Over the course of the 12 episode series, Tomokazu accidentally draws other people he knows from the real world into the dream world to fight the Feydooms. With a mix of dumb luck and fate, the five people that fight alongside him are all girls. In addition to the mysterious girl who appeared in his bed, Mone, there is his hot red haired classmate Mizuki, crazy cat girl Neneko, and his cousins Nanase and Koyou.
The story is definitely kind of weird - a goofy dream world full of enemies being fought off by a bunch of girls - but Yumeria's strength lies in the characters and the sense of humor that that the series has. The characters are distinctive and funny. Mone is kind of like Paniponi Dash's "Maho" girl, in that all she says in Mone, but she is so adorably cute and she can say just "Mone mone mone" and you know exactly what she means. The cat girl, Neneko, is semi-annoying in the way she talks (puts "really it is" and "you know" and other stuff in every sentence) but you learn to love her for it. And her little cat, Koneko, chimes in with a "no no" every once in a while and it is just crazy cute. The other characters aren't quite as memorable as Mone and Neneko, but the whole cast comes together to form a surprisingly likable team.
The other draw in Yumeria is the humor. You see, in the dream world, Tomokazu is pretty much in charge because it was his dream world to start with. As such, when the girls enter the dream world to help him fight the Feydooms, they all wear skimpy sexy outfits, because that is what Tomokazu wanted. Likewise, while the girls do most of the fighting, Tomokazu's ability is to "power up" the girls by touching them - usually by touching their butt or breasts. There is an undercurrent of definite perversion going on here, but it is handled in such a ridiculously funny way you don't mind that Tomokazu is basically a dirty young (old) man. At one point Tomo suggests he try touching the girls in other places to perhaps give them more power. How scandalous! But, really, it is what we (the audience) are probably thinking anyway. The series is filled with crazy funny moments like this.
Yumeria is genuinely laugh out loud funny. It is a little sexy, and a little pervy. The action scenes are generally pretty decent. The characters are great. It is just a well done series. I have to say I'm not crazy about the last episode, but everything else is pretty damn good. The art style is very nice, and since it is native widescreen it looks great on HDTVs. I give Yumeria a 7/10, or one cardboard box Gundam.
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