History Manga / YumekuiMerry

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Merry Nightmare
** Chaser John Doe

* BarehandedBladeBlock: Merry performs one against the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Engi]] of episode 5.

** [[spoiler: He later brings a whole army of them to help Merry and Yumeji.]]
*** [[spoiler: They can transform into cats, sans-clothing, in order to escape from being hurt then transform back again with clothing starting to form itself around them.]]

** Other non-fancervice example is Yumeji, from Chapters 57 to 60, his ripped [[spoiler: and bloodied]] shirt [[spoiler:looks a lot like a dark version of [[http://www.mangareader.net/yumekui-merry/57/25 Merry's]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/yumekui-merry/59 "tails".]]]]

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Yumeji can see what kind of dreams people will have from the color of their auras.
** Sometimes he's wrong though, except for...

* CuteBruiser: Merry. Chaser John Doe notes how much strength Merry can invest in [[MusclesAreMeaningless those flimsy little arms.]]

** Yui Konagi,[[spoiler: Engi's vessel.]] When Yumeji does a diving save for a doll she drops, he saves the doll, but catches a glimpse. The audience also gets a peek in the manga..

* MeaningfulName: The names of both lead characters are related to dreaming.
** Yumeji - "Yumeji" means "Dream Road", or "Road to Dreams" depending on personal interpretation.
** Merry's surname is ''Nightmare''
*** Both of the protagonists' names [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin explain themselves]]. Yumeji could mean "Path to the Dream", which is his ChekhovsSkill, while Merry Nightmare, as ridiculous as it may sound, just mean merry nightmare.
*** Merry's full name is [[spoiler: Sheep Merry Nightmare.]] The author also states in an omake that her name is based on Mary [[spoiler: as in 'Mary Had a Little Lamb']]

*** [[spoiler: And you get another one from Chapter 36, when it is revealed that Takateru is Hercule's host, and his little sister being healthier is due to Hercules putting a dream demon in her, to use her as an hostage on Takateru]]
* MundaneMadeAwesome?: Isana's dad showing off his legendary Kick the Can technique, [[spoiler: not to mention how he and Yumeji smash the watermelon in the BeachEpisode]].

Based on a manga by Yoshitake Ushiki, ''Yumekui Merry'' was adapted into an anime in the winter of 2011 by JCStaff. VideoGame/{{Touhou}} fans may recognize the author from his doujinshi work ''[[FanficRecs/{{Touhou}} Advent Cirno]]'', and the people handling the music as IOSYS.

** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed.]] [[spoiler: While they are not brothers, but they ''do'' have a ''very'' deep connection that gives them similar powers.]]
** Then again, [[CaptainObvious nightmares are dreams]] and what they share, [[JustifiedTrope might be their equivalent of blood.]]

** Other non-fancervice example is Yumeji, from Chapters 57 to 60, his ripped [[spoiler: and bloodied]] shirt looks a lot like a dark version of [[http://www.mangareader.net/yumekui-merry/57/25 Merry's]] [[http://www.mangareader.net/yumekui-merry/59 "tails".]]

** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] [[spoiler: They are not brothers, but they ''do'' have a [[PsychicLink ''very'' deep connection]] that gives them similar powers.]]

* InTheBlood: Pharos [[InvokedTrope atributed]] this as the reason why [[spoiler: Yumeji]] recovered from his attack in chapter 57.
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] [[spoiler: They are not brothers but they ''do'' have a deep [[PsychicLink connection]] that gives them similar powers.]]

** A special mention goes to Yumeji, from Chapter 57 to 60 his ripped [[spoiler: and bloodied]] shirt looks a lot like a dark version of Merry's [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes "tails"]]

* [[spoiler: [[NotBloodSiblings Power Siblings:]]]] [[spoiler: After all that "Big brother" crap, turns out that this is what Yumeji and Hercules really are.]]

* [[spoiler: [[NotBloodSiblings Power Siblings:]]]] [[spoiler: After all that [[JapaneseSiblingTerminology "Nii-san"]] crap, turns out that this is what Yumeji and Hercules really are.]]

* POVBoyPosterGirl: Yumeji is the main protagonist and a decent fighter in his own right, but without Merry, there would be no plot.

*** Merry full name is [[spoiler: Sheep Merry Nightmare.]]

* BreakTheCutie: See below
** That and what happens to kids after the dream demons are killed.

* HannibalLecture: [[spoiler: Maze gives one to Engi. See HeroicBSOD]]

* [[spoiler: HeroicBSOD: Both Merry and Yumeji get hit with one. Merry when Engi tells her that, once they get into the real world, there's no way back to the dream world, and Yumeji after he realizes that by killing any Dream Demon who's already taken a vessel, ''[[FridgeHorror they also destroy that person's dreams... both the at-night kind of dream AND the personal-ambition variety]] (the only exception to this being if is Merry the one defeating the Nightmares).]]

* {{Expy}}: Ryouta Ijima [[spoiler: is quite similar to [[{{Blazblue}} a certain smooth criminal/troll, Yuuki Terumi]], even has the same EvilLaugh.]]

* Crazy Awesome: John Doe's cat army. [[spoiler: when fighting Heracles, they shoot cannonballs attached to steel cables to lock his arms, then ''surf them down while gunning him''. You can't get much more crazy than that.]]

* LightIsNotGood: Heracles is described as the guiding light (the kanji of his name make up the word for lighthouse), drawing other Dream Demons to Reality. Because of that, the whole balance between the worlds has been thrown out of whack. [[spoiler: And then there's [[CompleteMonster his personality]]...]]

* HotChickWithASword: Engi

* GreenEyedRedhead: Merry

* WingedHumanoid: Engi. Subverted since her wings are made up of [[PrehensileHair her hair, but she can move them]].
** [[spoiler: His Rolling Thunder move...that scoops up meat roasting on a grill.]]

* FridgeLogic: So the Dream Demons under Hercules want to take over the world by possessing all the humans. However, because it's impossible to take over a host full time, that plan can't really work. John actually calls this out and wonders if there's something more to Hercules' game.

* [[IncrediblyLamePun Nightmare]] [[NightmareFuel Fuel]]: It's a series about dreams, so this is natch.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome?: Isana's dad showing off his legendary Kick the Can technique, [[spoiler: not to mention how he and Yumeji smash the watermelon in the BeachEpisode]].

Based on a manga by Yoshitake Ushiki, ''Yumekui Merry'' was adapted into an anime in the winter of 2011 by JCStaff. TouhouProject fans may recognize the author from his doujinshi work ''[[FanficRecs/{{Touhou}} Advent Cirno]]'', and the people handling the music as IOSYS.

* NiceHat: Merry can't get by without it. It might be a covert ShoutOut to TouhouProject, since the author also writes Touhou doujinshi.

* CelebrityResemblance: Well, sound-alike. [[http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=279735&show=20 Some viewers]] were convinced that Merry's {{seiyuu}} is AyanaTaketatsu. The real answer: it's AyaneSakura.