Yume de Aetara
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| If I See You in My Dreams | |
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| 夢で逢えたら (Yume de Aetera) |
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| Genre | Romance |
| Manga | |
| Authored by | Noriyuki Yamahana |
| Publisher |  Shueisha |
| Serialized in | Business Jump |
| Original run | February 1994 – December 1999 |
| No. of volumes | 17 |
| OVA | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Watanabe |
| Studio | J.C.STAFF |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Released | 1998 |
| TV anime | |
| Directed by | Takeshi Yamaguchi |
| Studio | J.C. Staff |
| Network | TBS Locomotion Locomotion Brazil |
| Original run | November 30, 1998 – December 24, 1998 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
Yume de Aetara (夢であえたら) (Translation: "If I See You In My Dreams", and "If I see you in my dream." at cover.) is a Japanese manga series originally penned by Noriyuki Yamahana under the pen name HANAKO, serialized in Shueisha's Business Jump magazine (1994 - 2000).
It follows a Japanese salaryman in a big city who falls in love with an elementary school teacher named Nagisa. Masao (the aforementioned sap) tries repeatedly to get her to consider him potential dating material, but every time he seems to make progress, something inevitably goes wrong. Nagisa, in fact, likes Masao, but due to a previous heartbreak constantly pushes him away.
At the beginning this series follows the tried, true, and arguably tired horrible coincidence gag ("I swear, I just tripped onto her!"). However, as the series progresses, it becomes more thoughtful and mature, with many of the problems evolving out of the character's personalities rather than being imposed artificially by circumstances.
At one point later on in the manga, Masao takes in a pregnant woman out of compassion. This information makes its way to Nagisa, but in a different form; she is told that the girl is pregnant with his child, but she eventually determines the truth for herself. The series ends with a no-longer-cowed Masao persuading Nagisa to marry him instead of another man (a harmless but boring man with no particular passion for life).
Yume de Aetara was made into two anime shows: a TV series and a direct-to-video or OVA series, both of them produced by TBS.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Yume de aetara en español (fansite)
- (English) TBS Online Program Catalog
- (Japanese) +++夢で逢えたら+++ (fansite)
- (English) Review at TheGLine
