened was just a dream. The loop count (shown in the save menu) is increased by 1 and is the only indication of a previous game. The following things are retained and kept:

• Your Merchant Level and merchant experience.
• All your items and your store configurations (any decorations, table placement, items on display and stock will remain).
• Your Adventurer's equipement, level and experience.
• The spending budget and loyalty of customers (for example, on Day 2 I have a little girl buying 11K items).
• Unlocked Dungeons levels (you have to re-unlock dungeons, but you can start on the floor where you were on your last loop).
• Adventurers who have given you their True Card.

Success EffectsEdit

Upon paying back the whole debt, you've successfully completed the game. You will receive the True Card and have several options:

• Loading back the save game. You will continue exactly where you left off (aka day 37). This mode is called Endless.
• Start a New Game +, is similar to the failure effect, except you have the true card you unlocked in your play. You must choose a save to start with.
• Start a Survival Game, with two modes of difficulty. While similar to the new game +, has a few differences:
  • All day numbers are reduced by one (you start on Day 1, without tutorials, but the payments are expected a day earlier).
  • All unlocked dungeon are kept.
  • All unlocked Adventurers are kept.
  • You can't unlock a true card.
  • The debt keeps on increasing until you can't pay, at which point the game is considered "completed".
• View Survival Stats, where you will see your best score from the different mode (story mode most points, story mode most cash at end, survival modes best scores)

TriviaEdit

• When Tear tells Recette to go out through the front door,what Recette tries to say(To eternity and beyond) could be a reference to Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story.