>>2820202nah thats too simple, especially when rozen maiden is one out of three (with lain and evangelion) animes that have chans created just for the sake of the anime. i think it wouldnt be an exaggeration to call this a phenomenon. also while its a dead issue as of 2017, rm used to have cultural importance and it overlapped with the goth/victorian subcultures somewhere between 2005 and 2008 maybe? come to think of it, this was a huge theme in anonymous internet like a decade ago. memes and desu spam carried the series for a while but i think this cultural aspect is what keeps us interested in this even today. dont want to discount your community theory entirely, its true as
>>2820035 says, but there is more to it in my opinion.
