Rozen Maiden - Characters

Characters

Jun Sakurada

The protagonist, Jun is at first a secluded boy, who refuses to go back to school because of a traumatic experience (hikikomori): After living with Shinku and the other Rozen Maidens, and experiencing their own struggles, he has a change of attitude. He thinks at first that the dolls are pests though.

Nori Sakurada

She is Jun's older sister. In the absence of both of their parents, who work abroad, Nori takes care of the household. She does the laundry, and in general tends to Jun and the Rozen Maidens living with them, without getting too involved in their affairs and battles. She likes making tea, which is just as well as Shinku has a penchant for it.

Suigintou

The first Rozen Maiden, she had a flaw in her design in the anime. Despite this, her love for their father and will to live are so strong that she can walk and use her powers without a human "medium". She holds a special hatred towards Shinku because of events in their past. In the anime, Suigintou was the primary antagonist of the first season. Her abilities involve using the feathers of her wings as weapons, and she also has a hidden ability of shifting her life force into any nearby human.

Kanaria

The second Rozen Maiden, she is childish and eccentric, becoming a perfect complement for Hinaichigo. In the anime, Kanaria was introduced only in the second season, Träumend. Her powers come from her skills with the violin.

Suiseiseki

The third Rozen Maiden, and Souseiseki's delicate twin. She and Souseiseki are both referred to as "gardeners" for their ability to communicate and tend to plants, but also to the "soul trees" of humans. Notable in the original Japanese language, Suiseiseki ends every sentence with the word desu, making her a well-known character for this trait. In the manga, Suiseiseki says "yes" at the end of most sentences. In addition, she is depicted with heterochromia, her right eye red, and her left eye green, with the same colors but on opposite eyes for Souseiseki. She has the power to enter people's dreams and create vines and trees with her water can. She has a deep hatred of humans.

Souseiseki

The fourth Rozen Maiden, and Suiseiseki's twin. Souseiseki is sharp in her speech and a good fighter, much like Shinku. Unlike Shinku, however, Souseiseki has short hair, wears not a dress but trousers, and uses masculine forms in her speech (notable in the original Japanese language), making her more of a tomboy. In addition, her left eye is red and her right eye is green, much like Suiseiseki. She can enter people's dreams and cut through solid objects with her scissors. At the end of Träumend, Souseiseki is defeated by Suigintou and falls from the Alice Game.

Shinku

The fifth Rozen Maiden, she is the main protagonist of the dolls. Shinku first makes a bond with Jun when he is attacked by a possessed doll. Then, Shinku is perceived as bossy and cold, but she is actually very protective of Jun and the other dolls. After living long enough, Shinku has become a pacifist and doesn't like fighting her sisters. Nevertheless, she is a good fighter, being able to fight back the ruthless Suigintou when she needs to. Her powers manifest by releasing rose petals out of her hands.

Hinaichigo

The sixth Rozen Maiden, she is quite childish and naïve, and is not much of a fighter. Hinaichigo has the best intentions for those that she cares about, and she is specially fond of Nori, and her cooking. Her powers work by creating strawberry vines from the ground. She is not strong, but to Suigintou she is a pest. In the manga, her body is consumed by the seventh doll, Kirakishou. In the anime, she is defeated by Shinku. Hinaichigo stops working after Souseiseki loses to Sugintou, entrusting her Rosa Mystica to Shinku.

Kirakishou

The seventh Rozen Maiden, she does not possess a physical body and only exists in the "N-Field". Because of this, she consumes Hinaichigo and uses her body to step into the real world, becoming a major threat to the other dolls. In the anime, she was only shown briefly at the very end of the second season, Träumend, and she was not even called by name. In Träumend, which follows a story different from the manga, another doll, Barasuishou, poses as the seventh doll, and is the main antagonist.