She is the Chaos that always crawls up to you with a smile
Mahiro Yasaka is an Ordinary High School Student who happens to be a fan of the Cthulhu Mythos. One day he was attacked by a creature he identifies as a nightgaunt, only to be saved by a White-Haired Pretty Girl... who introduces herself as none other than the Crawling Chaos, Nyarlathotep.This strange girl — "Nyarko" as she prefers to be called — is an agent of the Planetary Defense Organization, tasked to stop a smuggling ring revolving around a precious cosmic commodity... Earth's entertainment, specifically manga (and especially hentai). But she's not only out to perform her task. She also takes it to herself to protect Mahiro.Haiyore! Nyarko-san is a 2009 Romantic ComedyLight Novel series written by Manta Aisora and illustrated by Koin (of Kanokon fame) with elements from Toku and the Cthulhu Mythos. It isn't as bad as you think, though, especially since it doesn't take itself all that seriously. As it turns out that while the mythos beings are real, H.P. Lovecraft pretty much exaggerated the stories from his Nyarlathotepian friend and turned them into horror tales.The series has been well-received in Japan, spawning numerous drama CDs and a nine-episode short-flash anime called Haiyoru! Nyarani. An 11 episode TV flash series called Haiyoru! Nyarani Remember my Love(craft-sensei) aired in Winter 2010, followed by a traditional animation season come the Spring 2012 Anime Season. The opening for said anime would achieve memetic status on Nico Nico Douga with the Un! Nya! Let's GO!portion of the opening.Being a slapstick comedy based on the Cthulhu Mythos, it's a pretty violent story. It is also a hurricane of anime and manga Shout Outs and Mythos-ology Gags.Crunchyroll has also simulcasted the anime and it can be found here.
These are the Tropes that crawl up to you with a smile!
A Form You Are Comfortable With: Mahiro tells Nyarko he pictured Nyarlathotep far more monstrous. Nyarko offers to show him some of her other forms... if he doesn't mind losing his sanity. Mahiro passes.
A Twinkle in the Sky: As every good inffective villain, Nyaro is thrown over the horizon screaming.
Alien Lunch: An ongoing Running Gag. Nyarko keeps using alien ingredients on everything she cooks, be it shantak bird eggs, Shub-Niggurath (the "Black Goat of the Woods") meat or her famous "BLT" (Byakhee-Lloigor-Tsathougga) sandwich. And then there's the hotdog from Episode 4 of the second anime — "dog" here meaning "Hound of Tindalos".
Mahiro: "I'm definitely gonna kick the crap out of you if you prepare something like that!" (Episode 1, referring to the "BLT")
Animation Bump: Remember my Love(craft-sensei) is a flash series, but the Ending credits are done traditionally. As a result, the Credits have better animation than the show itself.
Aside Comment: Nyarko looks at the camera and repeats a second time that she has a convenient barrier to keep up The Masquerade because, in her own words, it is important information.
Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Nyarko loses track of objectives easily, especially when confronted with her hobbies or anything fun.
Bodyguard Crush: Nyarko practically begged to take the job of protecting Mahiro after seeing his picture.
Breaking the Fourth Wall: Nyarko reminds Mahiro to be careful with that fork or they might be taken off the air in the first episode of the second anime series.
Nyarko: "You want us to get taken off the air in the first episode alone?!"
Also occurs in the first series:
Mahiro: "Wait a minute. Why'd did you get censored by the broadcast code?"
Buffy Speak: When asked about the crowbar she was holding, Nyarko describes it as "some kind of unspeakable Bar thing."
Cain and Abel: Nyarko's older brother Nyar-o ran away from home because he's Book Dumb while Nyarko is a Child Prodigy. He blames her for his downfall (because she hit his head while playing space gateball) and becomes an antagonist after he gains his own Full Force Form — so he wanted to be.
Calvinball: Space CQC is explicitly stated to be whatever one claims it to be. Even if their opponent disagrees.
The Cameo: Characters from other light novel series, such as Miyamasanchi no Berutein (written by Aisora) and Rl'yeh High School (illustrated by Koin) can often be seen in the background, with two from the latter actually part of Mahiro's class. In turn, Mahiro, Nyarko and Yoriko are minor characters in the former.
Cassandra Truth: In Episode 7 of the second anime, Mahiro insists that Nyarko isn't pregnant with his child (after the latter's failed attempt to seduce him at the end of Episode 6) despite the latter's insistence. That doesn't stop Yoriko, Hasta, Tamao and even Yoichi from believing her.
Mahiro: "Seriously, why is this happening to me?"
Catch Phrase: "I'm the Chaos that always crawls up to you with an smile, Nyarlathotep!"
Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Human characters can be distinguished by their natural hair color; the Lovecraftian characters have bright color motifs based on their Mythos counterparts. Hasta is yellow (alluding to Hastur title, the "King In Yellow"), Luuhi is green since she is Cthulhu, and Cuuko is red — alluding to Cthugha, a sentient fireball. The odd one out is Nyarko, whose hair and Henshin Hero form is sliver. Nyarlathotep's traditional color is black, though it is used for her standard outfit.
Poor Mahiro has one near the end of Episode 1 after seeing Nyarko brutally beat a Nightgaunt to a bloody pulp — beside him his "Sanity Meter" is also shown going down the drain — and again at the end of Episode 3, when Yoriko calls him telling she's coming home.
Nyarko also has had these moments twice. The first is in Episode 4 when she misunderstood Yoriko's advice to her to start her relationship with Mahiro as Just Friends for being friendzoned before Giving Up The Ghost. The second is in Episode 7 (coupled with Heroic BSOD) after Mahiro bluntly tells her that he doesn't like her.
Content Warnings: Used in "Remember my Love(craft-sensei)", accompanied by dramatic music. Each episode begins with one, followed by some non-sequitur:
ATTENTION PLEASE!! When watching animated shows, please make sure the room is well-lit and do not sit too close to the screen. Also, there's not much movement.
Crash into Hello: Hasta bumps into Mahiro while lost and looking for Mahiro's house. Sparks fly! (In one direction)
Creator Cameo: That little ghostly devilfish that sometimes appears in monstrous crowds or flying quickly across the screen is Aisora's avatar.
Dating Sim: Lovecraft Plus, mentioned in the fourth episode of the short flash, is an inverted version of the standard dating sim that happens to have SANamong its stats. Instead of getting the girls to fall for you, the girls try to get you to fall for them Your SAN points are basically your resistance to the YandereStalker with a Crush's advances. Lose enough SAN and you end up with her forever, wallowing in your mutual insanity. Definitely a game worthy of the title.
Did You Just Groin Attack Cthulhu?: A nightgaunt, actually. A subversion, since Nyarko's an Outer God, in the form of a schoolgirl. Played straight with Mahiro who frequently threatens Nyarko with a fork.
Did You Just Romance Nyarlathotep?: A subversion — while Mahiro does have feelings for Nyarko, being a Lovecraft fan he doubts that having an affair with Nyarlathotep is a good idea. As a result, his attitude can be tsundere at times.
Disney Dog Fight: In the Flash animation Nyarko tests Shanta-kun's loyalty when it looks like it is getting too attached to Mahiro. He chooses her. After some concussive convincing.
Do It Yourself Theme Tune: Kana Asumi (Nyarko) sang the themes of all three adaptations — solo on the first flash opening ("Like, Like, Love") and the anime ending ("Always Be With You"), and collaborative on the second flash ending ("Catharsis of a Woman's Love", with Azusa Kataoka (Atko) and Sayuri Hara (Nyarue)) and the anime opening ("The Sun Says 'Burn, Chaos'" with Miyu Matsuki (Cuuko) and Yuka Ootsubo (Tamao)).
Fanservice: The Light Novels are illustrated by the artist who did Kanokon's, so one should expect it. Invoked in the first TV episode with Nyarko telling Mahiro that since this is an anime adaptation, their fans surely want to see them get wet. Mahiro flatly rejects it, claiming that he doesn't care about that kind of fan.
Fast Forward Gag: In the first episode of the second anime series, Nyarko's explanation for who/what she is and her purpose for being on Earth gets fast-forwarded due to being extremely long-winded and Mahiro has to summarize everything in a format that the audience can understand and respects broadcasting time constraints.
Gag Series: The Flash series focused on surreal humor more than any plot. The TV series probably falls halfway between this and Excuse Plot.
Gender Flip: Nyarko, Cuuko, and Luuhi. In the Mythos, Nyarlathotep's human forms tend to be male, and Cthugha and Cthulhu are considered "male".
On the meta side, Atlach-Nacha was originally described as male, though later writers turned him into a female.
Another, anime-related meta example: Mahiro is tsundere, hapless against monsters, but has no problem with hitting Nyarko; Nyarko is bold, hyperactive, and is easily beaten by Mahiro despite being powerful fighter. In other words, they're the gender-flipped version of the standard anime couple.
Glamour Failure: Nyarlathotepians in human form can be told from regular humans by their silver hair and huge cowlick.
Godiva Hair: Nyarko sports this in Episode 1 of the second anime when she barges in on Mahiro while he's taking a bath.
Grand Theft Me: Focus in the third volume, with Yithians as antagonists.
In the second episode of the second anime, Nyarko complains that Cuuko's lasers shouldn't be considered close-quarters-combat. At the beginning of the episode, Mahiro raised the same point about her using hand grenades.
Many of Nyaruko's frequent insults towards Cuuko revolve around her hobbies, like gaming...In the first episode Nyaruko was drooling over the store's entire stock, including the games.
I Ate What?: Mahiro's reaction toward Luuhi's takoyaki. She is a Cthulhi with a Healing Factor, like in the mythos.
Iconic Logo: In the Op, Hasta is holding the Yellow Sign.
Idiot Hair: Nyarko has one, pretty much a replacement of tentacles.
Luminescent Blush: This very obvious blush is proof that Mahiro isn't that annoyed by Nyarko's presence. Sometimes.
Nyarko: Oh, you're blushing! How cute, Mahiro!
Madness Mantra/Survival Mantra: After losing his SAN, Mahiro begins to repeat "It's only ink..." while trying to forget about the pool of Nightgaunt blood shed by Nyarko.
The whole purpose of the series is essentially an Affectionate Parody of the entire Magical Girlfriend genre by way of Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos.
Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Nyarko's entire personality basically both purposely plays up and spoofs this character type. She literally drags around Mahiro, and despite all his resistance he does find her cute.
Medium Awareness: Brought to you by Rule of Funny. Mahiro, for example, somehow reads an imaginary number bubble floating next to Shantak-kun.
Moe Stare: Ear to ear smile, abnormally huge eyes... no doubt, she is the Crawling Chaos.
Monster Roommate: To protect Mahiro "from good morning to good night" Nyarko moves to his house.
Mundane Utility: In the first anime series, Cuuko summons Aphoom-Zhah, the Cold Flame: a bright grey living flame that freezes on contact. Cuuko uses it to cool down a dessert.
Mystery Meat: Mahiro never got to know what was the "chicken" in the boxed lunch.
No Guy Wants To Be Chased: Mahiro spends a lot of time keeping Nyarko advances at bay. Also Nyarko does the same to Cuuko.
Nominal Hero: While technically a space cop doing her job, Nyarko is protecting Mahiro out of a crush, takes on the bad guys with too much enthusiasm and does a little personal smuggling of the kind she's supposed to stop.
Nyarko: It's not a crime if no one finds out.
Not-So-Innocent Whistle: Mahiro was worried about what he just had eaten, and doubly so when Nyarko starts whistling. And Nyarko can't whistle.
Not What It Looks Like: When Yoriko arrives home at the beginning of Episode 4, the first thing she sees is her son entangled with two girls in highly suggestive positions.
Otaku Surrogate: Nyarko shares the same obsession her culture has with Earth (specifically, Japanese) entertainment.
Overt Operative: Despite taking human forms, Nyarko and Cuuko use their real names when introducing themselves to Mahiro's class. Nyarko even goes so far as announce that she travels the stars and fights villainous deities.
Perspective Flip: The Elder Gods are the bad guys here, the Great Old Ones the heroes (sort of).
Phantom Zone: The "convenient barrier" Nyarko uses to fight in privacy.
Product Placement: The Hobby shop in the first episode of the second anime series has covers and posters all over the place for GA Bunko, the Light Novel label. One instantly recognizable one is the cover for volume 1 of Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru.
Race Against the Clock: Used in Remember my Love(craft-sensei). After the initial short is over, it cuts to a scene of a massive Borg-ish ship heading towards Earth, with the days left "Until The End Of Mankind". Then again, the shorts have nothing to do with the ship, until the last episode or so.
Schoolgirl Lesbians: Cuuko has a one-sided crush on Nyarko. More of a post-schoolgirl case since both have already graduated but attend school to keep an eye on Mahiro.
Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Playing with Lovecraft's love of colorful, obscure adjectives and words, Nyarko sometimes gives ominous, long descriptions of mundane things.
Nyarko: I'm suffering from abnormal and blasphemous amounts of ominously chaotic pain.
Share the Male Pain: They may be creatures seeking to abduct him for who knows what, but Mahiro definitely felt this way towards the poor sucker Nyarko kneed.
Slapstick Knows No Gender: The comical abuse actually comes from Mahiro using a fork to stop Nyarko's crazed binges and unsolicited advances.
Small Reference Pools: Those not familiar with the expanded Mythos won't know Cthugha or Atlach-Nacha. As a result, some have mistaken Cuuko as Cthulhu because of the similarities of their names. Also, Elder Gods, Great Old Ones and Outer Gods are not synonymous.
Space Police: The Planetary Defense Organization has sent Nyarko to stop a smuggling and human-trafficking ring.
Space X: Nyarko and Cuuko refer to the alien equivalents of CQC, Kindergarten, etc. by simply adding the word "Space" before them.
Starfish Aliens: Nyarlathotepians, Chtughans, etc. are actually abominations the human mind cannot grasp without going insane. The human forms they take are quite pleasant, though.
Sufficiently Advanced Alien: True to the original source, the "deities" of the Mythos are really advanced and freaky aliens.
is a 2009 Romantic Comedy Light Novel series written by Manta Aisora and illustrated by Koin (of Kanokon fame) with elements from Toku and the Cthulhu Mythos. It isn't as bad as you think, though, especially since it doesn't take itself all that seriously. As it turns out that while the mythos beings are real, H.P. Lovecraft pretty much exaggerated the stories from his Nyarlathotepian friend and turned them into horror tales.The series has been well-received in Japan, spawning numerous drama CDs and a nine-episode short-flash anime called Haiyoru! Nyarani. An 11 episode TV flash series called Haiyoru! Nyarani Remember my Love(craft-sensei) aired in Winter 2010, followed by a traditional animation season come the Spring 2012 Anime Season. The opening for said anime would achieve memetic status on Nico Nico Douga with the Un! Nya! Let's GO! portion of the opening
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