Jun Sakurada is a middle school hikikomori that's found himself master to several Rozen Maidens, mysterious living dolls that are in a battle for survival, and the chance to meet the man that created them, that they call the Alice Game.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A bridge real short.,
By Hexon.Arq "BMSD" (La ciudad le las estrellas muertas, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rozen Maiden Volume 8 (Paperback)
Perhaps if I had reviewed this volume the day I received it I would have given it one star. The narrative dead end herein presented came as a shock to fans when it was published in Japan, and despite my knowledge of it beforehand, it was still quite jarring to open the box and find something only slightly thicker than some of the pamphlets my grandmother used to hoard next to her numerous Bibles. I laughed aloud when I set it next to its predecessor volumes; the very sight seemed farcical and the price relatively high.
However, some time in the middle of this past summer I got around to reading an English translation of the first chapters of the new Rozen Maiden series published in March of this year. The newer series, thankfully, does in fact serve as a continuation of this series rather than a hard reboot. (I didn't spoil much for you just now because the fact is revealed quite early, and if you're reading this now, you probably already knew anyway.) While the new chapters have not magically appended themselves to this slim volume, they have dramatically soothed the pain of having felt ripped off by this bizarre "ending" in the first place. That is important because it redeems this volume from earning another one-star rating; on its own it would have seemed a dead end and a waste of time. As it stands now, however, Rozen Maiden volume 8 is to be counted in this continuing narrative as any other volume that preceded it. Fans who would have already been prepared to purchase a volume 9 before learning of the brevity and "finality" of volume 8 have no real reason to stop short of this one just because of its size. The Alice Game is still on, so take this one for the team.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
This series ended too early,
By Joe Chummer (Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rozen Maiden Volume 8 (Paperback)
The premature ending enacted by Peach-Pit due to an editorial dispute really kills this one. But that aside, the art and writing is right on par with previous volumes.
Thankfully, Peach-Pit is currently publishing new Rozen Maiden stories in a different magazine in Japan than the one responsible for this volume being cut short, so once those eventually get licensed and translated, we'll get to see a continuation of the story.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Very disappointing,
By Coolanime (Michigan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rozen Maiden Volume 8 (Paperback)
Terrible and non existent ending. Its only about 1/5th the size of a regular manga.
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