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Ngl I don't understand why this is rated so low. It's definitely more slice of life than I thought, but mononogatari has a somewhat unique world/universe, at least one I haven't seen ever before, with interesting characters and an interesting plot. As of episode 10, the show seems to be more about getting closure/dealing with one's struggles, grief, and moving forward, more so than revenge, but I do enjoy the way the story is being told. There is a lot of setup and imo it's a little confusing at first because on certain episodes there's bombs of information dropped at once, but mostly they space out new info fairly well. I thought the heroine was going to be another bland character that might as well be supporting cast because there isn't much interaction with the hero but recent episodes have changed my mind and set up a n interesting dichotomy between the MCs. The plot/world building get a solid 8 from me while the writing/scripts of the episodes get a 9. I'm over how so many anime have to leave episodes on cliffhangers, and although mononogatari does sometimes, it's executed well so it doesn't get annoying.
The visuals/animation are nothing crazy but the action sequences are choregraphed well (looks like a dope fight) and kinda look better than slice of life sections (imo not a bad thing because both look fine nonetheless.) The music is again nothing crazy but still pretty solid, particularly the action music whips and is pretty funky imo. The non action scenes are funny enough to where they are still entertaining so that's a good thing imo.
Again, why this show getting shat on so hard? It's pretty entertaining, has a diverse interesting cast with good writing & interactions/history between certain cast members, with a solid overarching plot, a somewhat unique world that I can't really compare to any anime I remember, and multiple substories revealed slowly throughout. Would recommend if you like action/romance genre
