Anime 53632 Yumemiru Danshi Wa Genjitsushugisha

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Japanese: 夢見る男子は現実主義者

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 4, 2023 to Sep 19, 2023

Premiered: Summer 2023

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 02:00 (JST)

Producers: Pony Canyon, DAX Production, Hobby Japan, BS NTV, MAGNET

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

Studios: Studio Gokumi, AXsiZ

Source: Light novel

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Theme: School

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 6.63¹ (scored by 69,077 users)

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Ranked: #6302²

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Popularity: #1548

Members: 148,584

Favorites: 941

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6.63

Ranked #6302Popularity #1548Members 148,584

Summer 2023TVStudio Gokumi, AXsiZ

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Synopsis

Wataru Sajou is infamous in his school for persistently seeking the attention of his crush, Aika Natsukawa. His usual day revolves around shadowing her and confessing his undying love at every turn. However, a moment of epiphany leads Wataru to relinquish his childish behavior and face the reality that she will never return his one-sided feelings. He distances himself from Aika and spends his newfound spare time with his friends and in the company of other lovely girls.

As Wataru moves on, Aika starts approaching him in unusually suggestive ways—making him question whether giving up on his love was the right decision after all.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

Yumemiru Danshi wa Genjitsushugisha was released on Blu-ray in three volumes from November 22, 2023, to January 24, 2024.

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Anzai, Yukari
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Opening Theme

"Paraglider" by Kaori Ishihara

Ending Theme

"#Yume wa Mijikashi Koi Seyo Otome (#夢は短し恋せよ乙女)" by Aika Natsukawa (CV: Akiho Suzumoto)

Reviews

Sep 18, 2023

P3nguiNe

Recommended

This anime is not the same as Oregairu, while Oregairu is my 2nd favorite of all time, I feel these two are distinctly different. Dreaming Boy I feel isn't as grounded in philosophies or clashes there of and is more centered around the interactions of the characters. While that was also a big part of Oregairu and what made it even more amazing, Dreaming Boy just has a bigger emphasis on it and the romance it's trying to portray. The main character is just a dude trying to move on in his life from a romance that he thinks is a dead end because of ...

Sep 18, 2023

Marinate1016

Mixed Feelings

Well-written

Imagine Oregairu with shittier writing and a 10th of the artistic and animation quality. That’s Yumemiru. Whether or not that appeals to you really depends on how much you like the witty/psycho-social analysis style of romcom.

This was truly a difficult one for me to rate because on one hand, I did actually enjoy the show for the most part. It started slow, but picked up after a few episodes and had some genuinely interesting social scenarios in which the MC found himself needing to help other people. But it’s frustrating because it squandered a lot of potential, was poorly paced and focused on some ... characters who ended up not even really mattering in the end.

The show is unapologetically inspired by Oregairu, even the OP is a direct parallel to Oregairu’s OP, literal frame for frame at some points. Wataru does feel like a poor man’s Hachiman and a lot of the archetypes from Oregairu are present in this story. It’s also got the same approach of someone who’s shut himself off from the world gradually opening up and learning about people by helping them with their own problems. Even though I hated Oregairu, I still recognise that it was objectively a very well written story. That same quality isn’t present here. At least, not in the anime.

So, in order to really explain what I mean by some of my criticisms I’ll have to give a very brief summation of the plot. You can read the MAL summary, but I’ll put it in simpler English. Loser essentially begs a girl to go out with him every day for a few months in middle school, gets rejected every time and they eventually settle as friends. They get to high school and he still pursues her but eventually she has a change of heart and starts liking him. Why? Well, your guess is as good as mine after reading that summary and I watched the damn anime. So yea, that’s the type of writing we’re working with here.

It wasn’t all bad though. Surprisingly, the other characters are actually pretty well written. The supporting girls are all better than the main girl, which is typical for me in romance shows, but it’s particularly pronounced in this. Now, I have been told that this isn’t as big a gap in the LN as it is in the anime, but I can only evaluate the show since I haven’t read yet. And in this, I could not for the life of me understand why the MC is into the FMC.

She’s abrasive, rude, self centred and really only shows interest in him when it seems like he stopped liking her. They did try to give us a “boo hoo my life was so sad so that’s why I’m a tsundere asshole” spill with the FMC, but again it just didn’t add up to the type of behaviour that she displays IMO. She just doesn’t get the sort of development she needs to get the audience to care.

Now as I said, the other girls are solid. They range from ok to legit waifu contenders(Shinomiya and Fuuka) I enjoyed seeing the MC help them with various issues they went thru over the course of the show which led to his development as well. That’s actually probably my favourite part of the show. We do see the MC make legitimate strides to better himself and by the end of the show he’s a solid dude. Each problem he solves feels realistic and has a tangible effect on him.

The other main issue I have with the show is the art and animation. The character designs are extremely generic, they’re basically the 2017-2023 anime design starter packs. From what I’ve seen of the LN art they really don’t do these characters any justice. There’s a few moments that are supposed to be somewhat serious that just don’t hit for me because of the lack of expressiveness from the character models. I’m not saying it has to be ufotable, but damn, I should at least be able to sense some sort of emotion coming from the characters.

Despite my criticisms of the series, I did enjoy stretches of it. It starts slow but really picks up once a few side characters are introduced and there’s some really enjoyable moments in this anime. If you can look past the shoddy animation and inconsistent pacing at the start, you’ll find a decent watch with a decently written main character. By the end of the show I was pretty excited for its release on Mondays, so yea, it’s a tricky one. I’d say give it a shot and see how you like it. It has some interesting ideas and I think it has the bones of a decent story.

Yumemiru gets 7 out of 10

Sep 18, 2023

ogblynz

Not Recommended

Funny

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5/10
In short:
Good setup ticked all the boxes that is need to be ticked for a decent psyhological romcom, could have been good i feel like if care was put into it. ChatGPT dialogue, weird animation, convoluted and compliacted characters. Story lines start up and go nowhere, bad message story-wise. I mostly watched it because tsundere interactions. Its mostly about a tsundere having stockholm syndrome towards her ex-simp.

In long:
The story's key points can be summarized in the initial episodes where the two main characters, or MCs, first interact. During this time, the girl begins to experience feelings of loneliness and sadness as the boy ...

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Natsukawa, Aika

Sajou, Wataru

Ashida, Kei

Shinomiya, Rin

Sajou, Kaede

Natsukawa, Airi

Aizawa, Rena

Sasaki, Takaaki

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