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Rozen Maiden: 8 volumes #1
Rozen Maiden, Vol. 1
After a traumatic incident, Jun Sakurada refuses to interact with the outside world and return to school - he even shuts out his sister, his closest friend. Jun spends most of his time online buying spiritual items that are obvious rip-offs. One day he finds a website that curiously enough asks him to put his order in his desk drawer. Thinking it's a joke, Jun plays along. The following day a suitcase arrives containing a doll named Shinku . . . that comes to life before his very eyes! Welcome to the world of Rozen Maiden, where Jun must enter an all-new reality to protect and serve a living doll . . .
192 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2003
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Peach-Pit
200 books275 followersPeach-Pit (ピーチ・ピット Pīchi Pitto) is a female manga artist duo in Japan, made up of Banri Sendo (千道 万里 Sendō Banri) and Shibuko Ebara (えばら 渋子 Ebara Shibuko). Their group name derives from the diner hangout Peach-Pit from the TV show Beverly Hills, 90210. Although both have similar styles, with some artwork it is possible to identify which artist drew it. Both are known for their bishōjo styled works. As noted in their books, they are both Geminis and have "Almost flushed our phones down the toilet...twice."
The two of them grew up together and went to the same elementary school and have been best friends ever since. Both started as doujinshi manga artists, but not as Peach-Pit. Then they were scouted by Dengeki Comic Gao!. In 2008, one of their manga, Shugo Chara!, was awarded the Kodansha Manga Award for best children's manga. Shugo Chara was also turned later into an Anime television series.
The two of them grew up together and went to the same elementary school and have been best friends ever since. Both started as doujinshi manga artists, but not as Peach-Pit. Then they were scouted by Dengeki Comic Gao!. In 2008, one of their manga, Shugo Chara!, was awarded the Kodansha Manga Award for best children's manga. Shugo Chara was also turned later into an Anime television series.
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March 29, 2012
The art is so, so pretty, especially of the dolls. I do like the idea of the dolls coming to life and having mystical battles. But the execution was actually pretty blah. This is all aside from the fact that Jun was so unlikeable for me that his presence alone is enough to keep me from reading any further. But a Rozen Maiden art book? That I could maybe get behind.
October 22, 2024
Bit of a clumsy start, but I'm intrigued and will read more.
February 24, 2012
The various dolls based on this series are really lovely, and I suspect that's what made me pick this up in the first place. The good: the art is also very very pretty, especially the lolita designs of the living dolls, and the relationship between shut-in Jun, his older sister and his princess of a magical doll has real potential. The rest: it's just kind of boring.
Maybe it improves in later volumes, as the plot picks up speed, but I'm undecided yet on whether the first volume has raised enough enthusiasm in me to try more of the same.
Maybe it improves in later volumes, as the plot picks up speed, but I'm undecided yet on whether the first volume has raised enough enthusiasm in me to try more of the same.
March 19, 2020
As a former shut-in middle schooler and a regular purchaser of rip-off supernatural items (thank you, Electronic Bay) this manga truly Speaks to Me.
If you’re not a former shut-in middle schooler who buys rip off supernatural items, you might find this one a bit boring — there’s not a lot of fast paced action, and a lot of time is spent on things that don’t really move anything forward. The premise sounds exciting, but this volume, at least, was very slice of life. That’s my taste, but it might not be yours.
If you’re not a former shut-in middle schooler who buys rip off supernatural items, you might find this one a bit boring — there’s not a lot of fast paced action, and a lot of time is spent on things that don’t really move anything forward. The premise sounds exciting, but this volume, at least, was very slice of life. That’s my taste, but it might not be yours.
November 9, 2023
Gotta be the first death battle manga to never even death battle. Bores me to tears, but the art is pretty
January 8, 2009
Though it's the basis for the anime, and has the same plot and lavishly designed characters, once you've seen the anime it can't really compare withthe story in its full-colour glory.
If you're a die-hard Rozen Maiden fan, though, you should get a few kicks out of the differences in the plot later on in the series.
The irst novel, however, italmost identical to its anime adaption, and ultimately it's nothing mroe than the same-old.
If you're a die-hard Rozen Maiden fan, though, you should get a few kicks out of the differences in the plot later on in the series.
The irst novel, however, italmost identical to its anime adaption, and ultimately it's nothing mroe than the same-old.
May 10, 2016
This was the first anime I saw, and I loved it , I was so sad parts and parts that beautiful , I loved
December 31, 2020
Siguiendo con mi objetivo de terminar mi desafío literario, me leí el primer volumen de un manga que me leí hace años (y como la mayoría, nunca terminé) y que es uno de los que más me gustan a nivel estético.
Debo decir que diferencia de muchas personas, no me dan miedo las muñecas de porcelana (peor si entiendo porque le dan miedo a los demás) y la idea de un montón de muñecas vivas y que pelean a muerte me parece demasiado interesante.
La obra comienza con Jun, un chico solitario que vive alejado del resto y tiene una obsesión con comprar objetos raros por internet. La historia comienza cuando compra una extraña muñeca de porcelana que resulta estar viva y se mete en em mundo de las extrañas muñecas creadas por Rozen. La historia esta recién en ciernes en este tomo y eso se nota, hay pocos momentos en que realmente podamos quedar con la boca abierta, ya que todas las interacciones entre los personajes son recién iniciales.
Por otro lado el arte es precioso, cada diseño individual de los personajes, especialmente de las muñecas, es precioso. A nivel conceptual y estético, cada muñeca tiene un estilo definido y hermoso, y una personalidad construida.
El gran problema para mí fue que, al menos en este tomo, fueron las peleas. Se supone que las peleas entre las Rozen son gran parte de la trama principal de la novela, pero sentí que la primera pelea que nos dieron (entre Shinku y Suigintou) fue confusa, poco movida y bastante aburrida. Otra cosa que me molestó (y por lo que leí, no fui el único) fue la personalidad de Jun. Se entiende que es un arco e personaje y la idea es que evolucione de este chico quejoso y molesto, pero no puedo soportar las escenas en donde trata mal a su hermana Nori de la nada.
A pesar de eso seguiré adelante con el manga, aunque sea por el placer estético que me parecen estas muñecas y sus diseños. Y espero que vaya mejorando en términos de historia y también en las escenas de acción.
Debo decir que diferencia de muchas personas, no me dan miedo las muñecas de porcelana (peor si entiendo porque le dan miedo a los demás) y la idea de un montón de muñecas vivas y que pelean a muerte me parece demasiado interesante.
La obra comienza con Jun, un chico solitario que vive alejado del resto y tiene una obsesión con comprar objetos raros por internet. La historia comienza cuando compra una extraña muñeca de porcelana que resulta estar viva y se mete en em mundo de las extrañas muñecas creadas por Rozen. La historia esta recién en ciernes en este tomo y eso se nota, hay pocos momentos en que realmente podamos quedar con la boca abierta, ya que todas las interacciones entre los personajes son recién iniciales.
Por otro lado el arte es precioso, cada diseño individual de los personajes, especialmente de las muñecas, es precioso. A nivel conceptual y estético, cada muñeca tiene un estilo definido y hermoso, y una personalidad construida.
El gran problema para mí fue que, al menos en este tomo, fueron las peleas. Se supone que las peleas entre las Rozen son gran parte de la trama principal de la novela, pero sentí que la primera pelea que nos dieron (entre Shinku y Suigintou) fue confusa, poco movida y bastante aburrida. Otra cosa que me molestó (y por lo que leí, no fui el único) fue la personalidad de Jun. Se entiende que es un arco e personaje y la idea es que evolucione de este chico quejoso y molesto, pero no puedo soportar las escenas en donde trata mal a su hermana Nori de la nada.
A pesar de eso seguiré adelante con el manga, aunque sea por el placer estético que me parecen estas muñecas y sus diseños. Y espero que vaya mejorando en términos de historia y también en las escenas de acción.
August 3, 2020
Original printing May 2006.
Rozen Maiden seems to be a cult classic with a love it or hate it aesthetic. The art style is cute at times, but Peach Pit is known to take shortcuts with characters becoming stick figures and the scene losing its weight very quickly.
Jun meets Shinku, A rare type of doll to the group of Rozen maiden. The first volume doesn’t do a really good job setting up the plot or the overall story to the rest of the series. Shinku is tsundere I guess? Her enemy Suigintou is...there. They battle in the mirror dimension and it’s really anti-climactic.(N-field)
Jun is capable of repairing dolls and toys which makes Shinku happy. It seems like toys have a life force? Even the Rozen Maiden line was apparently made by a man as the last of his life‘s work. The book ends on a cliffhanger of them exploring the N-field and apparently meeting Peter rabbit??
Long story short, similar to Zach Bell, all the dolls fight over 1 soul to become “Alice” and see their creator again.
Rozen Maiden seems to be a cult classic with a love it or hate it aesthetic. The art style is cute at times, but Peach Pit is known to take shortcuts with characters becoming stick figures and the scene losing its weight very quickly.
Jun meets Shinku, A rare type of doll to the group of Rozen maiden. The first volume doesn’t do a really good job setting up the plot or the overall story to the rest of the series. Shinku is tsundere I guess? Her enemy Suigintou is...there. They battle in the mirror dimension and it’s really anti-climactic.(N-field)
Jun is capable of repairing dolls and toys which makes Shinku happy. It seems like toys have a life force? Even the Rozen Maiden line was apparently made by a man as the last of his life‘s work. The book ends on a cliffhanger of them exploring the N-field and apparently meeting Peter rabbit??
Long story short, similar to Zach Bell, all the dolls fight over 1 soul to become “Alice” and see their creator again.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 8, 2020
The synopsis of this mentions self-isolation and internet shopping, so 2020 seemed like a good time to read it! The pretty art and silly-but-fun story about magical dolls were overshadowed by the whiny little twerp of a main character. There were some Alice in Wonderland nods that might intrigue me enough to read the next volume, but Jun can get in the sea.
January 12, 2018
An interesting and compelling series, which i couldn't put down, i found myself wanting to read more and more, i just loved it!
August 28, 2018
Tanto el manga como el anime es de mis favoritos. La trama, pero sobretodo la construccion los personajes y el destino que tienen que enfrentarse te da que pensar. #TeamSuigintou
October 25, 2018
Rating - 3.5
Interesting concept, creepy, a tad confusing - I might continue on with the series- it left on a bit of a cliffhanger.
*Read for Mangathon October 2018*
Interesting concept, creepy, a tad confusing - I might continue on with the series- it left on a bit of a cliffhanger.
*Read for Mangathon October 2018*
June 16, 2020
Pretty good manga, really loved the adorable cute art and the story’s alright😁😻👌❤️
June 19, 2021
Estado: todos los tomos leídos.
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July 13, 2022I love the art style but the humor didn't work for me.
October 23, 2022
It was a really good book.
April 14, 2023
2.5 stars
May 25, 2024
I still love the dolls to death, but I forgot how wretchedly annoying and spoiled Jun is in the beginning. And how crjnge the humour is…
July 21, 2024
3.5/5. interested to see where this goes…
August 4, 2024
It's mid but intriguing enough that I'm gonna keep going.
February 11, 2025
ROZEN MAIDEN R DIVAS
August 18, 2021
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June 25, 2013
El manga nos cuenta la historia de Jun, un hikikomori que pasa sus día encerrado en casa comprando objetos por Internet que luego devuelve antes de su fecha de expiración de la garantía. Uno de los días recibe una carta en la que le pregunta si quiero o no dar cuerda, es ahí donde Shinku, la quinta muñeca de Rozen Maiden, pasa a pertenecerle, al elegir éste la opción de darle cuerda.
A lo largo de los 8 tomos vamos conociendo al resto de muñecas de Rozen, Suigintou (primera), Kanaria (segunda), Suiseiseki (tercera), Souseiseki (cuarta), Shinku (quinta), Hinaichigo (sexta) y Kirakishou (séptima), la cual aparece exclusivamente en los últimos tomos.
La historia difiere muchísimo del anime, ya que en su segunda temporada hace aparición una octava muñeca, que en el manga no aparece.
La historia es preciosa, coges muchísimo cariño a las muñecas, e incluso te hace llorar porque no entiendes como Rozen las obliga a pelearse entre ellas siendo hermanas, para convertirse en la muñeca perfecta, Alice.
Conoces un poco más de la historia de cada una de ellas, lo cual se agradece, ya que sino te quedarías un poco corto con la trama.
Como en todo, siempre hay personajes que te gustan más o menos, y yo tengo que decir que me encantan todas las muñecas, a Jun le daría un par de sopapos en unas cuantas ocasiones, a su hermana también, y a el conejo de Laplace, ese personajes es caso a parte, y raro con narices.
Una obra maestra, que es una lástima no poder conseguir ya en España, y la que os animo leer aunque sea por scans ya que merece mucho la pena. También advierto que no le doy la máxima nota por esa mierda de final que tiene. Leedla y averiguadlo vosotros mismos.
A lo largo de los 8 tomos vamos conociendo al resto de muñecas de Rozen, Suigintou (primera), Kanaria (segunda), Suiseiseki (tercera), Souseiseki (cuarta), Shinku (quinta), Hinaichigo (sexta) y Kirakishou (séptima), la cual aparece exclusivamente en los últimos tomos.
La historia difiere muchísimo del anime, ya que en su segunda temporada hace aparición una octava muñeca, que en el manga no aparece.
La historia es preciosa, coges muchísimo cariño a las muñecas, e incluso te hace llorar porque no entiendes como Rozen las obliga a pelearse entre ellas siendo hermanas, para convertirse en la muñeca perfecta, Alice.
Conoces un poco más de la historia de cada una de ellas, lo cual se agradece, ya que sino te quedarías un poco corto con la trama.
Como en todo, siempre hay personajes que te gustan más o menos, y yo tengo que decir que me encantan todas las muñecas, a Jun le daría un par de sopapos en unas cuantas ocasiones, a su hermana también, y a el conejo de Laplace, ese personajes es caso a parte, y raro con narices.
Una obra maestra, que es una lástima no poder conseguir ya en España, y la que os animo leer aunque sea por scans ya que merece mucho la pena. También advierto que no le doy la máxima nota por esa mierda de final que tiene. Leedla y averiguadlo vosotros mismos.
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October 25, 2011"¿Qué pasaría si un día encontrases un misterioso maletín a la puerta de tu casa? ¿Y si descubrieses que dentro hay una preciosa muñeca gótica? ¿Y si al darle cuerda... la muñeca cobrase vida? Éste es el punto de partida de Rozen Maiden, de Peach-Pit (nombre artístico del dúo formado por Send? Banri y Shibuko Ebara), un manga que combina emoción, acción y humor absurdo a partes iguales, con la ventaja de que la trama se desarrolla en sólo ocho tomos, y todos ellos publicados ya en nuestro país (eso sí, con un final muuuy abierto, pero no se puede tener todo, ¿verdad?). Rozen Maiden cuenta la historia de Jun, un adolescente huraño y antisocial que lleva meses encerrado en su casa, sin ir al colegio siquiera, y cuya única actividad consiste en comprar cosas inútiles a través de internet. Pero su vida cambia cuando llega a sus manos Shinku, una muñeca de poderes extraordinarios, con vida, conciencia y personalidad propias, que pertenece a la legendaria serie de las Rozen Maiden, siete muñecas malditas creadas mucho tiempo atrás por un genio en busca de la perfección. Ahora, las muñecas están despertando, una a una, y deben enfrentarse en el despiadado “Juego de Alicia” que permitirá a la vencedora ser la criatura perfecta que soñó su constructor. Pero para ello necesitan alimentarse de la energía de los humanos... => Sigue leyendo la reseña en http://www.eltemplodelasmilpuertas.com"
August 20, 2013
A quick read, even for a manga.
It's amazing how big a difference this is from Shugo Chara! (a later work by Peach-Pit) this is!
I saw the anime for Rozen Maiden, and when I realized there was a manga, and it was by Peach-Pit, I had to see if the library had it.
What I got was a beat up book with a pretty unassuming cover. In fact, if not for the fact I already knew Rozen Maiden already, I probably would have passed it by.
The art is cute, but a little inconsistant, and the shading makes things a little dark. The textures don't always agree, but somehow does not distract much from what's going on (it can make you go a little cross-eyed if you looked too close, though).
The story so far is fast-paced and attention-grabbing. I hope they keep it up in later volumes!
It's amazing how big a difference this is from Shugo Chara! (a later work by Peach-Pit) this is!
I saw the anime for Rozen Maiden, and when I realized there was a manga, and it was by Peach-Pit, I had to see if the library had it.
What I got was a beat up book with a pretty unassuming cover. In fact, if not for the fact I already knew Rozen Maiden already, I probably would have passed it by.
The art is cute, but a little inconsistant, and the shading makes things a little dark. The textures don't always agree, but somehow does not distract much from what's going on (it can make you go a little cross-eyed if you looked too close, though).
The story so far is fast-paced and attention-grabbing. I hope they keep it up in later volumes!
December 21, 2015
This reminded me a little of Chobits in terms of art and story. We have a young boy Jun Sakurada who lives with his older sister while his parents are away on an extended business trip. He is sombre and withdrawn even from his sister. He refuses to go to school and spends his time ordering useless things through mail order and then sending them back before their grace period expires.
He gets this gorgeous doll who comes to life when he wins her up and demands she become his servant. Now this could easily go down the hentai route, but instead it's chosen a more metaphysical path. It actually becomes quite complex towards the end as we bring in the N-Dimension. A place where all unvoiced thoughts go.
An interesting start, but I'm not sure about the mix of heavy philosophy and lite boy/doll plot. Shall have to see how this one progresses. No idea what the target audience is here. On to volume 2!
He gets this gorgeous doll who comes to life when he wins her up and demands she become his servant. Now this could easily go down the hentai route, but instead it's chosen a more metaphysical path. It actually becomes quite complex towards the end as we bring in the N-Dimension. A place where all unvoiced thoughts go.
An interesting start, but I'm not sure about the mix of heavy philosophy and lite boy/doll plot. Shall have to see how this one progresses. No idea what the target audience is here. On to volume 2!
May 18, 2020
Another manga whose story I know by heart.
Still I needed to read the manga too. It just did not work. The whole magical and well-graphed image/picture I had in my mind thanks to the anime got crushed. It's not a bad illustration, but not my type.
I am a lot with those epic, ageless oldie-style dresses that the dolls have got in the manga, but only if they were drew, illustrated, whatever!, better, I would like it more.
I am not against this and I still like the story. The thing is that the manga just did not work for me the way it should have and the way the anime did.
Still I needed to read the manga too. It just did not work. The whole magical and well-graphed image/picture I had in my mind thanks to the anime got crushed. It's not a bad illustration, but not my type.
I am a lot with those epic, ageless oldie-style dresses that the dolls have got in the manga, but only if they were drew, illustrated, whatever!, better, I would like it more.
I am not against this and I still like the story. The thing is that the manga just did not work for me the way it should have and the way the anime did.
September 26, 2013
This is an interesting start to a series by the renowned PeachPit mangakas. A boy who was hikikomori orders a doll that is alive and wants him as her butler. The doll is part of a realm where there are many worlds, and a pretty yet evil doll from one of those worlds attacks so they go to the realm to get revenge. I'll read the next book.
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