History Literature / NyarukoCrawlingWithLove

* TheBeard: In episode 5 of season 2 (W), Kuuko claims to be Mahiro's fiance in order to thwart her cousin Kuune's advances and avoid a marriage interview. The later doesn't seem too convinced at first, so Kuuko asks the other characters to play along, and bribes Nyarko into doing so by giving her the contract Mahiro wrote (while trapped in Nyarko's body) in the first episode.

** In episode 5 of season 2, Kuuko [[TheBeard pretends]] that Mahiro is her fiance to thwart her cousin Kuune's advances. Although she promises to give Nyarko the contract Mahiro wrote in the first season (while trapped in Nyarko's body), Nyarko is clearly uncomfortable with the plan, and shatters her tea cup after watching Kuuko clinging onto his arm. She also becomes unhappy at the fake date Kuuko goes on with him in the next episode.

* CatSmile: Nyarko and Cuuko display one from time to time.

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! Nyaruani Remember my Love(craft-sensei)'' aired in Winter 2010, followed by a traditional animation season come Spring 2012. The opening for said anime would achieve [[MemeticMutation memetic status]] on Website/NicoNicoDouga with the Un! Nya! Let's GO! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv6iuCtQXkE portion of the opening]]. This was followed by second season named ''Haiyore! Nyarko-san W'', which aired during the Spring 2013 lineup. ''Haiyore! Nyarko-san F'', an OVA intended to adapt the rest of the novels, was announced in 2014, but stalled out after a single episode (possibly because of the [[DiedDuringProduction tragic passing]] of Cuuko's seiyuu Creator/MiyuMatsuki). The franchise also received a VisualNovel for the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita PS Vita]], and characters from the series will appear alongside many others in Creator/{{Sega}}'s CrossOver rhythm game ''VideoGame/MiracleGirlsFestival''.

* CoverVersion: There's an entire [[http://amzn.to/1NSmyL1 mini-album]] consisting of songs from other works (many of which owe inspiration to the Cthulhu Mythos) performed by the ''Nyarko'' cast, including ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia''[='s=] theme sung by Kana Asumi (Nyarko), the ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'' UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 game's theme done by Eri Kitamura (Mahiro), and Yuka Otsubo (Tamao) performing ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger''[='s=] ending theme.

* TrappedInTVLand: The premise of Episode 8 of the anime -- the gang gets trapped inside a UsefulNotes/WonderSwan-lookalike (with a DatingSim currently playing), and they couldn't get out unless Mahiro chooses either [[FirstGirlWins Nyarko]], [[{{Yandere}} Cuuko]], [[GayOption Hasta]] or [[ThirdOptionLoveInterest Tamao]].

* [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseLanguage Useful Notes: Japanese Language]]: Most of the time, when Nyarko says "I love you" to Mahiro, she says "''daisuki''" (大好き), which literally means "like a lot" and is generally regarded as the acceptable way of saying you love someone or somethings; in some contexts it can even come off as joking, since it's just "big" plus "like". During her emotional breakdown in ''Nyarko-San W'' episode 6, however, she uses "''aishiteru''" (愛してる), which has much stronger connotations, and tends to only be used in romantic fiction; it's about as serious a declaration of love as a person can make, and shows that she's taking all her silly behavior off the table and trying to show Mahiro that she really means what she's saying.

* WidgetSeries: Naturally, considering the premise.

* InconsistentSpelling: It's bad enough that the Great Old Ones have unpronounceable names. Now transliterate those names in katakana, and you can see why Nyarko, Cuuko, and Hastua are spelled inconsistently. For Nyarko, her name is supposed to be "Nyarlathotep" combined with the Japanese suffix "-ko", which makes a name feminine. That means Nyaruko, Nyarko, and Nyarlko are all perfectly valid romanisations, absent any official version.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: It's bad enough that the Great Old Ones have unpronounceable names. Now transliterate those names in katakana, and you can see why Nyarko, Cuuko, and Hastua are spelled inconsistently. For Nyarko, her name is supposed to be "Nyarlathotep" combined with the Japanese suffix "-ko", which makes a name feminine. That means Nyaruko, Nyarko, and Nyarlko are all perfectly valid romanisations, absent any official version.

** The series also features the interesting situation of not being able to grasp one's ''own'' true form. To human senses, Mahiro is just an average looking human boy, but in the AlienGeometry that beings like Nyarko can perceive, he's apparently sex on legs! ([[SoBeautifulItsACurse Much to his consternation.]])

** Mahiro (Creator/EriKitamura) is warned by Nyarko during Episode 8's ''Manga/{{Wagnaria}}'' parody that unless he is careful in dealing with his coworkers, a beautiful girl with a katana may cut him off, alluding to Kitamura's role in said show as Yachiyo Todoroki, and in Episode 9 he [[spoiler:(in Nyarko's body and voiced by Asumi)]] quips the famous "I'm so stupid" quote of [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki]] [[spoiler:moments before she is turned into a Witch]].

* VoicesAreMental: Handwritings aren't, apparently.

* Slapstick: Plenty of physical comedy. Unusually it's mostly the two girls, Nyarko and Cuuko, who get hit, but everyone gets their share.

* LongTitle: The title of ''Remember my Love(craft-sensei)'' episode 9 is *deep breath* ''"How Mahiro Came to Love the Girl Despite Being a Normal High Schooler Who Cannot Even Sense in the Slightest That the Universe Is at Risk of Destruction, and Suppresses a Vague Worry That Tomorrow the Sun May Not Rise from the Same Direction or at the Same Speed or Even Shine at the Same Luminance and Follow the Same Orbit".''

''Nyaruko: Crawling With Love!'' (a.k.a. ''Haiyore! Nyaruko-san'') is a 2009-2014 RomanticComedy {{Light Novel|s}} series written by Manta Aisora and illustrated by Koin (of ''Literature/{{Kanokon}}'' fame) with elements from {{Toku}} and the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. It's actually LovecraftLite, and [[AffectionateParody it doesn't take itself all that seriously]]: It turns out that while the mythos beings are real, Creator/HPLovecraft pretty much exaggerated the stories from his [[HumanoidAlien Nyarlathotepian]] friend and turned them into horror tales.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: [[spoiler:When Nyarko accidentally switched bodies with Mahiro in Episode 9, she spends an ''inordinarily'' long time in the restroom, then comes out radiantly singing "Oh, boys are so great... It's a feeling that girls just won't understand..." Naturally, Mahiro is ''livid'' about this.]]
** In episode 7, we see Cuuko apparently stayed up all night waiting for Nyarko (who lied in order to get her out of the way), and slept through breakfast while having some...entertaining dreams. Later, when Mahiro asks her why she missed breakfast, Cuuko said she was waiting for Nyarko but "somehow ended up satisfying [herself]". Wisely, Mahiro decides not to ask any further questions.
** In Episode 2 of Season 2, Kuuko is shown groping herself while reading out loud from a book that, if not explicitly sexual, certainly sounds suggestive.

** Her implied [[ADateWithRosiePalms actions]] when [[FreakyFridayFlip in his body]] probably ''was'' an outright example.

* ExcitedSeriesTitle: ''Haiyore! Nyarko-San'' and ''Nyaruko: Crawling With Love!''

''Nyaruko: Crawling With Love!'' (a.k.a. ''Haiyore! Nyaruko-san'') is a 2009-2014 RomanticComedy LightNovel series written by Manta Aisora and illustrated by Koin (of ''LightNovel/{{Kanokon}}'' fame) with elements from {{Toku}} and the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. It's actually LovecraftLite, and [[AffectionateParody it doesn't take itself all that seriously]]: It turns out that while the mythos beings are real, Creator/HPLovecraft pretty much exaggerated the stories from his [[HumanoidAlien Nyarlathotepian]] friend and turned them into horror tales.

** Nyarko (Creator/KanaAsumi) imitates [[VideoGame/{{Amagami}} Miya Tachibana's "Nii-nii"]] while roleplaying as Mahiro's little sister in Episode 3, then when she switches to older-sister mode, she applies [[LightNovel/{{MM}} Shizuka Sado's suffix "-chan"]] onto his name. In Episode 8 she gets to dress up as and even imitate the hairstyle of [[Manga/{{Wagnaria}} Popura Taneshima]], complete with Cuuko alluding to Popura's BerserkButton of being called tiny. And in Episode 11 she talks about an art high school girl and a nudist -- Asumi voiced such roles as [[Manga/HidamariSketch Yuno]] and [[Anime/WaitingInTheSummer Mio Kitahara]], respectively.

** Hasta (Creator/RieKugimiya) gives Mahiro for his Christmas present a "handmade Hasta" scale model, alluding to ''Anime/HandMaidMay'', a show about palm-sized {{Robot Maid}}s, where Kugimiya voices Cyberdoll Rena. In Season 2 Episode 1 Mahiro even tells him off with the famous "Urusai, urusai, urusai!" ("Shut up, shut up, shut up!") CatchPhrase of [[LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana Shana]], herself Kugimiya's breakout role.

** Creator/SatomiArai, Shantak-kun's anime voice actress, does some narration at Episode 8 of ''W'' in a manner similar to her role as the LemonyNarrator of ''LightNovel/OkamiSan''. She even states that "this story won't include a girl with menacing eyes and a lazy boy who doesn't like to be stared at". Shantak-kun also reacts upon Cuuko naming her and Mahiro's prospective child "[[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Kuroko]]".

* FanService: The {{Light Novel}}s are illustrated by the artist who did ''LightNovel/{{Kanokon}}'''s, so one should expect it. Invoked in the first TV episode with Nyarko telling Mahiro that since [[MediumAwareness 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.

* GrandTheftMe: Focus in the third LightNovel volume. [[spoiler:One such Yithian, Isuka explains to Nyarko that her more aggressive kin are trying to pull this off on humanity in order to learn more of their entertainment. In an attempt to take over Nyarko (ostensibly to be able to fend off her more aggressive kin), she ended up causing Nyarko and Mahiro to [[FreakyFridayFlip switch bodies]].]]

* LighterAndSofter: In the LightNovel and first Flash series, Nyarko actually bleeds when stabbed by Mahiro's fork. The TV series uses InstantBandages instead.

* ProductPlacement: The shop in Episode 1 of the anime has covers and posters of publications of GA Bunko, this series' LightNovel label. An instantly recognizable one is the cover for Volume 1 of ''LightNovel/{{Oreshura}}''.

** In season 2's second episode, Mahiro randomly finds a copy of the ''LightNovel/HeavensMemoPad'' light novel from a bookshelf at the Celaeno Library. [[spoiler:It plays a key role in the next episode.]]

** [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Hasta]] is voiced by Creator/RieKugimiya -- a [[DudeLooksLikeALady male (albeit effeminate)]] role and a [[NiceGuy sweet, cuddly]] [[PlayingAgainstType departure from]] the {{Shana Clone}}s she's [[PigeonholedVoiceActor used to voice]].

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Mahiro in episode 11 moans that he wish he could have peace and quiet. [[spoiler: Then in episode 12, he gets it, and ends up being the last man on Earth, and he starts to realize how important his friends and family really are to him.]]

* EarCleaning: Kuuko does it to Mahiro in the beginning of episode 6 of season 2. Kuune and Nyarko, who are both watching from nearby, are [[ClingyJealousGirl not pleased with it.]]
** Especially when Cuuko drops the pick and leans over to retrieve it, [[MarshmallowHell putting her breasts right on Mahiro's head]].

* ExternalRetcon: For the Cthulhu Mythos.
* FacelessGoons: Nightgaunts.
* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: The "guns" Isuka and Isurugi use in episodes nine and ten resemble old handheld cameras, or radar guns. The characters still react to them as real guns however, such as when Isurugi, while inhabiting Yoichi's body, points the gun at his own head.
** The camera appearance is based on the description of Yithian weapons from ''The Shadow Out of Time'', which could be quite deadly.

* FantasticDietRequirement: An ongoing RunningGag. 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 [[FunWithAcronyms "BLT"]] (Byakhee-Lloigor-Tsathougga) sandwich, and then there's the hotdog from Episode 4 of the second anime -- "dog" here meaning "[[Literature/TheHoundsOfTindalos Hound of Tindalos]]".
** She did use Earth ingredients once, and by Earth ingredients, we mean Pterodactyl.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Occurs in Episode 5. Mahiro tries to figure out why Yoriko was taken by Luhy. He thinks it has something to do with "sononium", which he thought was merely her excuse to hug him. [[MistakenForEvidence Turn's out he was mistaken]]. [[spoiler: The ''real'' foreshadowing was his mother discussing how [[GamerChick she collects old video game consoles]].]]

** This gets invoked again in episode 9 of season 2 regarding the vacuum cleaner Mahiro's mom is using throughout the episode, as well as events that happened in an earlier episode with Kuune. Both Mahiro and Nyarko comment on said vacuum, which did nothing in particular aside from screaming "Cyclone!"

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: The comical abuse actually comes from Mahiro using a fork to stop Nyarko's crazed binges and unsolicited advances.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: It's bad enough that the Great Old Ones have unpronounceable names. Now transliterate those names in katakana, and discover why Nyarko, Cuuko, and Hastua are spelled inconsistently.
** For Nyarko, her name is supposed to be "Nyarlathotep" combined with the Japanese suffix "-ko", which makes a name feminine. That means Nyaruko, Nyarko, and Nyarlko are all perfectly valid English spellings (until [[WordOfGod Aisora-sensei]] steps in and clarifies which one is correct).
*** Even ''Website/ThatOtherWiki'' is confused on the spelling: they use "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiyore!_Nyaruko-san Nyaruko]]."

** In episode 12, after Mahiro gets his wish to get some peace and quiet, he begins to miss the other characters despite his complaints about them.

** Near the end of episode 12, season 2, Mahiro sighs and says that Nyarko, Kuuko, and Hasuta would always figure some excuse to stay on Earth and in his house.

* WeWantOurJerkBack: "How to Defeat a Kind Enemy" (a short story adapted into an OVA episode) has Mahiro try to get Nyarko to act like a MagicalGirl instead of a HenshinHero in the hopes that it'll make her act less crazy and violent. Unfortunately, she gets ''even worse'', spouting cliché Magical Girl talk about "purifying souls" while lighting Nightgaunts on fire and making them vomit blood, so Cuuko and Mahiro [[Film/MenInBlack neuralize]] her back to normal.

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! Nyaruani Remember my Love(craft-sensei)'' aired in Winter 2010, followed by a traditional animation season come the Spring2012AnimeSeason. The opening for said anime would achieve [[MemeticMutation memetic status]] on Website/NicoNicoDouga with the Un! Nya! Let's GO! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv6iuCtQXkE portion of the opening]]. This was followed by second season named ''Haiyore! Nyarko-san W'', which aired during the Spring2013Anime lineup. ''Haiyore! Nyarko-san F'', an OVA intended to adapt the rest of the novels, was announced in 2014, but stalled out after a single episode (possibly because of the [[DiedDuringProduction tragic passing]] of Cuuko's seiyuu Creator/MiyuMatsuki). The franchise also received a VisualNovel for the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita PS Vita]], and characters from the series will appear alongside many others in Creator/{{Sega}}'s CrossOver rhythm game ''VideoGame/MiracleGirlsFestival''.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Kuune does this when she's walking slowly towards Mahiro and Nyarko in episode 9 of season 2.

** In the OVA "How to Defeat a Kind Enemy", Mahiro stops Cuuko from saying "LightNovel/AccelWorld"; earlier, Luhy refering to her training room as "[[Anime/DragonBallZ the Room of Spirit and Time/Hyperbolic Time Chamber]]" gets cut off by Shanta-kun sneezing.