Bakemonogatari

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Synonyms: Monster Tale, Monogatari Series: First Season

Japanese: 化物語

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 22

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Finished

Published: Mar 14, 2018 to Mar 15, 2023

Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural

Theme: Vampire

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Weekly)

Authors: Oh! Great (Art), NISIO, ISIN (Story)

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Koyomi Araragi is no stranger to the abnormal. During the spring break of his third year in high school, a fateful encounter with vampire Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade turns him into a vampire himself. Thrust into the world of oddities, Araragi finds himself catching classmate Hitagi Senjougahara when she falls down the school stairs one day—but something is amiss. After being confronted by the girl in question, Araragi learns that her weight was stolen by a mythical crab. In spite of Senjougahara's blunt threats, he manages to convince her to let him help. In need of a solution to an abnormal problem, the two visit the mysterious Meme Oshino, a wanderer who saved Araragi from his vampirism.

Bakemonogatari is a tale about the monsters that reside within everyone, but just how deep do they dwell in the people Araragi meets?

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Bakemonogatari has been published in English by Vertical since October 1, 2019.

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Alternative version:	Monogatari Series: First Season
Adaptation:	Manga "Bakemonogatari" Shaft Seisaku Tokubetsu PV

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Senjougahara, Hitagi

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Oshino, Shinobu

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Araragi, Koyomi

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Hanekawa, Tsubasa

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Hachikuji, Mayoi

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Kanbaru, Suruga

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Sengoku, Nadeko

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Kaiki, Deishuu

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Oshino, Ougi

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Oshino, Meme

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Jun 19, 2023

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Recommended

'Bakemonogatari' is, without a doubt, an interesting interpretation of Nisio's works. Some diehard fans will be disappointed with its somewhat lax interpretation of some events (both in terms of LNs or the anime). Others won't mind it, as they're open to a more novel take on an already experimental series.

I belong to the latter, but I'd completely understand if you were in the former camp. The manga does take some adjusting to how the arcs are explored. Sometimes you'd get some slight, nuanced differences. Sometimes the changes imposed on the reader are rather...significant and can even appear confusing.

What obviously makes these otherwise glaring differences smoother ...

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Mar 22, 2021

animegirl2533

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (93/? eps)

Oh! Great is an incredible visual artist, no one could deny that. But I do not think the manga adaptation is in good hands with him at the helm. Why? For starters, this scene (which I believe took place in the late 60's page wise) from the first chapter. It's an absolute atrocity.

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Let's put aside how logistically absurd it is for a moment.

Let's put aside the question of how a girl with no weight could possibly snap a metal railing, even in a dilapidated building, simply by leaning against it.

Let's put aside the question of how Senjougahara could possibly be a floor above ...

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Jul 11, 2022

TheTrueShan

Not Recommended

Preliminary (8/? eps)

First and foremost: I really do not like this adaptation of monogatari and it pains me to not like something like this. The art is fantastic and Oh! Great did a great job with some of the panel work and art direction. Maybe minus kissshot's design. But I just can't get over how bad of an adaptation of the original story this is. Some may not have an issue with how things have changed. But for me there are so many little differences in story beats and characters that I just can't stand it. And see this as nothing more than some glorified fan fiction.

[Warning: ... some minor spoilers for monogatari in this next paragraph]
One of the biggest offensives for me is right in the beginning. Senjougahara is afflicted with having essentially no weight. This is due to her having a crab god remove her emotions, as she couldn't handle the things in her personal life, mostly her mother. This meant that Senjougahara was cold and stern with everyone she encountered. Because she simply did not feel anything towards anyone. So, why do I mention all of this? Well because in this manga version of the same story, we see multiple times that Senjougahara is flustered with Araragi and shown to be blushing. All of this before she was given back her emotions. I think this completely undermines her character development as she is meant to start off as a girl who doesn't know how to control her emotions and ends up being maybe a bit too harsh on Araragi at the start. But as the series goes on, she is meant to be shown more and more loving towards Araragi. Or I guess we could just shove it in the face of the viewers by showing Senjougahara is flustered by Araragi's face being equally shoved into Senjougahara 's crotch. Which, by the way, never happened in the books or the anime. Just extra fanservice for the sake of it, I guess? Ugh.

Again these changes might not seem like a big deal to some, but for me this is one example of how the story is changed from the original. Shaft may have took some liberties when making the animes, but it seems Oh! Great has created a whole new set of characters that just share the names from Monogatari. With some of the story beats added in there. This reads more like fan fiction than it does an actual adaptation in manga form.

Now, I have only read through to ch.8 before I dropped the manga. After all why keep reading something if I'm not enjoying it. So, who knows it might have gotten better over time. But I seriously doubt that the *little* changes to the story are ever going to stop.

Some may even wonder why I would write a review on something like this. Clearly people tend to enjoy this adaptation and my view is quite a niche one. I just wanted to write down my own thoughts on this and give a clear conscience to anyone out there that might be feeling the same way about this manga.

If you like this adaptation, I am happy for you. I just worry if this is anyone's first interaction with the series, and they go to the books or anime, they might be in a for a surprise to find things different from what they are used to.

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