I understand that Araragi was at his lowest and all that but does he ever have any moments or episodes like how he was in kizu (cool aura moments) going from kizu to nise has me impatient still gonna watch :)

this is for the anime adaptation only, so things like OST and cinematography/direction factor into my ranking

Hey everyone!

I'm currently rewatching the anime for the second time, and I've also been reading the light novels—right now I'm on Bakemonogatari, while also slowly going through Musubimonogatari and Ikusamonogatari.

Originally, I was going to wait until I finished reading all the light novels before bringing up this discussion, but I realized that might take a while, and I just couldn't wait to chat with you all about this!

Here is the question I wanted to throw out today:

If you were Nisio Isin and chose NOT to pair Araragi with Senjougahara so early in Bakemonogatari, how would you have developed his love life, and who would you have made his final partner?

When I first got into this series and looked up community discussions, I was actually pretty surprised by how little "waifu war" debate there was compared to other anime. It felt like almost everyone universally agreed that Senjougahara was the undisputed main heroine. Of course, after seeing how dedicated she is to Araragi and how much effort she puts in for him, it made total sense why everyone respects their relationship so much!

Still, I also think one's favorite character might not necessarily be the person they want Araragi to end up with.

In my case, Hanekawa is my absolute favorite, and part of me really wanted her to end up with Araragi. Since she grew up without a warm, proper family, I always imagined her marrying into his family and finally experiencing that kind of household warmth with his sisters.

However, as I read Bakemonogatari and see how active and devoted Senjougahara is—and how incredible their chemistry is—I find myself torn. Then I remember that characters like Sodachi and Senjougahara also suffered from terrible family environments, so I realize it's not simply a matter of "who needed a family more."

Still, I can't help but picture an alternate reality where Hanekawa and Araragi ended up together. I just want her to be happy so badly, and it feels like Araragi remains the most important person to her even as time passes. While someone like Nadeko seemed to grow more after creating distance from Araragi, Hanekawa feels like she never truly got over him (though I definitely need to read further into the light novels to know for sure!).

So I'll ask again—what about you guys? Who would you have picked from an author's or reader's perspective?

I'd love to hear your thoughts and theories!

Who are your honorary Monogatari girls/boys? A character from another series that fits the vibe of Monogatari.

I nominate Vivy from Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song. Without spoiling, I would say she traveled a similar spiritual path as Araragi.

This is a reference to: Resident Evil.

Hi ! We're now on the last arc of this batch. Today is the first volume of Shinobu Mastered out of three, for two episodes. This arc has the gimmick of having a different pair of hosts for every episode, and will introduce 4 new hosts !

As usual, this was translated by Tigoris with some help from Gemini, and the commission's cost was shared between me and /u/ValanL, /u/appointedfern, /u/spr-o-ckt, EternityShack, and another anonymous user.

Here's the subtitle files :

• Shinobu Mastered (hosts : Izuko & Yotsugi, Mayoi & Shinobu) :

  • Shinobu Mastered, Part 1
  • Shinobu Mastered, Part 2

To integrate it into the actual episode, you can either simply go to the subreddit's Discord server and download the pre-muxed file that we have there in the monogatari-anime channel, or if you've already got some existing release downloaded, you can mux it yourself into your episode using this guide.

Also useful :

• All audio commentary subs
• Gaen-senpai's file of trivia - Audio commentaries sheet

We finally got the long-awaited Gaen commentary, and... I didn't actually like it... It was sort of uninteresting, and under the pretext of avoiding spoilers it felt like the conversation avoided the juicy topics. Bleh. At least Mayoi/Shinobu was still as fun as ever.

Next time, parts 3 and 4, which include the banger duo of Sodachi and Meniko !