History Manga / RozenMaiden

One of Creator/PeachPit's most famous manga, the series has seen several publications. The manga originally ran in ''Monthly Comic Blitz'' from 2002 to 2007, but a second manga series was published in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Weekly Young Jump]]'' in 2008 under the name ''Rozen Maiden'' [[note]]written in katakana this time instead of using the Latin alphabet[[/note]]. It begins as a ForWantOfANail story starring a much older Jun Sakurada, which follows what would have happened if Jun had responded [[RedPillBluePill "do not wind"]] to the initial letter, and crosses over with the original universe. After a few volumes, the older Jun's story finishes, and the two universes separate again, with the story shifting back to the original universe, and the plot resuming where the original manga ended, making the 2008 manga, despite what it initially looked like, an actual continuation instead of an AlternateUniverse spin-off. This time period also introduced several manga that ran through 2012-14, ''Rozen Maiden: Dolls Talk'', in ''Magazine/{{Ribon}}'' and ''Maite wa Ikenai Rozen Maiden'' in ''Miracle Jump''. A collector's edition of the manga was announced in April of 2022 that collects the original and continuation manga, finally bringing the two serializations together under the same name of ''Rozen Maiden''[[note]]rendered in katakana like the continuation manga and subsequent Rozen Maiden media since[[/note]].

* AngryCheekPufff: In episode 5, Hinaichigo ([[TheBabyOfTheBunch the youngest of the dolls]]) gets into a fight with Suiseiseki and later Jun finds her moping in bed with her cheeks puffed and her face red with anger.

A more faithful anime adaption started airing in the Summer2013Anime season, adapting the first arc of the 2008 manga, with Creator/StudioDeen providing the animation instead of Studio NOMAD. This anime was subtitled ''Zurückspulen'' for overseas release [[note]]in the original Japanese market the anime is usually referred to as ''Rozen Maiden (2013)'' as the [[Anime/RozenMaiden original anime]] is also just ''Rozen Maiden''[[/note]].

* [[BecomeARealBoy Become A Real Girl]], named [[AliceAllusion Alice]]

* PinocchioSyndrome: The dolls want to become "Alice", the perfect girl - however, they seem to want to do it more to [[WellDoneSonGuy please Rozen]] than for the sake of being human.
** Suiseiseki in particular seems to suffer the worst from this. She makes a comment at one point over the concept of mortality and wanting to be a human rather than a doll concerning her time left to exist. She later becomes smitten over the idea of going to school and has an ImagineSpot involving her as a human.

* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Megu]], [[IllGirl who has been sick]], almost terminally so, for her whole life.

* TragicAbandonedToy: Out of the seven Rozen Maiden dolls created by the legendary doll maker Rozen, Suigintou is the most tragic. Being the first Rozen Maiden doll, she was abandoned and left incomplete without a torso part and was never invited to participate in the [[ForeverWar Alice Game]] with her younger sisters. By the time she gained sentience by her own willpower, she struggled to gain any recognition from Rozen and has an inferiority complex over being called "[[BerserkButton Junk]]" for this reason. After nearly being left for dead by Shinku in the Alice Game, Suigintou's grudge against her combined with her goal to prove herself to Rozen became her primary motivation for finding her purpose in life, starting out as an ArcVillain at the beginning of the series before mellowing out into an AntiVillain following her defeat by Shinku and Jun.

Has nothing to do with Creator/MichaelRosen, or him [[{{Squick}} crossdressing as a doll]].

One of Creator/PeachPit's most famous manga, the series has seen several publications. The manga originally ran in ''Monthly Comic Blitz'' from 2002 to 2007, but a second manga series was published in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Weekly Young Jump]]'' in 2008 under the name ''Rozen Maiden'' [[note]]written in katakana this time instead of using the Latin alphabet[[/note]]. It begins as a ForWantOfANail story starring a much older Jun Sakurada, which follows what would have happened if Jun had responded [[RedPillBluePill "do not wind"]] to the initial letter, and crosses over with the original universe. After a few volumes, the older Jun's story finishes, and the two universes separate again, with the story shifting back to the original universe, and the plot resuming where the original manga ended, making the 2008 manga, despite what it initially looked like, an actual continuation instead of an AlternateUniverse spin-off. This time period also introduced a lighthearted 2012-14 manga, ''Rozen Maiden: Dolls Talk'', in ''Magazine/{{Ribon}}''.

A more faithful anime adaption started airing in the Summer2013Anime season, adapting the first arc of the 2008 manga, with Creator/StudioDeen providing the animation instead of Studio NOMAD. This anime was subtitled ''Zurückspulen'' for overseas release [[note]]in the original Japanese market the anime is usually referred to as ''Rozen Maiden (2013)''[[/note]].

* SpotOfTea: Shinku wants her tea, servant.

** Suiseiseki in particular seems to suffer the worst from this. She makes a comment at one point over the concept of mortality and wanting to be a human rather a doll concerning her time left to exist. She later becomes smitten over the idea of going to school and has an ImagineSpot involving her as a human.

* DefrostingIceQueen: Arguably, [[spoiler:Suigintou]] after meeting Megu.

* {{Hikikomori}}: Jun. Unwind!Jun grew out of it years ago and is going to college.

* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: The manga started with Jun answering that yes, he will wind. ''Rozen Maiden'' (2008) was initially about what would happen if Jun answered otherwise, before the series became a StealthSequel.

* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: With Unwind!Jun, we can see how Jun's life could have been empty and meaningless without the dolls. After Saito manages to become his friend and the dolls enter his life, the trope starts going again.

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[[caption-width-right:350:"You must swear by the Rose Ring... that you will protect my Rosa Mystica."]]

-->-- '''Hinaichigo''', towards Shinku.

->"The Alice Game is about to begin."

* ShowWithinAShow: "[[Manga/DetectiveConan Detective Kun-kun]]". Every single one of the Rozen Maidens has shown to be huge fans of the show, including, hilariously, [[NotSoAboveItAll Suigintou]]. [[spoiler:The exception being Kirakishou, who probably hasn't ever had the opportunity to even know it exists.]]

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[[caption-width-right:319:''"I am Shinku -- the fifth doll of the Rozen Maiden."'']]

-->--'''Hinaichigo''', towards Shinku.

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[[caption-width-right:319:''"You must swear by the Rose Ring... that you will protect my Rosa Mystica."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:250:''"You must swear by the Rose Ring... that you will protect my Rosa Mystica."'']]

One of Creator/PeachPit's most famous manga, the series has seen several publications. The manga originally ran in ''Monthly Comic Blitz'' from 2002 to 2007, but a second manga series was published in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Weekly Yonug Jump]]'' in 2008 under the name ''Rozen Maiden'' [[note]]written in katakana this time instead of using the Latin alphabet[[/note]]. It begins as a ForWantOfANail story starring a much older Jun Sakurada, which follows what would have happened if Jun had responded [[RedPillBluePill "do not wind"]] to the initial letter, and crosses over with the original universe. After a few volumes, the older Jun's story finishes, and the two universes separate again, with the story shifting back to the original universe, and the plot resuming where the original manga ended, making the 2008 manga, despite what it initially looked like, an actual continuation instead of an AlternateUniverse spin-off. This time period also introduced a lighthearted 2012-14 manga, ''Rozen Maiden: Dolls Talk'', in ''Magazine/{{Ribon}}''.

A second manga series was published in 2008 under the name ''Rozen Maiden'' [[note]]written in katakana this time instead of using the Latin alphabet[[/note]]. It begins as a ForWantOfANail story starring a much older Jun Sakurada, which follows what would have happened if Jun had responded [[RedPillBluePill "do not wind"]] to the initial letter, and crosses over with the original universe. After a few volumes, the older Jun's story finishes, and the two universes separate again, with the story shifting back to the original universe, and the plot resuming where the original manga ended, making the 2008 manga, despite what it initially looked like, an actual continuation instead of an AlternateUniverse spin-off. This time period also introduced a lighthearted 2012-14 manga, ''Rozen Maiden: Dolls Talk'', in ''Magazine/{{Ribon}}''.

In December 2015, it was announced that a new manga series would start being published in ''Ultra Jump'' starting early 2016, named ''Rozen Maiden 0''. This manga takes place in the Taisho era of UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan and covers the mystery of the [[FlawedPrototype Zeroth Doll]]. It concluded in March 2019 with a total of 4 volumes.

A new manga series was published in 2008 under the name ''Rozen Maiden'' [[note]]written in katakana this time instead of using the Latin alphabet[[/note]]. It begins as a ForWantOfANail story starring a much older Jun Sakurada, which follows what would have happened if Jun had responded [[RedPillBluePill "do not wind"]] to the initial letter, and crosses over with the original universe. After a few volumes, the older Jun's story finishes, and the two universes separate again, with the story shifting back to the original universe, and the plot resuming where the original Manga ended, making the 2008 manga, despite what it initially looked like, an actual continuation instead of an AlternateUniverse spin-off.

** Hell, [[OurSoulsAreDifferent they have clockwork souls!]].

A new manga series was published in 2008 under the name ''Rozen Maiden'' [[note]]written in katakana this time instead of using the Latin alphabet[[/note]]. It begins as a ForWantOfANail story starring a much older Jun Sakurada, which follows what would have happened if Jun had responded [[RedPillBluePill "do not wind"]] to the initial letter, and crosses over with the original universe. After a few volumes, the older Jun's story finishes, and the two universes separate again, with the story shifting back to the original universe, and the plot resuming where the original Manga ended, making ''Tale'', despite what it initially looked like, an actual continuation instead of an AlternateUniverse spin-off.

** Another would-be dollmaker shows up in ''Tale'', but his attempts are firmly in the uncanny valley.

* Bizarrchitecture: Some parts of the N-field, but particularly Kirakishou's castle which also houses the Miniature Garden.

* ForWantOfANail: The Rozen Maidens need to be accepted by their masters to ''exist'' in the world. ''Rozen Maiden Tales'' is a world without Rozen Maidens since Jun chose to not be Shinku's master.

* HeartwarmingOrphan: Averted for Megu. Although her personality is still as heartwarming as you'd expect it to be, she's not an orphan, and her father actually shows up once in the manga to talk with her. Also [[spoiler:events in ''Tale'' suggest [[CreepyChild she's not]] [[DeathSeeker that heartwarming, either]].]]

** One chapter of ''Tales'' has a garden of talking, giant roses. Some are quite rude, other are more decent, all love to gossip.