, also known as ''Nyaruko-san: Another Crawling Chaos'', is a Japanese

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series written by Manta Aisora and illustrated by Koin. It was inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. The series' twelve volumes were published by Soft Bank Creative under their GA Bunko imprint between April 2009 and March 2014. A flash-animated original video animation (OVA) by DLE titled ''Haiyore! Nyaruko'' was published in between October 2009 and March 2010, followed by a television series, ''Haiyore! Nyaruko: Remember My Mr. Lovecraft'', which aired in Japan between December 2010 and February 2011. An anime television series by

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aired in Japan between April and June 2012 and a second season aired between April and June 2013. An OVA was released in 2015. Two manga adaptations have been produced. A video game adaptation, developed by

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for PlayStation Vita was released in Japan in May 2013.

Synopsis

The story of ''Haiyore! Nyaruko-san'' centers around Nyaruko, a formless Lovecraftian deity of chaos (

Nyarlathotep Nyarlathotep is a fictional character created by H. P. Lovecraft. The character is a malign deity in the Cthulhu Mythos, a shared universe. First appearing in Lovecraft's 1920 prose poem " Nyarlathotep", he was later mentioned in other works by ...

) who can take on the shape of a seemingly cute silver-haired girl. Mahiro Yasaka is a normal high school boy who is being chased by a fearsome black alien one night, until Nyaruko saves him. She explains that the creatures from H. P. Lovecraft's works are actually races of aliens, and that she has been sent to Earth by the Space Defense Agency to protect him from being kidnapped by an alien trafficker. Aliens find Mahiro and the

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strangely attractive, for entertainment, auction, or resources. One by one, the Great Old Ones land on Earth illegally. Eventually, Nyaruko and two other Lovecraftian creatures, Cthugha and

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, end up being freeloaders at Mahiro's place. Mahiro has become accustomed to his protection detail of Nyarlathotep (Nyaruko), Cthugha, and Hastur making his life fascinating.

Publication

''Haiyore! Nyaruko-san'' began as a

series written by Manta Aisora with illustrations by Koin. The series, spanning twelve volumes, was published by Soft Bank Creative under their GA Bunko imprint between April 15, 2009, and March 17, 2014. Short stories have been published in Soft Bank Creative's ''GA Magazine''.

Volume list

Media

Anime

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original video animation titled was produced by DLE and directed by Azuma Tani. The first episode was streamed on October 23, 2009. Further episodes were published on December 19, 2010 on DVD as part of the GA Magazine Vol. 3. All 9 episodes were released on March 15, 2010 as part of the . The first eight episodes are about one to two minutes in length, while the final episode is about six minutes long. Another

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series titled , also produced by DLE and directed by Azuma Tani, aired 11 episodes on BS11 Digital between December 11, 2010, and February 26, 2011.''Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Mr. Lovecraft'' was advertised as airing on BS11 Digital's Friday 24:30 (00:30 JST) time slot, which meant the series officially premiered on December 10, 2010. Each episode is about four minutes in length. The twelfth episode was released as an original video animation included with the ''Haiyoru! Nyaruani 1&2 Perfect Box'', a DVD compilation containing both Flash anime series. An anime television series produced by

aired in Japan between April 10 and June 26, 2012.''Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos'' was advertised as airing on

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's Monday 26:00 (02:00 JST) time slot, which meant the series officially premiered on April 9, 2010. Crunchyroll streamed the series with English subtitles outside Asia, along with the two Flash series, under the name ''Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos''. A DVD containing a short original video animation based on the short story was offered to those who purchased all the BD/DVD volumes of the first season.

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licensed the series in North America and released on subtitled Blu-ray Disc on April 15, 2014. A second season called aired in Japan between April 8 and July 1, 2013,''Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos W'' was advertised as airing on

's Sunday 25:05 (01:05 JST) time slot, which meant the series officially premiered on April 7, 2013. and was also simulcast by Crunchyroll. An OVA episode on DVD was released for buying all of the second season's Blu-ray Disc or DVD volumes. An OVA was released on June 19, 2015.

Music

;Opening themes * by Ushiro kara Haiyori-tai G (

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and

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) (Season 1) * by Ushiro kara Haiyori-tai G (Season 2) * by Ushiro kara Haiyori-tai G (F OVA) ;Ending themes * by Kana Asumi (''Haiyoru! Nyaruani'') * by Lisp (Kana Asumi, Azusa Kataoka and Sayuri Hara) (''Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Mr. Lovecraft'') * by RAMM ni Haiyoru Nyaruko-san (Kana Asumi) (Season 1, eps 1-11) * by Ushiro kara Haiyori-tai (Kana Asumi,

and Yuka Ōtsubo (Season 1, ep 12) * by RAMM ni Haiyoru Nyaruko-san (Season 2, eps 1–2, 6, 11) * by RAMM ni Haiyoru Jashin-san (Kana Asumi,

and

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) (Season 2, eps 3, 8) * by RAMM ni Haiyoru Tamao-san (Yuka Ōtsubo) (Season 2, eps 4, 7) *"Sister, Friend, Lover" by RAMM ni Haiyoru Kūko-san to Kūne-san (

and Ryōka Yuzuki) (Season 2, eps 5, 9) * by RAMM ni Haiyoru Mahiro-san to Yoichi-san ( Eri Kitamura and

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) (Season 2, ep 10) * by RAMM ni Haiyoru Nyaruko-san (Kana Asumi) (Season 2, ep 12) * by RAMM ni Haiyoru Nyaruko-san (F OVA)

Manga

A manga adaptation titled ''Haiyore! Nyaruko-san'' illustrated by Kei Okazaki was serialized in

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's ''Miracle Jump'' magazine from May 6, 2011 to April 10, 2013 and was compiled in two volumes. A four-panel comic strip manga titled illustrated by Sōichirō Hoshino was serialized in Flex Comix's ''Flex Comix Blood'' from October 5, 2011 to November 12, 2014 and was compiled in five volumes. An anthology was published by Holp Shuppan on November 11, 2012.

Video game

In December 2012

announced the development of a

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, titled in which the player assumes the role of Mahiro Yasaka. The game's story is based on the first season of the anime television series, with some additional content. The game was released on PlayStation Vita on May 30, 2013, in both regular and limited editions.

Reception

The series has received mixed reviews. Aiden Foote from

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gave the first season (Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos) a 3/5 star rating. In his review, Foote says that the anime "should have been a whole better icand could well have been" citing the over-pandering as an issue. He went on to say that a character as well-liked as Nyaruko deserved more when it came to a love interest.

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