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KUMANOKONOYUME Kumanoko no Yume | |
| Type | Little Bear's Dream |
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| Appearances | The Rebellion Story, Magia Record, Magia Exedra |
A poor, tearful dream that a lonely girl saw in a corner of this night. くまのこのゆめ | |
Nightmare
(Redirected from Yagi no Ko no Yume)
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Nightmares are a type of monster introduced in The Rebellion Story. They resemble dolls with a pair of disembodied blue hands, and primarily attack by shooting exploding objects.
It is later revealed in the movie that the nightmares are actually false opponents created by the witch barrier Rebellion takes place in.
Nightmares
Kumanoko no Yume
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KUMANOKONOYUME Kumanoko no Yume | |
| Type | Little Bear's Dream |
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| Appearances | Magia Exedra |
In the hidden nooks of the night, a lonely child dreams a sorrowful dream. Stuff your empty, aching belly with soft cotton, and indulge yourself as much as you please tonight. Only the dancers know who you are. くまのこのゆめ | |
Koguma
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KOGUMA Koguma | |
| Type | Little Bear |
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| Appearances | The Rebellion Story, Magia Exedra |
In the hidden nooks of the night, a lonely child dreams a sorrowful dream. Stuff your empty, aching belly with soft cotton, and indulge yourself as much as you please tonight. Only the dancers know who you are. コグマ | |
Yaginoko no Yume
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YAGINOKONOYUME[1] YAGINOKONOYUME[2] Yaginoko no Yume | |
| Type | Little Goat's Dream |
|---|---|
| Appearances | The Rebellion Story, Magia Record, Magia Exedra |
A poor, sad dream that a gentle-hearted girl saw in a corner of this night. やぎのこのゆめ | |
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YAGINOKONOYUME Yaginoko no Yume | |
| Type | Little Goat's Dream |
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| Appearances | Magia Exedra |
In the hidden nooks of the night, a kind-hearted child dreams a sorrowful dream. Stuff the innards of a pillow soaked with self-loathing into your massive head, and cry your eyes out tonight. Only the dancers will take your hand. やぎのこのゆめ | |
Koyagi
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KOYAGI Koyagi | |
| Type | Little Goat |
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| Appearances | Rebellion Production Note, Magia Exedra |
In the hidden nooks of the night, a kind-hearted child dreams a sorrowful dream. Stuff the innards of a pillow soaked with self-loathing into your massive head, and cry your eyes out tonight. Only the dancers will take your hand. コヤギ | |
History
Anime
The Rebellion Story
At the moment, Nightmares exclusively appear in Rebellion.
Two nightmares appear in the movie. The first appears at the very beginning and is initially attacked by Madoka Kaname, Sayaka Miki, and Kyoko Sakura. The nightmare is driven into a dining room where Mami Tomoe and Bebe are waiting. The magical girls then appear to defeat the nightmare by feeding food to it. It's later revealed that Homura Akemi had assisted the magical girls in secret.
The second nightmare is born from Hitomi Shizuki, when she feels frustration over her relationship with Kyosuke Kamijo. Hitomi is seemingly swallowed up by her bed as the nightmare appears. The magical girls contain the nightmare and then defeat it by singing the Cake Song. At the end of the song, the nightmare turns into a cake which Bebe swallows whole. Bebe then spits out a blob resembling Hitomi's head and a paper with a picture of a violin on it. Sayaka catches both things, and then throws the paper into the air. The paper turns into a silhouette of Kyosuke playing the violin. The blob flies up after the silhouette and vanishes into sparkles that purify the magical girls' soul gems. Hitomi then reappears in her bedroom.
It is eventually revealed that the characters are actually in Homura's witch barrier. The nightmares were created by the Homura's subconscious so the magical girls would have enemies to fight.
Later in the movie, a nightmare doll is seen briefly as Kyubey explains Homura's circumstances. Another appears briefly when Homura transforms into Homulilly.
Games
Magia Record
In the 6th anniversary of Magia Record, they were introduced as enemies to defeat with the introduction of Devil Homura as a playable character. Their release marked the first time Latin Witch Runes were shown in Magia Record mobile game, the first time Kumanoko no Yume's name was spelled in any type of Witch Runes, and the first time their descriptions were shown.
Magia Exedra
Nightmares got their own dedicated Main Quest, in which they are enemies.
Powers and Abilities
- It is unknown if both Nightmare's share the exact same powers as one another, but both of their powers are themed after stuffed objects. Fitting for their dream themes.
- The first Nightmare, Kuma no Ko no Yume, has the power to shoot incredibly destructive pillows and teddy-bears that have been able to destroy entire buildings. It also has the power to summon dancer figures and uses bubbles to attack.
- The second Nightmare, Yagi no Ko no Yume, has the power to turn any object into a stuffed version of itself, then blow it up with teddy-goats. It also attacks using music instruments, mainly violins.
Observations
- The disembodied hands of the nightmares hint at the fact that they're puppets created by a witch. Furthermore, one of the hands has a covering over it's middle finger, which is the same finger a magical girl wears her ring on.
- Note how the dots on the hands resemble the ones that appear on Homura when she starts to discover she might be a witch.
- While these hands are crucial to the Nightmares, they do not appear in Magia Record and Magia Exedra.
- According to the Rebellion Production Note, Magical Girls can't see, target or attack the hands.
- A mare or nightmare (Proto-Germanic: *marōn; Old English: mære; Old Norse: mara; German: Nachtmahr) is an evil spirit or goblin in Germanic folklore which rides on people's chests while they sleep, bringing on bad dreams (or "nightmares"). The mare is often similar to the mythical creatures succubus and incubus, and was likely inspired by sleep paralysis.
- It is interesting to note that mara, besides being a root-word for nightmare, is also the name of a Buddhist deity analogous to the devil. Although this may be a coincidence, Homura does ascend to become a Mara-like figure at the end of Rebellion.
- Their connection with Homulilly was hinted on their tags, which reveals stylised runes of Homulilly's name. While it was hard to see during the movie as they were constantly moving, the tag is much easier to observe in Magia Record and Magia Exedra.
- Judging their role as false enemies inside the fake Mitakihara Town (Homulilly's barrier), it is suspected that Nightmares might be also a type of her Familiars.
Trivia
- The first Nightmare seems to enjoy food a lot as shown in the movie and concept art.
- In Magia Record, the defeat animation for Hitomi's Nightmare also depicts it eating food before disappearing.
- Despite being shown in Rebellion Production Note, Koyagi did not actually appear in Rebellion. Its first appearance outside of concept art was in Magia Exedra.
- Nightmares' names were the first and only occurrence of Latin Witch Runes in Magia Record mobile game. They were also the first occurrence of a full string of Latin Witch Runes in Magia Exedra.
- However, in Rebellion, Kumanoko no Yume, Koguma and Koyagi's names never appeared at all, and Yaginoko no Yume's name appeared in Archaic Witch Runes. All four names appeared in plain, non-Runic Japanese, in Rebellion Production Note.
Gallery
- ↑ Original spelling used in The Rebellion Story.
- ↑ Revised spelling used in Magia Record and Magia Exedra.