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“Girl explores surreal dream worlds, collecting Effects while an unseen observer watches her nightly journeys.”
Yume Nikki: I Am Not in Your Dream
ゆめにっき －あなたの夢に私はいない－
7.32
5,036 rank · 2,019 readers · 22 favorites
Psychological
Adventure
Mystery
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Girl explores surreal dream worlds, collecting Effects while an unseen observer watches her nightly journeys.
A girl begins to dream. Finding herself in a room much like her own, she discovers a nexus of doors leading to many different places. Some of these dreamscapes are pleasant, while others quickly turn into nightmares. Collecting objects known as "Effects" to get to new places, she continues to wander aimlessly through the dream world. When each dream ends, she writes the events in a diary, and soon drifts off to sleep once more. As she tries to understand the meaning behind these dreams, this girl soon discovers that she may not be alone, as someone is watching her and her dreams closely.
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Derived from 2 sampled reviews
5.0
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 2
σ 3.00
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.00 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 2.0
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Score over time
↓ 3.00
Running avg · Feb 2019 → Feb 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “First of all, this novel is based on a unique RPGMaker game Yume Nikki, which translates as "Dream Diary", but by no means it can count as an actual adaptation. The game itself is about exploring...”
- 2 “Listen I get it. Yume Nikki is a game that is completely open to interpretation, and so anyone can make of it what they will. But the fact that I have major issues with what this author made of it...”
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A Light novel Publication
- Format 30 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 00m approx
- Published Aug 2013 – ongoing
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M23410 catalog