There's no satire. It's just generic anime comedy #597 with characters named after Lovecraft. It's like saying Dragonball is a cooking show because some characters are named after food.
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There's no satire. It's just generic anime comedy #597 with characters named after Lovecraft. It's like saying Dragonball is a cooking show because some characters are named after food.
What is Nyaruko so badly copying, pray tell?
chickdigger802
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Probably because it got turned into moe girls? The same reason why upotte was given the same attention?
It's like you haven't even watched a single episode of the show you're vilifying!
Nyaruko 2+3: That's a good amount of referential humor. I'm just waiting on Nyaruko to do an Yuno/Hidasketch joke. Hell the VA who voices Kuko is Yoshinoya too. I feel like they need to do a gag where Mahiro just rolls with the punches of his magical girlfriend. All fork stabby does get a bit stale. Pretty silly pair of episodes. The auction was hilarious. A BL auction house is all the rage for aliens huh. I also liked how brother Nyaro is a NEET and his outfit is like out of Yugioh or something.
firehawk took the shot I wanted.
Upotte! 3: Poor Eru. Pitiful moe. Keep working hard. Buy her some juice. This show is fairly amusing with gunuendos and such. There was quite a bit more fanservice this time which is on par for these sorts of Xebec shows. The joke with the swinging shot technique was really funny. The show is certainly the best when it does gags like that. The elementary school part was pretty funny too but mostly because of Eru.
Kimi to Boku 2 4: Yeah like firehawk said, a twin centric episode much like the one in the first season but this time they fight over something dumb and make up later. The first half was Yuki's alone time and the second Yuta's. I like how Kaname's place is where Yuki ends up when he doesn't feel like being at home. Which also leads to more gap moe with Kaname's mom. She even does a punnnnnn face. I think the Asaba twins are more fun characters when they get to interact with other people but this sort of character centric episode is fine too. It's been some time since I've seen one about twins.
And of course the most important part of every KtB episode. Cats!
firehawk took the shot I wanted.
Look at all those cuties aiming to buy up Mahiro.
Upotte! 3: Poor Eru. Pitiful moe. Keep working hard. Buy her some juice. This show is fairly amusing with gunuendos and such. There was quite a bit more fanservice this time which is on par for these sorts of Xebec shows. The joke with the swinging shot technique was really funny. The show is certainly the best when it does gags like that. The elementary school part was pretty funny too but mostly because of Eru.
That'll teach those guys! Punnnnn! FNC makes a good pouty face.
Kimi to Boku 2 4: Yeah like firehawk said, a twin centric episode much like the one in the first season but this time they fight over something dumb and make up later. The first half was Yuki's alone time and the second Yuta's. I like how Kaname's place is where Yuki ends up when he doesn't feel like being at home. Which also leads to more gap moe with Kaname's mom. She even does a punnnnnn face. I think the Asaba twins are more fun characters when they get to interact with other people but this sort of character centric episode is fine too. It's been some time since I've seen one about twins.
And of course the most important part of every KtB episode. Cats!
Sure, but it's still sad to see it only doing marginally better than Sengoku Collection in the ratings, especially since it was an unlikely candidate to succeed to begin with.
Apparently so. It was hard for me to give up Vizard, but ultimately it makes more sense.
Dragonball was a ripoff of Saiyuuki for like 5 minutes.
Urusei Yatsura, Tenshi, Hayate, etc.
Hellsing321
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Probably because its not a very good satire of his works. What I'm saying is they need to make a Cthulhu Saves the World Anime.
Ah, I see, since it has a girl and a guy in it, it's a rip off of those shows.
But that implies that Cthulhu Saves the World is a good satire of his works.
Don't be obtuse. You know that's not my complaint.
Yup! :3
If it's been done hundreds of times before, why don't you name all the ones with this particular character dynamic?
Seriously, I'd like to watch them. :3c
It doesnt copy any of these, but if it was , they picked some good ones to copy.
Then at least provide one reason for each of those shows you listed, demonstrating how Nyaruko rips them off. Otherwise, I'm forced to draw my own conclusions.
Crash Station
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Yep. 24-25.
If that's how you want to play, fine.
It really does.
Urusei Yatsura- doesn't really even need to be stated
Tenshi- lame dude gets a harem of crazy horny space girls
Hayate- references are funnaaaaaaaay
The only episode really worth watching is the first one, which isn't a very big commitment.
Mirai Nikki 2
Bwahaha. Oh, wow. These players don't give a single fuck. Meanwhile, the protagonist is a bipolar imbecile.
And
BWAHAHAHA.
Man, this is crazy. Such a blast.
Bwahaha. Oh, wow. These players don't give a single fuck. Meanwhile, the protagonist is a bipolar imbecile.
And
the diaries display different information, huh? That's pretty interesting. And Yukki needs the crazy girl's diary to know what will happen to him, since he was "always an observer"...
BWAHAHAHA.
The crazy girl clearly doesn't give a single fuck either. So freaking awesome. The exchange of smiles between Fourth and Yukki was funny too, hahaha.
EYE POKE!
EYE POKE!
Man, this is crazy. Such a blast.
Second episode is fun too.
Anime GAF being Anime GAF. We spent alot time thinking on one toilet scene, this is nothing.
Dusk Maiden of Amnesia 2-3
I have to say that awful first episode did a real disservice to this show. If I'd known how little it mattered I would've just skipped it entirely.
These two are where the real character introductions lie and where the general tone of the story gets established. It's still not something I would recommend to everyone but I'm now interested enough in the mistery behind
to keep watching.
I have to say that awful first episode did a real disservice to this show. If I'd known how little it mattered I would've just skipped it entirely.
These two are where the real character introductions lie and where the general tone of the story gets established. It's still not something I would recommend to everyone but I'm now interested enough in the mistery behind
Yuuko's death
Clearly an underdeveloped genre.
I like how that page doesn't exist
Crash Station
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I think he means the interactions more than the actual setup.
Kore wa Zombie kind of.
Koroviev
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I posted some impressions of Mirai Nikki earlier today and used almost the same still
We do have a magical boy, it's called Harry Potter.
Dedication Through Light
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I posted some impressions of Mirai Nikki earlier today and used almost the same still
Heh, you're right. The scene sticks out.
The best diary user, after Yuki.too bad her eye
When I said "crazy girl" I meant Yuno. But, yeah,
Ninth earned my respect for her over-the-topness.
Nobody gives a shit about magical boyfriends.
You'll have to do better than that. Because those shows themselves were based on previous stories that shared similar elements, so why not just go to the source and be done with it?
Oh wait, I forgot, now we're using Tvtropes to define our arguments, so http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Parody
Branduil, you're really just calling this one in, aren't you? The show is constantly self-parodying anyhow, but there aren't any shows on that list that fit the whole "MC seeks to get rid of obnoxious, overbearing magical girlfriend" Hell, Nyarlko isn't even on that list! What? Pissed that Lovecraft is getting parodied by THIS?
hosannainexcelsis
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Sankarea is pulling completely standard ratings for the late-night Thursday slot on TBS it airs in, similar to previous shows in that slot like The Idolmaster. There is no reason to expect it to perform better in the ratings - it's not going to have the mainstream appeal that NTV can sometimes tap into with shows like Kaiji.
I didn't mind the first episode personally, but episode 3 certainly would have had a LOT more tension if episode 1 did not exist.
The toilet discussion was really interesting though. This one is turning vapid.
But but but Team Edward! Team Jacob!
Nyarko is a piece of shit show. If you want to watch it for the moe or "lol cthulu" factor or the sometimes amusing references then go right ahead, it's why I watch it too. Just don't go trying to claim it's actually good or original or anything of the sort. At the end of the day it is just another stupid magical girlfriend show no matter how much you try to spin it.
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