Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Love (Craft-sensei) episode 04 review
這いよる！ニャルアニ リメンバー・マイ・ラブ（クラフト先生）
Haiyoru! Nyaru-ani: Remember My Mr. Lovecraft – 04

In an elevator (or something), Atoko and Nyarlko stand in silence until Atoko says something about Nyarlko staying calm would result in her not needing to strip.

Mahiro is home with Cthuko and questions the age of the game console she’s playing.  She says it is a WonderSwan and is actually quite advanced.  Mahiro then discovers that Cthuko has fed the goldfish with food from space, resulting in it growing a pair of human, male legs.  This angers Mahiro.

Mahiro is then shown with Nyarlko outside with Nyarlko apparently giving commentary on the show.

And, there are 49-days until “whatever.”

I’d never heard of “WonderSwan,” but it was a real gaming console in Japan about 12-years ago.  So, I’m guessing that joke falls flat on non-Japanese viewers of the show.

Cthuko feeding the goldfish “space food” is reminiscent of Lum sometimes doing something similar in Urusei Yatsura.  Considering how influential the anime and manga both were in Japan, it wouldn’t surprise me if this were a nod to the classic series from Takahata-sensei.

The scene with Atoko and Nyarlko was just too random for my tastes.

Finally, the scene with Nyarlko and Mahiro apparently commenting on how this series may not have been what people were expecting BUT people seemed to like it anyway tells me that the production team are very much aware that their series isn’t anything like people imagined.  I’ve seen some people express how much they love this series but I don’t care much for it.  I’m sticking around because (1) it is short and that helps my busy schedule and (2) I’m thinking the real anime is to come.  If there’s a “serious” anime series launched after this, then going through these shorts will be worthwhile.

So, nothing to do but press on and see what happens.