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** Megu is seen by many as an extremely callous and manipulative bitch. This really started after it was revealed that [[spoiler:she was working with Kirakishou by her own free will because Suigintou keep her promise to kill her, her [[BreakThemByTalking speech to Jun about how he's worthless,]] attempting to break Tomoe as well by guilt tripping her over the death of Hinaichigo (which she had no control over), and her generally awful treatment to her nurses before she even left the hospital.]]
* TearJerker: You have to have a heart made of stone if you don't feel anything during the chapter/episode dedicated to [[spoiler:the death of Hinaichigo]].
** All of the Rozen Maidens had [[spoiler:pretty heartbreaking deaths. Hina probably had the saddest, but all]] are Tear Jerksers.

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** Megu is seen by many as an extremely callous and manipulative bitch. This really started after it was revealed that [[spoiler:she was working with Kirakishou by her own free will because Suigintou keep her promise to kill her, her [[BreakThemByTalking speech to Jun about how he's worthless,]] attempting to break Tomoe as well by guilt tripping her over the death of Hinaichigo (which she had no control over), and her generally awful treatment to her nurses before she even left the hospital.]]
* TearJerker: You have to have a heart made of stone if you don't feel anything during the chapter/episode dedicated to [[spoiler:the death of Hinaichigo]].
** All of the Rozen Maidens had [[spoiler:pretty heartbreaking deaths. Hina probably had the saddest, but all]] are Tear Jerksers.
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*** And then there's Kirakishou and [[spoiler:Adult Jun]], to the point where she even shows textbook signs of {{yandere}} for him. She attempts to torture him into choosing to be her master instead of Shinku's or Suingintou's, and then tries yet another ForcedKiss on him in a way of physically forcing him to make a contract with her (her ring was ''on her tongue''). And as if that's not bad enough, just a few seconds before, she licks and sucks on his finger in a way that's clearly meant to simulate oral sex while saying she 'wants him.' And the clincher? [[spoiler:She goes into a complete VillainousBreakdown when Adult Jun says, in no uncertain terms, that he wants nothing to do with her, causing her usually cool and 'cute' demeanor to devolve into hysterical screaming with her vines flailing all over the place.]] And she wonders why everyone she actually ''does'' want to like her can't run away from her fast enough.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Rozen as an [[AbusiveParents terrible excuse for a father-figure]], rather than the figure of utter adoration he is to the Rozen Maidens. That further breaks down into two sub-interpretations.

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Rozen as an [[AbusiveParents terrible excuse for a father-figure]], rather than the figure of utter adoration he is to the Rozen Maidens. That further breaks down into two sub-interpretations.



** Megu is seen by many as an extremely callous and manipulative bitch. This really started after it was revealed that [[spoiler:she was working with Kirakishou by her own free will because Suigintou keep her promise to kill her, her [[BreakingThemByTalking speech to Jun about how he's worthless,]] attempting to break Tomoe as well by guilt tripping her over the death of Hinaichigo (which she had no control over), and her generally awful treatment to her nurses before she even left the hospital.]]

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** Megu is seen by many as an extremely callous and manipulative bitch. This really started after it was revealed that [[spoiler:she was working with Kirakishou by her own free will because Suigintou keep her promise to kill her, her [[BreakingThemByTalking [[BreakThemByTalking speech to Jun about how he's worthless,]] attempting to break Tomoe as well by guilt tripping her over the death of Hinaichigo (which she had no control over), and her generally awful treatment to her nurses before she even left the hospital.]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: Suiseiseki was voiced by NanaMizuki in the Drama CDs. NatsukoKuwatani is TheOtherDarrin and better known for playing her. Both of them plays characters from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. NanaMizuki is Fate Testarossa who has [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Arf/Alph]], played by NatsukoKuwatani, as her familiar (a beast guardian).

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* HilariousInHindsight: Suiseiseki was voiced by NanaMizuki in the Drama CDs.[=CDs=]. NatsukoKuwatani is TheOtherDarrin and better known for playing her. Both of them plays characters from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. NanaMizuki is Fate Testarossa who has [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Arf/Alph]], played by NatsukoKuwatani, as her familiar (a beast guardian).
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* HilariousInHindsight: Suiseiseki was voiced by NanaMizuki in the Drama CDs. NatsukoKuwatani is TheOtherDarrin and better known for playing her. Both of them plays characters from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''. NanaMizuki is Fate Testarossa who has [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Arf/Alph]], played by NatsukoKuwatani, as her familiar (a beast guardian).
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** Megu became HUGE one when it was revealed that [[spoiler:she was working with Kirakishou by her own free will because Suigintou didn't let her die, her [[BreakingThemByTalking speech to Jun about how he's worthless,]] guilt-tripping Tomoe over the death of Hinaichigo, and her general awful treatment to her nurses.]]

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** Megu became HUGE one when is seen by many as an extremely callous and manipulative bitch. This really started after it was revealed that [[spoiler:she was working with Kirakishou by her own free will because Suigintou didn't let keep her die, promise to kill her, her [[BreakingThemByTalking speech to Jun about how he's worthless,]] guilt-tripping attempting to break Tomoe as well by guilt tripping her over the death of Hinaichigo, Hinaichigo (which she had no control over), and her general generally awful treatment to her nurses.nurses before she even left the hospital.]]
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** Megu became HUGE one when it was revealed that [[spoiler:she was working with Kirakishou by her own free will because Suigintou didn't let her die, her [[BreakingThemByTalking speech to Jun about how he's worthless,]] guilt-tripping Tomoe over the death of Hinaichigo, and her general awful treatment to her nurses.]]
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* ToyShip / CargoShip: Between [[LesYay the dolls]].

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* ToyShip / CargoShip: Between [[LesYay the dolls]]. And sometimes, Jun ''and'' one of the dolls. Especially Shinku.

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** This is partially caused by the fact that Zurückspulen is produced by StudioDEEN instead of Nomad, who made the orinal anime. Detractors of the new anime hate the fact that what is widely regarded as TheScrappy studio of the entire anime industry took over the show, while supporters firmly believe [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap that Zurückspulen in itself has managed to redeem Studio DEEN]]. This in addition to the style differences mentioned above.

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** This is partially caused by the fact that Zurückspulen is produced by StudioDEEN instead of Nomad, who made the orinal original anime. Detractors of the new anime hate the fact that what is widely regarded as TheScrappy studio of the entire anime industry took over the show, while supporters firmly believe [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap that Zurückspulen in itself has managed to redeem Studio DEEN]]. This in addition to the style differences mentioned above.


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** No longer as of the most recent arc of Tales [[spoiler:with Rozen seemingly coming back and finally selecting a doll to be Alice: Kirakishou]].
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** This is partially caused by the fact that Zurückspulen is produced by StudioDEEN instead of Nomad, who made the orinal anime. Detractors of the new anime hate the fact that what is widely regarded as TheScrappy studio of the entire anime industry took over the show, while supporters firmly believe [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap that Zurückspulen in itself has managed to redeem Studio DEEN]]. This in addition to the style differences mentioned above.
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* BrokenBase: The animated adaptation of ''Tales'', Zurückspulen, has pretty much torn the fandom in twain: between those who like the new but less colorful and much slower, melancholic, and introspective atmosphere of Zurückspulen, and those who prefer the colorful and magical girl-esque tone of the first two Rozen Maiden series. This, despite the fact that Zurückspulen is actually ''more'' faithful to the manga than the first two seasons.
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\n** This troper can't stop feeling bad for Kirakishou. She is, as much as the other dolls, a victim of Rozen's blind desire for Alice and maybe she had it worse; Rozen just make her as an astral doll without body, unable to ever get a master or even get out of the N-Field and abandoned her as he did with the others, but she was completely alone and that make her insane, to the point of ''not even caring about her own Rosa Mystica and the Alice Game at all''. This troper almost [[SympathyForTheDevil wanted to hug the little crazy bitch]] when she cried about how badly she wants a body.
-->'''Kirakishou:''' I want a body. Hinaichigo's purity, Kanaria's loveliness, Shinku's nobility, Suigintou's elegance, Suiseiseki's passion, Souseiseki's pain...
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** And contrary to the above, Suigintou for those who don't find her to be an EnsembleDarkhorse and/or see her as an abusive bitch whose FreudianExcuse doesn't quite cut it.
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* DieForOurShip: Jun, so much.

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* DieForOurShip: Jun, Jun and Rozen, so much.



** Also Jun.

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** Also Jun.Jun and Rozen.
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** DieForOurShip: Jun, so much.

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** * DieForOurShip: Jun, so much.
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** Also Jun.

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** DieForOurShip: Jun, so much.



* ToyShip / CargoShip: Between Jun and most of the dolls. Also, Jun and Tomoe might have something going.

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* ToyShip / CargoShip: Between Jun and most of [[LesYay the dolls. Also, Jun and Tomoe might have something going.dolls]].

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* AbusiveParents: Rozen, admittedly mainly by AlternateCharacterInterpretation, really comes off as a shabby excuse for a father/god. In the anime, he grows bored of creating Suigintou maybe two thirds of the way through, moving on to the other dolls; Suigintou's earliest memory is of waking up, naked and nothing more than an upper torso and a pelvis with no abdomen to connect them, watching Rozen put the final finishing touches on Shinku and walk away, ignoring her even as she cries for him to come back and drags herself after him. He never once looks at her until he decides, for whatever reason, to give her a Rosa Mystica so she can join the Alice Games. And then there's the whole deal of the Alice Game, where he commands his seven creations, who love each other like sisters and love him like a father, ritualistically fight each other to the death so that the sole survivor will become a human, the titular "Alice". If they don't do this, then they can never see him again. This is made even more suspect by the fact it's not clear if "Alice" is supposed to be Rozen's daughter (meaning he's saying he can't love them unless they're flesh and blood), or his ''wife''.
** The anime adds even more fuel to the fire by ending the series with his "emissary", Laplace's Demon, conveying the message that there is "apparently" another way to win the Alice Games besides killing each other... And he waited decades to tell them this, letting them fight and angst over it all this time.



* ToyShip / CargoShip: Literally between Jun and most of the dolls. Also, Jun and Tomoe might have something going.

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* ToyShip / CargoShip: Literally between Between Jun and most of the dolls. Also, Jun and Tomoe might have something going.



* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Kirakishou. All the evil actions she takes is out of a desperate need to be loved, and with her having been isolated in the N-field her entire life, it's not surprising why she would want it so much.

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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Kirakishou. All the evil actions she takes is out of a desperate need to be loved, and with her having been isolated in the N-field her entire life, it's not surprising why she would want it so much.

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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Suigintou]], twice.[[hottip:*:First, when she is defeated in the first season, showing her incomplete body as she falls apart. Then in second season, when she was about to attack Shinku, but held back because she did not want to hurt Megu, and finally make a DivingSave, shielding Shinku from Barasuishou's attack]]. Another is [[spoiler:Barasuishou]], although some call it a KarmicDeath considering [[ISurrenderSuckers how she defeated]] [[spoiler:Shinku]].
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* AbusiveParents: Rozen, admittedly mainly by AlternateCharacterInterpretation, really comes off as a shabby excuse for a father/god. In the anime, he grows bored of creating Suigintou maybe two thirds of the way through, moving on to the other dolls; Suigintou's earliest memory is of waking up, naked and nothing more than an upper torso and a pelvis with no abdomen to connect them, watching Rozen put the final finishing touches on Shinku and walk away, ignoring her even as she cries for him to come back and drags herself after him. He never once looks at her until he decides, for whatever reason, to give her a Rosa Mystica so she can join the Alice Games. And then there's the whole deal of the Alice Game, where he commands his seven creations, who love each other like sisters and love him like a father, ritualistically fight each other to the death so that the sole survivor will become a human, the titular "Alice". If they don't do this, then they can never see him again. This is made even more suspect by the fact it's not clear if "Alice" is supposed to be Rozen's daughter (meaning he's saying he can't love them unless they're flesh and blood), or his ''wife''.
** The anime adds even more fuel to the fire by ending the series with his "emissary", Laplace's Demon, conveying the message that there is "apparently" another way to win the Alice Games besides killing each other... And he waited decades to tell them this, letting them fight and angst over it all this time.


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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Rozen as an [[AbusiveParents terrible excuse for a father-figure]], rather than the figure of utter adoration he is to the Rozen Maidens. That further breaks down into two sub-interpretations.
** Rozen as a sadistic individual who takes cruel pleasure in watching his "daughters" fight each other to the death for his love, and only intervenes as neccessary to make the game more interesting, such as giving Suigintou her Rosa Mystica after she proves willing to claw and scratch her way to hell and back in search of him, or to ensure they don't decide it's pointless and simply stop it.
** Rozen as a callous, indifferently child-like individual who regards his creations as simply that; dolls, and so fit only to do whatever he wants them to do and for his own amusement. He never finished Suigintou because he decided she wasn't interesting enough, and he makes them fight the Alice Games because it's fun and, hey, they're only dolls, what does it matter if they kill each other?
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** Shinku sometimes gets this, due to her SugarAndSpicePersonality and her treatment of Suigintou.

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** Shinku sometimes gets this, due to her SugarAndSpicePersonality largely Tsun {{Tsundere}} personality, and her treatment of Suigintou.
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** Shinku sometimes gets this, due to her SugarAndSpicePersonality and her treatment of Suigintou.
** Suiseiseki for some, particularly those who are sick of her catchphrase.
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** Kirakishou and Suigintou have this in the manga, with Kirakishou showing signs of a sister complex and even offering Suigintou her Rosa Mystica. [[spoiler: Though it could just as easily have been a ploy to capture Megu.]]

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** Kirakishou and Suigintou have this in the manga, with Kirakishou showing signs of a sister complex and even offering Suigintou her Rosa Mystica. [[spoiler: Though it could just as easily have been a ploy to capture Megu.]]
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*** Kira even plants a kiss on Hina-Ichigo, though it was more for the purpose of [[BodySnatcher gaining her body.]]

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*** Kira even plants a kiss on Hina-Ichigo, [[spoiler: though it was more for the purpose of [[BodySnatcher gaining her body.body]].]]
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* FoeYay: Shinku and Suigintou have this going on quite a bit. Special mention goes to the opening of ''Ouverture'' opening song with the lyrics "is this hatred or love", while showing their hair swirling and knotting together.
** Kirakishou and Suigintou have this in the manga, with Kirakishou showing signs of a sister complex and even offering Suigintou her Rosa Mystica. [[spoiler: Though it could just as easily have been a ploy to capture Megu.]]
*** Kira even plants a kiss on Hina-Ichigo, though it was more for the purpose of [[BodySnatcher gaining her body.]]
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Hina being mentioned twice just sounds stupid, and Kanaria really died due to her own stupidity (when somebody makes a Heroic Sacrifice to let you escape, you don\'t return to the battlefield to protect her remains!)


** All of the Rozen Maidens had [[spoiler:pretty heartbreaking deaths. Hina probably had the saddest, but even the death of the more innocent dolls (Hina and Kanaria come to mind)]] are Tear Jerksers.

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** All of the Rozen Maidens had [[spoiler:pretty heartbreaking deaths. Hina probably had the saddest, but even the death of the more innocent dolls (Hina and Kanaria come to mind)]] all]] are Tear Jerksers.
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* ToyShip: [[IncrediblyLamePun Literally]] between Jun and most of the dolls. Also, Jun and Tomoe might have something going.

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* ToyShip: [[IncrediblyLamePun Literally]] ToyShip / CargoShip: Literally between Jun and most of the dolls. Also, Jun and Tomoe might have something going.
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It\'s generally agreed that all of them do induce tears, so I figured I\'d edit this in. =P

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** All of the Rozen Maidens had [[spoiler:pretty heartbreaking deaths. Hina probably had the saddest, but even the death of the more innocent dolls (Hina and Kanaria come to mind)]] are Tear Jerksers.

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* FetishFuel: After the episode where all their clothes are in the wash, people began to crop up praising the balljointed dolls...
** ElegantGothicLolita dresses abound. Implied BrotherSisterIncest fantasies. [[TheWoobie Woobies]] everywhere.



* {{Moe}}: {{Elegant Gothic Lolita}}s with {{Verbal Tic}}s and various anime cliché personalities? So very moe!



* ToyShip: [[IncrediblyLamePun Literally]].

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* ToyShip: [[IncrediblyLamePun Literally]].Literally]] between Jun and most of the dolls. Also, Jun and Tomoe might have something going.

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