Jun Sakurada is not an average boy of his age. Due to some event of the past, Jun has spent most of his recent life in his room, unable to properly socialise. One day, he comes across a doll. This doll, however, is no ordinary doll. It's the 5th Rozen Maiden Doll Shinku, and it comes into life when Jun gives it a couple of winds.

Shinku 'enslaves' Jun into becoming her "medium". Jun and Shinku soon come across Suigintou, another Rozen Maiden Doll who is determined to defeat Shinku in the "Alice Game" to become the ultimate "Alice". Shinku must fight through the obstacles coming against her and help Jun break out of his unstable life.

Credits: eunasahng

Rozen Maiden is a hard show to put my finger on. The plot was fairly easy to follow, not too horribly deep and at times, fairly cliche. But the show was very enjoyable and quite engaging. I laughed, felt sad, was empathetic and weirded out all over the course of the twelve episodes. While the show was fun to watch, critically speaking, it missed a few marks on making it great. The weak plot, the lack of character development and the few cliche moments in the show held it back from attaining that top 10 quality. For those with an open anime state of mind, this show should provide some fun and excitement. For those with pickier tastes, this may end up being a waste of your time.