'yumekui Merry' ~ ever after?

...but finally, the hero believes in himself

 and the heroine also believes in herself

and they crush the enemy and live happily ever after!

oops. I spoiled everything, did not I? the ending was such a HUGE mystery for all of us who watched!

funny as it is, 'Yumekui' fails to show what the spectators were probably waiting for, but showed just an average heroic ending with the average 'ever after'. what? several characters lost their dreams and hearts? oh, they can start all over again. what? several Nightmares died? oh nobody grieves over them. this is a 'happy ending' I tell you

plot and characters

I guess everybody understands this was a sarcasm. the worst thing about 'Yumekui' is that 'twas promising in the beginning being rich in

#1 humour

#2 

nice character design. 'tis probably thanx to the manga, but characters are memorable and unique

and they begin to develop in front of our eyes and demonstrate some personality, something special about them. there were even touching moments involving not only the main characters but also supporting ones. there were the feeling of a loss of an important person, the feeling of loneliness, the feeling of happiness of being able to help someone, the feeling of happiness of making friends... and self-sacrifice

#3 scenes design

while watching 'Yumekui' I recalled 2 animes I have watched. the first is 'Bakemonogatari', as 'Yumekui' also tends to tell the story in a strange 'torn' manner. the second is 'King of Bandit Jing', as the 'daydreams' in 'Yumekui' had a very strange design. though 'Yumekui' loses to both, and especially to KoBJ which I consider an unrivaled masterpiece, in general, the world of 'nightmares' in 'Yumekui' looked really interesting

however, 'Yumekui' is simply incomplete. no wonder, since the manga is not finished. however, there are examples of anime series that cope with this problem. 'Yumekui' did not

graphics

all the pictures of moving objects are nice and stylish, and the backgrounds are also pretty good

seiyuus

though I knew almost nobody among the cast, I felt as if had heard them somewhere. in other words, all of them sounded very typical. this does not apply to Okamoto, of course

music

another point of 'Yumekui' which adds to its 'strangeness'. the melodies were sometimes acoustic, sometimes electro, but always as if a bit 'odd'. maybe this can be considered a special atmosphere of 'Yumekui'

OPEDs are, unfortunately, not inspiring, though the opening by Fujiwara Marina is nice

conclusion

throughout 'Yumekui' my opinion was a constant ups-and-downs. I liked it here, but disliked it there, then again I was touched by something and again disappointed by something else. plot holes, incompleteness, illogical developments, boring scenes are tiresome. the good points which I considered 'promising' cannot compensate for that. however, this is not all. there are cases when an anime is only like a long advertisement of the original artwork, be it manga or ranobe or game - but still anime itself is great. such are 'Letter Bee' for example, and even my favourite 'Dantalian'. 'Yumekui' did not even grow to the level of being able to stir my interest toward the original manga. what a pity