Audience reviews
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prismajane
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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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 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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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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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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When you are looking for anime, the first episode is important. It is a matter of making or breaking it to an anime watcher, since no one will continue watching an anime that can't even start properly. This is how it is for me at least, and I do admit that I may have passed by some great anime with that philosophy. And at the same time, I admit that I have been utterly let down by that same philosophy. Yeah, I am talking to you Dreameater Merry.
Dreameater Merry started out, to me, immensely promising, with a cute heroin, a down to earth leading male, and cute girl characters throughout along with a dreamworld plot that I have always taken interest in. It introduces Merry, who is trying to get back to her world in any way she can, her way being defeating monsters from her world that come…
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Yumekui Merry is a good shounen in theory. It was unfortunate that I was able to agree with the piece of news where the director apologizes for failing (you can find it towards the bottom.) Alas, do not despair, there is still a handful of good things about this show and it is not all as bad as the director thinks.
Dreams are always a cool thing to think about? What purpose do they server? In this world, due to somebody's interference demons are giving humans nightmares, and possessing them. In many ways the setting is incredibly done, and there is a lot of backstory that makes it seems as if there is a lot of depth. However, this adaption obviously is too soon, as little of this story is explored at all. Half way through we reach the end of the introduction as supporting cast is introduc…
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Yumekui Merry is one of my favorite animes. Why? Because when I watched it, I never got tired of anything in it. The theme song was well done, as well as the ending song, and the art was not perfect, but pretty good. The story starts with Yumeji Fujiwara who gained the ability 10 years ago, to see the aura of peoples' dreams and ultimately predict what kind of dreams they are going to have, as well as nightmares, which is not like your average guy in high school. After seeing the same dream repeatedly about a war with cats, one day, a mysterious girl falls on him. And that is how Merry Nightmare comes into Yumeji's life. I find it quite amusing that most people think that Merry name comes from the holiday in December, but it really comes from a song that everyone knows. If you don't know t…
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The day after Yumekui Merry last episode was aired, the police received 3 simultaneous reports of "weird incidents". Those weird incidents seemed unrelated at first; different victims, different places, different circumstances… But deeper investigation proved they all had 1 thing in common. All the victims had watched all the episodes of “Yumekui Merry”. That’s why the incidents were ironically named "The Merry Incidents" by the internet user community.
These are the stories of the victims of this show, who are no longer among us to tell them.
Case 1: The Director
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Fukuyama, Takumi was an independent film director who enjoyed watching films and anime full of meaning, with well articulated plots and interesting stories.
While looking at the Winter 2011 anime releases, there was on…
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They say that variety is the spice of life, but if that's true, then why is there such a lack of it in anime and manga? Part of the problem stems from the fact that there seems to be a certain number of themes that can be considered the "bread and butter" of the industry, but the subject of dreams is surprisingly not one of them. This is more than a little odd as Eastern folklore is littered with stories about dreams, and one has to wonder why such a rich and varied theme tends to be ignored.
So what is a dream?
There are those who believe they are nothing more than one's subconscious mind doing a bit of "housecleaning", whilst others claim that there is a supernatural element that can be defined and translated to provide a message to an individual. Many people believe that dreams are si…
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When Yumekui Merry started at the beginning of the Winter 11 season I felt it was going to be good show. It had an interesting art style, the characters were likable, and the production was done by JCStaff. An animation studio that I adore for making previous works such as Kaichou wa Maid-sama and the Index series. But something went wrong. Everything fell apart by the end. Plot holes, ruined characters, inconsistent art, and one of the worst finales I’ve seen in a long time. And, yes, I have seen a LOT of anime.
Animation wise, Yumekui Merry had an interesting approach during the dream segments for the first few episodes. I was really intrigued. The watercolor approach worked well for the series and the character designs were charming. The show was full of stills (meaning no movement or…
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Well drawn, good story sort of, not a very greate ending and almoust no history conserning the characters, the villain they fought at the end was to my liking "'The forest woman'' was what she was called i think
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I'll be short, sweet, and to the point: while this anime is not the best anime ever made, it is quite refreshing for a new series.
Personally, I loved the art, and one thing that really stood out were the shapes/colors of the dream demons' eyes. The characters all had a certain vibe to them, and I think they did a good job synchronizing all of these personas together with the colors/shapes/flow of their animation. There is a lot of variant colors used in this anime, and I'm just a sucker for a full wheel of color wonderland.
As far as the plot goes, it's pretty fair. It doesn't do much to actually grab your attention, but the way they went about it really wasn't all that bad.
Definitely a good anime to watch in between your other ones as a filler in itself. I also appreciated the non…
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Watching Yumekui Merry was like riding a jeep down a long, bumpy road spanning several steep hills. When it was good, it was pretty compelling. When it was bad, it was almost impossible to slog through. Though the good outweighed the bad enough to not make me dread the next episode.
Now, I don't expect anyone was especially thrilled to see another show that used every shounen trope to its fullest extent, with a bland male lead, an unstoppable and infuriating lead villain, and a plucky tsundere sidekick.
The story, which isn't properly divulged in the synopsis, is as such: Yumeji is your standard shounen protagonist with the ability to read peoples' dreams by making a circle with his thumb and index finger. He meets a mysterious and flamboyantly dressed woman while experiencing a trippy…
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There's something about dreams that people find so compelling. Scientifically, it is explained as brain processing various information seen during the day or fragments of subconscious thoughts. This hasn't stopped philosophers and authors throughout history to interpret it as a parallel universe, alternate dimension, vision through another mind, or even message from God. 'Yumekui Merry (Dream Eater Merry)' is set in a world where dreams are linked to an alternate universe, and residents of the dream world can possess a person in the real world.
The protagonist, Yumeji, has a special ability to predict what dream others will have by making a ring with his fingers and looking through it. This makes him look like an idiot in the process, but proves to be a very useful ability as he can also…
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Yumekui Merry is another one of those anime that is based off an interesting idea and had the potential to be better than what it was.
The anime starts off with our main protagonist, Yumeji Fujiwara who meets a strange girl, Merry who has lost her memory and somehow has ended up in the Reality world. Yumeji decides to help Merry get back to the dream world and along the way they fight other dream demons in Day dreams to protect the dreams of others.
There is more to the story than what I just wrote but that was just a quick summary. The main idea of the series is dreams. The idea that the anime is based off of is brilliant it's really pretty intriguing. However the one big problem with the story is it's pacing. The anime is really rushed and really the series should have been longer. Als…
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[warning it has spoilers]
*sigh* yet another great anime had a horrible ending
the ending of "if everyone join hands we can beat the bad guy!"
I mean I expected that to happen to really? they are seriously going to do that?
I was kind of disappointed at the ending.. on how it ended..
I mean I knew that it was coming but still watching it made it worse
and the last episode was very annoying for me to watch
like I literally had to skip some scenes, I rarely skip...
like it was like watching those never ending battles where a character jumps in with new powers but the bad guy either cheats or unreleases his actual powers..
and don't even get me started on Mystletainn and that teacher Ijima.
they were original anime characters and honestly those two freaks ruined the anime for me.
first…
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Great animation. Great character design. I liked the voice actors they went with (at least in the 日本語 version, which is all I watch when I have a choice). A lot of the "classical" music in the episodes reminds me of Debussy (probably my favorite composer). I also really liked the ending theme. All in all Yumekui Merry was a very enjoyable production. I'd love to see a sequel; which means, there probably won't be one. Why is it the best anime rarely get a sequel? Anyway, I highly recommend Yumekui Merry!
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So what are dreams?
"a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep"
Pfft.. Don't just give me the definition from the first thing you googled...
Anyways, Yumekui Merry, or "Dream Eater Merry is an anime based on a manga by... Christopher Nolan??? Hah, I wish, but then the story would get more complicated than it is.
In fact, the anime series was directed by Shigeyasu Yamauchi, produced by Hideki Shirane and written by Ushiki Yoshitaka.
Yeah, I know all of you Nolan fanboys (or girls) are going like, "YEAH!! Christopher Nolan was director, producer and writer but the japanese needed 3 guys to make a show about dreams.."
Well my friend, thats a failed analogy to compare movies and animes. I can't believe you just did that... I mean... Seriously??
Before I proceed with th…
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