Initially, I only saw Bakemonogatari, and that was while it still first aired, and decided not to get involved with Monogatari anymore, due to strong harem elements.
Plus, it seemed to me that there will be very little of Meme, anyway, and I liked him more than Koyomi.
That being said, over the years I saw how everyone was mentioning Kaiki best girl, Kaiki is awesome, etc., plus recently I found out that he has over 8000 favorites on MAL, so it made curious, that I decided to check some scenes with him on YT, and they were interesting enough for me to really stark liking him, and thus just see that last arc in this season.
I also saw parts of episode 2 of Hanamonogatari because of him.
I suppose he is present even before Koimonogatari, but I just don't feel the need to see those previous scenes.
What can I say, he is really great character, his interactions are well written, and I wouldn't mind if the entire franchise had him as central MC.
It is difficult not to like that kind of a person.
Miki Shinichiro did an amazing job voicing him, btw.
Theo1899 said:His first appearance is in nisemonogatari as a villain
Yes, I'm aware of that.
BlakexEkalb said:Bruh what is wrong with you, how dare you skip episodes and not watch the Monogatari Series in order.
You probably aren't aware of this, but I am usually very extreme about this; that is, nowadays, I try to watch everything in order of airing/release, and if I watch some long running series that had movies/OVAs/specials released over the years, I actually always make sure to watch those exactly between the episodes of main series that aired at the time of their initial release.
- I only made an exception with Koimonogatari (or is it Hitagi End?) because I was simply very curious what is the deal with this Kaiki guy, and why is he so popular.
SendGoodAnime said:You should give it a watch. It’s a really good series. I didn’t even notice the haram aspect of the show. Monogatari series is a masterpiece.
I was already for years aware that Monogatari series is well written.
The things is, I am on a personal level really sensitive to harem (elements), and in my past experiences with those I was usually left feeling bad, or sick.
As a man, I was never really able to get into the whole "self-project yourself into the MC's shoes" thing, or seeing another guy (even if they are fictional) be so popular among girls, and maybe the biggest reason, it really annoys me to no end, how in harems other males are mostly treated like trash, comic relief, perverts, or just made gay so that all the girls go to MC.
It is very personal point of view of mine, and no matter how great something is written, some things just get on my nerves, which is why I actually liked the way Kaiki "cured" Nadeko from her state of being part of "harem".
But then again, who knows, maybe one day I will actually see to it to actually restart series from the beginning, and see everything in order of release.
But I believe that will greatly depend on if I find out that Kaiki, or maybe rather Meme this time, have a big role in future, because as it is, I'm not really fan of Koyomi as MC.
Attackonfiller said:N*gga what have you done? I hope you Shaft head tilt so hard that it sends you to the Shadow Realm.
There are worse things in life.