One day, Mahiro Yasaka is attacked by a strange monster on night. His life is saved by the Cthulhu deity Nyarlathotep, a.k.a Nyaruko, who has come from the galactic space police to protect Yasaka and earth and more specifically to read up on earths entertainment industry. All the while trying any method she can think of to get Yasaka's attention, and get him into bed. Now she spends her days with Yasaka protecting him while meeting other Cthulhu deities who have other interests in Nyaruko and Yasaka.
(Anime: 1 season, 12 episodes, Finished)
The description makes this series sound pretty random, and thats because it is. The writers clearly though 'how many parodies can we cram into 12 episodes?': the answer is A LOT. Half the series is devoted to ripping off other shows and making a laugh out of it (From what I saw, there was Kamen Rider, Gundam and many others. You're head will ache from trying to count them all). But unfortunately that becomes the best bit of the series, and the rest if very mediocre. The story and animation are very mainstream, nothing new or exciting on that front. There are several characters (male and female) who have an interest in the protagonist who is content to ignore them all or stab them with forks. Although this sounds fun, the characters with interest are very off the walls looney and this can be very annoying. There are some rare glimpses of sweet emotion that make up for it but overall you can see why Yasaka gets annoyed by them at all. There are some good moments of humour from all this, but they don't stand out agains the multitude of parodies. If parodies are what you're into then you'll love this show, but the story will get old really fast so don't expect too much from the rest of the show.
Rating -
4/10
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