Three scientists at the Foundation for Psychiatric Research fail to secure a device they’ve invented, the D.C. Mini, which allows people to record and watch their dreams. A thief uses the device to enter people’s minds, when awake, and distract them with their own dreams and those of others. Chaos ensues. The trio – Chiba, Tokita, and Shima – assisted by a police inspector and by a sprite named Paprika must try to identify the thief as they ward off the thief’s attacks on their own psyches. Dreams, reality, and the movies merge, while characters question the limits of science and the wisdom of Big Brother.
—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
参考翻译：
精神病学研究基金会的三名科学家未能确保他们发明的一种设备——D.C.Mini——的安全，该设备允许人们记录和观看他们的梦。小偷在清醒时使用该设备进入人们的大脑，用自己和他人的梦分散他们的注意力。混乱随之而来。千叶、东田和岛三人在一名警察督察和一名名叫辣椒的精灵的协助下，必须在防止小偷对自己心灵的攻击时，努力识别小偷。梦想、现实和电影融合在一起，而人物则质疑科学的局限性和老大哥的智慧。—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
重点词汇释义：
fail to未能; 使…失望
‘ve(=value engineering)价值工程学; 同“have”
ensues接着发生; 因而产生; ensue的第三人称单数
Chiba奇鲍
try to设法; 试图; 试着
ward off避开，躲开，防止
on their own独立地
psyches灵魂; 心灵; 精神; 心态; psyche的复数
Big Brother老大哥
