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Despite starting out as a "harem" setting, the main character falls in love with one woman in the first season and stays loyal to her. Monogatari series has a lot of dark satire which puts a lot of people off. Incest and pedophilia are often used as the basis for jokes and parodies.
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Highlights of Monogatari: Animation/design is usually pretty...
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- Hitagi Senjougahara (39,862 Favorites) The heroine of the first arc, Hitagi Senjougahara, is Araragi’s classmate and the most popular character in the series.
- Shinobu Oshino (32,296 Favorites) Shinobu is easily one of the most iconic vampires in anime. Once the legendary vampire known as Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade, she now resembles an eight-year-old, having been drained of most of her powers.
- Koyomi Araragi (28,359 Favorites) The protagonist of the series, Koyomi Araragi, was a high school student who got bitten by a vampire and turned into one himself.
- Tsubasa Hanekawa (10,541 Favorites) Araragi’s classmate, close friend, and model student, Tsubasa Hanekawa, draws admiration from everyone around her.
- 10 Best: Koyomi Araragi
- 9 Worst: Rouka Numach
- 8 Best: Hitagi Senjougahara
- 7 Worst: Sodachi Oikura
- 6 Best: Deishuu Kaiki
- 5 Worst: Suruga Kanbaru
- 4 Best: Shinobu Oshino
- 3 Worst: Tsukihi Araragi
- 2 Best: Mayoi Hachikuji
- 1 Worst: Izuko Gaen
Kicking off the list is the protagonist of the series, Koyomi Araragi. After the vampire attack, Koyomi now has increased vision at night and regenerative properties. Koyomi isn’t like most animeharem protagonists. While he has the perverted nature for which they are known, Koyomi is presented as someone with a sharp intellect. He is a mix of comed...
Rouka Numachi is a self-proclaimed devil. She is the rival of Suruga Kanbaru who was forced to quit basketball after an injury. Rouka is obsessed with misfortune and has found a way to manifest it into her own personality. RELATED: 10 Anime to Watch if you Like the Monogatari Series Her goal is to replace her own body with the parts of the Rainy De...
Hitagi Senjougahara is Koyomi’s main love interest in the series. She is a sharp-tongued tsunderewith smarts. Her apparition is the Heavy Stone Crab, an oddity that renders her weightless. Hitagi is introduced into the series falling down a flight of stairs, in which Koyomi catches her and discovers the oddity. The start of the series pitches Hitag...
Sodachi Oikura is the exception to the wonderful cast of characters in the Monogatarifranchise. The childhood friend of Koyomi, Sodachi also fell victim to many unfortunate events in her life. However, she doesn’t have an apparition to blame for it. Instead, Sodachi chooses to blame Koyomi for everything that goes on. Sodachi is seen during the sev...
While he didn’t make the best Monogatari girllist, the meme of Kaiki being best girl holds strong here. Deishuu Kaiki is a conman known for manipulating middle school students by selling them charms. RELATED: 10 Supernatural Anime to Watch Right Now Kaiki’s personality shines when he is trying to figure out how to come to a favorable conclusion for...
Suruga Kanbaru is another one of Koyomi’s underclassmen. As stated earlier she is a rival of Rouka and was the star player on the basketball team. Suruga suffers from the Rainy Devil oddity, an apparition that turned her left arm into a monkey’s paw. While Suruga’s story is interesting her character personality is the hyper-sexualized comic relief....
Shinobu Oshino is a vampire girl living in Koyomi’s shadow to avoid the sun. Shinobu was once human before being turned into a vampire known as Kiss-shot. Shinobu considers Koyomi to be her master but is very powerful on her own. RELATED: 10 Supernatural Anime Characters Who Were Based on Real Japanese Folklore Shinobu starts the series in complete...
Tsukihi Araragi is the younger sister of Koyomi and one-half of the fire sisters with her sister, Karen Araragi. Tsukihi is the much more forgotten sister and doesn’t have a distinct personality like most of the other characters. Instead, Tsukihi’s character is developed by her interactions with Koyomi. Tsukihi is seen during Nisemonogatari.
All hail the snail, Mayoi Hachikuji is a ghost of a fifth-grade student who died in a car accident. Mayoi has become her oddity, the Lost Snail, as she haunts people who avoid going to their homes. Mayoi was introduced to Koyomi as he was leaving his house in attempts of avoiding Mother’s Day. The two have hilarious interactions with each other as ...
Rounding out the list is Izuko Gaen, the leader of the Oddity Special Network and Oddity Specialist. While Izuko does have a unique personality in the series, it's not unique for anime. Izuko is considered the all-knowing senpai, even claiming that there’s nothing that she doesn’t know. This leads her to come off as smug and arrogant. Izuko is intr...
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Highlights of Monogatari: Animation/design is usually pretty good. Most of the characters are likeable and have good character focus/development. Witty/fun dialogue. Storylines don't tend to go more than 4 -5 episodes tops so if you don't like one in particular, the focus will change relatively soon.
Monogatari is a character-driven story about Araragi Koyomi, an ex-vampire who encounters several people afflicted by supernatural problems. These problems come from Oddities -- spirits based on the Shinto religion -- and Araragi tries to help others solve them.
It's not the point of the series, and the story and characters are strong enough that it tips the scale completely in favor for the storytelling. Sure, there are bath scenes and the MC likes lolis. It's not played basic like run-of-the-mill ecchi anime, though.
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May 25, 2020 · Featuring three seasons that are split into 14 series that contain multiple arcs revolving around specific girls, Monogatari offers long-winded but mesmerizing dialogue, endearing albeit inherently weird characters, and a frantic but measured art style that sets it apart from any other anime.
