
Haiyore! Nyaruko arrives bewitchingly with a lighthearted story of fast-paced comical loli action which outshines any other of the season in terms of moe – yet still retains excellence in other respects as well.
If there’s any single negative to this series, it is simply one which is common amongst a slew of Japanese animations – the leading male is a dunce with no functioning cognitive process. Yet thankfully, the heroine of this spectacle is so lovable, she overpowers any single fault this anime may have.
With the sight of some loser being just short of getting torn apart by a monster under a red menacing sky, the series begins – the one about to die is the leading male, and as is natural, he yells for help. As soon as he does so, an adorable voice replies with “okay” before we then see a cute loli dicing apart the monster – a flash of a frame later, and now we’re shown the same loli indulging in a meal whilst chattering at rapid speeds within what is apparently the home of the person she saved.
Right here and now, this loli heroine will have one’s attention captured as not only is she immensely cute, yet a chatterbox character isn’t too common in anime – especially not as a leading role. One will begin to wonder if she’s merely acting in such a manner as per some sort of short boost of spirit, or perhaps for a developing comic relief moment – however it quickly becomes clear that indeed, our leading loli is one who speaks at light speeds.
She emanates high levels of moe as she continues babbling away at various menial things – entirely ignoring the worthless protagonist who keeps trying to rudely interrupt her, the one who saved his miserable life, as if he actually had anything important to say. Realizing she’s not listening to his petty thoughts at all, the lowly protagonist resorts to such a distasteful and childish action – taking a fork and dangerously darting it at the one who saved his ignoble soul.
Our righteous lolita heroine of justice warns this imbecile against such threatening stunts and decides to listen to what this toddler minded teenager has to say – he merely asks the typical “who, what, where, when, why” which our self-professed Cthulhu Mythos loli named “Nyarlathotep” answers to the best a dolt like our protagonist can understand. And with the minor details out of the way, she grasps the sack of rubbish she proclaimed to have been assigned to protect and takes him out to somewhere “safe”.
A scene later and our pair of leading characters are within a shop which caters to otaku merchandise. As if one hasn’t already found themselves in an unshakable affection with the loli for her moe aspects alone, she appears to love erotic games and doujinshi – turning glee with desire at the very sight of some. Meanwhile, the incompetent protagonist again gives us reason to despise him as he exhibits his lack of culture – being unable to understand the wonders within doujin and eroge.
Our beloved loli even has to teach this fool a basic rule he should have learned long ago as she speaks of smuggling eroge back to her homeplanet – “it’s not a crime if you don’t get caught”, though he despicably responds to her statement with blackmail.
In any case however, the loli buys her eroge – and as she continues along with the leading idiot, unfortunate as it may be, she admits her love to this loser. Admirable is her straightforward admittance and sincere confession – yet again, the pre-pubescent male lead who doesn’t yet understand how mating works simply replies to her heartfelt assertion with disgusting and needless violence.
Interrupting that moment of a lover’s quarrel is yet again more brutality as a monster manifests from nowhere – hoping to have had an upper-hand through a sneak attack on our loli’s love interest, yet unluckily for that monster, our loli is not only powerful, she’s a complete sadist when it comes to fighting.
Now having essentially acquainted us with all the basics of this story, a loli tenacious and adorable in love with some obnoxious kid she was assigned to protect, the episode further goes to show our loli transfer into the school of her lover. That event is followed by a highlight of many more a scene of her inexplicable cuteness, alongside a quick parody of Pokemon being made in the process, till finally the episode ends on a note of how the leading male might be only interested in other males as he denies the loli’s kind and irresistible offer of bathing together.
It’s our heroine, Nyaruko, who truly makes this series so surprisingly splendid – she’s packed with so much personality, providing everything positive this anime has to offer, comedy, cuteness, action, and story. She’s a loli who does it all.
Sadly, the same can’t be said of the male lead who deplorably takes to violence for no comprehensible purpose. He’s not grateful the loli saved his life – and he acts cold towards an honest love. He’s a character equivalent to garbage, yet that is in fact why his role is necessary in the case of Nyaruko – he’s an excuse for the loli’s existence and purpose.
An unmissable facet of this series as everything plays out is the quick moving, nonstop steam roll of elements – something is always ongoing, and someone is almost always speaking, which again, is all thanks to the loli whose lightning tongue is quite charming.
Combining the above mentioned accelerated story flow with a prodigious loli who satisfies so much in a manner that could incite tears of joy and beauty, among other things, this proves to be not necessarily a series everyone will enjoy – however those fond of a silly comedic tale alongside some moe will certainly love Haiyore! Nyaruko dearly, or at least such is the case if episode one is any indication.








































Apr 9, 2012 @ 18:34 CDT
This sounds interesting, wonder what the Pokemon reference will be…
Apr 9, 2012 @ 19:01 CDT
You can’t miss it – it’s quite a nice one.
Apr 9, 2012 @ 19:41 CDT
Male lead is fairly generic and not at all memorable, but at least he takes it to our resident alien when it counts. Hoping he grows up at least a little bit before this is over.
That aside, much better than anticipated. ‘Tis still Xebec though. Waiting to see how it plays out from there.
Apr 11, 2012 @ 0:05 CDT
i love the guy for the sole reason of being voiced by eri kitamura
its like yuri, except it isnt
Apr 9, 2012 @ 21:29 CDT
So in short cthulu is a loli and is in love with a (my guess) 13 or so year old boy… seems legit.
Apr 9, 2012 @ 21:37 CDT
Seems legit indeed – so long as it remains comical and cute, I’m satisfied.
Apr 9, 2012 @ 21:52 CDT
^ What he said.
As long as this series doesn’t take itself too seriously – by which I mean not seriously AT ALL – it should hold steady.
Apr 10, 2012 @ 22:15 CDT
Tsukune, please forgive me in advance, but I may have to go Sheldon Cooper on yer arse:
Anyone with eyes would know just from the previews the the MC in question is derived from the Crawling Chaos, the Dark Pharoh, the Sinister Priest that Shall not be named. Confusing it with That Which Lies Dead but Dreaming, the Mighty One which shall Rise when the Stars are Right is just the faint mumbling’s of an inferior cultist in training. And we all know what happens to them…I’ll give your family my regards….Bazing…Fthagn.
So sorry, my goodness but I wear my nerd hat.
Apr 10, 2012 @ 22:09 CDT
I’m a Lovecraft fan from waaaaaay back, and have been a Call of Cthulhu RPG player since around 1990; many of the references were just cake, pie, and pop-tarts too me. (Including odd references to the niche game The Shining Doudecahedron from Steve Jackson Games…which is a Pokemon x CoC shindig)
I’ve actually been savouring the wait for this show. The Flashisode were so dull and uninspiring, I was actually dreading the Xebec full animation. I am so relieved that my reticence was not met. This is cute, comical, and above all else…MOE! I love the liberties that have been played with the Mythos, and not just the BLT Sammich joke. My character’s have faught Lligor and lived!
Actually, that’s a big almost lie, I always play CoC to be the first to go completely bugfuck and kill the rest of the party.
Apr 10, 2012 @ 22:15 CDT
I don’t know about any of that, but I like the moe.
Apr 10, 2012 @ 22:18 CDT
I predict that the Spring/Summer anime cons around the globe with feature a home-brew Moe CoC RPG. It may not be a big thing, but it will be there. If I have anything to do with it….
Apr 10, 2012 @ 22:22 CDT
“around the globe”
More like Comiket.
Apr 10, 2012 @ 22:25 CDT
I attend Gen Con Indy and sometimes Origins (both are gaming conventions) and my mind is already tinkering. I mean a MOE stat and KAWAII stat are just begging to be added.
Apr 10, 2012 @ 22:20 CDT
Oh, while I am here, did anyone notice that The Crawling Chaos’ melonpan is rather….not roundly shaped?
Apr 10, 2012 @ 22:24 CDT
I do not the sight of melonpan, I need to rewatch this episode – was planning on it.
Apr 10, 2012 @ 22:27 CDT
…which is too say that the melonpan is not pleasing, actually they are quite so. It’s just that in this sort of show I expected something a bit more within the realms of established character design.
Apr 10, 2012 @ 22:28 CDT
So long as loli is present however, satisfaction shall I find.
Apr 10, 2012 @ 23:46 CDT
After watching this episode, all I can say is that the Cthuthu girl is a big chatterbox
Apr 10, 2012 @ 23:48 CDT
I like lolis that talk a lot.
Apr 14, 2012 @ 14:33 CDT
Lovecraft must be spinning on his grave. I’m spinning with happiness!
Bloody cute start of a series, really enjoyed the character, filled with personality (But I hate the guy, who would refuse such cuteness regardless of it’s AMAZING personality? Much more phisically abuse her!).
Fortunally now, or not much, when I read the mythos, the name will always come back to this moe. I’ll lol and get back on reading again.
Apr 14, 2012 @ 14:36 CDT
Here’s a proper comparison:
http://i.imgur.com/HKC2k.jpg
Jan 15, 2013 @ 10:15 CDT
I like the western for the Badass, but the Eastern for the Moe.
Apr 14, 2012 @ 14:42 CDT
Lovecraft was: spiteful, mean, with above average intelligence, stubborn, deliberately obtuse in his word choices, puzzling, and anti-social. He corresponded mostly via the mails, and only with a select circle of people. He admired the fiction of the past, and hated any current trend in writing by default. He was every negative aspect of otaku culture in one man, isolated in his home in Providence, RD. That anyone could take the central ideas he had and create something like this would indeed make him insane.
If anyone manages to reanimated the over-hyped fool with the intent on showing him this, please, wait for a dub, change Nyauko’s hair style to blonde, and abolish all references to Japanese culture. In other words, just like you would for American consumption today.
Aug 7, 2012 @ 15:08 CDT
I can’t read this; you’re constant bashing of one of the main characters makes me want to puke on you. You really ruin trying to read the article when you keep spouting crap ~__~
Aug 7, 2012 @ 15:22 CDT
“you keep spouting crap”
That’s how I feel when I read comments like yours. It’s already explained why the leading male is looked down upon – if you disagree, share your point of view in an intellectual manner, as difficult as that may be for you. And if the articles bother you that much, go somewhere else – we won’t miss you.