The best ending of the season? I think that was from Gatchaman Crowds, closely followed by Silver Spoon. Rozen Maiden had the potential to top both of them, but no, they had to come with that damn cliff-hanger!
And that is pretty much the only complaint I have about the final two episodes. The character development really was great, for a lot of the cast. Hina Ichigo, beautifully redeemed herself for a season of absence, Jun grew in both his versions and Suigintou… the reason she did not take Souseiseiki’s Rosa Mystica promises great things for the future.
The same goes for Jun: he always looked up to his younger self, and now it becomes apparent that younger Jun was great because he just never challenged his own weaknesses. Putting him in a coma will have a great effect on the rest of the cast, and put them into the roles that he previously occupied. Which brings me back to how this is the end of the season.
So yeah, whoever is producing this: you had better have planned a second season, instead of using this as a stupid sequel hook, putting off the decision for a sequel based upon whether or not the sales are right. Nothng has been announced yet, and that cliff-hanger could have been completely omitted and we would have had a satisfying finale. A bit of anime original aftermath for Jun, and Voila! That would have worked easily, and Tomomi Mochizuki can write that without a doubt to make it leave a good impression.
It’s not like I can hunt you down or something… but yeah. I’m watching out for that sequel…
Rating: 5.5/8 (Excellent)
I really do hope this gets a second season. It unfair how mediocre shows get sequels upon sequels, when shows like this Rozen Maiden get left in the dust.
Also… You wrote Suiseiseki when I believe you mean to say Suigintou…
No, She wrote Suiseiseki when she meant to write Souseiseki.
I’d be surprised if there were no second season. That was one heck of a cliff hanger. At least it was a cliff hanger that didn’t leave you confused or unsatisfied. You can sense where the second season is going (if there were to be one).
I’m kind of surprised at the lack of comments for your Rozen maiden entries… is this series really dead? Sigh.
@MCAL: Agreed!
well, it isn’t really the most popular premise. Though the story line is good and all (which by the way i’m saying because i enjoyed it), there aren’t many people who be attracted by the idea of a guy playing with dolls.
Oh yeah. That cliffhanger had me pissed.
And worse, they didn’t say a single thing about a second season.
I’m going to check my twitter.
I did like it a lot. Great ending. I’m glad kirakoshou came back. I thought that win was a little too easy and anticlimactic. But another season would be great! I plan on buying it once I gets released in the states. I hope sentai doesn’t dub it. I hard the dub for the first 2,id be fine if this was sub only and it came out faster.