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TopicKokoro's top 100 anime of the past five years.
KokoroAkechi
10/11/17 11:15:54 PM
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12. Haiyore! Nyaruko-san
https://myanimelist.net/anime/11785/Haiyore_Nyaruko-san

Haiyore! Nyaruko-san is a parody comedy anime about Mahiro, a normal boy who gets saved by a girl who calls herself a Nyarlathotep or the crawling chaos. However, despite being incredibly impressed by her heroics it so happens that Nyaruko falls in love in Mahiro, much to his annoyance.

If you know the character types I tend to like it should come to surprise that the high energy Nyaruko is among my favorites. She is by far among the most aggressive characters in terms of searching for some love from the main male character. However, unlike a lot of harems, Mahiro (who is a tsundere) basically has none of it. In fact, we actually don't see that much of him like reciprocating anything and it takes the entire season for him to admit he actually likes the rest of the cast which also include Kuuko (a girl who is in love with Nyaruko) and Hasuta (a trap).

Being a parody anime the show is packed with references, I'm actually hard pressed to think of a show that packs more in. It's almost certainly the winner in that regard for this list. Some of the references are to like stuff that is considered ancient or even obscure too. While in this case I would say you can fully enjoy the show without knowing any of them (although a few of them are from very mainstream things) it does give a little extra fun to it.

The actual show is set up where it sounds like something very important or serious is happening but they just turn it into some sort of joke (often to the annoyance of Mahiro) and Nyaruko and gang saves the day. It does take some liberties in what it does because its a parody anime that is not meant to be taken seriously by anyone and for the most part they do a really good job at it.

In terms of pure entertainment Nyaruko-san is a hard show to beat. It doesn't really have enough to pull it into the top 10 for this list but in forms of zany comedy this is among the best.
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