{"id":224,"date":"2007-01-06T00:40:37","date_gmt":"2007-01-06T08:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toybox\/2007\/01\/06\/blog-033-rose-colored-consequences\/"},"modified":"2009-02-02T11:56:11","modified_gmt":"2009-02-02T19:56:11","slug":"blog-033-rose-colored-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2007\/01\/06\/blog-033-rose-colored-consequences\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog 033 > Rose-Colored Consequences!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=1 id=\"image244\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toybox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/xjaymanx_rozen_maiden_01sm.jpg?w=545\" alt=\"Rozen Maiden\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Rozen Maiden | Image from Google Search<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My speed review: &#8220;WOW! Still a miniature yet captivating package!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ah, my first anime review of 2007!&#8230; Late last night, finished the 12-episode <strong><em>Rozen Maiden &#8211; Traumend<\/em><\/strong>, continuing from where the first season left off&#8230; Once again, it introduces the junior high school boy Jun-kun, and his come-to-life mystical dolls, the red-adorned Shinku, pink-bowed Hina Ichigo, and twin red-and-green-eyed sisters Suiseiseki and Souseiseki&#8230; While the episodes are smilingly sprinkled with new and endearing slice-of-home-life slapstick antics, the deeper drama is taken to a new level when a new doll appears, a defeated nemesis returns, and the &#8220;Alice Game&#8221; pursuit-of-perfection begins&#8230; with both tragic and hopeful consequences&#8230; Once again, this title deserves my maximum &#8220;half season&#8221; rating&#8230; 4 of 5 stars!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:location.href='http:\/\/www.dannychoo.com\/v4\/addlink.php?language=eng&#038;method=marklet&#038;url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&#038;title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title)\" title=\"Otakurl it!\" >Otakurl it!<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toybox\/anime\/anime-viewing-list\/\">Click here to see my Anime Viewing List.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rozen Maiden | Image from Google Search My speed review: &#8220;WOW! Still a miniature yet captivating package!&#8221; Ah, my first anime review of 2007!&#8230; Late last night, finished the 12-episode Rozen Maiden &#8211; Traumend, continuing from where the first season left off&#8230; Once again, it introduces the junior high school boy Jun-kun, and his come-to-life &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2007\/01\/06\/blog-033-rose-colored-consequences\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[14,48],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7rIwb-3C","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":270,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2007\/05\/06\/blog-061-just-eleven-so-far\/","url_meta":{"origin":224,"position":0},"title":"Blog 061 > Just Eleven So Far","author":"xjaymanx","date":"May 6, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Black Lagoon | Image from Google Search In 2006, I watched 58 anime series in 8 eight months, or 7+ series per month! 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