Tales of Graces.

I think you should try Hubert. There's probably some kind of armor(upgrade?) or title which gives you more base CC. Another reason to play Hubert is that fact that if you play Sophie you really need to do the healing yourself or have Cheria in your party all the time. From what I've seen Huberts only healing arte is Healing Wind, which isn't a must to use and if you use it it affects anyone that stands in its range, so it's much more of a "player friendly" arte. Sophie has First Aid, Heal, Cure and Revive so you'll spend more time using magic than you would with Hubert. Unless you like healing and letting the AI controlled party members kill everything for you.

I can't wait for this game to come out in Europe, the game seems very fast paced (especially when you compare it to ToS2 with its slow magic) and the fact that it doesn't use TP(or any variation on MP) is great.