Yumekui Merry

I will concede that concentrating on the writing can ruin a watching experience. I prefer to think about what I watch, and I can understand that people would like to take off their thinking caps (especially when anime nowadays aren't necessarily the best thinking material).

However, the plot is the one thing that should never, ever be done badly in any work. Saying that "thinking too much of the plot" ruins it is a horrible statement to make - even paying attention to the plot of Merry at all, you can tell how badly done it is. When you start thinking about it, it gets even worse, such as in my case.

Honestly, I stopped thinking when I realize they won't explain anything about Mumas in the mid-episodes. So I just enjoyed the ensuing "drama", and that's why I can safely say It's still "Watchable". I already said that the anime wasn't as stellar as the original manga.

Once again, the whole good or bad is subjective. Because can you "explain" why My sister liked it while most of you said that it was bad because it has bad-plotting?

Something I should have done. But I like to give my shows faith until the end, a faith which was unfortunately unmet.



I never said it's unwatchable. Though, I will assert that it did not keep me entertained.



I believe you're missing the point of my post. I call it "bad", because yes, bad and good is subjective, and I found the anime unbearable. Your sister may have liked it for some reason that I can't materialize into words. However, my post was asserting that the plot was badly-done; and there are in fact criteria for an objective declaration of whether a plot is badly done (a.k.a. written) or not, such as:
Does the plot have action?
Does the plot make sense?
Does the plot contradict itself for no reason?
Are necessary questions answered?
Are all actions done for a reason that is either implied or outright said?
Are all actions reasonable within the context of the plot itself?

And many more. And the fact that the plot of Yumekui Merry does in fact qualify for a badly-done plot qualifies it as a bad anime in my books. Take into account that anime isn't a medium that relies on very good writing in general. For example, the dialogue and interaction in most anime is simply horrendous to people who have extensively studied literature and screenwriting, such as myself. That's why I willingly switch to an "anime mode" when I watch most anime (there are exceptions; Kaiba comes to mind very quickly), which allows me to fully enjoy a large number of anime. Naturally, if the anime doesn't have a plot and if honestly doesn't try or give the pretense that it does, then I can accept that and enjoy it as it is.

The driving force of being called a "well-written" anime is how well written the plot is, for the grand majority of the shows out there. And as Yumekui fails on this point, and utterly fails on other points such as dialogue, I can wholeheartedly say that this is not an anime that I enjoyed; thus the reason I call it bad. No, I cannot explain why your sister liked the show. Yes, I can assert that it is badly written and that is, in fact, the reason we don't like it.

Went on a marathon last night and I must say that the last episode was funny. Reminded me of a Hatsune Miku concert.