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 Shinku… 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…

This is a special one volume release covering less than 60 pages of the beginning. Nonetheless Shueisha lists it as the colored version of volume 1.