Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

Don’t let anyone fool you, Suigintou is the true star of Rozen Maiden.

Thoughts:

A lot of things now make sense after watching this OVA series, especially this episode. The reason as to why Suigintou hates Shinku and Souseiseki. And the reason to why Shinku hates Suigintou. Speaking of Shinku, I think I now see just what the issue is with her. Whether or not she does it on purpose, Shinku can be rather full of herself. Bits of it are in the previous Rozen Maiden series but it stands out here. That is, she believes that all Rozen Maidens are supposed to be perfect and that she herself is the superior of the seven. This, I think, is one of the reasons she couldn’t accept Suigintou to be one of the Rozen Maiden. Even though she did help Suigintou be able to walk, I don’t think she did it out of genuine concern but more out of pity. This, in my opinion, showed that she didn’t see Suigintou as an equal/Rozen Maiden from the very beginning. Not only that, she hid the truth from Suigintou about the Alice Games and didn’t even attempt to save her when she was disappearing.

Suigintou had thought that Shinku really accepted her for who she was only to find out that she pitied her and saw her as inferior, incomplete, and ‘different’ from the other Rozen Maidens. Suigintou, having had her pride wounded by Shinku destroyed her treasured brooch. Was it bad that she did that out of anger? Yes, I will admit it. But do I blame her? I certainly don’t. I don’t blame her for going all out on Shinku after her infamous “junk” comment either. So all in all, both Suigintou and Shinku are equally mean to one another in the OVA. But then again, none of this would’ve happened if Shinku had helped Suigintou out of pure kindness and Souseiseki’s scissor-happy actions. On another note, it was pretty funny (or should I say ironic?) that Souseiseki’s Roza Mystica was taken by Suigintou later on in series in Traumend. Poetic justice for the win?

As for Rozen or ‘Father’, I still don’t understand a single thing about him. Why didn’t he give Suigintou her Roza Mystica when he first created her? Why did he leave her incomplete and not fix her when he gave her the Roza Mystica? I have to wonder if he’s some sort of sadist that enjoys the suffering of his creations. Laplace is still as strange as ever and I’m surprised that Enju was even in the OVA’s time period. I hope Peach Pit makes a third season soon to explain all the other unanswered questions because it’d be a shame to leave a great series as such Rozen Maiden to go unexplained and without a true ending.

My Verdict: 9.6/10 - This was an outstanding episode and overall an excellent OVA series which flawless told Suigintou’s background. Suigintou definitely was the star of Ouvertüre and her didn’t disappoint. I look forward to seeing more of her in a third season.