Audience reviews
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_Bubassotto_
A surprise I definitely didn't expect.
I started watching Yumekui no Merry without any expectations. It was a completely random choice; I saw a random scene in a video and found a character's design interesting enough to give it a chance. I knew practically nothing about the story, which ended up being one of the best parts of the experience.
Overall, the plot is different, but it's not revolutionary. It tries to avoid some common genre clichés, and even succeeds at certain moments, but it still remains within a relatively familiar structure. It's not the kind of narrative that will redefine the genre or be remembered as something extremely innovative, but it's also not generic enough to be forgettable.
The highlight, for me, is the aesthetics. The character design is very well done, wi…
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Yumekui Merry is an underrated but heartfelt anime that balances action, emotion, and a creative dreamworld setting. It reminded me that even when life feels heavy, holding on to your dreams and the people who support you can make all the difference. The art style is vibrant, the soundtrack fits the atmosphere so well, and the characters, especially Merry and Yumeji, left me rooting for them the whole way. It’s not just about battling nightmares, it’s about believing in yourself and finding the strength to move forward For me, that’s what makes it worth watching. Merry’s character design is iconic as she's instantly recognizable and full of personality. The dreamscapes are often surreal and imaginative, giving the anime a distinct visual identity. All in all, please go watch it. I really l…
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💭It Wasn't Supposed to Put Me to Sleep, Was It? °5.2° °avg° 💯%🔍 only minor spoilers
DEM is about fighting in the world of dreams💭; waking and sleeping 💭💭💭 alike. Fujiwara Yumeji, who looks quite a bit like Sorata from Pet Girl of Sakura Hall (he had a thing for cats, too), has the ability to see this world including its dream denizens & fighters. He stumbles onto Merry who isn't entirely sure who she is. I love her look and her voice (Hilary Haag does the English dubbing). Merry does know she doesn't belong in the human world. She knows what she wants, too: She wants to go back home to the world of dreams. She also wants to kick every dream demon back to where they belong. Dream demons invade people's 💭 not only creating nightmares, but also parasitically stealing a person's hope…
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Yumekui Merry is a fun, fast-paced, and eager anime, and while it's not a revolutionary work of fiction, it is loaded to the brim with cool visuals, interesting ideas, and honest enthusiasm. Beginning with the story, we follow the tale of a world in which metaphysical beings called 'nightmares' can possess people, either by taking control of their bodies completely, or entering into a mutually beneficial relationship of cooperation with them. Our protagonist Yumeji has some odd powers related to seeing and interacting with dreams, and Merry is a being that doesn't need a host to exist in the human world. The story is chock full of good worldbuilding like this, the kind that gives the story a lot of mileage to go off of- different people dealing with different nightmares with different powe…
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"There really are no hopes or dreams."
The tagline is Merry Nightmare's famous catchphrase, and it hold true to the source material. In the world of Yumekui Merry, dreams and reality are one and the same. Originally created by a 東方Project dōjin artist (known for creating the somewhat-famous comic, "Advent Cirno"), the story has a fresh take on the Japanese lore of dream demons, known as muma (夢魔); and the trickling string of fate that ties them to the entire human race!
⚠️ This review has light spoilers ⚠️
—Story/Characters
This series starts off strong, with the introduction of Jōji Nakata's character, "Chaser" John Doe! This character is enigmatic and has the presence of a roaring lion. The introduction to him, using the dreamscape, is a running-start to the series. But, despite the…
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Story(4/10): The story gets rushed at the end and they throw in a throw away villain who's supposed to be "Omega Strong" and all but it fells like a rushed ending doesn't touch on the actual main antagonist at all except for a few scenes. Not only that but the anime suffers from the manga not being fully released so they suffer from filler at the end and little to no story told.
Art(4/10): They may have some cool screen shot moments but the animation didn't age well at all. With the interesting dream worlds and character designs the animation is very plain and doesn't look that good.
Sound(5/10): The music has its ups and downs and it overall just eh, while some of the sound design can get on your nerves.
Characters(4/10): Like I said the main villain at the end is pretty generic and…
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CONTAINS A FEW SPOILERS
I had heard of the name of Yumekui Merry on several boards around the internet about a year ago. I had never really looked into it or even read about it in the aforementioned boards. But, the name somehow just stuck with me.
Then, a couple of days ago, a person I know recommended this anime to me after I had asked for a random recommendation meeting the criteria of ‘it just has to be interesting’. Well, I just watched it and his suggestion really delivered. That was just that, though. Yumekui Merry is only interesting.
Now is that a bad thing? Definitely not. But is it enough? Absolutely no. The concept of Yumekui Merry was pretty good. It was really slow at first but it had me hooked in its strange world by the third episode. What I am saying is that the executi…
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13 episodes of this anime didn't give this anime justice. The story was pacing well until it gets to one of the middle episodes. It returns to regular pacing until towards the end. Everything is rushed and you weren't given enough time to process what was going on. They had trivial stuff in the anime that I felt were teasers, as if they were going to have a back story or explanation them, but none at all. The main character was also VERY stereotypical MC at the very end. The concept of this anime wasn't widened out enough for us to call it a great, but probably the manga has an answer for that. If this was a 24 episode series, then maybe the reception would've been a lot better.
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Sometimes I wonder if there is a formula for being able to mess up things like telling a cohesive story, establishing character motivation, and outlining a linear plot that builds interest with each passing episode. If there is, the writing staff behind Dream Eater Merry coined it. Now it isn't the worst example I've seen of this, because that still belongs to titles like RaXephon and Soul Taker, but nearly everything about Dream Eater Merry suffers from this horrible cocktail that ravages a lot of modern anime I watch. If you can only do ONE THING, give me a reason to care.
STORY: One of my biggest problems with storytelling in anime nowadays is the overused template of shrouding EVERYTHING in mystery until an episode or two away from the finale. A common way to utilize this is usually b…
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Full of unique characters, Yumekui Merry has everything to get a second season soon enought. I stumbled upon this one because of Merry and could create some expectations when I first read the name. Saving dreams and destroying nightmares? Seems amazing, right? It indeed is, but a little more develpoment was missing on this one...
{STORY - 6/10}
Despite John Doe stealing the spotlight during first episodes, he somehow wasn't a big matter on the rest of the story. Yumeji is able to "detect" what John said to be "vessels", humans that share their bodies with mumas ("dream demons"), enabling them to vome to our world. Meeting with Merry was the first of his problems, since he was dragged to all this dream trouble thanks to her.
Both Yumeji and Merry are special: he's able to access other pe…
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Everyone (or for the majority of the population) has dreams. Dreams drive us to aspire what we want to be or what we wish for in our little insignificant lives. So, the people of Japan thought, why not have a complete anime about dreams? And that's where Yumekui Merry comes in.
Story: The story of Yumekui Merry starts with a fated encounter between a dream demon, and a human. Dream demons exist in the realm of dreams where humans go whenever they sleep. In that realm, a whole host of dream demons varying in shapes and sizes, wishes to crossover to the human realm called "Reality." (Sounds like something I need to get back to.) In this world, dream demons are able to cross over into reality by using a human as a vessel, nestling themselves into the aspirations of a person. From there on,…
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I was inspired to write this review by bad press this show is getting on the web. Well, okay, more like random idiots badmouthing it. That’s how the Internet is. Anyway, I don’t think this show is as bad as some have made it out to be. In fact, I would even go as far as calling it good.
The strength of Yumekui Merry is in creating mood. In particular all the freaky dream sequences, which are helped in no small part by the music. The characters are intricate and their interactions maintain sufficient complexity for an enjoyable watch (assuming you like your villains so thoroughly despicable).
Unfortunately, complexity is also the show’s weakness. It never really decides what it wants to be. Throughout its run, the show attempts to weave together so many diverse elements that, instead of…
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I had randomly found this show and decided why not. I ended up finishing it one night. It had a great story, great charecters, and looked amazing. I enjoyed it until the last episode where at it just ends. I was not to happy. I found the manga and the two are not the same. the anime varies from the manga. In all truth the manga was way better.
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I wanted to love this anime, but it just doesn't cut it for me.
Yumekui Merry, or Dream Eater Merry, is an anime that brings so much to the table, then drops it flat on its head. There was a lot of potential for true greatness here, and I feel like a lot of it went to waste. One main character can see into peoples' dreams, and the other fights off nightmares to save them from losing their emotions entirely. The story is, at least, quite good, and is the main reason you'll want to keep watching; it makes you think, at least, about the potential possibilities for all of the characters, even the ones that aren't very important, which is kind of a good thing.
The artwork and direction are a mixed bag. You'll get some fantastic animation during the fight scenes, and some horrifyingly cheesy d…
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Story: The concept of dream and dream demons was very interesting. I liked the idea and adding a cute heroine definitely made things better. However, it just didn't deliver as well as I would have liked. They had a good thing going but the ending felt so complete. They added all these undeveloped bits that I wonder why they added them in the first. What was the point of mentioning the romance or introducing certain ideas if they won't be carried out? The ending was mediocre at best leaving many unanswered questions. It had good ideas and theme along with some cuteness and humour but that wasn't enough. The series is short and is easy to go through so it didn't feel like a complete waste of time. However, it was definitely disappointing.
Animation: It was alright. The character designs wer…
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We've all been told at one point or another to follow our dreams right? Well if you haven't, allow me to be the first to do so! Well, the creators of this anime took that to a whole new level. They made dreams more than something to pursue, they made it an integral part of your body's ability to function; a life source of sorts. To lose your dreams was almost the same as losing your soul....and in a way it can be rather reflective of life. Without dreams or any form of guidance, we have nothing to pursue and no rewards to gain. Moving forward...
We've got a pretty interesting bunch of characters... surprisingly, several of the supporting roles have quite a bit of stage time and importance rather than an honorable mention. For the sake of space and getting to the point, I'll leave those su…
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The story drags itself. Characters that seem to be essential to the plot just disapear in the middle of the story, like Hunter John Doe and his cats and even the main vilain! The side stories of the suport characters are left mostly untouched and are boring. The main characters don't evolve, don't learn anything from previous encounters with other enemies, and at a certain point the heroin is able to performe a mysterious and awesome atack, only to have it never used or even mencioned again!
Also, the setting of a dream is poorly explored. The art of the characters are fine, but the background is inexpressive. They could have made it awesome and beautiful, even surreal. Instead, the scenery is static, mostly unchangeable, like a fighting game background.
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There are many ways to interpret the definition of a dream. Is it the manifested world of our imaginations? Is it the parallel world that we live in while we sleep? Or is it the final goal, the end of the path that all of our goals and motives lead to? Yumekui Merry implicitly engage us in an intriguing tale of dreams; of dreams that are reached and dreams that are shattered. Of friendship and contracted promises, and of betrayal and wily deception. Yumekui Merry narrates a scenario that can be enjoyed by all people alike, by people with dreams that may have come true, or of people with dreams that lie in wait for the day that they may be manifested.
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From the producers of Blood + and Dragon ball Z, Yumekui Merry starts with bang. Yumekui Merry is certainly not one of…
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Well, this is I guess a bit like Soul Eater in that there are children in charge of fighting; also the fact that the characters seem rather Moe then frightening, especially Merry who acts much like a child. She whines and cries like a little brat. These characters, normally, I can’t stand but this one didn’t seem as bad. The differences between the human world and the dream world does blur a bit and only looks strange when something odd pops up like a floating fish skeleton. I’m not sure why Merry wants to go back when she seems to be having a wonderful time in the human world. Another strange thing is that right after Merry comes into Yumeji’s life, he actually wants to have the bad dreams to find out things about her. What is up with the name John Doe for an actual villain’s name? It jus…
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It was an anime that got me really pumped up at first. The first few episodes are quite decent and somehow seem to suck you in. Despite this i would not recommend watching this anime unless you really have nothing else to watch.
The main reason, actually the only reason i say this is because of the horrible ending to the series.
The ending was a let down of let downs, it was literally as if the directed just added it to answer all the missing questions, nothing else at all, it was SHIT.
If you want to know the story then i recommend the Manga, it is more diverse. Despite the fact that its not much better, it is better.
Now this is my own PERSONAL review so if you must then eat ur
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