Rozen Maiden: Ouvertüre Ep. 1
She who transcends the mere definition of Beauty: Her name is Suigintou.
OP Sequence
OP: 「薔薇獄乙女」 - Baragoku Otome by ALI PROJECT
Thoughts:
I could already from the very beginning that Suigintou has had some tough times. Although this episode doesn’t really delve deep into her past it did show how she was neglected by Rozen in the beginning and was left unfinished while the others were getting all of the attention. The majority of the episode, once Souseiseki starts telling Jun about the past, has to deal with the Alice game once again. Shinku, in my opinion, seemed somewhat different than her current self. I say this because of the way she treated Suigintou the moment she arrived. She didn’t even check to see if she was all right and immediately threw her against the well when Suigintou held onto her. It’s obvious that this Shinku only cared about herself at the time. My, how a shift in POV in the telling of a story can make characters seem a lot different.
More importantly, Suigintou really surprised me. I didn’t know Suigintou could make such gentle and heartbreaking expressions. That said, I really don’t know why Rozen treated her so badly and left her incomplete. Did he not feel up to the task of completing her because of laziness? Or did he just not care anymore even after going through all the trouble to make her clothing? It’s not wonder Suigintou is the way she is in the present Rozen Maiden and I honestly can’t blame her from what I’ve seen so far. From birth she was shunned and literally had to crawl to get someone, anyone to notice her existence. It was all too much for me to bear to watch and to make things worse witness Suigintou cry brought tears to my own eyes as well. Nevertheless, there’s still a few more questions to be answered in this OVA that I hope are answered in the second and last episode.
ED Sequence
ED: 「空蝉ﾉ影」 - Utsusemi no Kage by Kukui
Interesting choice of style for the ED animation…. But I do like the song, though I think the OP is much better.
Preview:
My Verdict: 9.5/10 - Suigintou and her surprisingly gentle and frail side makes up at least 9.0 of this score. She’s shown herself to be more breathtaking and captivating than ever.
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The first part was so incredibly sad and painful…Poor Suigintou T_T I hate that Rozen guy so much, really words can’t describe how much I hate him for doing this to Suigintou…He should be tortured in a slow and painful way for doing this to Suigintou!!! >:-O
And what I really wondered about…Even though Father stopped building Suigintou she still knows her own name (Because she did say her name when Shinku asked her). How did she get to know her own name when Rozen didn’t finish her? Did he tell Suigintou her name while she was awake before he abandonned her? I honestly can’t think of any other reason why she would know…If he did that then it’s really obvious that Rozen was aware that she was awake and still abandonned and neglected her like that!! What a bastard that dude is…>:-(
Suigintou had such bad life and fate…
Hopefully she will get some happiness in season 3, if there’s ever a season 3 (and I really hope Megu doesn’t die in season 3, that would be so sad for Suigintou T_T ).
There has to be a season 3 sometime in the future!
As for Suigintou-sama, she definitely had a tough life from the very beginning. This OVA cleared up a lot of things about her and I hope it makes other (reasonable and sensible) fans embrace her character much more than ever.
there will be a season three, because there’s no information about the seventh doll, kirakishou (the one who looks just like barasuishou, only with lighter colors and the patch on her right eye, not the left).
or so it would seem, either it would be plain stupid to show kirakishou and tell nothing about her.
Not to mention there are still quite a few things left unsolved. It’s just a matter of when an announcement of the third season will come.
i loved the ouverture. it made me develop a love for Suigintou. she’s so adorable and it’s so sad that Rozen left her. i wanted to cry when she was crying and when Shinku was crying at the end of the second episode. so sad T_T
overall, amazing anime!