Yumekui Merry

[Marik]

http://home.comcast.net/%7Esupergotenks/ymth.jpg

Alternative Titles:
Dream Eater Merry
夢喰いメリー (Japanese)

Type: TV
Source: Manga
Studio: J.C. Staff
Genres: Action, Supernatural, Seinen

Synopsis: High-school student Fujiwara Yumeji possesses the unusual ability to see other people's dreams. One day, he meets Merry who had wandered from the "Dream World" into the "Real World". This meeting raises many questions for Yumeji. Who exactly is Merry? What is the Dream World and what are Nightmares? What purpose do the Nightmares have for entering the Real World?

On the boundary between the Real World and the Dream World, the duo's battle against the Nightmares begin!

Resources: ANN (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11765) | AniDB (http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=7725) | MyAnimeList (http://myanimelist.net/anime/9331/Yumekui_Merry) | Official (http://yumekuimerry.com/)

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gg - Yumekui Merry - 01 - Torrent (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=184427) | DDL (http://www.fileserve.com/file/HbsqUDY)

[Nadouku]

Pretty interesting anime, and slow-paced as well. I also like how Merry has frog-like pupils. :p

[shinta|hikari]

Ii de heso~

I like the action choreography and pacing so far. The style of Mary's movements were pretty interesting.

[Dark Dragon]

That and sheep eyes.

Interesting show for sure, it's a bit darker than i originally thought.

[Kraco]

I liked the mystery feeling and the quite sharp looking but largely unexplained, mystic characters. Especially so far John Do (with his awesome VA), but also Merry. Let's hope the dude learns to put his talent also to better use than simply amusing girls (not that there'd be anything wrong with that either...).

[RyougaZell]

For being a show Im jumped without even reading the summary or randomc's thoughts... I was pleasently surprised. Merry was fun to watch. I'll be following this.

[KrayZ33]

/a/ seems to love this show, I'm going to watch this tomorrow
will edit this post if I like it.
pictures posted so far were pretty good looking, we'll see

edit: couldn't wait and watched it just now, wow!
I have high hopes for this show, its really mysterious and somewhat spooky
feels a bit like Alice in Wonderland for me so far, maybe because of the cats.

[Buffalobiian]

Hmm, objectively I liked this show (art and animation, character costume designs), but subjectively it didn't quite hit the mark. It's not bad by any means. It's probably the immersion factor again.

For one, the fish-bone CGI ticked me off ever so slightly.

[Buffalobiian]

gg - Episode 02

See below

[Marik]

gg - Yumekui Merry - 02 (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=186085)

The end of the episode was missing from the first version. The last 5 minutes to be exact.

Old CRC = 0803DB0E
New CRC = 3DA5CBEF

[KrayZ33]

Nice episode, dream eating daemons
I really like the character-art/animation, the girls look beautiful

and what the hell is up with that father, haha

didn't like the "you can stay here if you have nowhere to go" part right after they met very much
Maybe I've missed something but how could the father or the girl know that she has nowhere to go? It's not like they found her drunk in the streets.
I mean I would ask who she is/where she comes from and what happened before I tell her something like that.

[Kraco]

and what the hell is up with that father, haha


Nah, the father was cool. Because he was voiced by Ali Al-Saachez's VA.

Besides, it's obvious a girl that weird has nowhere to go - unless it's back to some unspoken laboratory.

[David75]

no [gg] alternative yet?

[Marik]

no [gg] alternative yet?

You have two other choices. (http://ji-hi.net/yumekui)

[Buffalobiian]

Nah, the father was cool. Because he was voiced by Ali Al-Saachez's VA

-Has a scar
-Has awesome hair
-Smokes casually
-Of mature age
-Stays up late at night (but not playing games)
-Does not pry, yet knows enough to say what he needs to say


Everything that makes a male character cool? I think so. :cool: (except maybe sunglasses).

On the other hand, Merry hasn't quite got my support. If there's one thing that puts me off female character designs (besides oversized bosoms, thick lips and braided hair), it's fangs.

Why couldn't Isana be the main lead :(

[shinta|hikari]

But I like Merry de heso~

[Nadouku]

I hope John Doe makes some more appearances. I seriously like his character.

[Archangel]

I hope John Doe makes some more appearances. I seriously like his character.

Duh? A red demon concealed by a mask and voiced by Alucard? What's not to like?!

[Marik]

gg - Yumekui Merry - 03 (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=187615)

[KitKat]

Well, looks like we've made it to the formalizing of the Dream Demon Fighting Duo. Merry with her fighting skills, and her little sidekick to find out where they will appear. We've also been given a little look at what looks like the End Boss character from the dream world. I foresee a number of predictable 'dream demon of the week' type episodes, with each one dropping little hints until the End Boss is reached and confronted, Merry's past is revealed, etc. etc. I can't say I'm expecting much from this series plot-wise, but it's entertaining enough that I'll probably keep watching.

[Marik]

[HoshiAM] Yumekui Merry OP Single - Daydream Syndrome - Fujiwara Marina (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=189317)
[HoshiAM] Yumekui Merry ED Single - Yume to Kibou to Ashita no Atashi - Merry Nightmare (CV. Ayane Sakura) (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=189315)

[Nipponsei] Yumekui Merry OP Single - Daydream Syndrome [Fujiwara Marina].zip (http://tracker.minglong.org/torrents/%5BNipponsei%5D%20Yumekui%20Merry%20OP%20Single%20-%20Daydream%20Syndrome%20%5BFujiwara%20Marina%5D.z ip.torrent)
[Nipponsei] Yumekui Merry ED Single - Yume to Kibou to Ashita no Atashi [Sakura Ayane].zip (http://tracker.minglong.org/torrents/%5BNipponsei%5D%20Yumekui%20Merry%20ED%20Single%20-%20Yume%20to%20Kibou%20to%20Ashita%20no%20Atashi%2 0%5BSakura%20Ayane%5D.zip.torrent)

[Kraco]

At least Merry isn't all heroic wanting to save people and nothing more. Instead she just wants to get back home. That's a big plus. Not that she would be evil either.

[Marik]

gg - Yumekui Merry - 04 (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=189750)

V2 Patch (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6430958/scripts/yumekuimerry4v2.7z)

[Nadouku]

I wonder if Merry's going to forget her original objective? The way this anime is going sounds like she'll get comfortable in the real world very soon.

[Kraco]

Indeed. That very thing got me worried during this ep. Although, to be honest, we never really learned why she wants to get back. The most likely reason is simply homesickness and feeling alienated in the corporeal world. However, if friends and good food are something she never experienced back home, she could quickly find excuses not to hurry back after all.

[Marik]

[gg]​ Yumekui​ Merry​ -​ 05: Torrent (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=191481) | DDL (http://www.fileserve.com/file/DQF5SdB)

[Kraco]

At least Merry still adamantly said she wants to get back. Although at the same time she was very happily shopping for the first time.

Play did bring some heavy news, in any case, though I see no reason to immediately believe everything she said. Even less so considering she was herself doing the same time she accused others of. "You scumbags slew my sister, so now I'm going around random slaying anybody I find" makes such a sane and trustworthy case.

[Nadouku]

If Play wasn't insane about her revenge, she and Merry could actually be a very strong team.

[KrayZ33]

Oh man, how long did I wait to see such a heroic intervention again.
I liked every second, this episode was truely well done.
Merry and that girl were really cute this time around (whats that new girl VA btw? her voice was so calming)

What I don't get though, why is she so sure that there is no way back from the real world to the dream world?
her sister was like "I'm going to tell you everything when I get back" (without a vessel btw?) and she went there knowing there is no turning back?

I guess we don't know everything yet, especially who that Elcres guy is. if its the demon who killed her sister I wonder how she could know about it, I mean if there is no way back, doesn't that mean that there is also no way to recieve such information?

oh and: "AWESOME, a sliding safe"

[Marik]

[gg]​ Yumekui​ Merry​ -​ 06: Torrent (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=193152) | DDL (http://www.fileserve.com/file/MdghZPU)

[Kraco]

Next week will be the obligatory beach (fanservice) episode... I guess even a series like this can't avoid it.

Anyway, Chaser John Doe was cool in this ep, and quite a pimp having those catgirls hanging around. I assume the school friend (with the creepy eyes) bringing the dvd is the vessel of the dangerous demon Chaser mentioned - or it was just a big troll.

Merry getting all emotional wasn't bad either.

[shinta|hikari]

Chaser was bad ass.

I wanted to see a scene where the MC wakes up, then Merry hugs him in relief (like she did), but then everyone walks in and misunderstands, but Merry won't let go.

[Buffalobiian]

Chaser was bad ass.

Isana's dad in a speedo? Now that's bad ass. John Doe's not bad though. :P

[KrayZ33]

God I love Chaser.

they did a good job in making him a mysterious character
goals, alignment (ally of truth?), reasons? I can't tell

however, he sure has a nice cat-girl harem there.

It would be awesome if Chaser gives Yumeji some kind of power in the future, so he can fight alongside Merry
maybe Chaser makes Yumeji his vessel after all and it will make him something similiar to the "second" Greed in FMA, just the other way around (Chaser is the voice in his mind and Yumeji is the one in charge)


The animation this week looks nice again, really "fluent"

[Nadouku]

John Doe is a fucking pimp. Other than that, Merry is especially cute this episode.

[KitKat]

I was pleasantly surprised at this episode. Less cookie-cutter, slightly more interesting. I liked the transformation with the keys around her wrists, probably signifying the ability to 'unlock' any dream and control it. Each dream demon seems to be completely in control of their own dream environment, but Merry seems to be able to manipulate it, and in this case, rip it apart as she wills. The whole all-too-convenient "I don't remember what happened" anime ploy means we'll have to wait for something else extreme to happen before we see Merry call upon this ability again.

[Marik]

[gg]​ Yumekui​ Merry​ -​ 07: Torrent (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=194650) | DDL (http://www.fileserve.com/file/EsuwQVG)

[Archangel]

Fucking gg and their fucking trolling with their fucking shitty jokes off of /a/...

[Kraco]

Too bad about the kid. He was too young to lose his (hero) dreams.

I certainly hope Yumeji manages to convince Merry to fight again. Or she just will on her own when defending somebody.

[Nadouku]

Ah, Kawanami, what a final boss you are.

It is inevitable that an anime like this would get its own beach episode, but it wasn't that bad. I actually liked it. I also hope that Merry will get her will to fight again, for her own or for good.

[miyama_ryu]

No praise for Yumeji? I personally find Yumeji to be an awesome male lead. This guy really has some backbone, his conviction to help a stranger get back home in his no-emo, upbeat attitude. And the courage to carry it through despite some intense situations, unlike another lead this season ....*Ahem*Madoka*Ahem*.

As for the show, the story hasn't really hooked me yet, but its getting better. I can see a lot of plot lines converging, Treesea, lighthouse demon, John Doe, Mysterious transfer student, rice eating sensei, pre-amnesia Merry, Play and someone else mentioned poem dude as well. So far these threads are independently building up, but I feel that DEM will start getting awesome once these threads start to interweave. I for one will definitely be tagging along for the ride to see what happens. Just seeing the interaction between Yumeji and Merry, that in itself is well worth the time invested.

[Buffalobiian]

No praise for Yumeji? I personally find Yumeji to be an awesome male lead. This guy really has some backbone, his conviction to help a stranger get back home in his no-emo, upbeat attitude. And the courage to carry it through despite some intense situations, unlike another lead this season ....*Ahem*Madoka*Ahem*.

True enough. I just never pay much attention to Yumeji really. There're are much more interesting characters around that steal the spotlight - such that the focus isn't even on him anymore.

[Marik]

[gg]​ Yumekui​ Merry​ -​ 08: Torrent (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=196074) | DDL (http://www.fileserve.com/file/FU7tf79)

[Marik]

[gg]​ Yumekui​ Merry​ -​ 09: Torrent (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=197685) | DDL (http://www.fileserve.com/file/FcBdeWf)

[Buffalobiian]

Asshole Sensei. Treesea's not only a sadist towards dream demons, but humans too. Her actions are seemingly pointless overall other than to satisfy her killing pleasure (creating dreams, planting demons into a vessel after such a dream is created, crushing it completely after it happens).

From memory, the Literacy Club president didn't become a walking zombie after having her Demon "sent back" by Merry, so something about her method of "killing" is definitely different from Play's

[animus]

I've been suspecting that Teacher since episode 1.

[Kraco]

Yeah, he became increasingly suspicious alongside his increasing interest in dreams.

Yumeji really needs to make some decisions and come up with something. Merry's willpower doesn't seem overly steadfast so he needs to give her (back) a dream, not only listen to the words of their enemies. In that sense Isana getting targeted and infected couldn't have happened at a better time. That will force his hand.

[Marik]

[gg]​ Yumekui​ Merry​ -​ 10: Torrent (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=199245) | DDL (http://www.fileserve.com/file/UTdE99D)

[Kraco]

I'm far from sure Yumeji still has actually reached a decision. I fear he plans simply to face the demon and... well, hope for a miracle. But since the preview suggests Treesea will move soon, I'm pleased simply by the prospect they will be forced to do something or lose Isana in any case. If inaction means a defeat, then they might as well try.

What comes to this episode, I hated how Yumeji, from an outside observer's pov, behaved like somebody trying to make the last moments of a dying patient as comfortable as possible. I suppose that was a natural thing to do - if you believe there are no chances.

[Buffalobiian]

Here I was thinking Elcres was going to turn out to be a good guy to help them kill Treesea when they needed it. He's just like her, only not a sadist.

That makes 2 bosses..


I'm far from sure Yumeji still has actually reached a decision. I fear he plans simply to face the demon and... well, hope for a miracle. But since the preview suggests Treesea will move soon, I'm pleased simply by the prospect they will be forced to do something or lose Isana in any case. If inaction means a defeat, then they might as well try.

The only thing Yumeji can do is give Merry the confidence that it's alright to 'send them back'. Or act as a human shield.

[Kraco]

The only thing Yumeji can do is give Merry the confidence that it's alright to 'send them back'. Or act as a human shield.

I'm not yet convinced we have seen all of Yumiji's powers or that Merry can't do fancier tricks again, like she did after Yumeji had been wounded. Not all shows need to be tainted by shounen power-ups, of course, but we simply still know very little.

[KrayZ33]

I still wonder how JohnDoe will contribute to all this

[Marik]

[gg]​ Yumekui​ Merry​ -​ 11: Torrent (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=201752) | DDL (http://www.fileserve.com/file/WZvhKFc)

Edit: v2 script (http://ez8.gundam.eu/merry_11v2.ass)

18:04:13 <@tamesuu> thefluff would you mind making a post on ggkthx about a v2? I’ve put it on the ftp server- merry 11 TIMED_TYPESET_FIX_v2.ass
18:04:18 <@tamesuu> I could wait for koda if you can’t
18:05:20 <@TheFluff> what are the changes
18:05:30 <@tamesuu> 00:16 And your starving soul.
18:05:31 <@tamesuu> 00:33 Sow seeds, give them water, and right before they sprout…
18:05:31 <@tamesuu> 02:48 You sure have healed up quickly.
18:05:31 <@tamesuu> 08:00 Have you hit a slump?
18:05:31 <@tamesuu> And some other rewording.

[animus]

Episode was annoying. I would've flattened that teacher straight up once we left the dream world. Not to mention I hate how anime take liberty with damage. One punch, a kick and getting pulled down disables Merry the whole time as she just laid there.

[MasterOfMoogles]

It definitely felt like they thought "Crap, we need another episode, so let's fight another day!"

[shinta|hikari]

The animation was choppy and horrible, especially the fight scene.

[Marik]

[Nipponsei] Yumekui Merry Original Soundtrack.zip (http://tracker.minglong.org/torrents/%5BNipponsei%5D%20Yumekui%20Merry%20Original%20Sou ndtrack.zip.torrent)

[Buffalobiian]

The most annoying part was that it looked like Merry was trying to fight for the hat instead of for Isana.

And yeah.. just kill the vessel. I rather like that idea. I also like where the teacher was heading with Treesea :P.

What I did like (like, really really like) was that Isana's still fine for now.

[shinta|hikari]

Merry could easily flatten that vessel in real life. Yumeji does not even need to do anything.

[Marik]

[gg]​ Yumekui​ Merry​ -​ 12: Torrent (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=203118) | DDL (http://www.fileserve.com/file/jW57c3S)

[Archangel]

Lol wtf, they mentioned me in the chapter names

[Marik]

Lol wtf, they mentioned me in the chapter names

You're the one that smells most? I saw that when I uploaded it to AniDB and was using MediaInfo to input the audio/video/subtitle info.

665

[Marik]

[gg]​ Yumekui​ Merry​ -​ 13: Torrent (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=204638) | DDL (http://www.fileserve.com/file/8R2wsyr)

[Archangel]

Well... that sucked

Was JC Staff trying to be shafty? Because they failed miserable, that animation looked like ass.

[shinta|hikari]

Willpower win fails.

[RyougaZell]

Terrible ending influenced by Archie

[KitKat]

What the heck... that was the end? Looks like this series lived up to my original forecast of disappointment after all. It made me believe for a little bit in the middle there that maybe it could turn into something worthwhile, but it never happened. And suddenly Merry can turn dream demons into golden sparkles that sends them back home and shatter the bad guys, and tagged on the end the bit about humans being able to have lots of dreams, so for the people who lost their dreams its no big deal because they can just have some new ones now. That little addendum really undermines the entirety of what they were fighting for. This whole series was choppy, disorganized, and full of cheesy tag-lines but no real character development. The premise had potential, but the execution was greatly lacking. It wasn't horrible or anything, just very generic and forgettable. I give this series a rating of 'Meh'.

[shinta|hikari]

I wouldn't even give it that. With the gradual degradation of the animation, I'd give it a "Peh."

The beautiful art and direction of the fight scenes of the first episode made me watch this show. There should be a law that the 1st episode's quality should reflect the quality of the entire show.

[animus]

They still never explained the part when Merry went berserk and got super powerful with those keys on her hands.

[RyougaZell]

Im not positive about this, since I've never readed the source material, but someone at RandomC mentioned this series was full of filler.

[shinta|hikari]

I was hoping to at least get a beat down with Merry using her keys, but we didn't even get that.

[KitKat]

Yeah, way too many loose ends. The only thing I could figure was that they're setting it up for a second season. We've got Merry's mysterious ability with the keys, John Doe, Play's revenge, the origin of Yumeji's ability, and the big bad end boss all unresolved.

[shinta|hikari]

I hope this doesn't get a sequel. Better spend money on better source material, like Utsuro no Hako, Zero no Maria.