Episode 12: Shinku

Jun carries Shinku away as the other dolls fight Suigintou, and Shinku breaks down after losing an arm, feeling unworthy of becoming Alice because she is defective. Jun promises to protect her, but Suigintou defeats the dolls and attacks Jun through his fears. Seeing Shinku's damaged limb, Jun rejects his fears and dispels the attack; her arm reattaches, and Shinku defeats Suigintou in their final battle. Suigintou is revealed as an unfinished, defective product who reaches this point without a medium through determination and love for 'father,' seeking acceptance and trying to prove she is complete, while Nori stops Suiseseki and Souseseki from trimming around Jun's tree.

Aired Dec 23, 2004