Junaichigo

Junaichigo is the het ship between Jun Sakurada and Hinaichigo from the Rozen Maiden fandom.

Canon
Jun cares very deeply for Hinaichigo and is always trying his best to make her feel better, or protect her in any sort of way. Multiple times, he has stated that he will protect Hinaichigo no matter what, and he definitely does. During the events of Rozen Maiden episode 13, Jun fought hard against Suigintou’s feathers in order to retrieve Hinaichigo’s arm. He later repaired her, and she became even better than before because of his magical sewing powers, that could sort of rewind the time. Jun often blushes around Hinaichigo, or sometimes just at thought of her.

History
As the very first doll that Jun meets, he is often seen as a slave rather than a master to Hinaichigo. He is forced to fetch her strawberries, most commonly, hit on the foot or in the face with either her cane or hair. Despite this, they are very close, and Jun is shown to have feelings for Hinaichigo. He loves her very much and tries his best to save her and keep her happy. She is usually the first doll he thinks about.

Jun’s feelings for Hinaichigo first started when he began to spend more days with her, it is unclear which episode they start in, we can see signs as early as episode 3. Soon, they are addressed and confirmed in episode 6, and are shown mostly in episode 7, 11, 12 and 13 of season 1. However the rest of the season has many other scenes and moments that shows this as well.

Throughout the next 3 seasons, Jun’s feelings become stronger and more beautiful, and he and Hinaichigo soon get closer, spending more and more time together, which causes Suiseiseki to become very jealous of Jun. Eventually, in the last season (Rozen Maiden: Zurückspulen), Jun saves Hinaichigo’s life, and she ends up developing feelings for him as well.

At the end of Rozen Maiden: Zurückspulen, he confesses his feelings for her and they develop into a beautiful relationship, much to Suiseiseki and Tomoe’s dismay.

 Rozen Maiden 

At the very beginning of Rozen Maiden (season 1), Hinaichigo acted demanding and rude towards Jun. She asked that he bring her a bowl of strawberries every single day, and would scream at him if he did not obey any of her commands. Due to this, they both found each other irritating, although Jun did still quite like Hinaichigo. As time went on, and more dolls started to arrive, Jun began to favour Hinaichigo over them, (although he did end up developing a close friendship with Shinku later on) she was the one he found the most important, and would chose her often over other dolls.

In Episode 6, it becomes clear that Jun has feelings for Hinaichigo. Hinaichigo tries to confront him about it, in her own way, but she’s not really sure what’s going on, and only has a slight idea. Later in that episode, Jun becomes worried for Hinaichigo and attempts to save her from Suigintou, eventually catching her in his arms.

In Episode 7, Hinaichigo has been cursed by Suigintou, causing Jun to become increasingly worried and frustrated that she will never wake up. He tries his very best to save her, and even faces a cause if his trauma ti revive her. Eventually she wakes up, and Jun is delighted. However, Hinaichigo only teases him for being so worried.

In Episode 11, Hinaichigo, the rest of the Rozen Maidens and Jun, take part in a play of Snow White. Hinaichigo is cast as Snow White, Shinku as the Evil Queen and Suiseiseki and Souseiseki as the seven dwarves (despite there only being two of them). Everything is running smoothly as the twins perform in their roles and Shinku masters her evil laugh. However, Jun is soon asked to kiss Hinaichigo, since he was cast as the prince. At this, Jun starts blushing furiously and stuttering and screaming. This causes Suiseiseki to become jealous and act out, and soon it is a disaster. Hinaichigo then points out that Jun missed out. Later on in the episode, the dolls must all wash their dresses, and a cuff is about to come off on Hinaichigo’s dress, so Jun must sew it up. Jun gives Hinaichigo one of his shirts to wear, while he sews her dress, and it almost goes all the way down to her feet, because it is quite long. Jun stared at Hinaichigo swinging her legs and blushes. Hinaichigo then tells Jun about the Alice Game.

In Episode, 12 and 13 Jun and Hinaichigo must battle Suigintou together. Jun fights bravely to retrieve Hinaichigo’s arm, and soon, they defeat Suigintou and he brushes her hair on a small hill. Hinaichigo soon informs him that brushing her hair is a great honour, which Jun is very pleased about.

Hinaichigo also hugged Jun many times before and in between these episodes, causing Jun to blush a lot. She dies it differently each time, and Jun enjoys it so much that he even tried to get her to hug him with some of her favourite food in Rozen Maiden: Overtüre.

 Rozen Maiden: Träumend 

In the first episode, Jun mentions that Hinaichigo is special to him, and she has the essence that is better than the other dolls. He also seems very worried about her, because she is upset about Suigintou. Later they meet Suigintou and he tries his best to protect her.

In Episode 4, Hinaichigo tries to confront Jun about his feelings again, but he avoids it as much and possible. Hinaichigo is very confused by his Jun actually feels. She tries to tease him by pretending she has a crush on him, and then reveals her lies, much to Jun’s dismay.

In Episode 11, Jun was made to sew a dress for Hinaichigo, due to very good sewing skills. The dress looked incredibly beautiful on Hinaichigo, causing Jun to blush a lot. Hinaichigo and Jun later found themselves in his bedroom. Jun and Hinaichigo were both discussing the second doll and if she would ever wake up. Jun tried his best to help Hinaichigo feel better.

In Episodes 12, and 13, Jun and Hinaichigo go to battle Barasuishou and Kirakishou in order to make sure that they do not hurt the other dolls. Jun again trues his very best ti protect Hinaichigo, even putting himself in pain to do so. In the end Barasuishou is betrayed by Kirakishou and killed. Leaving Hinaichigo and Jun to tumble into the water together and have a conversation about the Alice Game. In the end, Jun holds Hinaichigo’s hand, and they go home.

 Rozen Maiden: Overtüre 

In the first episode of this season, Jun decides to buy Hinaichigo a special brooch, because he wants to make her happy. He is also seen giving special attention to her in this season as well as the others. He is very sad when he realises that his plan backfired and he made Hinaichigo sad. He tries to apologise and later buys her plenty of her favourite food. He then blushes a lot as she begins to hug him.

In e 4, Jun finds Hinaichigo’s long lost brooch, and gives it back to her. When he puts it on her red bow, she is very grateful, thanking him and smiling, before Jun finds something else. This time, he finds a clock necklace which he gives to Hinaichigo as gift. She is very happy with it and kisses him on the cheek, causing Jun to blush a lot, until Shinku slaps him.

In episode 13 Jun and Hinaichigo go to the End Field to fight Suigintou. Jun fights for Hinaichigo, and at the end of the episode Hinaichigo lies on Jun’s lap, while he fixes her broken brooch for her. Once the brooch is fixed, Hinaichigo is very pleased, and her and Jun go to dance in the red flowers together, before departing back to Jun’s house.

 Rozen Maiden: Zurückspulen 

In the first episode of Rozen Maiden: Zurückspulen, Nori states that Jun thinks about Hinaichigo a lot, and she mentions that he talks about her all the time. Later in this episode Hinaichigo leaves to the new Tomoe’s house.

After Hinaichigo has been killed by Kirakishou in episode three, Jun goes to rescue her Rosa Mystica and single handed lay battles Kirakishou, getting very much injured in the process. After it is revealed that Hinaichigo should not have lost the Alice game because Kirakishou cheated, Jun brings her back to life and Hinaichigo starts to develop feelings for him as well.

Fanon
In Rozen Maiden it is the most written ship for both characters and the most popular ship within the fandom. In fact, outside of ,and across all fansites involving the show, it is the most popular pairing. When written or drawn, it is usually paired with SuiHina as a side pairing.

Some fans believed that Hinaichigo also had feelings from the beginning, she was just better at hiding it. However, this was proven wrong, when the fans saw Hinaichigo’s feelings develop properly in Rozen Maiden: Zurückspulen.

Though Junaichigo is a very popular ship, there are some fans who prefer to ship her with Jun’s rivals. The most common rival ship is SuiHina, the ship between Suiseiseki and Hinaichigo. However, ships like TomoIchigo, the ship between Tomoe and Hinaichigo, and Kirakigo, the ship between Hinaichigo and Kirakishou, can also be seen disputing with the Junaichigo fans. In fact, some of the arguments have become so extreme, that it may almost seem like the arguments from the actual anime. Despite all the arguments, Junaichigo is still a very popular ship, and was the end game couple of Rozen Maiden.

Fandom

 * FAN ART
 * Junaichigo on Pixai


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