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 introduced, and then we stop for the filler to follow.
This is an action show. The reason why the director apologized is because this was the fatal flaw. The fights are incredibly slow, and the camera angles are horrible. I proclaim myself king of the oblivious, but even I could tell that the action in this show was so bad I could have clawed my eyes out. Merry is suppose to kick the demons ass "Dream eatter Merry" is the title after, as she saves people from the nightmare giving demons. However, no matter what is really happening because of the animation it is hard to enjoy any of it.
The characters have a good amount of backstory… If you pick up the manga. We get to see that Merry is pretty mysterious even to the demons, but we never figure out why. Yumeji stays weak, not useless thankfully, and although he is a cool character we don't learn anything about him either. John Doe, who appears twice in the story is also an interesting character that is unexplored.
Yumekui Merry isn't a bad show, considering I hand out scores a lot lower. It just could have been much better than it turned out to be. If your interested I would recommend just starting off with the manga, which I picked up and enjoyed much more.
