Synopsis
High school student Yumeji Fujiwara possesses the unique ability to perceive people's dreams. Although these visions are never clear or concrete, he can anticipate them by sensing the person's "aura." Normally just a fun trick to play on his classmates, Yumeji himself suffers from the same nightmare every single night. To his astonishment, the nightmare starts occurring during the daytime, even before he has fallen asleep. This bizarre event is triggered by a dream demon—a being from the dream world seeking to use Yumeji's body as a vessel to fully enter the real world. However, Yumeji is rescued by the timely arrival of Merry Nightmare, another dream demon who can physically manifest without a host and is instead trying to return to her own realm. As more dream demons continue to force their way into reality, Yumeji and Merry must fight back against the invasion before everyone's nightmares become real.
Background
As the source material was still ongoing at the time, Yumekui Merry received an original ending. The director of the series, Shigeyasu Yamauchi, made a comment during an official talk session saying that he had regretted how the anime adaptation had turned out. Following this announcement, original creator Yoshitaka Ushiki made a statement on his official Twitter expressing his disappointment about the director's comment. The series was released on Blu-ray and DVD as Dream Eater Merry by Sentai Filmworks on March 27, 2012.