Yumeji Fujiwara

Yumeji Fujiwara is the main character of Yumekui Merry. He is a high school student, and ten years ago, he received the ability to perceive the aura of people's dreams which allows him to predict what kind of dreams they will have.

Appearance
He has dark colored hair that has a hair antenna.

Personality
Yumeji is a lazy, yet strong-willed and determined person with a heart of gold who is always ready to help others. He is also a member of a writing club at his high school, and is a big fan of the superhero called Guricho. He meets Merry when she falls on top of him as he comes back from his errands, and together, they enter a daydream, a dream that occurs in full daylight. He has firmly decided to help Merry get back to the Dreamworld, even though she is not convinced at the beginning, but they soon end up becoming very good friends.

History
Not much is known about Yumeji's past. When he was younger, he often stayed at the Tachibana's home when his parents go off for work. This is how he came to know Isana, her dad and her mother Ayumi when the latter was still alive.

One time during his stay, he became a vessel to an unknown Dream Demon. During this time he also met Merry Nightmare who helped freed him from the Dream Demon but it cause him to lose some memories and the event changed him.

When he was seven he discovered that he could see the aura of what a person's dream would be. With Isana's help, he tested and experimented it to find out what is what.

In middle school, he became friends with Takateru Akiyanagi. One time he wanted to view Takateru with his "dream vision" but Takateru didn't want it and Yumeji promised him not to do so anymore. He also met Takateru's sister Mizuki Akiyanagi around this time.

When he entered in high school, he and Takateru became members of the Writing Club, meeting the club leader Mei Hoshino. Around this time he also met fellow club member Saki Kirishima who became intrigue with his ability.

Just before the summer break of his second year of high school, the Writing Club decided that they will reviews his own written story when they return from break. During the break, he had writer's block and began having dreams of being chased by cats making him a bit tired in the day. During this time, with Isana and her dad they visited Ayumi's grave.

The "Chaser" and the Nightmare girl
In August, Yumeji kept having dreams of being chased by cats but the latest one had more than he bargained for and they caught him. Luckily for him a rooster crowed and the cats went away but not before telling him that soon their boss is going to come.

Yumeji then wakes up falling out of his bed and getting up, he changed his clothes. When he came down to the cafe section of the house, after greeting Isana's dad, he sees Isana talking to Saki and asked if the latter came for business which she did.

At a table, he uses his "dream vision" and sees Saki's dream aura. He then excuses himself to the bathroom and once there he checked himself and sees it is black, a sign he will have another nightmare.

As he returns to the cafe, he overhears that Isana plans to ask him to pick up a book for her commenting that he has free time. He tells her he has plans to marathon a show bu then Isana reminds him that she caught him eating snacks and he relents.

On his way, as he passes by a bend in the road, he sees feathers fall which is then accompanied by a noise. Suddenly a girl falls out of a tree and onto him. While on him, she yells at the crows. Yumeji tells her to get off of him. Not knowing what is going on, he tells her not to yell at her "friends" (the crows) but she tells him that they are not her friends and that she doesn't need any. Yumeji just scratched his head and the girl ran off once she noticed her hat was gone to look for it.

At the shopping street, after buying the book Isana wanted, he spies a hat moving on the ground. On closer inspection, he picks up the hat and sees a cat was underneath it. He wonders if he saw it before and remembers that he kept seeing cats in his dreams. He suddenly finds himself at the city-scape he had been dreaming about.

With the hat in-hand questioning the cats, he was confused since he just awake a second ago. From behind him, someone explains it is "deja vu", that he was on the edge of a dream. The person welcomes him or rather thanks Yumeji for bringing him to existence and introduces himself as "Chaser" John Doe and tells Yumeji that he had been called to their world just as they have been called to his world. John explains to Yumeji that they need his body to move in the real world and not to worry because they are going to put him to sleep.

Yumeji runs away until he eventually hid in a building. He tried to gather his thoughts on the events that lead him to this. Then the manike-neko reveals itself as a cat minion and attacks him. John then burst through the wall telling him to give up, Yumeji internally apologizes to Isana and wonders if he is going to break a promise again.

Suddenly the girl he met earlier stands between him and John now wearing the hat he found and she states to John that she finally found him. Yumeji watches as they banter. Yumeji grabs her arm to get her attention but in doing so, something "clicked" between them. She tells him to let go but he was worried that she will face that "monster", referring to John. He then sees that her ears are pointy as the girl states that she and John are both monsters called Nightmares.

Yumeji listens as they continue to talked and learns that the girl is name Merry Nightmare. He then watches as both of them fight each other. As he does so, he recalls the feeling earlier but then notices some cats are preparing to assist John and he interrupts them. The bazooka misfires, hitting a sign above John which distracted him long enough for the girl to break his mask.

Yumeji asked the girl if she won which she affirms, telling John to bring her back to the Dream World. Yumeji watches as John, his cats and the world disappears leaving him and the girl behind.

Yumeji finds himself back in reality and wonders if everything happened was just a daydream. Then suddenly the girl he met earlier comes up to him, demanding that he bring back that guy (referring to John), confirming that it actually happened. The girl then begins to cry worrying Yumeji.

Later at a park, Yumeji listens to Merry's explanation of Dream Demons and how they can take humans as vessels. He also listens to her story of her search for a way to return to the Dream World. He was then "volunteered" by Merry to try and summon John. Yumeji states that he was confused with everything which caused Merry to cry lamenting her situation.

After crying some more, Merry decides to leave and keep searching but Yumeji was worried for her. Just as they were about to go their separate ways, Yumeji noticed that Merry fainted and decided to bring her to the house.

When he brought Merry home, he gave the excuse to Isana and her dad that he owed Merry for saving his life, with a bit of change of details.

Anime
For several days, Yumeji has been having weird dreams of cats attacking him. He would usually always run from them until the dream ends. However, one night he was having the same dream but it was a little different because there was a whole army of cats attacking him. Just before the dream was about to end, one black cat told him that their boss will appear in front of Yumeji the next time they meet. When Yumeji woke up he was troubled of what the cat had told him. However, despite the dream he continued his daily life. He went to school with his friend Isana who he is living with. While on their way to school, they meet up with Saki and Takakeru (their classmates). Then they all went to school together.

While in school, we see Yumeji with Isana, Saki and Takakeru talking about Yumeji's ability to see people's dreams. He looked at Saki and saw a lot of different colours which determine which dream she is going to have. Then he went to the toilet. There, while washing his hands, he used his ability on himself and saw a black aura around him. This meant that he was going to have another nightmare with the cats attacking him again.

After school, Yumeji went to his after school writing club.



There he talked about his new ideas for a new book which he was writing. He got encouraged by his teacher Ryōta Ijima who told him that he should always follow his dreams. When the meeting finished, Yumeji headed home. While on his way home, there was a girl who fell on top of him, she was knocked down by crows. He said to her that she should pick her fighting buddies better. Then she said that she wouldn't be friends with birds like that. Then she suddenly notices that her hat was gone and goes off to find it leaving Yumeji behind.

After meeting her, Yumeji continues on his way home. While on his way home he sees the hat that girl was looking for. He picks it up and sees a cat under it. He asked the cat if they met somewhere, then to his surprise he finds himself in the dream he has been having every night. He was shocked because the dream occurred in plain day. There a mysterious dream demon appears. He introduces himself as Chaser John Doe and tells Yumeji that he needs his body in order to come to the real world.

Yumeji terrified by this tries to run away and hides in one house but to his luck John Doe finds him. This seemed like the end for Yumeji, but to his surprise the mysterious girl appears to save him. She introduces herself as Merry Nightmare. She claims that she has been looking for a way to return back to the dream world and asks John Doe to return her home but John Doe was headed the other way (to the real world). Then they begin to fight. While they were fighting Yumeji kept calling Merry's name and helped her defeat John Doe. John Doe left, leaving Merry behind. When Yumeji got out of the daydream he met Merry again in the real world who was demanding him to bring John Doe back. With Yumeji unable to bring him back Merry tries to leave but was stopped by Yumeji. Then she suddenly collapses in Yumeji's hands.

The next day Merry finds herself in Isana's room. She finds out that Yumeji has carried her to his house.

Physical Attributes
He is an average strength human. When he was younger he used to skateboard.

Dream Powers
He's able to see what kind of dreams another person will have when he makes a ring with his fingers and looks through them. Different colors he sees determine what dreams will occur although it's only effective 30% of the time. However black auras have a 100% chance of nightmares. Yet when he tries to look at Dream Demons such as Merry, they are perceived as transparent (having no aura).

Yumeji also has the ability to use a Dream Demon's signature ability, which he names "Lucid Gadget"; and whenever he uses it, his right eye's pupil copies the shape of the corresponding Dream Demon's pupil. As of chapter 88, Yumeji's Lucid Gadget has reached a new state of power allowing him to actually transfer the vessel of the dream demons into himself, which means he can fully copy the entire power of any dream demon instead of just a weaker copy/duplicate of it.

Finally, Yumeji was able to summon John Doe and his cat army during the battle against Chain Noir, briefly showing the possession of a key-ring similar to Merry's. Chain Noir describes this power as the ability to connect the dream worlds of two different Dream Demons, an ability also shared by Hercules.

It's interesting to note that (so far) Yumeji seems to only be able to use his abilities with his right hand, the same hand that Merry has her scar on, which is also the same hand Yumeji had injured when catching Isana at the playground when they were children. In addition, Kyo Shiragi also has a scar on his right hand, which he appears to have used to send a Dream Demon inside of Sakagami.

Also, Yumeji is able to enter Daydreams even if he is not a Dream Demon, nor possessed by a Dream Demon. Later in the manga series, John Doe points that this should be impossible and questions Yumeji's humanity.

Yumeji is immortal in the Dream World.

Yumeji has his own Garden, and finally summons it when fighting Hercules. It is shown to contain a moon, the same as Engi.

Merry Nightmare
Yumeji and Merry have a very strong relationship. When they first met, Yumeji offered to help her get back to the dream world. At first she refused, but as time passed they became really close. Merry sees Yumeji as a person pulling her hand when she needs help. He always encourages Merry when she is in depression. It is also hinted that they may have known each other before, when they were kids.

Isana Tachibana
Yumeji and Isana are childhood friend who are like brother and sister. Yumeji always looks for support in Isana. When they were little, they would always help each other. Although Isana gets mad at Yumeji for peeking into the bath when she is taking a shower. When Isana became a dream demon's vessel, Yumeji was desperate to save her dream. After he and Merry revealed the existence of dream demons to her, he became more comfortable talking about it to her.

Takateru Akiyanagi
Yumeji and Takateru are best friends. Yumeji was much reproached for not having been able to prevent Takateru has been possessed by Heracles, but is determined to save him.

Pharos Hercules
Yumeji's arch-nemesis. He is the exact opposite of Yumeji. Yumeji relies on trickery while Hercules uses brute force. Hercules considers Yumeji as his elder brother due to sharing the same source of their powers.

Trivia

 * It is questioned whether Yumeji is a human or a dream demon until Clione reveals he is both.
 * Yumeji is revealed to have the same energy signature as Heracles (sound is matched by Clione).
 * His zodiac sign is Cancer.
 * An ongoing gag is that Yumeji always walks in on Isana when she's taking a bath unintentionally
 * Years ago, when Yumeji explained his ability to read auras to his friends, Takateru asked him to never read his aura, since he found the idea disturbing. Yumeji accepted and is still keeping his promise, thus making Takateru his only close friend he is not checking for signs of Dream Demon possession.

Quotes

 * A black aura is the mark of a nightmare. Only that is 100% accurate.
 * Thanks for your invitation, huh? Chaser... John Doe. (to John Doe)
 * What are they? Dream and Reality. Merry. All I can be sure of is that she saved me. If that's the case, then this time it's my turn. Isn't that how it works?
 * I don't know what I can do. Nevertheless I want to help her.
 * The dreams we see while we're asleep actually come from a parallel world. And are the beings that live there trying to use our bodies to come here? It still doesn't feel real to me, but I have to look for her.
 * I'll borrow it! Lucid Gadget!!