Hinaichigo

*“My name is Hinaichigo. I am the sixth doll of the Rozen Maidens. And you, Jun Sakurada... You shall be Hinaichigo’s manservant hence.”*

**Hinaichigo** (雛苺 *Hinaichigo, Kleine Beere / Small Berry / Small Strawberry*) is the sixth Rozen Maiden doll and the third youngest sister of the Rozen Maiden series.

## Appearance

Hinaichigo's appearance is that of a little girl, and that is because she is the third youngest of the sisters. She wears a pink overcoat with a red ribbon and has a similar one on the backside of her coat. She wears a white, puffy underdress. She has short ringleted, blonde hair with a pink bow, surrounded by white ruffles and on her feet she has red ballet-like slippers, with red ribbons that criss-cross over her legs and white tights. Her eyes are light green.

## Personality

Hinaichigo is a caring doll inside, but she can be very vain, demanding and dislikes being alone. She cares very much about most of her sisters and wishes for them to all stay intact. She seems yell the phrase “darn it all!” quite frequently, when things don’t go her way, it is usually directed at her medium, Jun Sakurada, as she treats him as her servant. Her main goal in life is to win the Alice Game and become Alice. Her motto is originally, "To live is to fight." Over time, with Jun's guidance, she abandons this idea and only fights to protect others.

Hinaichigo can also be very demanding to Jun, Nori and sometimes even Shinku. She also makes Jun get her a fresh bowl of strawberries everyday and does not tolerate much noise or nonsense coming from Jun, Nori, or any of the other dolls. Despite this, Hinaichigo seems to be very popular among the dolls, this is because she understands each of them and their own unique needs and personalities. She is the only doll who understands why Shinku acts the way she does, and is one of the few dolls to actually take her side or stand up for her. She seems to act as a mother figure to the other dolls, punishing them when they were bad, and listening to each of their issues and sides. Though firm, Hinaichigo is also calm and understanding.

Hinaichigo's favorite foods are strawberry daifuku, and Nori's "Hanamaru Hamburger," which is a hamburger patty topped with a fried egg in the shape of a flower. She adores the puppet detective Kun Kun, though her fandom is not as avid as Shinku's. She also loves to draw, as shown often in both seasons of the anime and the OVA, however rarely on paper (walls, model cars, floors, etc.). Her art is considered very beautiful, and is admired by Jun, Nori and many of the other dolls. She also enjoys strawberries, as she eats a whole bowl of them every single day.

*This article is about the character from Peach-Pit's manga continuity. For other uses, see Hinaichigo (disambiguation).*
**Hinaichigo** (真紅 Kliene Beere */ little Strawberry*) is the sixth doll of the Rozen Maiden series and the main female protagonist of most media.

## History

### Life in the Miniature Garden

Hinaichigo was the sixth doll created by Rozen. After her creation, she was forced to live with her predecessors in the Miniature Garden. She did not interact with the other dolls much, save for the occassional visit from Suigintou. Rozen had ceased visiting Shinku and Suigintou knew it meant he was working on a new doll and Suigintou wanted to be there to see Shinku become miserable over this and delight in her suffering. Soon enough, **Hinaichigo** would be revealed to the dolls. At first, Shinku was jealous of Hinaichigo and attempted to fight her in the Alice Game, but Hinaichigo soon beat her. However, instead of taking her Rosa Mystica, Hinaichigo chose to forgive Shinku and tried to understand her. After that, Shinku was very grateful and they became very close friends.

Shinku and Hinaichigo would grow close as she taught her little sister. Rozen would visit to see Hinaichigo, giving her a a shiny new brooch. As she watched Rozen's visits with Hinaichigo, so she continued to care for Hinaichigo.

The two planned a tea party and invited the other dolls to join. The resulting tea party was received well by the group, and they made tea parties a frequent activity. Through this, the dolls came to enjoy their Miniature Garden more. Rozen eventually gave them all Artificial Spirits, Hinaichigo receiving Berrybell.

However, this would not last long. As time went on, the tea parties lost the charm they once had. Suigintou would decide to tell the others the reality of their situation, bringing to surface feelings they all had been hiding. As she proclaimed to the rest that their little garden was really just their father's junk pile, them included, Laplace's Demon made his entrance. He told them that Rozen had a new plan for them, the Alice Game would start properly. Suigintou gladly accepted this and left, to Hinaichigo’s dismay. The rest would eventually follow, Hinaichigo being one of the last dolls to leave.

### Through the Ages

In her life leading up to the modern era, she met with masters and encountered the other dolls in several awakenings. She notibly encounters Suigintou again, who cements in Hinaichigo’s mind Suigintou's true motivation with the Alice Game. Suigintou tells her that she wants to see Rozen's reaction to her winning the Alice Game because she is convinced that Rozen sees Suigintou as junk. As Suigintou laughs, Hinaichigo realizes how much Suigintou both loves and hates Rozen. She also later encounters Suiseiseki and Souseiseki. Souseiseki is distrusting of her and Hinaichigo tells her that she has no intention of fighting them. Hinaichigo brings up wanting to play the Alice Game differently, which Suiseiseki finds interesting while Souseiseki dismisses the notion.

## Relationships

### Shinku

In the beginning Shinku disliked Hinaichigo. She felt hurt that there was a new doll, and that she was no longer special. Because of this she decided to fight Hinaichigo. Hinaichigo agreed, but soon beat Shinku. However, Hinaichigo did not take her Rosa Mystica, instead she let Shinku go and told her that she understood her. Shinku had never been understood by anyone before and gladly accepted. Soon, they became very close friends. Hinaichigo understood Shinku and explained to everyone that she could, why Shinku acted the way she did. Hinaichigo always forgave Shinku for doing something that could be considered bad, because Hinaichigo knew better, and she knew Shinku’s true intentions. Hinaichigo usually has to stand up for Shinku when the other dolls are picking on her (usually Suiseiseki) and try to explain.

Hinaichigo and Shinku’s next meeting happened, when Suigintou was sending dolls after Shinku and Hinaichigo helped her and gave her a medium, and let her stay in her house, in return, Shinku became Hinaichigo’s servant.

When Shinku eventually dies in Rozen Maiden: Overtüre, she gives her Rosa Mystica to Hinaichigo, and hugs her before saying goodbye.

**Tomoe**

Tomoe was Hinaichigo’s old Medium, she loved Hinaichigo dearly, and the two were good friends. However, due to the fact that Tomoe lived in the past, and all the other dolls Mediums lived in the present, Hinaichigo was taken away from Tomoe by Laplace de no mas, the demon referee of the Alice Game. Hinaichigo was later given to Jun, so that she could fight in the same timeline as the other dolls. Tomoe was broken hearted, and searched everywhere for Hinaichigo. When she came to Jun’s house she attempted to take Hinaichigo back, calling Jun a thief. However, Hinaichigo managed to explain the situation and Tomoe was forced to say goodbye, but tried to visit Hinaichigo as much as possible.

## Quotes

"*He tried to give shape to Alice... that is us... the Rozen Maiden dolls. He made one... and then another.. He finally ended up with seven dolls, but he wasn't satisfied... None could be Alice... So Father just left us...*" - Hinaichigo to Jun, Phase 13
"*I, Shinku, ask you... Will you become an ordinary doll... or... Will you become my servant?*" - Hinaichigo to **Suigintou**, Phase 78
"*People grow. Children forget the days when they played with dolls. They eventually age and are laid to sleep in the dirt... but dolls will always be dolls. We crumble and turn to dust."* - Hinaichigo to Jun, Phase 41
## Weapons and Skills

Hinaichigo's name means '*Little Strawberry*', and she keeps to her title by her very beautiful and elegant powers: manipulation of strawberry vines, which she uses to tie up her opponents. (Suigintou and Shinku were shown to struggle to break these.)

In addition to these, Hinaichigo also uses pink rose petals on battle, which are equally elegant and beautiful. She can use these as a shield or she can shoot them like Suigintou’s black feathers.

## In Other Media

Hinaichigo appears as a major character in Studio Nomad's 2004 anime continuity where her role is largely the same. She notably loses her arm in a different way and ends up assisting Jun in Suigintou's death in the first season. In the second, she is the first to meet Barasuishou and in the final episode fights her only to lose. Rozen revives her and the rest of the dolls defeated by Barasuishou. Her history with Suigintou is also radically different.

## Etymology

* The name **Hinaichigo** means "chick, cute, duckling, doll" (雛) (**hina**) and "strawberry, elegant" (苺) (**ichigo**).

## Trivia

* Hinaichigo's favorite food is anything with strawberries.
* Hinaichigo is the favorite doll of Banri Sendo, one of the two members of Peach-Pit.

## References and Citations

1. Literal Translation
2. Phase 30
3. Phase 6
4. Phase 35
5. Final Tale
6. Tale 57
7. Rozen Maiden, Phase 35-36
8. Rozen Maiden Zurückspulen - Episode 01
9. Phase 8
10. "An Audience with Peach-Pit". UK Anime Network. Retrieved October 24, 2019

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Final Tale
2. ↑ Literal Translation
3. ↑ Rozen Maiden: Rot-Schwarz
4. ↑ Prologue Part II