Which season should I start watching the monogatari series from

Aug 24, 2017 8:04 PM

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Zelev

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Kittens-kun said:

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rapo1 said:
Just watch in airing order. The only one that airing order doesn't really matter (provided that you watched Bake first) is Kizumo, but I recommend that you watch at least SS too before watching the movies. As others stated, it gives a better experience overall. The rest of the anime is the same order of the novels, so there's really no sense in watching on "chronological order", since the right order of the story is shown by the LNs.

Zelev said:

Explain why it doesn't work, then. What is the exact reason?

The order of the light novels put Kizumo after Bake. However, seeing that Nisio decided to publish Kizumo first in the english translation, the order doesn't really matter, and this "artist's intention" thing is just pretentious bull by annoying fans. The animations are basically a word by word adaptation of the novels so the story doesn't change.

However, is this particular case, I believe it is better to know the origin of the saga after getting familiarized with it first. Think Star Wars. Even though I didn't really like both the Kizumo movies and LN, I think it was better to already be familiarized with the characters before delving into it.

Yeah, it just boils down to opinion. Whatever each individual viewer wants. As for me, I just want to watch it. I don't really care if the "better" part comes first or not. Although technically, I guess started with Neko first (years ago). Then Bake, then the movies came out so I watched those. As long as you can piece together how the story goes.

I guess you could consider Kizu as "it just boils down to opinion" but the order for the rest of the series certainly isn't that.

I mean I don't hold the series in high regard anyway with lolis, borderline incest, lots of fan service. To each their own.

My problem was never with your opinion on the series itself. I don't think any of what you said brings down the show in any way, but whatever. You do you. My problem was with you telling others to deliberately confuse themselves more by watching it in a way that isn't intended for newcomers.

No, you just got your panties in a bunch because I dared mention the chronological order. Exactly what part of..

"I hate the airing order. It was just so confusing, so I watched it in chronological order.

It starts with the 3 movies and then goes from there.."

..was confusing? The first sentence literally states there's the airing order. Then I later stated I watched it in chronological order. The OP can do whatever he/she wants.

And I'm saying that CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER IS NOT THE RIGHT ORDER. Is that confusing even in all caps?

And I said to each their own. I don't care about the series that much to piece it all together when I know I'll just forget, therefore I will watch it however I want. OP can do whatever he/she wants.

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Aug 24, 2017 8:06 PM

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rapo1

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NothingReally said:
The concept of artist's intention is not bullshit. You read the light novels in the order they were released. You watch the show in the order it aired. It makes pretty simple sense.

Yeaaaah, right. Let's leave at that.

Aug 24, 2017 8:06 PM

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