So this is going to be one of those series that’s going to flesh out its setting with random episodic stories during the first act of the story. It makes sense, as it looks like the dream world has a lot of different features, and this way we can get a good look at the ins and outs of the setting, at the expense that we might have to wait quite a while before the main storyline pops up.
So far, it’s been the visuals and the characterization that have made the past two episodes worth watching. Out of all the shows this season, Yumekui Merry has my favourite background art (and that is in a season that also has Fractale, Hourou Musuko and Madoka Magica), and the rest of the animation is also really well directed and very imaginative. Meanwhile, the acting is also wonderful, especially near the climaxes, and this episode was no different.
This episode also spent quite a bit of time on fleshing things out. I especially liked that Super Sentai Fortune Teller and his warning of overhead danger, and how this returned throughout the entire episode. There were a ton of other scenes which just slowly let the viewers get a grasp of who little girl in this episode, and also the side characters got a few nice scenes for themselves.
In this episode, Yumeji also gave his best performance so far. And I mean, this guy still needs some sort of backstory and all, but I liked his wit in this episode, and he worked together very nicely with Merry and the girl of this episode. I hope that he can keep this up, because there really are a ton of other characters this season that have the same role as him. It’s in any case a good thing that he’s neither a wimp or obsessively hormonal.
Rating: ** (Excellent)
There’s something fishy about Isana.
Meh, skipped through the episode. I think some elements are good, like the superhero telling fortune but the rest…oh I don’t know.
i agree with you, i really love the background art, and also the character designs. just pretty much the general animation of the whole thing. ^^
merry is so adorable. X3
About Yumeji and his sister the dialogue between them doesn’t feel like they are siblings.
They aren’t siblings is why; Yumeji is living with a childhood friend and her dad is what i gathered.
I must say that I was skeptical when I saw the jpegs coming out for this show. I thought, “Yet another tsundere girl cast as the main character with a wimpy male lead.” But it turned out to be an actual good show! Perhaps this season’s anime will be better than the past years!
@Spike: Did I miss something on the 1st episode about Yumeji background?
Downloaded it with Dutch subs and was lazy to download it again. I skimmed through especially after seeing cats walking on twos and stuff, it had a bad 1st impression.
First impressions aside, this show is everything Bleach used to be, pretty much. But instead of spirits, it’s dream-spirits, and instead of the soul society it’s the dream society/world.
I’m hoping this actually gets somewhere and doesn’t get mired in the bad-guy-of-the-day nonsense!