Yumekui Merry (Yumekui Meri, lit. Dream Eater Merry) is a Japanese action fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Ushiki Yoshitaka. The series is serialized in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Forward. The manga was adapted into an anime television series by J.C. Staff and began airing on January 7, 2011.
Plot
Yumeji Fujiwara, a young male student like any other, gained the power to see the aura of other people's dreams. One day, a mysterious girl falls on top of him. This girl,Merry Nightmare, is actually a dream demon, who's searching for a way to come back in her world. As Yumeji decides to help her, the gate to the world of dreams opens again, this time in full daylight. She appears in that world and wards off the Dream Demon "John Doe" looking for an answer to how to get back to her world. It seems as if John Doe knows something about Merry...
Main Characters
Yumeji Fujiwara
Voiced by: Nobuhiko Okamoto
The main protagonist. 10 years ago he received the ability to perceive the aura of people's dreams. Though his normal predictions are hazy at best, he can clearly identify when someone is destined to have a nightmare. He is a lazy, yet strong-willed and determined person with a heart of gold, who is always ready to help others. He meets Merry when she falls on top of him and together, they enter a daydream. He has firmly decided to help Merry and eventually becomes her partner, using his ability to scout out nightmares so Merry can hunt them.
Merry Nightmare
(Merry Naitomea)
Voiced by: Ayane Sakura
A dream demon who allegedly came into the real world 10 years ago without any memory. Searching for a door to come back to the Dreamworld, she falls on Yumeji one day, who wants to help her to find her way back home. When a daydream occurs and when she saves Yumeji's life, she accepts his help. She is able to break the daydreams in order to get back in the real world. She loves doughnuts above everything and likes video games a lot. She currently works at the Tachibana restaurant.
Yui Konagi
Yui is a young girl whom Yumeji meets in a supermarket. She has a strong interest in puppets, and can't help collecting them. She's the voluntary vessel of another dream demon, Engi Threepiece, after she decided to help her.
Engi Threepiece
Engi is a dream demon like Merry, who however needs a vessel to access the real world. She wants to avenge her older sister, Patti, who was tricked into going to the real world and ended up being killed there. Engi thus asked Yui's help to search from a nightmare named Pharaos Heracles, who she believes is responsible for Patti's death. Although she can only physically appear during daydreams, she can possess Yui's body in order to speak with others.
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