Rozen Maiden Dolls
Rozen Maiden Dolls are a group that feature in Rozen Maiden.
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History
Rozen Maidens (Japanese: ローゼンメイデン, Hepburn: Rōzen Meiden) were a set of dolls that were believed to had been created by the legendary dollmaker known as Rozen. Each of them were brought to life by tapping into a force of energy known as the Rosa Mystica that made them living beings. These creations were masterpieces that were also referred to as living dolls. He created the first being Suigintou though she would not be fully completed and her creation was meant to be the perfect girl called Alice. However, she failed in his expectation and instead he created more of the Rozen Maidens before departing into the world. They held a deep respect for their creator who they called "Father" and became fixated on becoming a real ultimate girl. This could only be achieved by defeating the other dolls and absorbing their Rosa Mystica with these challenges known as the Alice Game. This was a struggle between the various dolls who killed one another for their Rosa Mystica with the ultimate victor becoming Alice who was considered the ultimate girl. The winner of the Alice Game would then have the opportunity to meet their "Father". Rozen has forgone a physical body and lives within the N-field, waiting for Alice. They operated for decades and had different masters during their existence in the world. Mankind at large knew of them according to records but it was believed that none of the dolls had been encountered and some even doubted their existence. Even organizations such as the Doll Lovers Society believed that the Rozen Maidens were fictional or not true creations. Despite this being the case, the dolls operated within the world where they found mediums that powered their abilities. A German writer imparted his knowledge of the Rozen Maidens in a piece of literature that managed to survive the decades. In the modern age, Shinku would be winded up by Jun Sakurada at a point when all the dolls were awake leading to the Alice Game beginning.
Jun also becomes the master to Hinaichigo and Suiseiseki. After Souseiseki's Rosa Mystica was taken by Suigintou, Jun's Rozen Maidens resolve to revive her and to end the Alice Game peacefully; they later befriended Kanaria who shares their sentiments. However, the group was attacked by Kirakisho who absorbed Hinaichigo and traps Shinku and Suiseiseki in the N-field, a plane of consciousness which connects the universe. Inside the N-field, Jun is forced into hiding by Kirakisho and contacts an adult version of himself from an alternate world. The adult Jun was able to free Shinku and unite the Rozen Maidens to defeat Kirakisho. Kirakisho returns and successfully captures all of the Rozen Maidens' masters. The Rozen Maidens pursued her, eventually resulting in the defeat of most of them, except Shinku and Kirakisho. Shinku's sympathy towards Kirakisho's loneliness convinces the latter to surrender her Rosa Mystica. With all seven gathered, Shinku becomes Alice. Using her new powers, Shinku revived her sisters and was put into a coma in return.
Overview
A Rozen Maiden were small dolls that were dressed as ladies and were not actual toys but rather living beings animated by Rosa Mystica energy. The dolls skin were noted for being so lifelike that it resembled human skin and their bodies felt warm to the touch. When inactive, they needed a human to 'wind' them up through the use of a key that was placed on the back to awaken them. Once winded up, they were awake but needed to be kept wound up otherwise they slowly enter into an endless sleep and incapable of interacting with the world around them. When winding down, the balls in their joints began to slow down with the doll going to sleep. Normally, they slept within a briefcase that acted as their home and where they kept a number of their personal items. This case was essential to the Rozen Maiden who need to sleep within them at night in order to recuperate themselves and deprivation of such sleep slowly harmed the doll. Each doll also had their own powers that specialized in different fields such as gardening and tending to plants which equably allowed them to look after the 'tree' within the mind of a human. Such dolls had the ability to tap into dreams and go to Yggdrassil the world tree that was a central tree linking the dreams of all humans. Similar to individuals, the different Rozen Maidens had varying degrees of personalities and traits. One force that the living dolls could summon were the Zeitgeist that were artificial spirits that served them. In addition, Rozen Maidens had access to their own personal dimension known as the N-Field that reflected their personality and was where their power was strongest. If the doll's life ended, then the N-Field itself turned to darkness and empty.
Each doll was empowered by a mystical energy force known as Rosa Mystica. This power was not fully available to them until the doll found a medium. These mediums were normally humans that had willingly accepted to becoming a servant to the Rozen Maiden. Formally accepting the role also required the medium to kiss the red ring of the doll which led to a magical counterpart being formed on the hand of the medium. The bond between the two was permanent unless willingly relinquished by the Rozen Maiden. Through a covenant with a medium, the doll had greater access to her powers and able to conduct various acts of magic. This came at the cost of the life energy of the medium and could potentially lead to the death of the medium if too much power was employed. On some occasions, the excess use of the medium power can lead to the link between the Rozen maiden and the master being severed. This can lead to the ring disappearing along with the dolls unless the medium gained new energy through life experiences. When separated from the medium, a Rozen Maiden had access to only half of their power and could only function for thirty minutes away from the servant. Multiple dolls were capable of sharing a single human to serve as a medium and tapping into the power the host generated for them.
As part of the Alice Game, they were required to battle one another with the defeated party relinquishing their Rosa Mystica to the victor. This act turned the defeated into a powerless ordinary lifeless doll whilst the victor was further empowered and closer to becoming like Alice. One of the rules provided by "Father" was for Rozen Maidens to never harm a human though some of the dolls ignored this law. All the dolls believed that their very nature meant that they could not afford to be imperfect. An element that the dolls greatly feared was being damaged and broken as this meant that they could never become perfect like Alice. This was because they saw imperfection as a horrifying state for Rozen Maidens as none would desire them for defects. Thus, calling another doll junk or threatening to turn them into junk was seen as an insult.
Dolls
- Suigintou (水銀燈, Suigintō) : the first completed doll created by Rozen accompanied by the artificial spirit Meimei. She spent her earliest days in an area of the N-Field filled with the smashed remains of dolls Rozen did not complete. Suigintou was a Gothic-themed and the most ambitious of her sisters and wishes to become Alice to earn Rozen's love. Suigintou possesses black wings which she uses for mobility and offensive purposes. Her master in the modern age came to be Megu.
- Kanaria (金糸雀, Kanaria) : the second doll created by Rozen. She claims to be the brainiest of all the Rozen Maiden dolls, and always tries to steal the other dolls Rosa Mystica. She is sociable, energetic, eccentric and habitually ends her sentences with lit. "Possibly" (かしら〜, Kashira). She was initially a loyal participant of the Alice game but is convinced for a peaceful lifestyle instead. For battle, she plays her violin and manipulates the sound waves to cause destruction. Her master in the modern age came to be Mitsu. She eventually gives up and becomes very good friends with the dolls and spends time at the Sakurada residence playing games and having fun.
- Suiseiseki (翠星石, Suiseiseki) : the third doll of the Rozen Maiden sisters accompanied by the artificial spirit Sui Dream. She was the elder twin sister of Souseiseki. She is a tsundere; she openly insults others but does care about them. Suiseiseki speaks with the copula desu and always speaks in third person. She has no intention of participating in the Alice Game and only wishes to live happily with her younger twin sister, Souseiseki.Phase 25 Suiseiseki's ability is to supply nourishment to souls and memories and is able to summon plants for offensive purposes with her watering can. Jun would come to be her master.
- Souseiseki (蒼星石, Souseiseki) : the fourth doll to be created by Rozen accompanied by the artificial spirit Lempicka. She was the younger twin sister of Suiseiseki. She speaks in as masculine manner and has a strong sense of duty towards her master and role as a Rozen Maiden. Souseiseki's ability is to cut souls and memories with her scissors. Souseiseki's Rosa Mystica is taken by Suigintou and her body by Kirakisho. Souseiseki is later, revived and becomes Jun's Rozen Maiden. Afterwards, Souseiseki willingly gives Suigintou her Rosa Mystica.
- Shinku (真紅, Shinku) : the fifth doll of the Rozen Maiden series.
- Hinaichigo (雛苺, Hinaichigo) : the sixth Rozen Maiden doll and the second youngest sister of the Rozen Maiden series.
- Kirakishou (雪華綺晶, Kirakishō) : the seventh and final doll of the Rozen Maiden series.
Notes
- The Dozen Maiden Dolls were created by Peach-Pit and featured in the setting of the Rozen Maiden universe.
- In an interview with Peach-Pit, it was revealed that they originally wanted the story to feature 12 dolls, but had to cut that number down to 7. They also revealed that inspiration for Shinku, Suigintou, Suiseiseki, and Souseiseki were some of the first doll concepts they had for the series.
In other media
Television
- In Rozen Maiden: Träumend, the Rozen Maiden Dolls appeared in the anime television series second season. The show introduced a non-canon original Rozen Maiden named Barasuishou (薔薇水晶, Barasuishō) who was an impostor claiming to be the seventh doll. In reality, she was created by Enju (槐 Enju) a young doll craftsman who had been the apprentice of Rozen. Jealous of his master, Enju created Barasuishou to collect the Rozen Maidens' Rosae Mystica and become the ultimate doll to prove he had surpassed his master. Barasuishou would later target the other Rozen Maidens and attack using her ability to control and manifest purple crystals. Though Barasuishou did collect the six Rosa Mystica, she was unable to contain their power, and, as she cried out to her "Father," she began to crumble to pieces, and Enju lamented the destruction of his creation as he held her disintegrating body to his. They both disappeared in a brilliant flash of light.
Appearances
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