

It’s also great that they keep the doll theme, they are the size of dolls and never become human sized or any cliches like that.Įven though it’s full of cliche, and some filler that’s unnecessary, it’s still a good watch. Rather than being soft spoken and demure she doesn’t put up with anything and is willing to tell it like it is. Suiseki is the main villan of the story, a Rozen Maiden bent on becoming Alice to gain the love of “father” their creator. Each given a power the one to collect them all will become Alice, a girl so pure and innocent that she is the most beautiful creature in the world.

The “Alice Game” is something all the “Rozen Maiden” dolls engage in. A person’s true meaning is called into question and how people handle mental battles is emphasized as just as important as how they handle the physical ones. As the story progresses there are heavy under and over-tones of self-worth and psychological battles that people face. But this anime really ended up taking me by surprise by the end when I actually ended up both feeling for the characters and feeling sad that it had ended.Īt first it seems cliche, Jun is an unhappy teen, his sister is ditzy and well meaning to the point of frustration since she seems to not care when Jun walks all over her, and every episode appears to be introducing a new doll with a little battle of the “Alice Game.” But the story seems to run much deeper than that. I didn’t expect to like this anime, in fact, I walked into it expecting to flat-out hate it. Jun is pulled into what is known as the Alice Game. When the doll springs to life she introduces herself as Shinku and forces Jun to enter into a contract with her to save his life from a sudden attack. One day, he recieves a box prompted by a strange letter possessing a beautiful doll. To pass the time he orders products on-line which he returns before their trial period is up. Jun Sakurada is a middle-school aged boy who refuses to go to school due to some past trauma which occured there.
