After enduring cruelty from his classmates, Sakurada Jun shuts himself away, preferring to live in solitude. Just when he thought he’d found peace in seclusion, a mysterious box disrupts his world, revealing the enigmatic Shinku—a living doll from the legendary Rozen Maiden collection. Shinku is beautiful yet demanding, and instantly declares that Jun shall be her new servant. Before he can wrap his head around the unusual events, they’re attacked! With no other options for survival, Jun agrees to a contract with Shinku and witnesses the true nature of her power. Now sworn to Shinku, Jun is pulled into the dangerous world of “The Alice Game,” a deadly battle where only one of the seven Rozen Maiden dolls can emerge as the perfect doll. With danger lurking at every turn and Shinku’s high-maintenance personality to contend with, Jun is about to learn just how intense playing with dolls can be! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Japanese study overview
Rozen Maiden is a Japanese manga of 92,874 characters, with 6,222 unique words and 1,453 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 6,222 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 私I×241
- 僕I×201
- 真紅Shinku×200
- 事thing×188
- 翠星石Suiseiseki×119
- 言うto say×116
- 雛苺Hinaichigo×115
- 人形doll×114
- 人間human being×105
- 年year×82
- 蒼星石Souseiseki×82
- 思うto think×79
- 桜田Ouda×62
- 水銀燈Suigintou×53
- 幻冬舎Gentosha Inc.×48
- 星石meteorite×39
- 金糸雀Kanaria×21
- 送料postage×14
- 巴tomoe×13
- 水銀mercury (Hg)×10