Melty

Melty (メルティ) is a cheerful half-baku half-human girl and the only resident of the Melty Land. She's the titular protagonist of Melty Land Nightmare.

## Appearance

Melty has pale pink-tinted skin and warm pink hair and eyes. She has short hair styled into a pigtail-like fashion, and small ears resembling those of a bear.

She wears a matching pink oversized jumper with a turtle neck and buttons down the middle. She doesn't wear shoes.

## Personality

Melty is a cheerful and caring person, along with being patient, although she seems to get annoyed easily.

## Story

Melty is half-baku and half-human. A baku is a Japanese mythological creature that is said to devour nightmares. She lives on a dream planet called the Melty Land, of which she's the only resident. It appears that the only people who visit the Melty Land are Blue Girl and Tina, though Dango knows about Blue Girl and Melty through a dream, meaning that she has been to the Melty Land at least once before. Additionally, Mikage goes to the Melty Land in Gen'ei AP-Empty Heart, and is implied to have been there a few times before that. However, it's still unknown whether anyone else can visit.

## Relationships

### Blue Girl

Harumaki Gohan has described Melty's relationship with Blue Girl as co-dependent. Blue Girl depends on Melty for emotional support and relief from the stress of her waking life, and Melty depends on Blue Girl for her food source, as she feeds off of her nightmares.

The two of them have spent many nights alone together, and while Blue Girl always seems to forget about Melty after she wakes up, they are very close in the dream world. However, the more Melty supports Blue Girl, the less nightmares she has, which will eventually lead to Melty starving.

### Tina

Tina and Melty are very good friends. Though the two of them live in different dreamlands, it seems they are able to travel between their worlds via a tunnel, as shown in this animation. Harumaki Gohan often draws them together, whether it's hanging out in the Melty Land together or doing comedic things such as having a lightsaber battle.

In the Neo Dream Traveler artbook, Dango implies that Blue Girl is jealous of Tina's proximity to Melty.

## Trivia

* There's no day and night in the Melty Land, so Melty gathered a bunch of stones and placed them near a tall tower to make a clock. She keeps track of time based on when Blue Girl visits her.
* According to the Neo Dream Traveler artbook, the character Melty has existed since before Harumaki Gohan became a musician.
	+ Her early character design apparently incorporated not only pink, but blue and yellow as well. When Harumaki Gohan decided to make her only pink, he incorporated the blue and yellow into Seventina.
* She looks similar to Nana, which lead some fans in the early days to speculate that they are the same person. It was later revealed in the Futari No Ketsuron live that the Melty Land exists in the same universe as Futari No, which means Melty and Nana are not the same person.
	+ This was exacerbated by the fact that it was difficult for viewers to discern Nana's colour palette due to the lighting in Saikai. Some people were under the impression that her hair was pink, which only made her seem even more similar to Melty.
	+ Additionally, in this animation, the animation of Melty flying through a tunnel into the world of Seventina looks extremely similar to Nana and Lili falling in Saikai. However, this was possibly done on purpose by Harumaki Gohan as a joke to fool people who still thought they were the same person, seeing as how Melty is drawn in an angle that makes it look as if she's falling and a white light appears below her as she nears the end.
	+ It was made even worse when fans more familiar with the artbook canon realized that Lili resembles Tina much more than Blue Girl, as Melty and Tina are best friends.

## Gallery

A drawing of Melty wearing winter clothes.[1]A sketch of Melty guarding a giant lollipop from a group of children to celebrate Halloween.[2]Melty holding a giant sword.[3]Melty holding a Christmas tree.[4]Final Boss Melty. It seems that Harumaki Gohan draws these for fun.[5]Melty sitting in a platform with Hina Dolls to celebrate Hinamatsuri.[6]Commemoration drawing for 200,000 subscribers on Youtube.[7]Sketch of Melty to celebrate Melty Land Nightmare's first anniversary.[8]Drawing of Melty and Tina.[9]Melty and Tina taking photos together in the Melty Land.[10]Melty and Tina trying on maid outfits in the Melty Land.[11]Tina and Melty celebrating New Year. Melty is holding a mallet to pound mochi with.[12]Melty and Blue Girl celebrating the release of Unreal Life, a video game that Harumaki Gohan contributed to.[13]Melty playing rhythm games in the Melty Land, celebrating Melty Land Nightmare being added to CHUNITHM.[14]Melty with Stage Sekai Miku from Project Sekai, celebrating Melty Land Nightmare being added to the game.[15]Melty and Tina having a lightsaber battle.[16]Commemoration art for 80,000 followers on both Youtube and Twitter, featuring Melty.[17]Commemoration drawing for 100,000 followers on Twitter.[18]A drawing to celebrate Harumaki Gohan's 6th anniversary.[19]A drawing of Melty and Blue Girl, along with other characters.[20]Melty and Tina having a snowball fight.[21]A smartphone wallpaper of Melty and Blue Girl holding hands.[22]A short animation to celebrate Melty Land Nightmare's 1 million views on Niconico and 3 million views on Youtube.[23]A drawing of Melty to celebrate New Year.[24]Art of Melty celebrating 50,000 followers on Twitter.[25]A sketch of Melty watching TV in the Melty Land.[26]Muffler Towel featuring Neo Dream Traveler characters.[27]Melty wearing a Melty T-shirt.[28]Melty wearing an Aster rubber band.[29]Melty Land Nightmare and Dreamless Dreams Popsockets.[30]Muffler Towel featuring Neo Dream Traveler characters.[31]Tina showcasing Melty and Tina Keychains.[32]Melty and Tina Keychain.[33]Close-up of the Melty Keychain.Image of Melty with a thoughtful expression, featured on the Neo Dream Traveler website.[34]Drawing of Chef Melty and Drink-kun(s) for the cafe collaboration "Gohan Kitchen Shimokitazawa".[35][36]Three smiling Meltys. Part of the Melty Land Nightmare LINE sticker set.[37]Unused roughs of the Melty Land Nightmare LINE sticker set.[38][39]Melting Melty.Melty ball.A drawing featuring some Neo Dream Traveler characters to celebrate Harumaki Gohan's 7th anniversary.[40]Hoodie design featuring Melty, Drink-kun, Tina, Lili, Macaron and Nana.[41]A picture of the "mascots" of all producers who participated in the Chimera album.[42]Art featuring Melty, drawn by Iyowa.[43]Merch featuring Melty and Kurari.[44]A drawing to celebrate Happy New Year 2022.[45]A drawing of all characters to celebrate Harumaki Gohan's 8th anniversary.[46]A poster for the Harumaki Gohan x Magic Spice collab.[47]A exclusive badge featuring Melty and Blue Girl sold for the Harumaki Gohan x Magic Spice Collab. [48]A plate made for the Harumaki Gohan x Magic Spice collab.[49]Doodles of Melty and Tina. [50]Commemoration art for 10 million views on Melty Land Nightmare.[51]A drawing to celebrate Happy New Year 2023.[52]A drawing to celebrate Harumaki Gohan's 9th anniversary.[53]Official goods for the "Second Star Watching Party".[54]Mug design depicting some characters.[55]A drawing of Melty, featured on Indie Anime Cross X.[56]An official Melty costume that appeared in interviews and events.[57]"The train of the night starts running."[58]