Sunday 21 April 2013

Nyarko-san W 01 – Attack on Deity

That Kamen Rider W FOREVER reference in the back.

Nyarko and the rest of the gang are back with more shenanigans, more Kamen Rider references and lastly, more Nyarko trying to make Mahiro to fall in love with him. Oh, and there is this alien chick who is a big fan of Mahiro.


The plot of this episode is basically the plot of every episode of the past season. Nyarko tries her best to make Mahiro fall in love with him, while doing more Kamen Rider references along the way, and the opening sequence basically featured the Kamen Rider poses used in the light novels. Speaking of Kamen Rider references, this show is quite updated as they include Kamen Rider Wizard references. The only difference from the first season is that all the girls (yes, Hasta is more of a chick than a dude for me) are now a bit "open" when it comes to expressing their feelings for Mahiro.

Aside from the on-going how they can Nyarko make Mahiro fall in love with her, we have this alien doujin artist who illegally entered our planet just to meet Mahiro... and her doujin ends up getting published in our world. This is when the Moe Moe Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament gets in. To those who are not aware, it is a direct reference to the AKB48 Rock, Paper, Scissors Tournament and whoever wins will end up becoming the center of an idol unit and release a new single. So yeah, aside from the usual anime references, this episode has some AKB48 references.


If there is one thing interesting in this episode aside from the reused plot from the previous season is the finals of the Rock, Paper, and Scissors Tournament. I just love that they keep on throwing Kamen Rider references that I can't help but chuckle every time I identify a certain Kamen Rider reference. What made me funnier is the Kamen Rider Ryuki reference in this scene. To those who are not aware, that show is basically every Rider fights every Rider aka something that I consider as an anti-Kamen Rider show.

At the end, nobody won the Tournament thanks to the interference of the alien chick who tripped during the time Nyarko and Kuko are doing their Rider Kicks (can't believe that Kuko did Faiz's Kick), creating a Kamen Rider Kuuga Amazing Mighty Form kind of explosion. So they have no choice but to remove the memories of those who witnessed it ala Men in Black. To put it simply, a lot of copyright laws were broken in this episode. Oh, and this episode ended with a cliffhanger about some message coming from someone.