Yume Miru Kusuri – A Drug That Makes You Dream

Yume Miru Kusuri

I am just an average student, living an average life. I study, I work my part-time job, and get through the day just like everyone else, trying not to be beaten down by the pressures of modern Japan. Then suddenly, the winds of change blow into my life, when I encounter three girls who reshape me forever. Three girls who are most definitely not living a normal life like everyone else in Japan, but who seem to float above society, strangely unaffected by it. Instinctively I know I should avoid getting involved with them, and yet before I know it, my destiny is bound with theirs. Where will it all lead?

With art from the accomplished pen of Haimura Kiyotaka and story by veteran scenario writer Tanaka Romeo, the bittersweet tale of three heroines unfolds. Will you choose to defend Aeka from becoming the victim of classroom aggression, help Mizuki with the burden of her work as student council president, or accompany the cat girl Nekoko on her quest for the mystical fairyland that only she can see? Their fate, and your own, lie in your hands.

307 thoughts on “Yume Miru Kusuri – A Drug That Makes You Dream

  1. This is hands down the best visual novel I’ve played. It has been years since I’ve been engrossed in a story that I stayed up until it was light outside, but this was it – it was like reading Mistborn all over again (Note: That is a great book, you all should read it). I will admit that I only did Aeka’s route, but I don’t think I could bring myself to do any other route, just because of how utterly broken Aeka turns out to be, and not being there for her is similar to kicking a dog.

    Great game, highly recommended.

    1. G Senjou no Maou
      &
      Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no shoujo

      I’d recommend both for their stories, pulled all-nighters just for GSNM’s storyline, soooo great.

      Trying to find more, but not too many things compare.. Soul Link >< and a few other random titles.

      1. i totally love g senjou no maou it got me hooked on classical music the stories are also deep great game so far my fave VN

      2. i also recomend G senjou it’s a good one.

        there is a twist there that i never would have expected

        definitely a good game.

    2. The plot was engrossing for awhile, but my engrossment in the plot was soon overshadowed by my rage. I simply could not overlook the idea that the classroom consisted of only five or six actual brains. And the extreme nature of the bullying combined with the utter lack of a ‘way out’ in the form of some sort of adult (or fuck, even the police) was just too unbelievable. The story would have been good if the elements driving the plot weren’t so over-the-top.

      1. You live in USA, where people seem to have different mentality. In many asian and eastern europe countries people assume it’s victim’s fault that he is being bullied. Authorities also try to cover the incidents since it gives them additional paperwork and brings infamy to school. Just like 3 weeks ago trial ended in my neighbouring town, after 14yo girl commited suicide due to being bullied (guys who caused it got curator supervision only and school’s principal got fired), so Aeka’s story is not that detached from reality that you might think.

      2. Unfortunately in western Europe it’s the same on elite-Highschools. I am from Germany and I had been bullied by rich, bored kids all my school-life long. OK, it wasn’t as bad as in the game, but they stabbed me in class with pointed pencils, sneezed, coughed and spit in my face, tripped me up in the hallway and in the end they tried to throw me into a small river (in winter). The teachers also said “you should settle it by yourself” and noone helped me. So I endured until graduation -.-

        1. its just that nobody will understand how you feel
          and they think that its ‘easy’ to get rid of bulies.

          but i’ve been in that situation and i understand perfectly
          how you feel.

    3. I felt the same….but hey….that’s a similar feeling sometimes one feels in various VN, so…you gotta hold it and go for the other ones, they are also great stories =D

  2. Hell, this is one of the best games I’ve ever played…hence I changed my pen name to it :O, I agree with AznNoProblem

    G-string & Sharin were fucking master pieces, only flaw in those was the Enforced playing order, but they are still fucking god tier.

    1. Daemon Tools or any other ISO-mounting program will do. You also have to merge the different file parts together, or the ISO won’t have all the necessary information to install the program. Use 7zip for that.

  3. Hi.. A question from a complete newbie in using a computer in something else than burning music and using the net..

    So I downloaded all the parts. I see they are a tad different from my other downloads, as in they are in different format(?) AND as I click on one of em (the downloaded parts) it starts to extract em (or whatever it does :P) Just like with everything other game, but instead of starting the game, it asks me for a disc to burn the game in. Now, I don´t have an empty disc big enough for this game, so do I actually need to get one or what am I supposed to do?

    The problem in short: How do you start this thing?!

    😀 Thank you very much in advance.

      1. Thank you.. And sorry Admin, I am new here but I guess that´s no excuse :/ I am sure you have told that to a dozen others due to their hesitant nature.. Well, a thanks to everyone who replied, much appreciated.

  4. beautiful.
    I enjoyed how one certain part of it is what everyone would want to do, aka in Aeka’s ending. Pulled an all-nighter with this one, my first in a long time. like a depressing happiness.

  5. hello. I’ve got a problem. I mounted the files and I have now the virtual CD. But when I want to execute it, a black window is opening. I don’t understand why.

  6. For 3 days I played through this game almost non-stop
    Aeka’s route made me want to punch out my computer screen
    Mizuki’s route was an emotional roller coaster ride
    Nekoko’s route made me realize that having a little color in life isn’t all bad.
    Overall one of the best I’ve ever played

    P.S. DAMN YOU ANTOINETTE! DAMN YOU TO HELL!

  7. I’ve been attempting to download this game since yesterday, but… the first time, I downloaded all of the parts, but when I tried to extract the files, I received error messages telling me that the files were corrupted. Now, after trying to download it multiple times, I think that I’ve come to conclusion that there might be something wrong with part 5. Out of all of the parts, it’s the only one that gives me the error message that there was an “unexpected end to the archive”. ^^; Could really use the help… from what I’m reading, this VN is really good.

  8. I had the same problem when downloading the game, looks like one of the file is corrupted ^^’ I’m interested in this visual novel as well.

  9. This game is one of the first VN’s that I’ve ever read. I guess I let my mask slip too much for in the end of certain sections I cried, and at one point I wound up clawing my arm to stop from punching my laptop screen. And this was only on Aeka’s path….I am afraid to try the others after hers, not because of what could go wrong in their paths, but for what would happen to her if I went down them.

  10. Anyway, she’s 20. She denies it herself but both parents and brother says so so it must be true!

    The VN has sparks and could probably hold it’s own even without the H scenes, not that they are bad or anything. Events are over the top but it still feels ‘Slice of Life’ish. What I’m saying is that the game is pretty darn good

  11. is there an upload of this on torrent
    OH GOD, this is going to take a ridiculous amount of time.

  12. Hey admin,
    Sorry for the necro, but I’m having technical difficulties with
    YMK. I deleted the “Peach Princess” folder and the folder with the ISO about 3 months ago to make space and I just re-downloaded it. However, when I clicked setup.exe it booted up halfway and then said that YMK was already installed. It then prompted me to start the game. When i did, I gave messages saying either “Application formatting error” or “It failed in the start”. I’m using Daemon Tools for mounting, I’ve set my locale to Japanese and I used 7-zip to unpack the RARs.
    Any tips?

    Thanks

  13. i downloaded this game over a year ago, and still haven’t found a match for it’s awesomeness.

    Edelweiss wasn’t bad either.. probably it’s only rival.

    If you go through the comments for this game (including older entries) you would find absolutely ONLY positive feedback.

    I rate it: 11/10

  14. i dLed all the parts and when i extracted the files, it stops on part 5, it says theres an error 🙁 i would really appreciate if someone can help? pleaaaaase, i really wanted to play this game. :’)

  15. I have dowload all the parts but when I try to extract them it appears an error mensagem saying that part05 and part08 are corrupted :S I really want to play this game cuz from what I read it’s really good

  16. i downloaded this morning and it worked fine if you have corrupt parts then redownload the parts you need
    just started reading about 30 mins ago
    for some reason the idiot friend reminds me of tsukihime i think there was another idiot in that game

    1. ok an update on my progress
      just finished nekoko’s arc it was ok but seemed rather easy to get a good ending
      i did mizuki’s arc earlier it was better than nekoko’s imo better story and was worth the time
      ill leave the last arc til tomorrow its almost midnight now and i dont want to end up reading for 3 days straight like i did for d.c. 2

      1. ok well i just finished aeka’s arc and it was worth leaving til last i surpose because ive been in some of these situations the story spoke to me
        over all ild say there is about 30 hours for all 3 arcs

        well worth the time of reading
        my only complaint is the damn h scenes they are too long and detract from the story i ended up skipping through them

        guess ill move onto cross channel after i have a 1-2 days break from VNs

  17. Just amazing. While the mid part of Kirimiya’s route agrevated me, as it just seemed to be badly written, the other aspects were just a joy to experience. It was even difficult to complete one route and move on to the next because you’d know that it would end sadly for the other 2 heroines. I recommend this game whole-heartedly.

  18. Ok…. another newbie here… tried to figure it out on my own with out bothering people, but what my stuff is doing isnt linning up with others are saying… I downloaded this game, but when i try to open it, I apparently dont have any programs that CAN open it? I got the Daemon tools… but i cant even start up the game to get to that step it seems.

    Plaiz halpz

    (Windows 7)

  19. I tried to download this and I even downloaded Daemon Tools but when I downloaded the first part all that it gave me was an image or something. I have no clue what to do and I’m not at all sure how to work anything. Like I got Katawa Shoujo from rapid share with no problem but…I’m just stuck. Can someone help me please?

  20. I shudnt have played aeka route first TTATT…
    now i cant just leave her alone n pick another girl for the next game TTATT

  21. does someone know if there is a way to save all girls ? i mean you can only get one as girlfriend but is there a way to prevent the bad endings for the other both girls?

    I tryed myself but wathever i do if i manage to help Mikuku or nekoko-chan then aeka everytime trys to kill herself for example.

    The story of the game is realy good ,the graphic styl is not excactly my favorite but nice too , the speakers are like most games very good.I only miss a perfekt ending – looks like your not suposed to be a hero only to be a normal guy (so you can handle only one of the girls at one time).

    If you play one route its dificult to choose another because you know when you help an other girl then the one you saved the first will now messed up and especially aeka and nekoko realy scream out for your help.
    If you play the game and getting no feelings for the girls your realy icecold hearted.

  22. well after reading the comments above, i think this is a good vn and i gonna download it. If anyone can share information about other good vn please let me know 🙂

  23. So, anyone’s having some difficulty with the last part of the download or is it just me? I’m going to give it a few hours trying every so often before calling the link down.

  24. I have the game Downloaded and installed i can hear everything fine but the voices of the characters i cant hear them at all has any1 else had this problem?

  25. i only played Aeka rute but what an eroge
    the story is amazing it made me laugh it made me cry it has a little bit of mystery in has everything
    i really recommend this one and want to play more like it any recommendations?
    i cant say the animation was bad but they could work a little more on the animations/graphic

  26. This game caught my attention when I found it on this site. A nice idea and good introduction, didn’t looked that special, but the good feedback made me download it.

    Now, I just pulled an unintentional all-nighter and completed Aeka’s route in 1 run because I COULDN’T STOP PLAYING, and have to say that this game made me explode in feelings. This visual novel made me feel more emotions and in so many levels than any other VN I ever played. This game just made my whole month valuable only with one of the three routes. I’ll probably wait a bit before trying any of the other two routes, probably wait the \life becoming shit\ flag.

    1. Haha been at that flag before ^_^ The game seems to help alot, although the Mizuki route is a bit…. meh, but still play it since its enjoyable… not as much as Nekoko’s though

  27. ok, so i finally downloaded every piece, and combined them with unrarx. im on lion for mac, so when i double click the .iso file in the YMK folder, it just shows me a bunch of various files. does anyone know what i am supposed to use to run this? please i have heard great praise of this VN, and really want to play it.

  28. Hey there 😀 This game was amazing and tear jerking specially Aeka’s route, but I want to ask if any od you could suggest a eroge game basedin a school too, since I love then 😀 I loved Katawa Shoujo and Hanabira lol School Eroge games are my fave

  29. good evening everybody!

    i read all those great comments about how great this game should be but am not able to even start it..
    though unpacking is not the problem, i already have the folder with all data in it. however, if i click on “yumemiru”.exe it just says “registry error”. do i need anything else to start the game?

    help will be greatly appreciated 🙂

    greez.

    1. I had the same problem at first. You need to use Daemon Tools & mount it. Check the FAQ section on here for the links and instructions.

  30. Only finished Aeka’s route,but I loved it. I didn’t think it was going to get so dark at the end. I’m surprised it was so lengthy. There were a few moments where I thought it was going to head straight to the credits.

  31. The game itself is not that good, but what the hell. Aeka’s route is by far not only the best route in yume miru kusuri but in all visual novels I have played so far.

  32. LOL I spent almost five hours trying to get this to run myself, when I noticed there was a Setup.exe sitting there.
    I had a little rage fit, threw a few things at my wall, bought some paint and patched my wall, threw a couple plates at the street… Yeah.
    Thanks for the game it looks and sounds amazing.

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