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(ゆめ) 世界 (せかい)
Dream World
jɯᵝme̞ no̞ se̞ka̠i
The Dream World on Stage 3 in Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom
The dream world at the start of stage 3 in Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom
Location

Unknown, outer space? Connexion between Gensokyo and the Moon?

Residents
Appearances
Official Games

The Dream World (夢の世界 Yume no Sekai), also called the Secret Passageway (秘密の連絡通路 Himitsu no Renraku Tsūro), is a world that supposedly can only be accessed via dreaming. Not much thorough detail is known about the world.

General Information

The world is supposed to only be accessed via a dream. However, as of Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom, it is possible to access it via the physical body. It is shown to be located in outer space, as Sanae Kochiya puts it "I'm flying through space!" Despite it being outer space, the place seems breathable. Somehow, it connects Gensokyo with the Moon, with the Moon and Earth being viewable from a certain distance within the world. It is a world of nightmare, where a resident called Doremy Sweet (a baku) will lurk around. Reisen Udongein Inaba wondered why the "most dangerous youkai" was around the dream world, and has said that the dream world is used only for moon rabbits as a passageway. Doremy has said that 'nightmare fragments', or space debris, can come across the world and cause damage. She also says that "dreams invade your mind more than reality itself" and "dreams used unnaturally are extremely dangerous."

According to an article in Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red, and Butterfly Dream Pill can give you a pleasant dream within this world, according to Eirin Yagokoro. However, the Dream World is "another self", and if a dream is too enjoyable, then there's a chance that the real world and the Dream World may switch places, thus not abling to return from the Dream World, so one must be careful of overdosing the pills. Maribel Hearn once supposedly went to the Dream World in Changeability of Strange Dream.

There is no canon information that the Fantasy World (夢幻世界) in Lotus Land Story and/or the World of Fantasies (幻夢界) in Story of Eastern Wonderland is the same world as the Dream World, or even the two from the PC-98 games are the same. The kanji in these proper nouns are different, and that alone could suggest that they're different worlds. Also, another dream world has been said in Lotus Land Story.

The World's Appearances

Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom

After her defeat, Ringo told the heroine to go through this dream world to get to the Lunar Capital. However, they were stopped by Doremy Sweet, believing that the heroine is having a nightmare, but discovers that it's their physical body. With Reisen Udongein Inaba however, she knew who she was. Asking if they were caught in a trap, she finds out that they can see the Moon and thus was given the job to take care of them, but was defeated. She says that they've got a strong body to be in the world and that they'll be facing a nightmare worse than the dream world. Doremy supposedly created a fake Lunar Capital within the Dream World for the heroine to go to, but instead she sent them to the true Lunar Capital because she wanted a "little bit of payback".

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