May 21 2006
What do a shopping addiction and a strange living doll have in common? They're both key components in Rozen Maiden, a new manga straight from TOKYOPOP.After a traumatic incident, Jun Sakurada refuses to interact with the outside world and return to school--he even shuts out his sister, his closest friend. Jun spends most of his time online buying spiritual items that are obvious rip-offs. One day he finds a website that curiously enough asks him to put his order in his desk drawer. Thinking it's a joke, Jun plays along. The following day a suitcase arrives containing a doll named Shiku... that comes to life before his very eyes! Welcome to the world of Rozen Maiden, where Jun must enter an all-new reality to protect and serve a living doll...
Created by Peach Pit, Rozen Maiden is a dramatic fantasy manga with plenty of comedic moments for good measure. After a terrible accident, Jun Sakurada withdraws from everything and everyone he knows and instead devotes his time to buying personal products online, only to return them right before the grace period expires. But when Jun orders a strange doll, he quickly finds he can't return everything.
Volume 1 hit the manga shelves on 5/9/06 and Volume 2 is due for release on September 12th. You can get all the details and place your orders for both at TOKYOPOP's website.
