Monogatari Series: First Season (2024)

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Synonyms: Bakemonogatari, Monster Tale, Kizumonogatari, Wound Tale, Nisemonogatari, Fake Tale, Nekomonogatari: Kuro, Nekomonogatari: Black

Japanese: 〈物語〉シリーズ ファーストシーズン

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Type: Light Novel

Volumes: 6

Chapters: 107

Status: Finished

Published: Nov 1, 2006 to Jul 28, 2010

Genres: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Supernatural

Theme: Vampire

Serialization: Mephisto

Authors: NISIO, ISIN (Story), VOFAN (Art)


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Light NovelMephistoNISIO, ISIN (Story), VOFAN (Art)

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Synopsis

This is a story, a "ghostory" of sorts, about scars that bond, monsters that haunt, and fakes that deceive.

The story of Koyomi Araragi begins through a fateful encounter with the all-powerful, blonde-haired, "hot-blooded, iron-blooded, and cold-blooded" vampire, later introduced as Shinobu Oshino. Their tragic rendezvous results in the end of Araragi's life as a human and his subsequent rebirth as a vampire—a monster. However, this encounter is only the start of his meddlings with the supernatural. Koyomi's noble personality ultimately sees him getting further involved in the lives of others with supernatural afflictions. This is his desperate attempt at returning to a normal human life, in a paranormal world filled with nothing but tragedy, suffering, and inhumanity.

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This entry includes the first season of the Monogatari Series.

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Background

Monogatari Series: First Season was published in English by Vertical Inc: first with Kizumonogatari as Kizumonogatari: Wound Tale on December 15, 2015; Bakemonogatari as Bakemonogatari: Monster Tale in three volumes from December 20, 2016, to April 25, 2017; Nisemonogatari as Nisemonogatari: Fake Tale in two volumes from June 27, 2017, to August 29, 2017; and Nekomonogatari: Kuro as Nekomonogatari (Black): Cat Tale on November 28, 2017. Vertical also released the series in a box set.

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Adaptation (TV)

Bakemonogatari

Adaptation (TV)

Nisemonogatari

Adaptation (TV Special)

Nekomonogatari: Kuro

Adaptation (Movie)

Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-hen

Adaptation (Movie)

Kizumonogatari II: Nekketsu-hen

Adaptation (Movie)

Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen

Adaptation (Movie)

Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp

Sequel (Light Novel)

Monogatari Series: Second Season

Side Story:
  • Bakemonogatari Short Stories (Light Novel)
  • Nisemonogatari Short Stories (Light Novel)
  • Monogatari Series Heroine Hon (Light Novel)
  • Monogatari Series: Off Season (Light Novel)
  • Mazemonogatari (Light Novel)
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  • Bakemonogatari (Manga)

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Senjougahara, Hitagi

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Oshino, Shinobu

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Araragi, Koyomi

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Araragi, Tsukihi

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Sep 29, 2023

Halalex

Recommended

This review is for people who are already fans of the show, wondering if the novels are worth reading. And the short answer to that question is a resounding "YES"! They are very much worth your time, even coming from someone like me, who usually doesn’t read books otherwise.

On certain days, ‘The Monogatari Series’ might just be my favorite anime, and holding something in that high of regard often comes with you wanting to find out more about the work. The natural progression for me was to read the novels, which not only made me once again realize why I love this story so ...

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Apr 24, 2023

KeiNmari

Recommended

The anime is a masterpiece, but the light novel is just even more of a flawless masterpiece, the Monogatari Light Novel is probably the major reason that drew my attention more towards the world of light novels. Except for Nisemonogatari in the light novel season 1, the other three stories in this, Bake, Kizu, Neko Kuro are all just 10/10 masterpieces with Nise alone being a 9/10 in the light novel. The ln displays more detailed text and gives more detailed info to the readers while reading and I love how it holds just 20 pages long or exceeding even more than that with a ...

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Mar 2, 2024

unrealgentleman

Mixed Feelings

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Is Bakemonogatari an intelligent series?

Bakemonogatari tries to be a smart anime. Yet I think Bakemonogatari is moreso an example of the death of parody.

Parody has a function. Parody is a form of critique: a way of deriding the status quo. A critique is successful when it introduces a new way of thinking. Bakemonogatari tries to be a parody. It tries to critique, and yet rehashes and strengthens the templates it borrows from.

What exactly is the point of the one-note cookie cutter characters like Kanbaru or Hachikuji or Senjougahara or Araragi? They seem to be critiques, over the top parodies of tropes that exist elsewhere ...

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