Monogatari Series: Second Season
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Javera said: Too bad none of these episodes so far are any exciting at all. Hope the next episode has some surprises in store. Oh, I'm pretty sure the next episode will be quite exciting. We're on the last 6 chapters of Neko (white) anyway, if I'm not mistaken. |
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| good episode can't wait for next week me want more!!!! :Q_____ |
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Javera said: Too bad none of these episodes so far are any exciting at all. Hope the next episode has some surprises in store. I might sound forceful but people who watch for excitement should look elsewhere. I mean common, third season in you'd think it would be well ingrained that this series prioritizes a list of things above nitty gritty excitement. Back to the episode at hand; sooo coool. The way they concluded the focal point of Hanakawa's troubles was wonderful. Plus I hope they were hinting at the soon arrival of Kizumonogatari, after all I feel as if it's unveiling is inevitable after including that scene. P.S - Hanakawa making Araragi's bed. Is there not a greater joy?? |
| What a terrific series. |
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wailofthebanshee said: Misiakk said: It was... meh, boring. silversaint said: quite a boring ep I can't believe there are still people like this here. This is the third season. You'd think they'd know what to expect by now. Ah, listen. I find Monogatari to be enjoying BECAUSE of the quirky character interactions, dialogue, and all of that good stuff mixed in that makes it good. I know exactly what to expect from this series. You know what I feel like I got? Some half assed interactions with some alright dialogue that all just felt very bland. So yes, it IS possible for the anime to be boring and the point of it isn't to be boring. Monogatari is intriguing and enjoying for its heavy dialogue and quirky animation style and script. When the quality of the things that make the franchise such a joy to watch goes down lower, enjoyment does too. Please stop dismissing everyone who thinks this way as "not understanding" or as "stupid haters" or "dont like it don't watch it" when you don't even understand why they're saying what they are. |
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| Hahaha Hanekawa is so darn cute. |
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mugimugi said: I don't get it myself. The ecchi gets the highlight in the past episodes but then a episode like this is shown and very little discussion about it. This episode should be very interesting in knowing Hanekawa better in a deeper setting along with a new character (or two) but doesn't seem like so. From what I've read not many like Hanekawa for whatever reason. I shouldn't be surprised since I've read people on this very forum website calling Hanekawa a bitch... yeah talk about epitome of stupid.Aha, and where is the difference now? We don't have a male harassing the girls. The latest episode had almost none ecchi but introduced two new characters. Both referring to interesting things and backstory. One is a half-vampire who had history with Hanekawa and the other one is the senpai of specialists, who claims to know everything. They both came to the town to do something, most likely something Koyomi is involved in. That's the most interesting episode so far, and people complain about it beeing boring? Half-assed and boring dialogue? The dialogue with mom Araragi, Gaen and the last bit was more interesting than any of what happened so far. And the pacing... we had Bakemonogatari so far.. which had something happen because it was split into two volumes (2x 200 pages) just like Neko and Nise, but it had several different arcs, so there was always something happening in the anime. Pretty much every 3 episodes were somewhat of a climax. Then we had Nise, kind of similiar, the pacing was faster since which is an exeption overall, but the novels and anime were different anyway. The male visited new people like every episode and joked around or whatever. The novel had a 30 pages fight with Karen and the endfight with Kagenui, all the characters were already introduced and available so there was a lot to show. Neko Kuro was only 4 episodes since it was the first half of Nekomonogatari (200 pages) so it was rather fast paced, the novel on the other hand was quite boring. Now Neko Shiro. The rest of Nekomonogatari, less characters and more focus on Hanekawa since it's about her dealing with her own problems which people apparently don't get or care about, first episode a tiger appeared ( no one gives a crap in the forum), later a shower scene which got enhanced in the anime and suddenly everyone is all over that one episode, now new intriguing characters were introduced (so boring!) and all that's left is the usual climax. Misiakk said: It was... meh, boring. silversaint said: quite a boring ep Maybe it's something I just am not seeing but how can anybody find this or any other monogatari episode boring? Maybe I'm going off but perhaps either people just don't enjoy knowing a character (maybe people too in real life?) in a deeper context or aren't interested in a show heavy on dialogue where they await patiently the conversation then something "interesting" occurs? That's the impression I get. I see a lot of laziness in not just that but in many other things such as the words people chose to express themselves. Well who knows I'll be enjoying the heck out of Hanekawa as main character. |
| Feeling Down? Healing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXr0L4pOnV8 Soothing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT3o_BBH61c Interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UpZnSjMko4 Female? Gotcha covered https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8cOqzku9zA ...yeah |
| I love you mugimugi ;_; It's impossible for me to find any Monogatari episode boring. I'm slightly getting annoyed by people bashing on Hankewa, I honestly don't find her boring at all. I think her character is great and complex due to her unique psychological state of mind, she is well written, likable and believable and I like how Niso uses her to represent real life problems. Hankewa dialogue and interactions are also not boring, her dialogue contained a lot of nice word play and symbolism that was interesting. And her interactions and relationship with Hitagi were really well done. ''I'm white. I'm too white. I'm pure white. So white.....White lies of ignorance' I lost count of how many times I listened to that ^. I love every single voice actor in the Monogatari series their voice just fit the characters so well. I actually really liked that this episode didn't have a lot of ecchi or fans-service. Loved the introduction of Episode and Gaen. And I was very glad of the introduction of Araragi's mother, her dialogue, her voice, her looks and ahoge were all so great. 5/5 Look how beautiful and amazing the setting for the introduction of Gaen was. The art of Monogatari is still superb. As far as I'm concerned this is better than Nisemonogatari and it's only been 4 episodes. I'm actually scared and at the same excited of the possibility for this to surpass Bakemonogatari :) . |
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| Yea plot wise Bake is not that great and it just a build up for stuff later one, I'm not gonna even argue that. I'm guessing all of this will be tied together in the final season, in my mind I'm picturing the final season to be incredibly plot heavy and serious where Niso ties everything together. From what I know the majority will most likely love the next arc more than this. |
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| Bake is still my favorite so far the character interactions were great and it was full of emotional moments. Nise was full of many funny scenes and Shinobu! Neko was just made me curious about Kizu, other than that pretty much everything was shown in Bake already. But now since we got past all most the characters introductions and backstory is that the story is starting to unfold and it feels like something bigger is happening. At first I didn't think Gaen was all that interested untill I read she was connected to Kanbaru and then I remembered that scene of Kaiki in Nise. When a series has so much likable characters I don't think it ever gets boring. As long as you care for the characters it's never boring. Even if i personally don't like Hanekawa very much, the change of pace of having her be the lead for the arc in itself is very interesting. |
sweetsymphony said: This episode was very interesting I must say. And I think theyre hunting down Araragi? or Shinobu? I haven't read the novels so this is mere speculation. I think that Gaen and Mr.Episode are there to hunt Shinobu. In fact, I believe the sole reason why we haven't seen Araragi up till now is precisely because he's doing his best to protect Shinobu from being assaulted. And the reason to keep him so busy is to make sure that Araragi will not intervene and try to help Hanekawa. It's to make her finally address her own problems herself. Because we all know that Arararagi-san is just that kind of guy who can't sit still and does his best to help his friends whenever they are in trouble. That's why I think the hunt on Shinobu is arranged by Senjougahara, Kanbaru, and Meme. In a way it's somewhat similar to the Nise's beginning, when we find Koyomi handcuffed by the overprotective Hitagi. |
| Those were some fantastic conversations between Araragi's Mother, Gaen and the Fire Sisters leading to Heartburned and Envy Was this the end of the Arc? |
1lau said: Was this the end of the Arc? No the climax of the arc is in the next episode. After it begins Mayoi's arc (Kabukimonogatari) |
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| Aaaaaaand the Kizu movie never coming out just became a serious problem for me. |
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tsudecimo said: 1lau said: Was this the end of the Arc? No the climax of the arc is in the next episode. After it begins Mayoi's arc (Kabukimonogatari) aaaa, doki doki :p FlashFumo said: Aaaaaaand the Kizu movie never coming out just became a serious problem for me. it is out this year right? |
makarov52 said: FlashFumo said: Aaaaaaand the Kizu movie never coming out just became a serious problem for me. it is out this year right? No one knows. |
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mugimugi said: The rest of Nekomonogatari, less characters and more focus on Hanekawa since it's about her dealing with her own problems which people apparently don't get or care about, first episode a tiger appeared ( no one gives a crap in the forum) I think they'll care next week.. |
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mugimugi said: lmao <3Nise was ... well Nise. |
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FlashFumo said: makarov52 said: FlashFumo said: Aaaaaaand the Kizu movie never coming out just became a serious problem for me. it is out this year right? No one knows. what you mean? -_- open this = http://myanimelist.net/anime/9260/Kizumonogatari |
| i guess i need to re-read Kizumonogatari, been a while since the last time i read it. ugh, can't wait for the final part of this arc next week :D kinda off topic, but i wanna share this news for those who likes Hitagi's Seiyuu : http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-07-29/voice-actress-chiwa-saito-gets-married |
My DeviantArt and Pixiv and still waiting patiently for a 3rd season of Spice & Wolf :'| |
mugimugi said: That's based on some leaked information on amazon which stated the movie comes out later this year but no one knows if it was just a mistake. Also this season can clearly be seen as a teaser for Kizu since Shaft. hmm.. I think it will out end of this year.. just like neko:kuro :p or in jan-mar 2014 ;p |
radle said: Did you watch Commie subs or something? Maybe that's what added to it being boring? I just got done watching theirs and talk about lost in translation. Won't do that again I'll stick to Daisuki. Really not sure if serious. I actually watched Daisuki and CR for the first episode and the translation is terrible plus hardly any signs are translated. I'm usually hating on Commie too but Vale and some JP guy are doing an original translation for them this season and I think it's rather good, especially with the alternatives. |
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| and now we should wait for hanamonogatari :p btw I really curious with episode 5.. XD finally XD finally... :3 |
| I don't know about Commie I watched both subs for every episode and Horrible subs seem better aside from translating signs. Maybe because they are more literal in translation while Commie change the wording to make it short or something and they do mess up some puns. BrownSlush said: Left: Daisuki Right: Commie |
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| Should I stop watching Horrible Subs then? |
tsudecimo said: I just went and re-watched these two scenes for clarity and I have to say they have done a pretty good job at translating both puns for the English speaking audience. The first one falls a little short maybe though. Vale is usually good at translating puns and word play, his Joshiraku translation is a prime example. To sum it up Vale is pretty decent and he's working on this for Commie, I have no complaints so far, the signs/typesetting have had a lot of effort put into it compared to other releases too. |
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| We finally get to see Arararararararagi's mother. What a Milf. Also, Gaen just owned Hanekawa. |
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| Remember Kizumonogatari? I THINK WE HAVE A RELEASE DATE NOW!!! http://mora.jp/special/monogatari-series/?fmid=TOPMAINV01#pos5  |
My heart nearly stopped when I saw Gaen,she's so cute/hot <3 My waifu Karen might have some competition XD. Koyomi's mom was hot-ish too,found it really deep & wise when she was talking with Hanekawa. Mills said: Getting use to Tsukihi's new hair style too. Was surprised when Episode appear & his voice I knew it sounded familiar it was Miyu Irino. Tsubasa regretting ask Karen & Tsukihi about why they like their boyfriends,cause they're like Koyomi,aka have a brother complex XD. "I don't have Black Hanekawa's memories,but Black Hanekawa should have mine." "But I still personally want to tell her,an individual,about my feelings." "All this while,she's been carrying the burden of my dark and black sides,So I want to show her my gratitude and make one final request of her." Hanekawa leaves a letter for Black Hanekawa to read. *Neko:Kuro reference* "The way Araragi explains it,one would be led to believe he's getting assaulted in his sleep with a crowbar."XD |
YorusighJul 30, 2013 8:17 PM
| Interesting episode, finally the finale of this arc is coming. I think I'm going to like Gael. JOHJ said: RediceRyan said: 3 new characters. Great episode Episode isn't new, he was in Kizumonogatari. He's new to those that don't read the LN. |
| Where did everyone go? |
Grouchio said: Remember Kizumonogatari? I THINK WE HAVE A RELEASE DATE NOW!!! http://mora.jp/special/monogatari-series/?fmid=TOPMAINV01#pos5 I can't read Japanese, where is the confirmation of Kizu release date? |
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| Loving Hanekawa's development, amazing episode with guest appearances from Koyomis mom and Gaen. still wish for Araragi and Hanekawa but doubt that might happen 10/10 |
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ReasonDesu said: They're both human just like the translator(s) for Daisuki. How is one better then the other?I just went and re-watched these two scenes for clarity and I have to say they have done a pretty good job at translating both puns for the English speaking audience. The first one falls a little short maybe though. Vale is usually good at translating puns and word play, his Joshiraku translation is a prime example. To sum it up Vale is pretty decent and he's working on this for Commie, I have no complaints so far, the signs/typesetting have had a lot of effort put into it compared to other releases too. Both do what they can but with Daisuki they at least tried to get the pun across to the English reader with I guess their version of translation note in parenthesis and I actually can follow along the conversation. Unlike Commie which do change the pun into something else that ain't even close and conversation that just makes me lose interest. Commie ain't exactly known by trying to stick closer to the Japanese meaning. Just look at how much they despise honorifics and how much is lost from that. If your swooned by translated signs more power to you, that is the task their assigned for and you shouldn't expect signs to be translated by Daisuki to do a thorough job at that. I mean it's like expecting Crunchyroll to do the same thing. Heck even Funimation fails to do that much in the home video releases. Why they don't do it, who knows but fansubbers are there to do their failed job for them. If you like Commie that's cool but for me despite Daisuki being literal (which at many times thus far has worked) I'd watch them then watch conversations that make no sense at all especially for a show like Monogatari and especially this episode. Much of it is going to be lost in translation, so why lose even more? It doesn't make sense to me. |
radleAug 2, 2013 12:04 AM
| Feeling Down? Healing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXr0L4pOnV8 Soothing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT3o_BBH61c Interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UpZnSjMko4 Female? Gotcha covered https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8cOqzku9zA ...yeah |
Ressamp said: I don't really give two shits what everyone else is saying, but I really liked this episode. Can't wait for the next. That's really what it should be about, really, if an anime makes you want to watch the next episode, that means you're enjoying it. |
My DeviantArt and Pixiv and still waiting patiently for a 3rd season of Spice & Wolf :'| |
radle said: They're both human just like the translator(s) for Daisuki. How is one better then the other? Because some people are better at translating into English than others. More news at 10. |
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| the episode was awesome XD now just waiting for the main attraction to make scene! I mean Koyomi ofcourse. By the way the new character Gaen Izuko, man she's hot ~ :D agree? |
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| Finally!!!!we get to see some Araragi!!! Also i wonder what happened to him while he was missing?... |
| Wrong thread, but I'll tell you it'll be recapped next. |
| ooops wrong episode xD |
ReasonDesu said: radle said: They're both human just like the translator(s) for Daisuki. How is one better then the other? Because some people are better at translating into English than others. More news at 10. Unless you know a lot of Japanese to able to understand some of the loss in translation into English it's not advised to keep such delusions at your disposal. |
| Feeling Down? Healing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXr0L4pOnV8 Soothing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT3o_BBH61c Interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UpZnSjMko4 Female? Gotcha covered https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8cOqzku9zA ...yeah |
radle said: Unless you know a lot of Japanese to able to understand some of the loss in translation into English it's not advised to keep such delusions at your disposal. Yeah I'm really the one who is being delusional here. |
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| Gaen might have just became my favorite girl in this series after Senjougahara. I just love that attitude of hers and she looks really beautiful tbh. Not to mention dem swag clothes haha. Araragi's mom looks pretty fantastic as well. And that was a nice selfie there at the end. |
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