If you can’t understand what i’m saying, CC is available!
Nothing more than a wannabe analysis of a strange anime with a big heart. I tried to make the text entirely “spoiler free”, but there are some visual spoilers for ALL of the Monogatari, from “Bakemonogatari” to “Owarimonogatari 2”, that I simply had to insert. But, decontestualized as they are, I don’t think they will spoil your enjoyment.
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The funny part about this whole “Understanding the Monogatari Series” thing (besides try to write and read in a language that I know but isn’t “my”) is that I started writing saying to myself “yeah, I will end up licking the Monogatari Series ass for one hour”, while I think the result is far from it. In fact, I found more entertaining writing and discovering its problems than talking about its strengths, because I thought the Monogatari Series was a perfect gem, while probably has more cons than pros!
However, despite probably lots of grammatical errors and a very bad pronunciation, I hope you will enjoy nonetheless my interpretation of a very special series.
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For further reads (shown in the video):
° http://bakemonogatari.wikia.com/wiki/Bakemonogatari_Wiki ;
°https://www.reddit.com/r/araragi/comments/253p64/the_orders_to_monogatari_condensed_version/ ;
(if you haven’t watched the show, this two are all you need);
° https://www.t-ono.net/interview/akio-watanabe-bakemonogatari-animation-director-interview.html ;
° https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5325/what-do-the-black-and-red-scenes-mean ;
°https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/4hvuh8/bakemonogatari_tvbluray_comparison_a_catalog_of/ ;
° http://tirofinale-news.blogspot.it/2017/09/nisio-isin-memorial-tokyo-exhibition.html
(a very enjoyable blog post about Nisio Isin’s exhibition).
Also, if you’re interested on Nisio Isin, I can’t recomend enough:
https://japanesetranslationblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/24/nisio-isin-interview-nisio-isin-daijiten-translation/
https://japanesetranslationblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/22/nisio-isin-interview-on-katanagatari/
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Music:
° “Aftertaste of Our Parting” – Kizumonogatari Part 2 Nekketsu-hen;
° “Lovers’ Relations” – Nisemonogatari;
° “Shinsou No Reijou” – Bakemonogatari;
° “Bad Bully” – Kizumonogatari Part 2 Nekketsu-hen;
° “Bakarlolite” – Bakemonogatari;
° “The True Nature of Spiriting Away” – Onimonogatari;
° “Suteki Meppou” – Bakemonogatari;
° “Namakemono no Sekku Bataraki” – Koimonogatari;
° “Meikko” – Owarimonogatari;
° “Me wo Samasu beki Koro” – Tsukimonogatari;
° “Tasuuketsu” – Owarimonogatari;
° “444-goushitsu” – Owarimonogatari;
° “Negotiator” – Kizumonogatari Part 1 Tekketsu-hen;
° “Watashi no Monogatari” – Nekomonogatari White;
° “Ominous” – Nisemonogatari;
° “Imitation” – Koimonogatari;
° “Spasibo!” – Kizumonogatari Part 2 Nekketsu-hen;
° “Otona” – Nisemonogatari;
° “Watashi wa Nani mo Shirimasen yo. Anata ga Shitte Irundesu, Araragi-senpai” – Owarimonogatari;
° “Ohitoyoshi” – Bakemonogatari.
MAG.MOE - The MAG, The MOE.