I usually despise harem anime. I feel I should make that clear from the outset, since I'm about to explain just why I loved Nyarko-san so much. Now, there are a few harem anime series I've enjoyed. I love Ranma 1/2, one of the originators of the genre, though I'll concede that after a while it got tiresome. I also really enjoyed the first season of To Love-Ru, but that's mostly because the harem stuff was balanced out by quality fanservice, great character designs, clever slapstick, sheer weirdness and the author and staff's apparent fetish for completely gratuitous tentacle scenes, a fetish that I cheerfully admit that I share. Most other harem anime can take a flying jump as far as I'm concerned. I've gotten so sick of seeing the same cliches used over and over the Bad Girl and the Polite Upper-Class Girl have a rivalry, there's a Loli Girl with a not-at-all-creepy crush on the Main Guy, the inevitable cooking contest, etc. that I usually avoid them like the plague. So why did I decide to give Nyarko-san a chance? Because the premise was too specacularly weird not to check out. So there's this Ordinary Japanese High School Student. His name's Mahiro, and he's voiced by Eri Kitamura Madoka Magica's Sayaka Miki! Yes, really!. Some hideous demon thing chases him and corners him in an alley... and then gets brutally bludgeoned to death by a silver-haired girl armed with what appears to be a crowbar. She introduces herself as Nyarlathotep, "the chaos that crawls up to you with a smile!" Cue insanely infectious opening credits. Un! Nyan! Un! Nyan! Un! Nyan! Let's NYAN! Yes, she means that Nyarlathotep, as in Lovecraft's Elder God. Turns out all the horrifying beings Lovecraft wrote about were based on visiting aliens who came to Earth to try to experience human culture... Apparently our movies, TV, and games particularly porn and otaku bait are a hot commodity in the worlds beyond. This particular Nyarlathian, "Nyarko", is a hopeless fan of mecha anime and toku shows responding to one that's basically Kamen Rider in all but name "GASP! A Kurogane no Striver BLU-RAY BOX! And it comes with a limited edition figure!" Kana Asumi's delivery of this line cracks me up every time. It's something about the way she says "BLU-RAY BOX", I swear it's hilarious. As a satire of moe-anthropomorphosism, this is already pretty great. We've turned nearly everything else into doe-eyed anime beauties, why not Elder Gods? But what drew me into Nyarko-san even further than that was its cheerful eagerness to make fun of itself and the harem genre, taking pains to point out how contrived everything is. Nyarko's initial explanation of her origins gets fast-forwarded by the main character, who just wants to get on with it already. Mahiro's a veritable fourth-wall-breaking machine, never failing to point out when the plot isn't making a lick of sense. Something else refreshing about Mahiro finally, finally we get a male character in a harem anime that isn't a dithering, indecisive moron when it comes to women. Mahiro knows almost from the outset that despite Nyarko's cute, bubbly, teenage exterior, there's an indescribably hideous alien underneath, so sleeping with her would almost certainly be a very bad thing. This actually gives him a reason for the dusty old "constantly brush off the would-be love interest" trope. Whenever Nyarko gets too gropey, he stabs her with a fork... which becomes a running gag. I might be completely failing to do justice to this series. Repeatedly stabbing a lovestruck teenage girl or something that looks like a lovestruck teenage girl with a fork is bound to turn some people right off this show, but for me it's a breath of fresh air. Most harem anime are rigidly locked into a formula established decades ago... Nyarko-san takes the formula and smashes it with a crowbar, excuse me, "unspeakable bar-like thing". It's gleefully weird and insane, it's surprisingly cute at times, it's filled to bursting with references to anime and toku, and it pretty much never takes itself seriously. Oh yeah, and the writers obviously really, really know their Lovecraft... if you know what to look for, it's surprisingly faithful to the mythos, and little nods to it show up everywhere the best of which might be the "Cola of Cthulu" Nyarko is seen drinking in one of the eyecatches, though the depiction of the Sunken City of R'lyeh as an equivalent to Disneyworld is also pretty genius... "Look! It's Mickey Innesmouth!" So, in conclusion most harem anime are garbage. This is one of the rare ones that at least attempts to do something different, and for the most part it succeeds wonderfully at that. I eagerly look forward to the upcoming second season. - FringeBenefitsSerilanjutan dari Haiyore! Nyaruko-san. Bercerita seputar Nyaruko, seorang Nyarlanthotep yang berjuang melindungi Bumi dari Dewa Cthulhu. Ia jatuh cinta dengan manusia bernama Yasaka Mahiro, yang kehidupan tenangnya diganggu oleh kedatangan Nyaruko dan teman-temannya yang kocak.
Nyaruko still wants Mahiro, as does Hasuta. Kko wants Nyaruko, but believes that neither Nyaruko and Mahiro’s “first time” are part of him. Yoriko is accompanies it all and runs the house they live. Mahiro just wants to get some help. He doesn’t want to be a loving toy of a Nyarlathotepan, a Cthughan, or of a gun-like Hasturan. She may hold off or not. Cthuko Full character name Cthuko / Cthuko クー子 The Cthuko another alien species is a friend of Nyaruko’s childhood at kindergarten and elementary school. Instead of thinking of Nyaruko as her enemy because they’re different species, and both Cthuko and Nyarlotephian are enemies, she loves her deeply. Kuko is usually quiet and often irritates. Because of her love of sports, Nyaruko calls her “NEET”. Later in the second season, she starts to like Mahiro much because he played with her with the fact that she is engaged to him and she won’t marry her cousin. Cthuko Voice Actor Language Matsuki, Miyu Japanese Chae, Ui Jin Korean Lobo, Marysol Spanish Hasuta Full character name Hasuta / Hasuta ハス太 A Hastur Alian species who studied Space enthrall and Chtuko and studied with the same space enigma. Hastur is true, although he appeared to be a child. Nyaruko and Cthuko call him “Hasutakun”. He has the air power, and is known to be stronger than Nyaruko and Cthuko both, since he always stood out in space school. Hastur is one of the earliest of its kind, as opposed to the term “Istur The Enigma” which means Hastur, that is is the word “He who is the deity of the wind”. Both are from the Cthulhu Mythos. In season 1, he says to Mahiro he loves him and when Mahiro says they both are boys, Hasuta replies by saying that he fell in love was just a boy. Mahiro somehow dodges his confession by saying that the world is 25 million years old and the same thing happens again after 25 million years, so that Mahiro says that he’ll accept him as his lover in the next cycle to which Hasuta has also agreed. He appears to be very obsessive if he is at any moment. Hasuta is transforming to a stronger and old man. After the third episode of the Second season, it is proved that he is very scared during his transformation. Hasuta Voice Actor Language Seki, Tomokazu Japanese Kugimiya, Rie Japanese Delint, Alejandra Spanish Nyaruko Full character name Nyaruko / Nyaruko ニャル子 Nyathi iyang, who has joined forces to protect Mahiro. Nyarlko has a bright personality, because she always is seen as happy and rarely down. She likes anime, manga, games and superheroes. She perverted thoughts that always revolve around Mahiro, whom she loves deeply. She claims she was like at first sight also. You’re brutal when fighting, but she’s despite his bright personality. Nyaruko Voice Actor Language Asumi, Kana Japanese Soyeon Korean Ponzanelli, Valca Spanish Yasaka, Mahiro Full character name Yasaka, Mahiro / Mahiro Yasaka 八坂 真尋 Sometimes, he always hates close contact with Nyaruko and often stabs her with a fork. Since it’s a parody anime, Mahiro is a tsundere. Normally tsunderes would be female characters. It is shown that Mahiro dislikes Nyaruko, but prefers to feel aggressive. At the end of the series in Haiyore! Nyaruko-san F OVA Episode, when Nyaruko is about to lose all her memories she says that even if she loses all her memories she won’t forget Mahiro’s feelings. That made Mahiro a cry and accepted her and her own feelings. She kisses her and asks her if she means that, for which she promises she won’t. He kissed again and then returned back to normal life. However, neither of them had much memory of the events that happened that day. The next day she kisses him in class which ends the episode. Yasaka, Mahiro Voice Actor Language Kitamura, Eri Japanese Lee, Ju Chang Korean Cthune Full character name Cthune / Cthune クー音 Kuuko’s distant cousin and a Cthugha, who is sent to Mahiro’s residence to supervise him, have a huge crush on him. She’s also a Kuuko was young, she tricked him into saying she wants to marry Kuune sometime in the future, while Kuune recorded it and played it to the whole school. Cthune Voice Actor Language Yuzuki, Ryouka Japanese Rojo, Ellie Spanish Isuka Full character name Isuka / Isuka イス香 A member of the Yithish community who borrows Kurei Tamao’s body temporarily. She then gives herself a stuffed animal. Isuka Voice Actor Language Arai, Satomi Japanese Jistone, Luhy Full character name Jistone, Luhy / Luhy Jistone ルーヒー・ジストーン She was a Cthulhi known as the star-spawn of Cthulhu who worked in the company Cthulhu, a space company that produces video and other entertainment rivals that of CCE till a serious issue emerged. She runs a Takoyaki business now. Jistone, Luhy Voice Actor Language Kouda, Mariko Japanese Menchaca, Luz Spanish Kurei, Tamao Full character name Kurei, Tamao / Tamao Kurei 暮井 珠緒 Another classmate of Mahiro’s. She is a member of the school’s newspaper club and is very noisy. She’s also known as a “Walking Speaker”, and uses the word “doinging” to gossip and ask questions as reports indicate. Tamao is a close friend of Nyaruko’s, or, often, she advises how to get Mahiro hers. She sacked on Mahiro, but resigned, even after Nyaruko made his appearance, and said she didn’t have much money to win her. Kurei, Tamao Voice Actor Language Ootsubo, Yuka Japanese Verduzco, Iarel Spanish Maid Full character name Maid / Maid メイド Maid Voice Actor Language Shibuya, Azuki Japanese Shantak-kun Full character name Shantak-kun / Shantak-kun シャンタッ君 Nyaruko’s pet. Female chariots are yongyama monsters of the mythos of Cthulhu each and a species with a feather and a bat’s wing with a different form of creatures such as horses and the animals. They can become different types of mammals and transform into different vehicles. According to Nyaruko, shantak eggs are a very valuable and expensive food in space, despite Mahiro being never able to eat them. Nyaruko arrived on earth by taking spaceship that is more than Shantak-kun. Shantak-kun Voice Actor Language Arai, Satomi Japanese Aguilar, Montserrat Spanish Tsuruko Full character name Tsuruko / Tsuruko ツル子 The foreign doujinshi author is known for her novel about Mahiro, whose main characters have become famous in space because of his fiction. She hasn’t yet met him. He came to Earth as a way of meeting him. However, as he grew up, his hopes have somehow stopped fading. Tsuruko Voice Actor Language Yamakita, Saki Japanese Villa, Angélica Spanish Uketsuke, Musume Full character name Uketsuke, Musume / Musume Uketsuke 受付娘 Uketsuke, Musume Voice Actor Language Kubota, Miyu Japanese Yasaka, Yoriko Full character name Yasaka, Yoriko / Yoriko Yasaka 八坂 頼子 Mahiro’s mother, who works part-time as a foxeye hunter. She is a trained fighter and an avid gamer; she also uses a common dining fork as her throwing weapon. Yasaka, Yoriko Voice Actor Language Hisakawa, Aya Japanese Yoichi, Takehiko Full character name Yoichi, Takehiko / Takehiko Yoichi 余市 健彦 A classmate of Mahiro’s and best friend. Yoichi, Takehiko Voice Actor Language Hatano, Wataru Japanese Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W episodes description Episode 1Attack on Evil Deity Japanese name N/A A summary is not yet available. Episode 2Celaeno Library War Japanese name N/A A summary is not yet available. Episode 3Super Deity Apocalypse Japanese name N/A A summary is not yet available. Episode 4Talent at Love Japanese name N/A A summary is not yet available. Episode 5Say It Isn’t So, Kuuko Japanese name N/A A summary is not yet available. Episode 6I’ll Try to Act it Out Japanese name N/A A summary is not yet available. Episode 7Color the Pool Red with Blood Japanese name N/A A summary is not yet available. Episode 8A Little Love Song Japanese name N/A A summary is not yet available. Episode 9High School of the Heat Japanese name N/A A summary is not yet available. Episode 10Yuggoth Attacks! Japanese name N/A A summary is not yet available. Episode 11A Certain Camp’s Haunted House Japanese name N/A A summary is not yet available. Episode 12Good-bye, Nyarko-san W Japanese name N/A A summary is not yet available. Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W Anime Stuff AlternativeTitles Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W English Nyaruko Crawling With Love! Second Season German Nyarko-san Another Crawling Chaos W French Nyarko-san Another Crawling Chaos W Synonyms Haiyore! Nyaruko-san 2; Haiyoru! Nyaruko-san 2; Nyarko-san Another Crawling Chaos W Japanese 這いよれ！ニャル子さん W Type TV Episodes 12 Status Finished Airing Aired Apr 8, 2013 to Jul 1, 2013 Premiered Spring 2013 Broadcast Sundays at 0105 JST Producers Avex Entertainment, Sotsu, DIVE II Entertainment Licensors NIS America, Inc. Studios Xebec Source Light novel Genres Comedy, Sci-Fi Theme Parody Duration 24 min. per ep. Rating PG-13 – Teens 13 or older
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