Final Impressions: Haiyore! Nyaruko-San

Posted by MedusaS & DarrenW
July 17, 2012

To those who watch this anime,

OH HERE WE GO AGAIN! Be prepared to face the randomness that is Nyarlathotep!

And today, I will be officially ending one of the most funniest and crazy animes in this season, "Haiyore! Nyaruko-San"!

Mahiro Yasaka

So where does all the random stuff begin? Well with a serious horror plot of course! Our main protagonist, Mahiro Yasaka is struggling as he attempts to outrun an out-of-this-world monster.

It manages to corner him, but then is suddenly stabbed by someone and died.

It is then revealed that the person who saved Mahiro was none other than our other main character, the MOST WACKY, FUNNY, ENERGETIC AND CUTE character I have seen in a LONG time. Yes, its Nyarlathotep, or Nyaruko-san.

Main Characters

For those who are asking WHAT? Dafuq is Nyarlathotep? Well, it's a name derived from one of H.P. Lovecraft's works on the Cthulhu Mythos: a shared ficitional universe, of which this anime's original novel writer based the idea from.

OMG WHAT IS THIS
DEVELOPMENT

For those who don't know what the Cthulhu Mythos is (Er, like EVERYONE), think of it as something alien with an aztec feel to it.

So this anime is an adaptation to the mythos, of which the fictional elemental classifications have been all converted into cute anime girls, okay getting a bit weird here.

Now that wasn't too hard to digest is it? I summarized it into about 100 words for you guys.

Yeah, so now we know what angle this anime is going. Alien. OMG.

Anyways, I will try to explain what IS GOING ON. Nyaruko-san is a part of the Space Defence Agency, who has begged her boss to be dispatched to Earth, to protect Mahiro from certain death. There have been other aliens planning on hurting him, which she has to deal with.

FORKS???

And deal with it she DOES. She completely disembowels and rips them wearing a smile on her face. Why she begged for the job was because she fell in love with Mahiro at first sight... and she's also an otaku. An alien as an otaku. (Insert Jackie Chan Meme here)

POKEMON

Anyway, in the second episode, she decides to bring Mahiro to Ry'leh to investigate what was going on and put a stop to it. Of which she did and the plot literally ended in episode 2.

Later in the show, we are introduced to new characters, such as Cthuga, a cute character but has an unrequited lesbian relationship with Nyaruko, and Hastur, also cute and kind and all, but HE'S like liking Mahiro and wants him to make babies together? OMG what sort of progression has this anime developed into?

And also Mahiro's mum whos OKAY with this sort of relationships and behaviours, of which she is some sort of independent mystical monster hunter.

The story goes on and on with sudden plot twists in a single or 2 episode segments, of which normally the resolution would be something that is really lame, but of course funny at the same time.

Most of the "evil-guys" all have the same reason: to destroy the earth........ BECAUSE THEY LOVE EROGE, ANIMES AND MANGA. There's no other way to put it:

Left: MedusaS                           Right: DarrenW

MedusaS

HARUHI REFERENCE

I was quite pleased an displeased at the same time in episode 2, where a lot of the serious scenes with the serious feel going on with it were literally changed into something else with the flick of humour... The action scenes were quite funny and at the same time using some CQC (Close Quarters
Combat) which I don't understand,
and think I don't wish to know further
about as well.

I think anybody would be shocked...

Well of course, if its humour you are looking for, THIS IS IT. This will be one of the most funniest shows this side of the season. Every episode will be able to make you ROFLcopter or LMAO. Of course, thats it you understand the jokes.

Despite the deluded plot structure and random scenes, I guess it can make the cut.

If its ECCHI you are looking for, this is also IT. However it ISN'T Mahiro as the perverted one. ITS NYARUKO.

LIES!!

However, Nyaruko-san would be, in that sense, very different from your other heroines. Not tsundere, very perverted and very dirty minded, random. So only the looks hold, of which isn't her true form either. However of course, she is actually pretty serious about Mahiro as she shows in one of the episodes where she
isn't her usual retarded self.

And another thing. Mahiro and Nyaruko switch bodies at a point in the anime, and MAHIRO FEELS NOTHING FROM BEING IN A GIRL'S BODY? Omg I swear something is abnormal about him.

It also has a very funny OP video which summarizes how the whole anime is going to look like quite well. AND WHO IS THAT VOICE ACTOR WITH THE FUNNY VOICE? Well it's Vanilla from "Yumeiro Patissiere" Can you believe that?

DarrenW

BACK TO THE FUTURE
REFERENCE

Hi guys! Since I also watched this anime, I guess I also have some personal opinions to share.

Bascially, Nyaruko-san is basically a great big mess to me, often confusing because of the large amounts of humour added in to the story which basically makes no sense, but achieves its idea of humour, I guess.

WORKING!! REFERENCE

As a novelist, I can somewhat explain to you what the structure of the plot is like in this anime. When we write fictional stories, we have an introduction, progression, climax and ending. Basically, the parts I don't really admire is the progression. Unfortunately for me, alien animes don't really appeal to my taste. There are quite a lot of things to take in, which the majority of it, I fail to understand. The progression is hence small plots that open and close within one episode, and then the main plot only comes in episode 11 and 12, with the main theme coming in to complement the final idea.

This sort of structure is not bad (Insert Obama Meme here), BUT I have to say that the building up was, admittedly, quite fail, because of the way they tried to fill up everything with humour. As a story builder, the seriousness and epic-ness of your plot is closely related to how much you decide is serious, so if you add in a lot of humour, it breaks down the atmosphere and dissolves the scenes and development, unfortunately.

THE WORLD GOD ONLY KNOWS
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Of course, I commend Haiyore! because, it is an out of this world anime, literally. It is very original and was certainly an anime that made me laugh a lot, compared to the others on my watching list. The final theme is also somewhat significant and a key learning point which I personally think is very important in life.

A lot of things don;t make sense. Why is Hasta like that? Why is Cthuga les? And many many other things. Then again, Dafuq did I just watch?

Try not to hate on us for raging on this particular anime ok? Hahas.

Haiyore! Nyaruko-san was a Spring 2012 anime which premiered on April 9th, 2012. It was fansubbed by Commie, Ahodomo, Hatsuyuki, and Underwater-rori. It is also available in Simulcast on Crunchyroll.

Enjoy being random and losing your sanity. LMAOing
MedusaS & DarrenW
Edited by FayeA