S1, E2: Having at least temporarily escaped from John Doe, Yumeji returns to the Real World. He takes the unconscious Merry to the Tachibana’s for shelter and safety. After she awakens, Merry explains that a Dream Demon must have a human host to access the Real World, most of the time, the Dream Demon totally posses the human without giving them a choice. But sometimes, the Dream Demon coexists with the host, leaving the host aware and able to dictate their own actions. Meanwhile, at school there is a mysterious new transfer student. Her name is Chizuru Kawanami, but not much else is known about her and she’s not telling. There are, however, sinister happenings afoot in the Dream World where friendly Dream Demons and their human hosts are being attacked and possessed by someone or someTHING decidedly UNfriendly. Merry decides that she cannot stay with the Tachibana’s but must strike out on her own and solve her problems independently.