Monogatari Series: First Season
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| What a ride!! A Perfect Ending.. started this last year in 2022 and i regret not finishing it earlier. i have to admit though that some jokes went through my head because i think they couldn't be translated from japanese. otherwise Animation and Character design were top-notch. Ending song was great and Renai circulation op is a classic. It was good to see a character like Araragi who is around my age behaving like normal teenagers do that's why he is my favorite character now. 9/10 |
FiremaxJul 13, 2023 11:35 PM
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| despite my issues with this anime the last couple episodes were very fun. also i knew shinobu would show up but i didnt think it would be SO iconic of an entrance |
| BRILLIANT SHOW, 10/10! |
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| Shinobu beast mode engaged! That attack was phenomenal and also nice bandaid ๐ Wish mal would let us rate each individual episode and average the score for the overall score. I think the latter half of the season was much better. Here I come Kizu! Btw notice the Nazi Svaztika flag in the end with the haunted theme? Boy I am not sure what the intention was with that... |
| this was pretty nice. a lot of effort was put into the anime and it showed. finally understood why bunny girl senpai was called bakemoogatari copy by haters. i mean yes there are similarities. quite a nice ending, a happy one. araragi grew a lot. oshino's gone and araragi now has shinobu as his helper. finally got to see the nya sentence scene too, i've heard that audio numerous times, nice to see where it originated from. it was really nice to see black hanekawa's act of kindness in a way. she knew what she was doing, she helped araragi indirectly. when hanekawa finds out that he knows, that would be quite something. wouldn't wanna miss that. the subtle romantic plot was also quite nice. it was a bit weird and impressive to see just how much self-control hitagi and araragi had in the romance expect. they didn't do anything to let the other worry too much, always calm and composed especially hitagi. definitely waifu material. really liked her personality. i could tell she loves arargi way too much and is really scared of losing him and must be getting really worried but she never let it show or get to her. she believed and waited. happy for both of them. idk if we'll ever get to see these same characters again. anyway, on to the next one. i need to watch 3 kizumonogatari movies according to the watch order i'm following. |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| Story: 8/10 Visual: 8/10 Detailed: 9/10 Characters: 7/10 Emotions: 8/10 Smoothness: 8/10 OP/ED: -/10 Audio: 8/10 Originals: 10/10 Intense: 8/10 Uniqueness: 8/10 Fun/Laughter: 4/10 NSFW: 4/10 Boring: 4/10 |
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| Another beautiful final episode. That fight was impressive, but he uses his own words. I thought that little vampire would never do anything. It surprises me. 9/10 |
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| An epic conclusion to an epic series imho. There are obv some Japanese jokes that i don't understand or it's just the sub couldn't get translated from Japanese to English properly. Animation wise was overall very good but not near perfect but it has a unique charm into it. The amount of "animation number." was albeit crazy cause i had to pause yeh. All of the openings were bangers but my fav one def tied between Kaerimichi or Ren'ai Circulation and a perfect ending song. The MC i kinda rock yet not so but i actually rlly love him because of his whole persona is a vibe though XD 9/10 :D |
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| well, this was certainly.... something. can't say i didn't enjoy it, though! it was a bit too freaky at some times, no, MOST of the time :/ |
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| I can tell why this series is so popular and beloved, the direction is very unique for it's times, and even now this is still one of the most unique direction I've seen from an anime. Direction aside, animation also looks unique, I mean that little fight between Araragi and Tsubasa Cat was jawdropping. Highlight of the episode is definitely the revelation of Oshino leaving. Ngl, almost made me tear up. Lots of questions to be answered in this prequel movie or whatever's next in chorological order, mainly about Shinbou. Great start to the Monogatari series. Can't wait to continue onto the movie. |
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| Finally, Araragi called for Shinobu |
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| Well, this was certainly a good season finale. The animation is simply insane. It was cool how when the sky became white Black Hanekawa's hair became black. The callback to episode 1 was great too. And so was all the reactions of Hanekawa... I feel so bad about Hanekawa. She finally found something in her hellish life and it was just taken from her in the blink of an eye. I guess that should tell you to pursue what you want immediately instead of waiting for someone else to take it from you... In the end, Hanekawa ultimately made way for Araragi to save himself with Shinobu by making him stand close to where he'd get a big enough shadow. I wonder if it was Black Hanekawa who did this or the real Hanekawa. Probably the latter. I find it funny how Araragi went to the abandoned building with 3 other girls. If was a passerby and noticed a guy enter a place like that with so many girls I'd assume they were up to no good lol. Interesting how some people in 2010 were saying Episode 12 should've been the finale. While I don't disagree that Episode 12 was a great episode and could make for a great season finale, I doubt the real season finale would work so well without that episode coming first. If they did make Episode 12 the last, they'd have to change the timelines. If not, they'd just have to do non-linear storytelling which I don't think would work as well in this part of the story as it does in the next parts. Anyway, time to watch the next instalment I guess. I think I'll go with the anime release order this time. |
| From Senjogahara to Hachikuji to Kanbaru to Sengoku to Shinobu. Araragi was pushed over to the edge over everything he went through in this series, in this very last episode (of this series/season) and it was put full circle from the first episode where he had that conversation with Hanekawa. It's freakincredible. That being said, I still think that Black Hanekawa is not fully repressed. Nevertheless, this series is amazing. |
KiroTheAssassinOct 7, 2024 9:40 AM
| That's how to stand against victim playing and hold your ground for yourself and Senjougahara, well done Araragi. Shinobu came like hero to save the day. Yup 10/10 anime as I expected. |
| Whelp we have a temporary resolution, now it’s onto Kizu. |
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