Rozen Maiden

[Hao Asakura]

Originally Posted by Wandering_Youth

Spoiler:

Heh, episode 6 tis funny and dramatic which is the kind of thing I like. It was sort of odd seeing all the characters suddenly becoming deformed when they were fighting but it was quite entertaining seeing Shinku swindled by Jun using Kun kun. I think the anime is going a bit fast because Seki had a sudden personality change. She was introduced in episode 5 to be a shy and timid doll while now in episode 6 she is evviiill! I wish this anime were longer because episode 7 felt totally rushed because Tou just appeared suddenly and Shinku has to go fight her in her own realm and won in just one episode.

By the way, I was wondering if they had a term or name in French for people who are masters at making dolls? Any French guys know?

I really do like Hina Ichigo more and more as the show goes. Ep 5 is simply fun and entertaining filler. Really can't stand seeing Seki's and Ichigo's chibi faces (that's what i called MOEEEEEEE )
Ep 6 is rather serious since Suigin Tou came in contact with Shinku again. This time they let us know a bit more of Alice game.
Nice job Ayu for bringing us these 2 episodes
Looking forward for ep 7 as the end of ep 6 is such a cliffhanger.

Btw Wandering_Youth, u messed up with the episode numbers

[SeedBoy]

Originally Posted by Hao Asakura

I really do like Hina Ichigo more and more as the show goes. Ep 5 is simply fun and entertaining filler. Really can't stand seeing Seki's and Ichigo's chibi faces (that's what i called MOEEEEEEE )
Ep 6 is rather serious since Suigin Tou came in contact with Shinku again. This time they let us know a bit more of Alice game.
Nice job Ayu for bringing us these 2 episodes
Looking forward for ep 7 as the end of ep 6 is such a cliffhanger.

Yep, I started to like Ichigo more as well because of episode 5. It was a really fun episode and the way she acts, soo cute.

[Onizuka-GTO]

yeah, loved episode 5, this is the first time i've seen Shinku act as a bashful feminine type!!!

She must really like kun-kun

it was so out of character for her, i guess we all have our weak points! ehehehehe
And episode 6 shows us that we have some hidden strong points too...

[Krevnik]

Originally Posted by USCPharmacist

Kid and doll, sounds like banable material by the Religious Rights, both Christian and Muslim.

You know, that depends. If we get some sort of bizarre setup where Shinku is 'turned into a real girl' by Father a la Pinnochio, the Christian right would allow it (Why? No clue). Of course, one thing that seemed a little unusual is that Sugin Tou (sp) is much larger than the other three introduced. Something close to 4 feet! Is there some effect on size from the Alice game, as I would expect that Tou would have tore her way through a few of the Rozen Maidens by now (i.e. The more Mysticas you collect, the more life size you become).

[USCPharmacist]

Naw the religious right doesnt like magical stuffs anyway. To them there is only God's power or miracles and nothing else. But I was only joking about banning cuz if we are talking about nut cases like religious extremists, then we should know that they don't need a reason to do anything to restrict other people's freedoms.

BTW the names of the dolls in Kanji sound a lot better then in English cuz those name actually has meaning like "Shinku" means True Red, and Shingen Tou means mercury lamp. The name kind of give out the looks and personalities of the dolls.

[Srin Tuar]

Originally Posted by USCPharmacist

BTW the names of the dolls in Kanji sound a lot better then in English cuz those name actually has meaning like "Shinku" means True Red,

her name makes me think of "辛苦" instead.

[dreamless]

Originally Posted by Srin Tuar

her name makes me think of "辛苦" instead.

well, that's why the names don't look as good in english as in kanji, Shinku is 真红 , which sounds quite fitting to her character too

[Bracken33]

Thanks again Ayu.

I really liked episode 6.

Spoiler:

I hope Shinku can be easily "fixed".

[Lance]

This show is unexpectedly great. I like how the dolls are completely different in personality and how the VAs fit their roles perfectly.

Originally Posted by USCPharmacist

BTW the names of the dolls in Kanji sound a lot better then in English cuz those name actually has meaning like "Shinku" means True Red, and Shingen Tou means mercury lamp. The name kind of give out the looks and personalities of the dolls.

真紅(Shinku), 雛苺(Hinaichigo), 水銀燈(Suigintou), 翠星石(Suiseiseki), and 蒼星石(Souseiseki) are the Kanji names. Someone please clarify their meanings.

EDIT:

To Vallen Chaos Valiant: Thanks for the help. I added links.

[Vallen Chaos Valiant]

Originally Posted by Lance

This show is unexpectedly great. I like how the dolls are completely different in personality and how the VAs fit their roles perfectly.



真紅, 雛苺, 水銀燈, 翠星石, 蒼星石 are the Kanji names. Someone please clarify their meanings

Thank's, Lance. I've been looking for the name of the Rozen Maidens for some time.

Here is what I believe the names mean: (feel free to correct me if I am wrong.)

真紅: True Red (as others mentioned, linked to her powers in rose petals?)

雛苺: 雛=immature, small, wet-behind-the-ears.. 苺=Berry.
Therefore Small berry/young berry. (note her powers are linked to berry vines.)

水銀燈: 水銀=Mercury 燈=Lamp. Not sure if it's linked to her powers in any way.

翠星石: 翠=one-half of a word that means emerald. I suspect it implies the colour 'green'. 星石=Star stone/star jewel
Therefore 'Green star Jewel'

蒼星石: 蒼=an old Chinese word for 'blue', usually used to describe the sky. 星石=as above. Star Jewel
Therefore 'Blue star Jewel'

Hope this helps.

Have a nice day.

[Marine-RX179]

It's more or less like the definitions that Vallen Chaos Valiant said, but just to add to what he said:

"蒼星石: 蒼=an old Chinese word for 'blue', usually used to describe the sky. 星石=as above. Star Jewel
Therefore 'Blue star Jewel'"

Instead of saying 蒼 is an old Chinese word for 'blue' (I'm not saying you are wrong), I think it's more appropriate to say it's 'blue' in Japanese kanji, since it still frequently being used in Japan in present days and oftenly it's part of the Japan family name, while Chinese rarely even use this word modern day life to represent 'blue' anymore (usually you may only find it being used in books/novels like on myths and legends etc)

[Takemi_Ikazuchi]

Suisei Seki = Jade
Sousei Seki = Lapis Lazuli

[Wandering_Youth]

Originally Posted by Hao Asakura

I really do like Hina Ichigo more and more as the show goes. Ep 5 is simply fun and entertaining filler. Really can't stand seeing Seki's and Ichigo's chibi faces (that's what i called MOEEEEEEE )
Ep 6 is rather serious since Suigin Tou came in contact with Shinku again. This time they let us know a bit more of Alice game.
Nice job Ayu for bringing us these 2 episodes
Looking forward for ep 7 as the end of ep 6 is such a cliffhanger.

Btw Wandering_Youth, u messed up with the episode numbers

Meh, it's pretty cold all day around during the winter so my fingers are always a bit numb.

On-Topic: I just want to retract my assumption that Shinku isn't a French made doll, instead her true origin is actually from Germany. Judging by the snapshots of the books she reads during episode 6.

[chucky]

水銀燈: 水銀=Mercury 燈=Lamp. Not sure if it's linked to her powers in any way.

It is terrible Chinese: in many cases you cant break the sentence/term up and
translate the meaning of each segment and then put them back together. It will never work.

It is true that 水銀=Mercury 燈=Lamp. But 水銀燈 (as a whole ) just means
spotlight.

Btw, anyone knows German here? I guess the names have more to do with
the German meanings than the Chinese ideographs here..... Well i dunno
but it is painfully obvious German plays some key role in this anime.

[mikeon]

I loved episode 5. So much cute chibiness

I loved how Seki is so EEVILL!!!

[dreamless]

well, episode 3 has the title 水銀燈 and "Mercury Lamp" under it.

蒼 is pale blue, more often used to describe the sky or something old and grand.

翠 is avid green, more often used to describe something fresh and lively.

for 真紅 True Red, I think apart from the use of rose, it also has a touch of honor and elegance to it.

[Reticia]

Baka chibi-ichigo
I laughed a lot during this episode. I especially liked the kun-kun part

[Muir Woods]

Time to give this thread a bump. I just saw episode 08 and 09 that's been sitting on my harddrive for a couple of days (been studying hard for final exams, just wrote my Physics 101 final, 4 more to go ).

Spoiler for comments on 08 and 09:

Another doll is introduced. Suisei Seki has a twin sister similiarly named Sousei Seki. Sousei Seki has eyes just like Suisei Seki, except the colors of her eyes are switched. Sousei has a green right eye and a red left eye. Her master (an old watch fixing man) calls her "Kazuki" (could be wrong with this romanitization) though, after their son. For some reason her master's wife is in a coma. Sousei Seki has a huge gardening scissor as her weapon, a nice compliment to Suisei Seki's growing plant power. I love her stovetop hat. Heh heh, Suisei Seki's punch sure packs a whallop .

09 reveals and ties up the story in 08. A lot of talk about dreams of the old man and her wife, and traversing through them. The old man's dream is a realm of clocks. Her wife, a complete white blank. Long story short, they both wake up in the end. Suigintou is there in both the episode to be evil again. Was Suigintou trying to strip the rest of the dolls of their powers? I'm not too sure what she was doing.

[jonny-mt]

Originally Posted by Muir Woods

Spoiler for comments on 08 and 09:

Another doll is introduced. Suisei Seki has a twin sister similiarly named Sousei Seki. Sousei Seki has eyes just like Suisei Seki, except the colors of her eyes are switched. Sousei has a green right eye and a red left eye. Her master (an old watch fixing man) calls her "Kazuki" (could be wrong with this romanitization) though, after their son. For some reason her master's wife is in a coma. Sousei Seki has a huge gardening scissor as her weapon, a nice compliment to Suisei Seki's growing plant power. I love her stovetop hat. Heh heh, Suisei Seki's punch sure packs a whallop .

09 reveals and ties up the story in 08. A lot of talk about dreams of the old man and her wife, and traversing through them. The old man's dream is a realm of clocks. Her wife, a complete white blank. Long story short, they both wake up in the end. Suigintou is there in both the episode to be evil again. Was Suigintou trying to strip the rest of the dolls of their powers? I'm not too sure what she was doing.

Spoiler:

Niggling point of order, but Sousei Seki is a guy--Suisei Seki's fraternal twin. Admittedly, I haven't watched 9 yet (I'm only posting right now to avoid doing my sociology reading because it bores me to death...stupid global cities), but his clothes and constant use of 'boku' give it away in 8. Now c'mon, did you think they could make it all the way through an anime about dolls without putting in a gender bender ^_^

[Muir Woods]

Originally Posted by jonny-mt

Spoiler:

Niggling point of order, but Sousei Seki is a guy--Suisei Seki's fraternal twin. Admittedly, I haven't watched 9 yet (I'm only posting right now to avoid doing my sociology reading because it bores me to death...stupid global cities), but his clothes and constant use of 'boku' give it away in 8. Now c'mon, did you think they could make it all the way through an anime about dolls without putting in a gender bender ^_^

Spoiler:

I had an inkling about that too, but Suigintou refered to Sousei as Suisei's sister (at least, that's how it was translated). So that kinda convinced me Sousei was a female. But boku isn't exclusively used for males, is it? Because I heard some anime girls use "boku" as well, such as Sakura in Da Capo.