I Am, Once Again, A Cabbage.

So, I am back.
Many things have changed. For example, I now go by Doctor Hello. (Following a recent chain of events involving a misread katakana and a hairy Japanese heavy-metal guitarist in crossplay, I am now also looking for opportunities to cement the handle "Pain Tree".)
Also, a new season has started. It is arguable whether it is good or not, let's leave it at that, shall we?

Many things, then, have also not changed. For example, my healthy and balanced lifestyle. Several thousand times a day, I move my fingers to type. Several dozen times a day, too, I move my arm to lift a can of energy drink. If that's not a high-tension lifestyle, I don't know what is. I still watch too much anime, drink too much soda and have bad hygiene problems. Why wash, shave or brush one's teeth when one can enjoy an exciting lifestyle grumbling in front of the laptop, sorting through RP notes, drinking flat discount Coke, eat Doritos and scratch one's ass? I have truly found the answer.

So, let's have a quick recap of the series I haven't reviewed yet this season. I'll keep it short and sweet, since I am in no way too lazy to write much more. Of course, I could keep it in my head, but...
Don't misunderstand me, okay? I'm not doing this for you or anything! I just happened to really want to write, so it's not like I really want you to read this.
Of course, if you want me to write, I guess I'll do it for you... *blush*

Well, now that the obligatory gag is over, let's go.

Haiyore! Nyaruko-san:
Well, since I'm basically in love with the concept and most of the gags, I'll start flaw-finding here.
While the show is entertaining, novel and often delectably unpredictable, Haiyore! Nyaruko-san has a few glaring flaws.
First off, the tendency to fall on its face. The long buildup to gags often leads to situations where the studio obviously thought the gag would come through better. There's a pervasive sense of "So, yeah, and now...?" going through many of the longer gags, which leads me to the next issue.
Bad pacing. I mean, really, really bad. The series has a tendency to inexplicably veer out of the territory it works best in - rapid-fire Cthulhu gags and jarring snaps into slightly creepy absurdity - to slow down for half an episode and fill the time with "plot". The reason I'm digging into the mass media bunker and dragging out the scare quotes is simple: These plot shifts, while probably meant to be absurd in their clichéd atrocity, instead come off as overacted, hammy and unneeded. If you're going to make a parody, be heavy-handed. You don't parody GaoGaiGar by just playing out a scene from the series. No, you lay it on thick and point out the absurdities (of which there are plenty) in order to make it rewarding for the people who get it and funny anyway for those who don't.
Well, when it keeps to its territory, Nyaruko-san is a good show.
Now then, just why the Master Sparking astrofuck couldn't it do that a bit more often? The "plot" is as unwelcome as Minatsuki would be in Hamtaro (though I'd actually like to see that, just for the fuck of it), and there's absolutely no reason why it should go there.