Audience reviews
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Jastereich
If you love Rozen Maiden , then it’s probably already known to you that Traumend is a sequel of the series, and things continue exactly where they finished off in its previous run. Traumend is an almost direct continuation of the first series. If you haven’t seen that, this one probably isn’ t worth bothering with at all. Trust me, you'll be lost.
While Rozen Maiden was more about evolving characters, Traumend makes the jump right into action and keeps things moving at a fast pace throughout. There are still some fights between the dolls, however, it is more related to drama and action rather than comedy.
The new character Kanaria gives some laughs and eventually wears on the audience. But, Traumend is a bit darker than its predecessor and the dolls have to go through some hard times. Th…
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I'll keep this one short (especially relative to the absolute MONSTER of a review I left for season 1!) because most of what I have to say applies to both season 1 and Träumend.
I appreciate the effort to make this anime a little more serious in tone, and the sincerity of that effort. I like that certain obvious questions we had about the nature of the dolls was answered in a sensitive and fulfilling way (trying to be vague here to avoid spoilers!).
What I don't like is the end. It was rushed and unfulfilling. It really felt like the writers had written themselves into a corner and had to find a way to keep the action going until the end without leaving us on a sad note. I will chalk this up to trying to appeal to much to the action side of the anime (which was ALWAYS an afterthought). U…
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This season is more exciting than the first season of Rozen Maiden. It really picks up, more characters are introduced, and rather than focusing on the main character of the last season, the focus turns to the dolls, themselves. I found this one to be more enjoyable than the first season, but I would recommend watching them both if you are interested, because I don't think this would be good enough as a stand alone anime by itself.
The music is still pretty good, and the art is still about what you would expect.
I really liked that they added more characters, and we got to know them all better. There really isn't a single character that I hated. Even the "bad guy" had my sympathy.
This is a very good anime for anybody who appreciates dolls. And, as somebody who as a little girl imagined…
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Never had I expected myself to be sinking into my bed trying to cover my eyes under my blankets to deny what just happened in an anime about dolls to say the least. This anime makes you do that.
Rozen Maiden was genuinely a lovely watch, the characters were quirky in their own ways as well as adorable. The action was at a decent level with final fantasy-esque music to beautifully compliment it making you feel all the more immersed. The story... The story is unique to say the least, although there weren't any mind blowing twists or anything, The animators and writers did an amazing job at conveying emotions through the dolls and other characters. With good pacing and some episodes there to just make you laugh and feel good followed by the story-rich episodes never really left me feeling s…
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SPOILERS for both seasons:
Another contrived sad ending just to get a cheap emotional response out of the watcher. In the first season it was established that Jun had some special magical ability to "bring back what was lost" as demonstrated with the clown doll and with fixing Shinku's arm during her battle with Suigintou. The ending would have worked a lot better if this power was built upon / explained and then he used that power to restore all of the dolls after he found out they had been tricked - including Hina-Ichigo and Souseiseki, instead of having a Deus Ex Machina moment with the appearance of Rozen.
And for some absolutely pointless reason, Rozen decides to leave Hina-Ichigo and Souseiseki dead, again just to create cheap sadness with no logic. There is no reason Rozen or Jun…
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Rozen Maiden: Traumend differs significantly from its predecessor. Where the first season followed an agoraphobic boy as he learned to overcome his fears and demons in order to help those he loved, the second gives center stage to the Rozen maidens and their enigmatic Father. Where once Jun broke the Alice Game and repaired what was thought to be beyond repair, he is now swept to the side offering little more than moral support. This shift in narrative focus had potential. After all, Jun’s story arc was neatly completed by the end of the first season while the dolls were ripe for development. How long have they existed, who is Father, must they obey the rules of the Alice Game, should they even want to?
These latter two questions become especially pertinent as the commencement of the gam…
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This takes place a bit after the first one and I have to say the character development is actually rather surprising. We have Jun not afraid to go outside anymore, and is actually trying to get into school again. There isn’t much development in the dolls but I guess that’s to be expected slightly. I have a small feeling that their artificial spirits are made to have a certain personality. I’m going to talk more about my theory later on in this review about that. We don’t really see much of the other human characters and so their personalities seem slightly the same. Jun’s sister is still a caring clumsy girl, Jun’s classmate is a very quiet girl who wants to help sometimes, and there are a few new humans too.
During this show, we are introduced two two new dolls, Kanaria and Bara-Suishou.…
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Nope, nope, nope, didn't fool me one bit. I saw exactly where this one was headed early. The series reeked of a tear jerker from almost the very beginning. Right off the bat, the writers attempted to continue the character development concerning the dolls, with the intentions of establishing an emotional link with the viewer by over exploiting the dolls cute antics. This isn't a full blow against the series at all, because the driving force behind any work is the characters, and the viewer should feel for them. My only gripe is that because of this, the possible events were too spelled out in light of the tragedy that was soon to strike.
Rozen Maiden: Traumend is a solid follow up to its predecessor but it's not on the same level and it fails in some areas. The entire first half is a seri…
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Rozen Maiden Traumend is the follow up to the original. Due to the lack of a proper interpretation of it's plot in the parent series of Rozen Maiden, for that reason I started watching this second season(also for more Suigintou) and since the first wasn't too bad, there's still hopes for development in this sequel.
Traumend starts off from where the first series stopped; after the victorious battle with Suigintou, Shinku starts to feel the guilt of eliminating one of her sisters, all because of the Alice Game. In fact, Shinku simply made her into a "piece of junk". Is it wrong to feel sad for an enemy you've just defeated?
Anyway, after completing Traumend, it's an improvement(but not massively) on the series, if you compare it to the original. Focusing more into the story, providing ad…
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The only thing that disappointed me about Traumend is that the story was never completed. As a matter of fact, PEACH-PIT decided to reboot the manga, so Im guessing that the anime will never continue.
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This was a great series. I chose to watch it, after seeing the "desu" memes all over the internet. The characters in this series are really enjoyable. You kind of get attached to them (which i hate when that happens because theres not that much episodes >.>) One thing i fell in love with was hina ichigos voice. (im a sucker for kawaii things like that.) I also really enjoyed how Jun went from being a shut in to falling in love with shinku. I really wish they would of ended the series better though. I hope they make a 3rd season. Withouth it ill never know who became alice!
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STORY:
I was very impressed with the story overall, I thought it was pretty unique. There were some great plot twist thrown in that took me by surprise, I was glad to see that things were not as obvious as they seemed. The story moved at a great pace and had no filler episodes.
ANIMATION:
The art is the same as the previous season although it seems a bit better this time around, the animation during the ending song was particularly beautiful.
SOUND:
I have to say I was extremely impressed with the voice acting, Mona Marshals performance as Jun was no less then outstanding, the same goes for Mela Lee as Shinku and everyone else.
The music is the same style used in season 1. It fits very well and there wasn't any song I disliked.
CHARACTERS:
I loved all the characters aside from the…
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Story - 8
The storyline is much better than in season 1. Less boring casual fillers (and empty space at all - first season was very, very emty, so that it could be cut to 8-9 episode without any harm to the plot). More reflection and philosophy (we even see them talk about God on the example of Master Rozen). Briefly, the story of Traumend is just smarter. Although, the illnesses of past times did not vanish utterly, and some episodes are still rather sleepy. And in plot there appear time after time illogical or rude lines that freak me out and spoil the enjoyment greatly.
Art - 9
I can hardly see differences between 2 seasons, but there are more cute dresses (photos at Kanaria's), 2 more lolitas with their own styles and all that awesome crystal stuff coming out of Barasuichou's hands…
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the anime was awesome, it would most likely suit people who wants to see, comedy with a mix of drama, i myself, dont usually watch that much anime, but i really liked this one, because of the story and how the characters dramatically mourn over their loved ones who have, eventually died, if you ask me, the anime was completely one of the coolest animes ever xDDD
its my opinion though, since many of you might not agree with me on this, but well, i hope everyone watches this and would have a great time doing it ^^
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alright so here is my thoughts on this anime Rozen Maiden Traumend, full of comedy, action , and a little love
The Story line of this anime was very good showing not only the beauty of the dolls outfits and personalities, but adding the final touch with intense fighting scenes. Although I do not want to give out alot of info this series is about a young boy named jun who is locked up in his room because of cracking under pressure on entrance exams, we do not find out about that until later on in the series, so as a result he is a hermit in his own home refusing to go to school and buying "stupid" mystical items off his computer. Then he gets possesion of Shinku, a wind up doll in search of Alice (the perfect doll) for his creator or "Father" to be happy, and for that to happen she has to…
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Story (7.8) - Some improvements were made, if we compare to the first season. However, the story still has flaws. This time, more dolls appear and the "true" Alice game really begins.
The story this time is more interesting, is a little bit more original and the plot advances faster. However, it lacks some details about the story that i think werent very well explained.
Still, is better than first season, so i pass from 7 to 8.
art (7.3) - Not much difference in this aspect..i really didnt notice any change at all, still an average aspect.
Sound (8.0) - Sound is a little better than first season, however, is not enough for a 9. Background music this time fits better with the plot, the ed and op are about the same opinion i´ve had in the first season, just acceptable.
Character (8…
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Anime: Träumend was animated by the same stuido as the first season (Studio Nomad), directed by the same director (Kou Matsuo), and ran on Japanese TV from October 5th, 2005 to January 5th, 2006. Probably corresponds to some point in the Rozen Maiden manga, not sure which, though.
Story: Träumend picks up an unspecified amount of time after the first season. All the dolls are still living at Jun's house, and he's definitely better than he was, but still not going to school (though there's good reason for it ' he's playing catch-up). Shinku is having guilt-related nightmares, and after one of these, she and Jun end up being drawn back into the mirror in his attic (why haven't they gotten rid of that yet?!) and meeting the seventh doll, whose appearance basical…
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