Is it okay to skip some of Monogatari's arcs

AyameTomoko said:
@On_the_Lam, also just out of curiosity, did you actually end up enjoying Bakemonogatari or are you explaining at the moment why you didn't?
I just have a hard time personally explaining exactly why I'm enjoying the show.
I'm not denying there's flaws, but I don't know, I just find it a really appealing anime.

AyameTomoko said:
@On_the_Lam, I'm almost done with Bake and I've enjoyed it thus far. That much I can say.
The only reason I haven't watched the next 5 episodes is because I'm following along with another user.
I've already concluded that it's one of the more enjoyable shows that I've watched, and I don't think there could be anything to change my mind on that fact with the little I haven't yet gotten to.
But back to what you said, that's precisely why I was comparing it to the Slice of Life genre.
Not much in the story development department, but it's still pretty entertaining.
But I think you're right in saying it's a bit different than that.
To me, it feels like a series of short stories that revolve around the main character.

But let's end the conversation here since it's going nowhere.
Not sure where you thought it was going in the first place.

AyameTomoko said:
@On_the_Lam, I'm almost done with Bake and I've enjoyed it thus far. That much I can say.
The only reason I haven't watched the next 5 episodes is because I'm following along with another user.
I've already concluded that it's one of the more enjoyable shows that I've watched, and I don't think there could be anything to change my mind on that fact with the little I haven't yet gotten to.
But back to what you said, that's precisely why I was comparing it to the Slice of Life genre.
Not much in the story development department, but it's still pretty entertaining.
But I think you're right in saying it's a bit different than that.
To me, it feels like a series of short stories that revolve around the main character.

holysauron said:

Essentially that's what it is: short stories that make up one big story around the main character. Some stories even take place around the same time.

The shit talk is not really shit talk though. When I first watched it I thought the same and even if I liked it I found it was pointless. Now that I have seen the bulk of the story thus far I actually went to rewatch a couple of those scenes with the seemingly pointless banter in it and I suddenly realized they weren't pointless at all. They were more like very subtle foreshadowing or fleshing out a character. It is so subtle you need to rewatch the scenes after finishing the entire arc though because they're too subtle to notice otherwise.