Rozen Maiden: Suigintou enters into Shinku's dream to get her to wager her Rosa Mystique in a final Alice game to end it all. Shinku agrees. Suiseseki comes for a visit. Nori's classmate appears again in front of her house to confess but got knocked out by Souseseki's flying suitcase (poor guy). Nori requests for their help in practicing for her school play 'Snow White'. Nori is the narrator, Souseseki/Hinaichigo as the dwarfs, Suiseseki as the evil crone, while Shinku makes for a very chilly Snow White. Suiseseki totally relishes her role as the evil stepmother and gave Snow White a poisoned apple. Jun, as the prince, is required to give Shinku a kiss and he gets all flustered. Jun blushes when he chanced upon the Rozen Maidens in their undergarments as Nori washes their laundry. Nori and Shinku enjoys a reflective moment together and the latter tries to teach Nori to see things differently. Shinku lounges around in Jun's shirt when she takes off her dress for Jun to sew her cuffs. Jun can't help but steal glances at Shinku's joints as it reminds him of a long forgotten fact that they're basically dolls, not humans. Shinku talks about the existence of the Rozen Maidens. Alice is a girl of dreams that only lives inside the father and is pure, sublime and of supreme beauty. The father (Rozen)'s pursuit of this Alice results in his attempts at creating that form through the Rozen Maiden dolls. But none of his dolls realized Alice. But if a doll wins the Alice game and collects all the Rosa Mystique, she gets to be Alice. Jun feels that it's too cruel to make the dolls fight but Shinku feels otherwise and quote a phrase that I think sums up the spirit of the series nicely (refer to quote). When all of them are retiring for the night, Souseseki comments to Suiseseki that Shinku seems to be hiding something from them. Nearing to midnight, Shinku kisses a sleeping Jun to bid him farewell and leaves for her game with Suigintou.

Starring:

Laura Bailey, Miyuki Sawashiro, Mona Marshall

Genre:

Animation