Nov 1, 2014
Bakemonogatari is about Araragi Koyomi, getting involved in unusual supernatural creatures known as oddities. In this part of the Monogatari series, it has 5 stories set, talking about 5 different girls that Araragi meets.
Character:
All of the characters are of a typical harem anime. They have a loli-type, tsundere-type, little sister type, big sister(little) type, smart-type, etc,. Disregarding that, this part of the anime focuses mainly on Araragi's personality, and how he likes helping other characters in the story, which leads to them falling in love. It does not focus on the harem too much, since the stories are separated, and each story has Araragi
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and a different main or minor character as the main with him. Almost every character is a dynamic character, changing due to important events in the story.
Story:
In Bakemonogatari, the stories that are told are all unique. About half of the series is mainly about Araragi and Senjougahara's relationship developing throughout the series, and there are other characters who develop romantic feelings for the protagonist. The series has Araragi portrayed as a a "hero", willing to help others at the cost of his own life. Each story in the series do not get sidetracked except for the ending, which was a truly magnificent scene.
Art:
The art of the anime is obvious enough to know that one of the producers is "Shaft" with their famous head tilt. This was animated in 2009-2010, so the quality of the series is not very good, but disregarding that, the characters still please the eye, and are not old fashioned. The art makes this show focus solely on the characters known in the series. Minor characters aren't even shown, only heard, or they're outlined and not shown. This art style suits this mysterious series very well due to it being very compatible with each other.
Sound:
Each story had separate OPs & EDs which was the first anime I've ever seen switching repeatedly. Each OP and ED matches the characters personality most of the time, and matches the story. An example of how the OP matches a character, would be the child-like sound to the OP "Renai Circulation" in the Nadeko Snake story of the series. The last ED "Kimi ni Shiranai", matches perfectly with the ending of the anime as well. By far my favorite ED for the entire series possibly.
Enjoyment:
I truly believe, if you love a high-quality romance, Bakemonogatari will be the perfect anime for you. The story is well-told and will not bore you. The series has many BGM that will also get you hooked into the anime that fit into the story, same for the OP and ED. I haven't watched many anime titles yet(little over 200) but this is by far my favorite romance, it does not get sidetracked, and focuses on the story. There are a couple flaws that I personally did not like, but the plot of the story made all of the flaws not even matter.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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