Monogatari Series: Second Season
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| This would be my last rant, I hope. This anime would've been better if the restored their superior hair back to normal. But oh well, I have no choice but to deal with that Nisio's bipolar writing. |
| “What do you do when there is an evil you cannot defeat by just means? Do you stain your hands with evil to destroy evil? Or do you remain steadfastly just and righteous even if it means surrendering to evil?” ― Lelouch Vi Britannia |
| Really? First episode and we've already got some plot holes. 1. Hitagi knows about the 'golden week' event that happened between Araragi and Tsubasa'. 2. Hitagi act like a friend to Tsubasa, while we know from Nisemonogatari, that their relationship is like master and slave. (Hitagi said it, she could be lying tho.) 3. Tsubasa bluntly say that she LOVE Araragi in front of Hitagi. We know from bakemonogatari that she's to shy to say it, and too kind to take Hitagi's position. And we also got some 'lost chapters'. I hope it was to create some plotwist in the future. Though, it could be my fault for watching the monogatari series in the broadcast order. |
Kish0May 16, 2019 10:19 PM
| He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame. |
| It only now dawned on me how shitty of a homelife Hanekawa has. She literally has a futon that she lays out in a hallway. What the fuck. Hachikuji looks so weird without her backpack. Looks like this season has brought back something from Bakemonogatari, where important messages will flash for single-digit number of frames. Not exactly something I wanted to see return, as the completionist in me will want to read every single last one, but oh well. Seeing that tiger next to Hanekawa makes it look insanely massive. Why did they have to cut Senjougahara's hair too... How was Hanekawa able to tell it was her house specifically that was burning? Can't say it is a terrible idea to sleep in the abandoned school, but it isn't exactly a good one either. I never realized Senjougahara cared for anyone that much, much less Hanekawa. Senjougahara threatening Hanekawa to get Hanekawa to her house was entertaining. Araragi must be rubbing off on Senjougahara, and not in a good way. Senjougahara wanting to take a shower with Hanekawa for Araragi's sake is really funny. Wonder what Araragi is doing that is so important. |
| I missed this series. It brings me a few years back, when everything was less complicated. Can't wait to watch the rest. Without any rest. |
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| The opening is cute and gives me some halcyon vibes. I like that the first episode focuses on Senjougahara and Hanekawa. It's nice to see the waifus interact. Senjougahara looked so damn good in this episode. Hanekawa's house burns down, and instead of asking to stay at someone's house she gets some cardboard, food, and goes to the cram-school instead. All because she doesn't want to be a bother to anyone else. Then when Senjougahara finds her she's bursting in tears. Compare this first episode to the first episode of Bakemonogatari. This isn't the same waifu who would put a stapler in your mouth. She was able to achieve development into a better person through her experiences after meeting Arararagi (失礼、噛みました). Senjougahara and Hanekawa's relationship is an odd one, but I don't think either would change it for the world lol |
Starchaser said: The opening is cute and gives me some halcyon vibes. I like that the first episode focuses on Senjougahara and Hanekawa. It's nice to see the waifus interact. Senjougahara looked so damn good in this episode. Hanekawa's house burns down, and instead of asking to stay at someone's house she gets some cardboard, food, and goes to the cram-school instead. All because she doesn't want to be a bother to anyone else. Then when Senjougahara finds her she's bursting in tears. Compare this first episode to the first episode of Bakemonogatari. This isn't the same waifu who would put a stapler in your mouth. She was able to achieve development into a better person through her experiences after meeting Arararagi (失礼、噛みました). Senjougahara and Hanekawa's relationship is an odd one, but I don't think either would change it for the world lol Where did you watch it? |
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| Dude, Senjougahara breaking down for Hanekawa had me shook! Really cool to see these two interact and converse. All in all it was a fantastic opening episode! |
| "The will to live is stronger than anything else" |
| Well, that was an incredibly good first episode. Like I'm actually taken aback by how good it was. (or how good I found it at least) Well first of all, I really like how Hanekawa is the focus character instead of Koyomi, it's a nice change of pace. Now I would say it sucks that her house burned down but I'm pretty sure she's somewhat happy about that happening deep down. Also didn't think she slept in the hallway, cause after watching Neko, it didn't really click with me at the time that that was a futon in the hallway. I really like how she ran into Hachikuji, and it just flew past me how she didn't have her backpack until she mentioned it. So I'm really looking forward to finding out more about that. Another thing I wanna mention is Hitagi, cause I found her to be absolutely phenomenal. Seeing her react to finding Hanekawa really threw me off, cause she hasn't really shown that much emotion before/ever. I mean there's the relationship between the two of them that was mentioned in Nise. So that might be an explanation to why she acted the way she did towards Hanekawa this episode, but I'm really liking this change in her personality. Overall I really liked this episode and I'm now very eager to watch the next one. |
arcticmontysSep 7, 2020 12:48 PM
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| Now this is what a good ecchi anime is I really enjoyed it was very interesting. So the neck tilt is back! And I really dislike the way they massacre Senjougahara's hair she looks way pretty when she have a long hair well since it's already release I guess it's ok. So on Hanekawa it's not a Neko anymore it's a Tiger now, pretty interesting I'm hoping that it will be good, and Hanekawa still love Araragi although she knows that he already has a girlfriend well she actually have guts saying it in front of her face, I kinda feel bad for Hanekawa losing her house, and when Senjougahara slapping her face while blushing was pretty cute. Good opening it was so cute but I don't really trust cute opening it might be sad. I really enjoyed watching this episode so overall my rating will be 5/5 |
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| Tsubasa-chan with short hair, cool . Funny that all the girls that had long hair have short hair now while the one with short ones have long hair now. So long since we saw Mayoi that I didn't even notice she didn't have her backpack. Glad to see her back. Tsubasa dealt with the cat and now she need to deal with a tiger. This time without Araragi. Cool to see that Tsubasa and Senjogahara is on same terms. Very odd to see that they have become friends. Looks like a lot have happened. However, I am glad for that. That blushing scene when Senjougahara found Tsubasa was gorgeous. Really heartwarming. Good for Senjougahara that she have gotten friends when she was all alone before. From the first ep. it looks like they need to solve this riddle themselves and deal with the aberration. The unclothing scene was so nice. What a view. Senjougahara, the real tsundere, have nice shapes . Araragi-kun is a lucky pal, that's for sure. Gonna be good to see their bath scene, but more importantly what Senjougahara's response will be. That cliffhanger at the end. |
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| Yo that was such a fantastic fucking episode. It's so cool to see Hanekawa's POV. Hanekawa's life is sad damn, she sleeps in the hallway!? She needs to learn how to ask others for help, she has Araragi and Senjougahara now. Though damn, when did Senjougahara and Hanekawa became so close. It warms my heart to see Senjougahara breakdown for Hanekawa though, their interaction this episode was fucking fantastic. |
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| I like the appearance changes. It keeps things fresh. They look good. Something defo is happening here *obviously*. Hanekawa said something about skipping chapter? I have no clue. |
Indeed she is. I feel bad for Hanekawa, she is unloved by her "family" and she has to sleep in the hallway. Wonder why Hanekawa's house was razed to the ground and what's up with Araragi. Also it feels very odd seeing Mayoi without her backpack. |
-Facktack-Aug 8, 2021 10:49 AM
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| This episode was really good. Hope it stays like this for the whole season |
| So now it's a yuri RomCom. I don't mind but I'm a bit sad they nerfed the hair. Fanservice is better than ever though. |
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| it is nice to see the story from hanekawa's perspective. it gives us a feeling that how much all the characters relay on araragi. senjoughara and hanekawa conversations are always welcome for me, the relationship between them is interesting to see and how much hitagi cares for hanekawa and vice-versa. |
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| Ok. Here after 5 years of not watching an episode and reading the manga, let's see what's in store for me. |
| Damn, here we go, Monogatari series hurray! The opening theme seems fun, as well as the episode in this one. |
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| Well, they announced this series is getting more anime this year, and giving how I’ve always wanted to get back to this series I figured this is a great opportunity, so here I am returning to a series I haven’t watched since 2019, feels kinda good lol, it’s like seeing old friends again except they all cut their hair and look worse now, it is what it is tho lol, perhaps the designs will grow on me. And while I can’t remember how I felt about it back then, right now I’m not the biggest fan of quickly flashing text in the middle of scenes, I feel bad for any Japanese folks that watched this on TV lol, they’re cool little tidbits but it feels distracting at the same time, I don’t plan to pause to read them every time. All my nitpicks aside tho, really I do like the uniqueness of the Monogatari anime, it’s definitely a style you don’t get anywhere else, I’m especially a fan of all the colorful scenes and different camera angles. And of course I love the girls, they may talk like they have a dictionary in front of them 24/7 but it’s fun lol, and of course they’re all cute too, but they also have a tendency to attract weird shit and we’re seeing that again with Hanekawa and this tiger that wanted her to be homeless lol, thankfully we have Senjougahara to instill faith in the yuri route and give her a roof over her head while they deal with the situation. And man, that final scene just really reminded me how good the fanservice in this show is, if all else fails you can at least depend on this lol. Nice OP and ED this time too, I still listen to the songs from Bake, Nise and Neko to this day so I’m glad the jams stay banging going forward. But yeah man, good to be back, I know I probably should have given the first few seasons a rewatch first but I don’t know how much time I have before the new series comes out so fuck it we ball lol, and looks like with this and Kotoura-San I’m gonna be in 2013 for a while, I’m definitely not complaining about that lol. |
| Ah, yes. Definitely my favorite Monogatari arc: Yurimonogatari. Now seriously, Senjougahara and Hanekawa sure make an interesting duo. Hope studio show them taking a shower next episode after all that teasing (¬_¬ ) |
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