Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season

Koyomi Araragi spent his last year of high school helping girls in his town resolve various supernatural afflictions. But now Araragi has departed for university, leaving his friends to fend for themselves against new problems and curses that plague them. Yotsugi Ononoki, once a human corpse and now a living doll, takes residence in Araragi's home, keeping watch over his sister Tsukihi, a girl harboring a mystical secret of her own. As part of her duties, Yotsugi fills Araragi's vacated role as occult expert, assisting others in town with their issues.

One of these girls, middle school student Nadeko Sengoku, slowly recovers from her own recent brushes with the paranormal. She avoids returning to school, instead spending time alone in her room and pursuing her dream of becoming a professional manga artist. In order to speed up Nadeko's quest for mastery of her craft, Yotsugi convinces her to create four copies of herself, each representing a distinct aspect of Nadeko's personality. However, the clones refuse to help Nadeko, instead escaping into the town and creating a chaotic mess. Now forced to grapple with her own fractured sense of identity, Nadeko sets out to capture them and resolve her inner conflict.

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Oshino, Shinobu Main

Sakamoto, Maaya Japanese

Araragi, Koyomi Main

Kamiya, Hiroshi Japanese

Sengoku, Nadeko Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Ononoki, Yotsugi Main

Hayami, Saori Japanese

Deathtopia Virtuoso Suicide-Master Main

Fukami, Rica Japanese

Senjougahara, Hitagi Supporting

Saitou, Chiwa Japanese

Hachikuji, Mayoi Supporting

Katou, Emiri Japanese

Kanbaru, Suruga Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Oshino, Ougi Supporting

Mizuhashi, Kaori Japanese

Araragi, Karen Supporting

Kitamura, Eri Japanese

Shioya, Yoshiyuki Producer

Yodo, Akiko Producer

Ishikawa, Tatsuya Producer

Nishibe, Maho Producer

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Nov 6, 2024

Single_fighter

Recommended

Review for arc Off & monster season from monogatari series is good as expected. Still with a complex storyline, unique animation style, abundant monologues and deductions from the characters that are sometimes confusing or difficult to understand giving a strong impression of mystery in the story, this is what makes the story of the monogatari series always interesting to watch. My longing for the character nadeko chan paid off in this arc and some of shinobu chan's past mysteries were revealed. It is undeniable that every character in the monogatari series has a deep impression on me and I am sure also for veteran viewers ... who have watched this anime series until now.

For animation and OST / sound effects are good and unique as expected. The soundtrack that describes the character nadeko chan always impresses me.

So in conclusion, I monogatari series will always be one of the best anime I have ever watched. I can recommend this anime for certain groups who like the slice of life or mystery genre. Because for new anime followers it will be difficult to accept where most of the dialogue and monologue are confusing in this anime. And this monogatari series anime requires you to watch all the arcs/series before from the beginning to understand the storyline. Thank you

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Nov 3, 2024

AnimeApollo

Recommended

An absolutely triumphant and gorgeous return for Monogatari after five years that continues to push the envelope on what anime can be as an art form.

Off and Monster Season (Off Season especially) have more of an anthology structure compared to the original run of the series, and so I think it’s perfect for the team at Shaft to crank the experimental dial up to 110%. This season is absolutely crazy - past the continuation of Araragi’s story in Shinobumonogatari, we have a Gothic-style arc set hundreds of years in the past, a one-off for Tsukihi and Yotsugi, and a beautiful continuation of Nadeko’s story ... that perfectly redeems her from her original appearances in the previous seasons.

It’s been so exciting to catch Monogatari week upon week and be absolutely blown away every single time. On top of my nostalgia from mainlining the series and then watching Owarimonogatari S2 at release all those years ago, Off and Monster Season is just so much fun that I can’t help but love it and never want it to end. I will be waiting eagerly for the next season now.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Oct 23, 2024

Chuy_diazz

Mixed Feelings

Monogatari is a franchise that can give me bad stories, good ones, and masterpieces in a single season.

I can't give an opinion of the entire season, because we have three stories within the same one. So I have to break down my opinion into three parts as well.

Nadeko Draw: I objectively understand and appreciate the development that had to be given to a character like Sengoku. Through this arc we saw the maturity of the character, how he accepts his past mistakes to continue growing as an adult who will eventually be part of society. It makes us see all the potential and power that ... a girl who could become a god on a whim has. Personally, this story couldn't interest me less. Nadeko's character is the one I hate the most in the entire work, so 6 chapters of it felt quite heavy. Although in the end you feel like you can make peace with the character, it still doesn't escalate enough to say that I like him now.

Wazamonogatari: I wish I could find words to describe the level of perfection Monogatari reached with these two chapters. You could put it under a microscope and find something wrong would be impossible. The script, the soundtrack, the animation, the direction, the voice acting, the contribution to the lore, it has absolutely everything. Even a person who is more of a Monogatari hater than a fan can appreciate the quality in this arc.

Shinobumonogatari: On paper, this part of the story sounded like it would maintain the level of Wazamono, but it wasn't. With a cast made up of Suicide-Master, Gaen Izuko, Shinobu/Kiss Shot, Acerola, Kagenui, Hachikuji and Araragi you have everything to make a story that will make you fall out of your seat. Despite having everything clear, I don't know what happened that the story didn't fulfill what it promised. The whole issue of the mystery of the mummified girls feels like it's not going anywhere, there's a lot of dialogue that feels more like filler than anything else and the important characters feel more like extras in Araragi and Shinobu's journey. What I do appreciate is the final chapter, all the talk between Suicide-Master and Kie is too good, it's what Monogatari is at its best. Still, that chapter doesn't save the fact that other characters like Gaen or Kagenui have been wasted.

Those would be my general impressions of the stories. I think the season has the same problem as the bulk of the franchise, the thousands of cuts are dizzying and Senjogahara, despite being a main character, appears very little.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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