Mahiro Yasaka is just an ordinary high school student, until one day he is suddenly attacked by a dangerous monster. Just when everything seems to be lost, he is saved by a silver-haired girl named Nyaruko, who claims to be the shape-shifting deity Nyarlathotep from horror author H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, sent by the Space Defense Agency to Earth. She explains to Mahiro that the creature chasing him was an alien called Nightgaunt, who had planned on abducting and selling him as a slave.
After rescuing him from the alien, the Lovecraftian deity falls madly in love with Mahiro and forces herself into his household, much to his chagrin. Moreover, they are soon joined by two others from the fictional universe: Cthuko, a girl obsessed with Nyaruko, and Hasuta, a young boy easily mistaken for a beautiful female. Together, the three eccentric aliens protect Mahiro from the various extraterrestrial dangers that threaten both his and Earth's well-being, all the while making his life a living hell.
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Veronin
In an age where media is thriving and the economy is stagnating and slowing to a crawl there’s often the question of product quality versus a more cost-effective approach. This holds especially true for the anime industry where the bulk of the paying audience are exploitable and easy to profit from. There's a sizable amount of anime where a certain degree of integrity and quality is held over the potential of large sales numbers and, conversely, there are shows where quality is disregarded and instead replaced by a number of efficient pandering methods. Unfortunately, Haiyore Nyaruko-san is one of the latter. The anime takes placein a world where deities of the Cthulhu Mythos are secretly wreaking havoc on Earth, often having their horrifying appearance and demeanor replaced by that of a cute teenage girl... or boy. After the titular Nyarlathotep arrives on Earth to save Mahiro from a sudden alien attack, she chooses to stay at his house after deciding that she loves him. This, of course, confuses our dear protagonist and gives precedence to his tsundere behavior.
As the episodes pass more deities begin to work their way into Mahiro's treasured and so-claimed "normal life". The first of which is Cthuko, a twintailed and obsessive bisexual incessantly chasing after Nyaruko and her body much like Nyaruko does with Mahiro. Hastur also makes an appearance, a young boy who looks very much like a girl and frequently causes confusion to Mahiro as a result of that. Other characters include Mahiro's mother, secretely working as a deity hunter, and Ghutatan, another deity in the form of a small girl that joins in on the shenanigans for the final two episodes.
Calling any of these characters interesting would be a gross overstatement.
These are one-dimensional and stereotypical archetypes that do little except fulfilling the audience's penchant for attractive young girls. Most of the interaction between them revolves around the same repeated jokes and situations, used again and again with not a single care for change. Nyaruko will behave in a forcefully lewd manner towards Mahiro, often involving sudden kisses or talks of marriage, and then he'll become angry and stab her with a fork. Cthuko will go on to do most of the same towards Nyaruko and she'll push him away because of her love towards Mahiro. After seeing this interaction repeated for the nth time it becomes incredibly stale and tiring. It really makes evident that there is nothing going for the characters besides their physical appeal, and Xebec frequently exploits that and uses it as its way to catch an audience.
In between all the awful character interaction there's an abundance of superfluous otaku references. These include dozens upon dozens of titles such as Back to the Future, Ichigo Mashimaro, Ashita no Joe, Denpa Onna, and Haruhi. Now, references to other anime can be amusing and add to the comedic value when they're implemented well but that's very far from being the case here. There aren't just a few thrown in during each individual episode, but rather dozens of times in each, sometimes flipping from one reference to another in the span of about 15 seconds. There's no transition and little context, they just happen. Repeatedly. What's most shameful isn't necessarily how bad or annoying these references can be, but that Xebec has apparently decided that comedy isn't even relevant as long as you make piles of references towards shows that the audience may have enjoyed.
There's a point where it becomes funny and then there is a point where it just devolves into frustration and pandering. The occasional anime reference can be quite nice, but in Nyaruko-san it does nothing but infuriate and make watching the series an arduous experience due to their superfluous usage. Haiyore! Nyaruko-san is an anime that has about all the comedic sophistication of Hannah Montana and Meet the Spartans.
For an anime that is constantly parodying other series and their tropes, it really makes you wonder when the same cliches and issues are present in the show itself. Harem members suddenly "transfer" into the same classroom as the protagonist, characters decide to neglect their duties to go on a trip to the beach, the protagonist and main heroine (mistakenly) bodyswap with eachother, and people walk in during inopportune moments and misunderstandings follow as a result. There's a glaring amount of cliches and, sadly, these are mostly important or genuine aspects of the series rather than simple parodies or references. If you're looking for anything unique or original in that regard then you are most definitely not going to find what you want here.
The only thing to set this series apart from any other bad harem anime is the addition of the Cthulhu Mythos, but even this is mostly made irrelevant by how the story and deities are changed and bastardized from their Lovecraftian counterparts. It's an element that seems unique and interesting at the start of the series but it quickly fades from prominence in favor of fanservice and otaku references. A pretty unfortunate fact considering the rich amount of content and depth found in the Mythos. Much more value than in this anime, anyway.
Oddly enough, the series is actually bearable during the rare dramatic moments. When the terrible character dynamic is put aside and Mahiro and Nyaruko think about how much they really like eachother, it can actually be somewhat heartwarming and the characters can almost verge on being likable. It's just unfortunate that these moments can't even be counted with a full hand.
Another minor positive can be attributed to the art. While the budget is modest and the animation quality is passable at best, the vibrant art style and color palette makes the show a lot more pleasing to look at than most. It's refreshing to see something that actually contains color when the majority of anime instead rely on dull hues of grey, brown, or blue. That said, you can polish a piece of trash, but it will always remain nothing more than trash.
It's hard to determine just where this series went wrong. Perhaps the concept of the series was already flawed and doomed to failure, but a large amount of the blame can be shifted towards the studio and their insistence on pandering over quality. For people that are simply looking for a show that they can watch while turning their brains off, this is a poor but not quite terrible choice. For the people who want something more in their entertainment that extends beyond aimless fanservice and otaku exploitation, Haiyore Nyaruko-san is an insulting series with any inherent value or amusing moments being next to nil.
Somehow I think Cthulhu monsters might be less frightening than Haiyore Nyaruko-san.
Kyuutoryuu
I really don't get why this anime gets so many bad reviews. Actually, I do. Haiyore! Nyaruko-san is the epitome of a plot-less anime, with the absence of "true" romance, conflicts, or any character goals. This makes Nyaruko-san very polar; you either love this kind of random comedy, or hate it. And I happen to love it. It is such a relaxing, fun anime to watch, something you can enjoy without having to focus too hard on picking up the details. The core of the anime is based around light parody comedy, while throwing in a TON of references. This anime has so many references tovideo games, TV shows, anime, etc. that you won't catch them all. And of course, it's very enjoyable when you do understand one. All of the characters are very likable, allowing viewers to easily become attached to them.
This anime never takes itself seriously, and you shouldn't either. It has no problem creating plot holes, turning a tense situation into a joke, or breaking the fourth wall. By definition, Nyaruko-san does everything that would make an anime bad; but because it does it purposely, and pulls it off so well while giving you a great laugh, you can't help but enjoy it.
A mix of To-Love Ru's supernatural & Lucky Star's comedy, Haiyore! Nyaruko-san does everything that caters to fans of those anime, while still presenting refreshing ideas. A high recommendation for fans of those genres.
Vylash
Comedy...it is very subjective, whether or not you consider a show to be funny or not simply depends on you, I think that mindset sums up Haiyore! Nyaruko-san perfectly. This show is about a young high school boy (I know, I know) named Mahiro Yasaka, he lives an ordinary life until one day he is attacked by a demon and saved by a young alien girl by the name of Nyarlko. Afterwards she confesses her love for him and well we get a stereotypical "hijinks ensues" plot for the rest of the show. The main focus is Mahiro fending off Nyarlko's constant advances (which as kindof refreshing, it's usually the other way around) We get introduced to a few entertaining characters, Cthuko, a alien girl who is in love with Nyarlko and constantly tried to keep her apart from Mahiro, even threatening to burn him into ash at one point. Hastur, a trap who is in love with Mahiro and constantly vies for his affection.
The art and sound aren't necessarily bad, but they're not anything you'd remember all that much, doubt any of you are on the edge of your seats for the Nyarlko Original Soundtrack, one thing I will say is the opening is stupidly good, check it out on youtube if you have a chance, amazingly addictive.
The characters are the main selling point of the show, the interactions between all of the different characters and the situations they find themselves in are just priceless, but as I said before, this is purely subjective.
Enjoyment is either very high or very low depending on whether you fall into the niche of this particular show. It's moe, It's ecchi, it's comedy, and it's satire, if these don't appeal to you then you simply will not like this show.
Overall I give this show an 8 out of 10. It's a hilarious show with a nice cast of characters that interact with each other in hilarious ways, it might not be for you, the plot might put you off, but give it the old 3 episode rule and you might find another show to add to your list!
DolbyThX
This will is more sort of a warning than it is a review. The anime itself has nothing original to itself. There is no plot or I just forgot it. The anime itself does not even care. This is a comedy anime, I know, but the comedy aspect could be better. It is FULL of references and nothing out of their own creation. Even tho I know for sure I could not catch about 80% of the references, you can just tell they just didnt do it themselves. I just think it is too much of a multi-parody, and it never stops. I'm sorry if you thinkthis is not helpful or that I just straight up hate on the anime. I don't hate on comedies, specially if they make me laugh. But this was too much greed. "Easy money".
WhiteQueenKurumi
I really Like the anime Haiyore Nyaruko-San because its shows the beings From Different World can Get along with Each Other and Becomes Friends As well, I Love the part where they Show the characters Being Interested in Games,Anime,Novels, and Showing Akihabara-being the Center of Anime Goods and Stuff the anime Have Really Nice Design For each character
Gorbash
Quick and dirty review time! Really, they tote this as a Cthulhu Mythos based anime, but the only connection to the mythos I know is a couple names of ancient psychic outer god alien beings slapped onto teenager characters who are some kind of space cop aliens living on earth, thats about it. Beyond that, a handful of references and a couple gags relating to the dice and paper RPG are all that tie this into the mythos at all. It's funny, kind of twisted, but overall nothing special, yet another cute romantic comedy with a harem theme based around a normal everyday teenage boy whois pulled into a fantastic situation that results in him being involved with cute girls that all end up part of his daily life in some way for the rest of the show. Also, like most harem anime, he is some kind of super being with a freakish level of willpower, just like the main character of every damn harem anime, because he refuses to give into his desires and have any kind of intimate contact with any of the multiple very attractive women literally climbing naked into his bed at every opportunity. I swear Japan has the weirdest ideas about teenage boys and the kind of restraint they are capable of. Inhuman. These kids could put Buddhist monks to shame.
But yah, the jokes here are a little more to my liking than most being somewhat more "edgy" than your average fan service driven romantic comedy. It's one of the first to have a very well integrated gay theme on the harem side of things that gets actual consideration rather than just being a joke character thats immediately shot, beaten, or thrown out the moment they show up and make a pass at the male lead. This one gets some cute awkward "what if" moments and generally gets as much care and attention from the main character as the female options. Overall, worth watching I would say.
MentalSyndrome
Uu~! Nyaa~! Uu~! Nyaa~! Uu~! Nyaa~! (dun-dun-da-dunn) Let's Nyaa~! Er-herm....First off I just want emphasize that the nature of the show makes reviewing it difficult. Enjoyment of it is highly subjective to the viewer so please take that into account. Haiyore! Nyaruko-san is a comedic parody on a rampage. It's essentially the epitome of mindless entertainment with consistent gags, references, and over-used humor. It has a very clear audience: people with significant history and interest in anime. Outside of this group, the quality of show will likely be lost. With humor also being a subjective quality, appreciation (or lack thereof) of Haiyore varies from person toperson, so it's not for everyone. This is a show geared towards those with more extensive histories in anime due to the sheer volume of references crammed into each episode. Personally, I don't have that great a history and many of these blew right past me. That said, almost everything is constructed from parody, meaning that aside from the characters themselves and the basic plot line, there is almost no original content within Haiyore. You could even go as far to saying figuring out all of the references in each episode is a game since there are so many. I believe there are several dozen in the first episode alone.
What little story there is comes from the Cthulhu Mythos written by H. P. Lovecraft. The various events that take place loosely stem from the various deities portrayed within the Mythos. I have not read these stories so I cannot comment on how connected they really are, however. Little focus is placed on the story but it serves as possibly the only thing to keep the events from rocketing off into deep space.
The characters are what makes the show entertaining. Despite a lack of significant development, each have defined personalities which promote the wacky humor present in Haiyore. The story's hero, Mahiro Yasaka, appears to be an ordinary school boy but is thrown into a chaotic situation. Forcibly placing herself beside him is the extremely energetic and upbeat Nyarlathotep ("Nyaruko"). She one of the many "Great Ones" from the Mythos sent to protect Mahiro, though there are ulterior motives behind her appearance. Think of the two of them as a parody on the generic romance genre relationships, but with insanity thrown in. To top of the trio of main characters is Cthuko ("Kuuko Cthugha"). Sworn enemy of Nyaruko by virtue of their heritage, she is beyond smitten with her, much to Nyaruko's displeasure. Though these characters don't develop much, they are enjoyable by virtue of their various antics.
With little focus on the development of story and characters, the artwork and audio received more attention. The artwork is appealing and smooth throughout, with scenery covering a vast range of areas. I wont say where though, that would spoil some of the fun. Each of the main characters has a defining design, well except for Mahiro since he's just an ordinary boy. With aliens present, expect some funky looking characters scattered about, but they're nothing displeasing. I enjoyed how they designed each character and animated them. The audio keeps pace with the non-serious nature of the show, though remains appropriate for each situation. I greatly enjoyed the opening song as well, if you can't tell with the start of this review. I have no qualms with the visual/audio aspects.
If you're looking for a one word summation of Haiyore, it would have to be chaos. Chaotic turns are everywhere. Haiyore is meant to be watched with your brain turned off. It's nothing amazing and enjoyment ranges dramatically from person-to-person. If you're someone who enjoys gag-related humor, parodies of shows you've previously watched, and nonsensical progression, you fit right into the niche of Haiyore. If you fall outside this niche, I would be hesitant to watch it as you'll likely miss where the entertainment value is coming from.
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SkyNoHoshi
Mythology. Something that you don’t see everyday in anime. But I came across it in so many places, hence I would give it a try. Well, before I watched the anime, I always replayed its opening song because it was awesome. The anime, produced by XEBEC, starts with the meeting between Mahiro, a normal high school boy, and Nyaruko, a Nyarlathotepian (or alien). She was sent into Earth by an organisation to protect Mahiro from aliens that lurked in this planet. As it progresses, more characters are introduced, be it with the pair or against them. The story has some funny moments. You ain’t looking at anordinary heroine, but a crazy one. The one who obsess with anime and manga, not as someone who is serious to follow commands. That makes the anime good, in the sense of comedy. Fan-service is spread in these twelve episodes and they are not very excessive.
With mythology as a theme to the story, there isn't really much talk about myths. Don’t expect a lengthy explanation about each creatures, otherwise go to Wikipedia and do your own research.
There are quite a number of battles, meaning good potential action. I would say that most of them are interesting. The rest fell short for its repetition. Even after a few episodes, the story’s quality started to decline for its low action but again peaked again after a while.
There are a lot of references, mostly coming from anime and manga. I managed to pick a few but I didn’t care much. There is some romance too, which isn’t fully developed. Think of it as one-way. I actually think there’s a harem Mahiro has. hehe…
Sometimes, drama can seep in, especially the last episode. But usually it can be broken off into comedy, which I am not happy about. Therefore, if you are looking for a serious story, I’m afraid this anime is not for you. I guess it is good for chuckles only.
The characters aren’t very special. Mahiro is someone who doesn’t like a particular person and tries to avoid that person. Nyaruko is someone who wants to be attached to another particular person. This cat-and-mouse relationship has really never changed throughout the story, but there is some development in both characters.
Their other friends are Kuuko, who loves Nyaruko a lot by some weird reason, Hasuta, who looks like a girl but is really a boy, and Kurei, who is the gossiper of their class. Not much character development is seen in these three, but they are adapted to what has been going in.
The art is nice. I find the opening and ending animations very cute. The scenery is good-looking, especially on places where aliens frequent on Earth, as it gives a different look outside the human world. The character designs are well-down and facial expressions can be both cute and nice. I like how the scenes change as a battle is about to start. The action animation is great.
I really can’t stop listening to the opening song the moment I started playing it. It has some nice beats to get your body moving. It sounds like you want to dance. Meanwhile, the ending song has a different approach, and it really bored the heck out of me, honestly. The background music is nice and the voice acting is great. There are certain voice actors recognisable from their other characters, like Nyaruko, who is voiced by Kana, who voices Hinata and Komari.
In the end, I enjoyed it for a while, until the part where there’s little action. I wished it could have gotten better, and if I were to remove these anime and manga references, and change Nyaruko’s personality, I think the anime can be more interesting. I will still watch the second season and see how it goes.
Don’t take this anime too seriously. Watch it and laugh.
(And I don't see any bad reviews at all. About two reviews received a rating of 3 and I totally respect their decision.)
thumpz99
This will be my first true review of any series and I promise not to hold any punches! When I started watching this series I had very high hopes for it. There seemed to be a lot of great possibilities they could have brought into play. Ancient deity, actually an alien, many different aliens, etc... That they ended up following the path they did was bewildering to say the least. I was seriously disappointed in the lack of building up of the main character Mahiro. So little is known about this character by the end of the series - he had great potentialand it was never explored.
What I thought was fantastic about this series is the voice acting of Nyaruko! What a breath of fresh air to have a female lead who is so over the top and so much fun! Her acting alone has made me give this series a higher score than it really deserved.
All in all - it's fun - there's a few laughs here and there (more during the 1st 1/2 of the series) - but you'll forget the story line mere hours after finishing the series.
xtokashx
After watching Scum's Wish, I was placed in a melancholic daze of epic proportions where I almost killed myself. Just kidding. It was a coma not a daze. I needed something light-hearted, silly, mindless, and fun that didn't take itself seriously and also had a happy ending. Haiyore! Nyaruko-san fit the bill perfectly. Season 1 pulled me out of my perpetual melancholic state and had me smiling and laughing again. Then I watched Plastic Memories and got sucked like a Cyclone vacuum cleaner into the void of depression again. But Season 2 of Haiyore! Nyaruko-san bailed me out from the pits of despair yet again. The entireseries has little to no plot and hardly any character development. It revolves around the static traits of the characters and the conflicts they get into with their situations and each other using much satire and parody. It's mindless, brainless, stupid fun with some warm moments thrown in. Mahiro, the male protagonist, probably has the most character "development" if you can call it that. He is perpetually annoyed by Nyaruko's constant advances and confessions throughout the series until the very end where...well just watch it and don't skip the final OVA Haiyore! Nyaruko-san - F.
Season 2 Episode 6 was probably the most heart-felt as Nyaruko does a very serious confession and I was hoping this would give the remaining episodes a little more serious tone (as much as I was enjoying the light-hearted comedy of it all). Nope. But for me the overall series still had a happy and satisfying ending.
If you're looking for something serious then stay away from this one and go watch something like Your Lie In April.
If you like turning off your brain for the sake of comedic laughs, or maybe you need to get out of a funk from being depressed from other gut-wrenching anime, then this might just do the trick as it did for me.
I loved the whole series and highly recommend it!
Lord_Rutsah
Before saying anything about the anime itself let me mention one thing: Good luck getting that opening out of your head. It's been over a year now and I still catch myself humming "I wanna chaos". Ok let us be clear: If you don't know who Lovecraft is, too bad. You might as well stop reading. If you don't like lolis, too bad, you might as well stop reading. If you don't like references well too f$%^ing bad. Stop reading. Nyaruko-san takes the deities of the Cthulhu mythos and turns them into absolutely adorable lolis with questionable motives and morals. You have Nyarlathotep, turning intoNyaruko, our female lead, who obsesses over our male lead, Mahiro, an average highschool boy. Then you have Cthuga, the fire-breathing deity, turned to Cthuko, a bisexual redhead madly (pun intended) in love with Nyaruko and also fancying a bit the protagonist. And lastly, (and let me take a big breath here), we have me, Hastur, the Lord of Carcosa, the Unspeakable One, the Wind of Death, portrayed as (sigh) an adorable blonde trap. Hasuta-kun, who's also in love with the protagonist. So basically you have 3 sex(and not only)-crazed aliens looking like lolis, making a sh£$load of references to pretty much everything, all trying to win over the straight man, Mahiro.
The plot doesn't progress anywhere, nor does it intend to. The anime never takes itself seriously, and just keeps throwing jokes and references at us with an occasional romantic scene between nyaruko and Mahiro. Most episodes are one-shot stories with no connection to each other (other than the occasional reference), usually with an event foreshadowed at the start of the episode which leads to the climax and a gag near the end. Hell, from a point onward we see Mahiro and Nyaruko trying to find the foreshadows so that they know what to expect (yeah, Deadpool-like 4th wall jokes, legions of them).
The animation is pretty good as far as comedies go (hell, maybe even needlessly so) and the design of the aliens is simply too cute (you'll end up loving Nyaruko even if she usually acts like a jerk. The sound is also surprisingly ok, with the voice actors being surprisingly not annoying when they're doing almost-intentionally-annoying voices (still can't figure that out, nyaruko's voice for example should definitely be annoying and yet it isn't).
Reasons to watch:
1)Plenty of brain-cell-killing humor.
2)If you like the Cthulhu Mythos it's a must.
3)References and more references and more references.
4)The art is incredibly cute for the girls and the trap.
5)It's a harem (kinda) anime without tsundere characters.
6)Rediculously catchy opening songs for both the original series and W.
7)Surprisingly romantic scenes thrown here and there.
Reasons not to watch:
1)They displayed me as a trap (write my name in reverse)...
martver
My opinion about this anime is that the male main character should be more honest about his feelings for Nyarko, besides that it's good and i love Nyarko's voice... the way she speak makes my day ^_^, after the third episode i noticed alot of similarites from other animes, one girl attached to the male and another girl attached to the girl who's attached to the male and a love triangle begins. I recommend this anime to people who's after a good laugh and ecchi moments and action at same time, some few few few love moments...
ratedR7585
This is based on the show as a whole instead of just the first aeason Episodes - 24 episodes throughout 2 seasons (and a bunch of OVA episodes) Genres - Comedy, Parody, Sci-Fi, Harem, Romance What I Liked about the show - Character1 - I loved the comedy/Parody from Nyaruko and she was cute
Enjoyment
1 - I couldn't go a episode without laughing because I found this funny
What I Disliked about the show -
Character
1 - I found the character of Hastur was so annoying throughout the whole series
Favourite Character - My favourite character from the show is Nyaruko, she was my favourite character because I loved the comedy from her and the parodies from her as well
Overall - 8/10
ratchet573
Date: June 25, 2012 Subject: Prisoner #90210 Ratchet Notes: Subject of test was put in a room and subjected to Haiyore! Nyaruko-san. Subject was then told to give his thoughts. The following is a transcript of his thoughts on this anime. Purpose: To understand why anime of the “Harem” genre turn him into a raging lunatic. The results will be used to decide in what sector of the asylum to place him. Transcript: I can’t believe I just sat through twelve episodes of this underwhelming, clichéd, and uninteresting mess of an anime. And it’s not like this anime didn’t have the chance to do something other than be aload of crap. It had an interesting idea in using Lovecraft lore in the plot. In fact, that was the best part of the series was when it embraced its inspiration. But after maybe two episodes of embracing the inspiration, it throws it away and instead has the occasional reference that only fans of Lovecraft could catch. “Hahaha, she mentioned The Rats in the Walls! That’s funny!” Or sometimes it’s more in your face, as if it needs to remind us that this is in no way just a generic piece of crap that has a decent enough idea behind it, but would rather throw that away to fit in with the rest of the harem crowd. “My bikini says Lovecraft! Because you probably forgot this had to do with Lovecraft lore and not tits and sexual references!” If this anime got rid of the Lovecraft references and inspiration and instead replaced it with aliens or demons or anything else from the harem anime genre, it would be the same fucking thing. Way to use the one decent thing you had going for you. Nope, got to get those beach and body swap episodes in instead of doing something new and innovative.
But hey, Haiyore! has cute girls. And that’s the only good thing about this load of smelly squid monster shit. The only reason I kept coming back to watch it was because I was susceptible to the wiles of the adorable Kuuko and Nyarko. And I mean, they aren’t even that great in the character department. But they have good design and I feel bad that I was put under the animators spell. It shows I’m still just a horny little teenaged boy. And of course Kuuko had to be a lesbian which makes things even better. You know, it’s pretty fucking bad when the only thing I can say about this show is: I watched it in the vague hope of seeing Kuuko make out with Nyarko.
I mean, this anime, as I said, started with some good ideas behind it. Sure it was cute girls embodying horrible monsters that could make you go insane, but it had this whole Lovecraft world and I wanted to experience lots of that. It had lots of references to anime and Lovecraft! THERE WAS A FUCKING REFERENCE TO THE CALL OF CTHULU ROLE PLAYING GAME FROM THE EIGHTIES! I mean, I could laugh at these smart references! But then Kuuko joined the party. Then Hasuta. And then it was just a big harem and it was boring and uninteresting and uninspired and…FUUUUUUUUUUUCK!
And don’t even get me started on the random loli that shows up at the door. Holy fuck was she cute! But holy crap was I groaning! I figured she was okay and wasn’t going to join the party, instead hanging around as a plot point. But instead, at the end, she says she wants to marry our main character, Mahiro! Mahiro is a fucking vagina magnet (well…and a penis magnet…a genital magnet) and he’s a terrible character! He sucks! He’s an asshole! You have a girl throwing herself at you and you won’t even kiss her? Sure she’s a horrible tentacle monster on the inside, but don’t listen to your parents! It’s not about what’s on the inside, it’s about what’s on the outside! His nightmare is kissing this poor tentacle monster from outer space! This girl just wants some loving! GIVE IT TO HER!
Did I even mention anything about the plot? I am so scatterbrained right now because I have no idea how to talk about how bad this is. I mean, it starts with these aliens coming to Earth because Earth is the universe’s porn hub. We have the best pornographic video games and comics. And apparently that’s a big thing in space. And this girl, Nyarko, gets to protect Mahiro and its ultra-exciting because she loves him! But he’s a tsundere douchebag! He tries to kill her with a fork at one point! GOD I HATE HIM!
Did I mention that there are bad aliens who attack the Earth? Yeah, they turn the sky red and violet because that wasn’t annoying enough on Shakugan no Shana. And the fights are freaking lame. They are all uninteresting.
Hell, that sums up the series. Uninteresting. I mean, you have the beach episode because you can’t have an anime without your characters in slutty swimsuits. Thankfully, Kuuko is conservative. But then again, there’s always that conservative school swimsuit girl. Speaking of which, there is a pool episode. And a body swap episode that is just creepy. I mean, I guess the part where Nyarko masturbates in Mahiro’s body was funny, but when she makes out with herself essentially, I was so creeped out.
There was nothing interesting about the plot. Nothing about it was fun. I was bored! There was this guy who I guess was Nyarko’s brother, but he never shows up but for one episode. And there are only a few episodes where Nyarko and company fight aliens. The rest are just generic, conventional harem adventures.
Can I please ask you this writers of harem light novels and anime…why are the main characters so unrealistic? If a real human were in the situation where three chicks want to fuck him, he wouldn’t cry about it, find it annoying, and wish them to Hell. HE’D FUCK THEM! You know why Japan’s birthrate is going down? Because Japanese boys watch this and learn a lesson: Neglect women because they are annoying and kissing them is horrible.
The music is as conventional as everything else. The animation isn’t really that great. Characters do look absolutely cute and adorable up close, but from afar they look kind of weird.
Did I mention Nyarko? I liked her. I felt for her! She likes this guy and he blows her off all the time. I mean, I know nothing about her character than she likes Mahiro and is loud. I’m sure there is more to her than that, but who knows? She’s too busy being his insane stalker. Kuuko kicks ass because she’s all quiet except when she can act lesbian with Nyarko. And she plays video games. She is the best character, as well as the funniest. Her utterance of the words “I’m wet” will forever stick with me and be a screencap I use forever; it was just that funny. And the loli was just…a loli. She didn’t have a lot of character. Though I do think Mahiro doesn’t like Nyarko because he is a lolicon. That whole shower scene and sleeping on the lap thing didn’t gel with me. That got a little creepy.
And don’t forget that freaky Hasuta guy. Actually, let’s forget about him because there’s nothing memorable about him.
I mean, I’m not as much mad because Haiyore! is shit as much as the untapped potential. It could have been a really good play on the mythology of Lovecraft, but is instead a harem anime with nothing to distinguish it from any other harem anime then the fact it kind of uses the Lovecraft lore a few times. I mean, it had some genuinely funny moments and I even found myself laughing at some of the stupid harem parts. But taken overall, it’s just not good. The only memorable part will be the cute girls. They are very distinguished from the rest of those girls in harem anime, but otherwise, nothing else is distinguished.
Kuuko…oh Kuuko, thank you for being the one bright part of this shitfest. If you were not there to make me laugh, then I would probably have stuck my dick in a soda bottle full of lemon juice just to negate the pain.
Diagnosis: After this review he proceeded to bang his head against the floor for an hour trying to forget ever watching this show while at the same time yelling Kuuko so he at least remembered her. In my professional opinion, he needs to be placed in solitary confinement and put in a straightjacket. It’s G-block for him.
hollow_head1
This anime in the first 4 episodes is pretty funny to watch. You'll get a few laughs, however the anime kinda dulls down from episode 5 and on but comes back in episode 7. Still it can't hurt to watch it once in a while.
Ibelucas
After reading many of these reviews, or quickly scanning them, I realized there really wasn't a middle ground - you either loved it or hated it. And it seems to me most people wanted to hate something like this. But maybe both sides are missing the point: after all, for the people who want to bury this in the ground: lower your sophisticated and urbane shields for a second and try to understand WHY this anime wasn't deep or anything. And for the people who think this is flawless, it isn't. But perhaps I should make a stand here and try to look at BOTHsides of the issue.
Story: 6/10
Alright, so the story was complete trash. But that's because it's a PARADY of a serious anime; after all, every huge fight and build up turned into something comedic. But that was the point. This wasn't supposed to be some deep, symbolic story where you'll fall to your knees, begging God or Zeus for forgiveness; no, it was supposed to be funny, to blow it off as if nothing. But that doesn't mean it was good, either. It was annoying, really, to have such intergalactic conflicts blown off as trivial. I mean honestly, give me one good villain! Perhaps the story arc, bland and straight as an arrow, could have been reworked to include elements to give the story, well, a story to follow and hold on to. But for whatever reason they didn't. Eh.
Art: 8/10
Obviously, this is where the production costs went. The artwork was flawless. Almost. The environments were kinda....bland. There were certain times, when the story LOOKED like it was going somewhere, when the artwork excelled - but most of the time, it was flat and, well, nothing special. But the characters were drawn nice, and everything seemed cutsey and too good to be true kind of drawings. The aliens and monsters were nicely drawn as well, but once again, nothing special. So, I'll give it a decent score.
Sound: 8/10
I'm not going to berate the sound either. It was actually quite good. The theme song was typical of comedic animes, catchy and, well, funny. The background music at critical times wasn't the typical orchestra, but opera-sounding voices, which was a nice deviation from the typical drum rolling and whatnot. But here, everything seemed to be in order. So, this deserves a decent score as well.
Character: 6/10
They really shouldn't have messed this up. I would have forgiven the studio for the lack of storyline, but you can't have static, stereotypical, almost perfectly archetypal characters that bore the audience. I mean come on, have SOME character change in some way. And really. Take out these lovey-dovey characterizations of Nyaruko and Ctchuko. I was intrigued, though, when these Greek references to gods and stuff were first introduced; but Hasta don't act like no God of Wind all the time. Sigh. And a tsundere as a main character: where haven't I seen THAT before? It wasn't awful, though, because there was SOME development, albeit almost nonexistant. But it wasn't there.
Overall: 7/10
Ok, it wasn't horrible, but it wasn't stellar, either. Where does that put us? Somewhere in the middle. It was entertaining, but not particularly engaging either. The rewatch value would be extremely low and I would not recommend this to other people when asked to name a few anime, but that doesn't mean to completely skip it, either. It was entertaining, and funny. But I cringed several times where I shouldn't have, and certain points....well, I'll stop there. Don't completely discount this anime, though, because of the reviews, nor go into it with a heart of gold - keep a cautious distance, but don't be shy in embracing what this anime has to offer. Oh, and Merry Christmas!
coastalmaineiac
What can I say? This series makes Mel Brooks films look mature; and that is what I love about it! The characters are beautifully drawn, the music is catchy enough to get stuck in my head for days, and there hasn't been an episode yet where my sides haven't started to ache from the laughter. Just when you think it's starting to get serious, something totally ridiculous comes right out of nowhere. If you like comedy on a level of absurdity that rivals flicks like "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," "Spaceballs," "Airplane," and "Robin Hood: Men in Tights," then I am sure your gut willsplit just as much for "Haiyore! Nyaruko-san."
Nyaruko-san is immature comedy at its very best (maturity is so overrated, anyway). Now where exactly did we place that fourth wall?
VoidHawk
Some reviews are harsh, some are good, ad here is my piece of mind: I like this anime. Granted it could ghave been a lot more, but as it is using the works of a Master Writer as H.P. Lovecraft and makes a parody with the Chthulhu Mytos, the idea itself would deserve a 9, not even counting its audacity! Those that know H.P.Lovecraft will laugh and recognize a lot on this story, especially the presence of the Yith, the Mi-go and Nyarlatothep of course. The use of such characters (Cthuga is very funny, and given its original being so much powerful and terrfic,even more hilarious).
As Lovecraft's work can be considered Science Fiction, the way it was parodied here is fantastic, and many parts are so much more funny if you know what and which stories its parodiy comes from.
When I first knew what was the concept of this anime I was thrilled, and even though it is parody I laughed a lot.
That being said, I also like strong female characters with resolution and decisiveness, and Nyaruko knows what she wants. The boy is your regular dork and waste his time refusing the adorable Nyaruko (aha, must have a reason for the gags, as her atempts are funny). Chthuga is funny, but I am not a fan of Yuri anyway, but she is ot the aggressive one against the male character as in other stories and that was refreshing.
Of course they could have done much, much more with such an idea, but as this is a parody, then ok.
I recomend it for its execution, art, music, and for its origial and daring concept! And if you know or not Lovecraft's works, either way you will laugh a lot (although it is much more fun for those that do read Lovecraft's works)
Bobjonez98
Anime Review: Haiyore! Nyaruko-San! By Bobjonez98 Story: 6/10- This is a tough one, the longest arc lasts maybe 3 episodes and the rest are either 1 or 2 episodes long. But the shorter arcs are actually the more entertaining ones. The story revolves around Nyaruko, who has come to earth to protect Mahiro from the evil deities of the Cthulu Mythos, hilarity ensues as anime is the only world where a Cthulu can become a bespectacled, green-haired cute anime girl. Characters: 8/10- Nyaruko is spunky, jumpy, head-over-heels in love, and that special breed of adorable/annoying. Some of her antics make her a little difficult to swallow, but she's stillquite likable. Kuuko, the quiet, lustful redhead and Hastur, the girlish young wind boy add a few unconventional relationship paradigms. Overall, the characters are likeable enough, they make for good, over-the-top comedy, and interesting interactions.
Animation: 8/10-
With lots of fight sequences, energetic character jumps and motions, there are a lot of opportunities for the animation quality to shine. It's a tad dark at times, but never for very long. The depictions of most of the Cthulu deities are faithful, except for the ones that have been made into cute girls and boys.
Op/Ed: 7/10|6/10-
The opening to me at least sounds like a late 80's American cartoon mystery show. It makes an attempt to be catchy and upbeat, but the choices in key and beat make it hard to sound bouncy and upbeat. Overall though, it's still pretty good. The ending is unremarkable, the accompanying animation is good, but it seems to be your standard harem series ending affair.
Music: 7/10-
For Monaca, this seems a bit sub par. Monaca usually has the magic to work a few memorable tunes into my head, but I honestly can't give you any. The battle music serves merely as a background, and the airy conversational tunes seem to disappear into the sky. They're there, and they provide good ambiance, but they're just not memorable like they are in Working!! or the Monogatari Series.
Overall: 6/10-
This is a very difficult series to give an overall score to. It doesn't meet my criteria for a 7, and it suffers from the same flaws as most of the series I have given 6s to. It has an uncanny quality to make you want to keep watching, just to see what happens next, but it isn't as substantial a series as I would like. I feel like I should probably mention the anime references. Throughout the course of the series, in several scenes, nods are given to a MULTITUDE of other series/games/ pop culture phenomena. To name a few: Pokemon, Final Fantasy, Left 4 Dead, The World God Only Knows, Haruhi, Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko, Back to the Future, Digimon, Working, Umi no Misaki, Please Teacher, One Piece, Bleach, Naruro, Dragon Ball Z, any magical girl series, Star Wars, And Code Geass. If anything, this series is just a quick fun watch that you can play "name that reference" with.
