Bakemonogatari
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Ghostory化物語 | |||
| Genre | Mystery, Romance, School Life, Supernatural | ||
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Manga Series: Bakemonogaratri | |||
| Authored by |
Nisio Isin (story) & Vofan (art) | ||
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| Original run |
November 1, 2006 – December 1, 2006 | ||
| No. of volumes |
2 | ||
| Anime series: Bakemonogatari | |||
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SHAFT | ||
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| Original run |
July 3, 2009 — Ongoing | ||
| No. of episodes |
15 | ||
Bakemonogatari (化物語?, a portmanteau of bakemono [monster] and monogatari [story, tale]) is a Japanese light novel series written by Japanese novelist Nisio Isin and illustrated by Taiwanese illustrator Vofan; the series is published by Kodansha under the Kodansha Box imprint. The story centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third year high school student who has recently survived a vampire attack, and finds himself mixed up with all kinds of apparitions; gods, ghosts, mythological beasts, and spirits. An anime adaptation by Shaft started airing on July 3, 2009 and is set for 15 episodes.
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Story
Bakemonogatari focuses around Koyomi Araragi, a third year high school student. During Golden week Koyomi becomes a vampire then is returned to a near human state with the help of Meme Oshino, an expert in the apparitions field. One day, a classmate named Hitagi Senjōgahara, who infamously never talks to anyone, falls down the stairs into Koyomi's arms. He discovers that Hitagi weighs next to nothing, in defiance of physics. Although Hitagi threatens Koyomi, he offers to help Hitagi and introduces her to Meme in an attempt to restore her weight.
The series introduces additional heroines, each with their own apparition. Each heroine also are in possession of items that symbolize their apparition, such as Hitagi's staplers representing the claws of the crab and Mayoi's backpack representing the shell of a snail. Each story also builds on the events of the subsequent ones and largely focuses on conversations between the characters, including the trademark word plays and metahumor of Nisio Isin's work.
Characters
- Koyomi Araragi (阿良々木 暦|Araragi Koyomi)
- Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya [1]
- Koyomi, the main character of the story, is a third year high school student who is close to failing every class except math. Shortly before the novel begins, he was attacked by a vampire during spring break, and became a vampire himself. Although Meme Oshino helped him become human again, there are a few lingering side effects; he can see in the dark, and he heals faster than the average human. He is still scared of morning sunlight even though it no longer has any effect on him. He started dating Hitagi at the end of Mayoi Snail.
- Hitagi Senjōgahara (戦場ヶ原 ひたぎ|Senjōgahara Hitagi)
- Voiced by: Chiwa Saito [1]
- Hitagi, the main character of Hitagi Crab, is a weak-looking girl with an "incurable disease". She is in the same class as Koyomi, but he has almost never heard her speak. When she was in the first year of high school, she encountered a mysterious crab, after which she became weightless. Ever since, she has avoided contact with everyone else, threatening everyone who discovers her secret. She called herself a tsundere and always speaks in an abusive style. At the end of Mayoi Snail, she admits that she loves Koyomi, and subsequently enters into a relationship with him. In the original, she overcame all of her trauma, and finally became a completely common cheerful girl as calling Araragi with a cute nickname, chuckling at small things, sending e-mails with full of Emojis. She cuts her hair shorter than Suruga.
- Mayoi Hachikuji (八九寺 真宵|Hachikuji Mayoi)
- Voiced by: Emiri Katō [1]
- Mayoi, the main character of Mayoi Snail, is a fifth-grade elementary school girl. She always carries around a big backpack, wears a hair-band, and has her hair in ponytails. Koyomi met her in a park on Mother's Day and offered to help her find her mother's home. She later reveals that, due to a Snail, they can never reach their destination and will always be lost. She makes a lot of spelling mistakes and has a habit of mispronouncing Koyomi's family name. Her family name before her parents got divorced was Tsunade|綱手 She graduates to become a "Wandering Spirit" after Araragi and Senjogahara help her find the place of her mother's home.
- Suruga Kanbaru (神原 駿河|Kanbaru Suruga)
- Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro [1]
- Suruga, the main character of Suruga Monkey, is Koyomi's underclassman, ace of the school's basketball team and one of Hitagi's acquaintances from back in junior high school. Immediately after she entered senior high school, she became aware of Hitagi's secret and was threatened by her, just like Koyomi was. She's an admitted lesbian, fujoshi, lolicon and masochist. Back in elementary school, she inherited what she thought was a Monkey's Paw but was actually a Rainey Devil from her mother. She started stalking Koyomi after she discovered he was dating Hitagi. She becomes friends with Koyomi and Hitagi after Koyomi rids her of the Rainey Devil.
- Nadeko Sengoku (千石 撫子|Sengoku Nadeko)
- Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa [1]
- Nadeko, the main character of Nadeko Snake, is Tsukihi’s friend back in elementary school. She always wears a waist pouch; always cast her eyes downward, have her bangs covering her eyes, has a shy personality and can be easily amused. Koyomi plays with her a lot whenever she visited his house after being invited by his sisters. She was put on a curse and was going to die until Koyomi found out and offers her his help. She refers to Koyomi as Koyomi onii-chan and appears to have feelings for him.
- Tsubasa Hanekawa (羽川 翼|Hanekawa Tsubasa)
- Voiced by: Yui Horie [1]
- Tsubasa, the main character of Tsubasa Cat, is Koyomi's classmate and the class president. Koyomi describe her as "the class president of all class presidents". Prior to the novel begins; she was possessed by bakeneko during a Golden Week due to stress over her family. Although it has since been resolved with the help of Shinobu at a cost of her own memories, the problems emerged again right before the school festival because of different stress.
- Meme Oshino (忍野 メメ|Oshino Meme)
- Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai [1]
- Meme is a middle-aged man who lives in an abandoned building. Koyomi calls him "psychedelic aloha guy". Being an expert in apparitions field, he solves Koyomi and others' problems, although with compensation.
- Shinobu Oshino (忍野 忍|Oshino Shinobu)
- Voiced by: Aya Hirano [2]
- Shinobu is a girl who lives with Meme in the abandoned building. She appears to be an eight year old girl, but she was originally a beautiful vampire who had lived for more than 500 years. After the events at the end of Koyomi Vamp, she was left in a weakened condition with no powers or traces of her original personality and therefore have to abandon her "Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade"|キスショット・アセロラオリオン・ハートアンダーブレード name. She was named Shinobu by Meme at the beginning of Hitagi Crab, suggesting her kanji name Shinobu (忍), having "heart" (心) under "blade" (刃), matches with her original personality.
- Karen Araragi (阿良々木 火憐|Araragi Karen)
- Voiced by: Eri Kitamura [1]
- Karen, the main character of Karen Bee, is one of Koyomi's sisters. She's older than Tsukihi and always doing outdoor activities. Karen and Tsukihi are being nicknamed Tsuga no Ki Nichū no Fire Sisters|栂の木二中のファイヤーシスターズ| (lit. Fire Sisters of Tsuga no Ki 2nd Junior High.)
- Tsukihi Araragi (阿良々木 月火|Araragi Tsukihi)
- Voiced by: Yuka Iguchi [1]
- Tsukihi, the main character of Tsukihi Phoenix, is one of Koyomi's sisters. She's the youngest of Araragi family. Unlike her sister, Karen, she is always doing indoor activities. Contrary to her personality, she always constantly changing her hair style and is short-tempered to the point Koyomi describe her as having hysteria. Tsukihi and Karen are being nicknamed Tsuga no Ki Nichū no Fire Sisters|栂の木二中のファイヤーシスターズ
Media
Light Novels
Anime
Other Media
Reception
Production Staff
Episodes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 As listed in the Official Japanese website スタッフ・キャスト (Japanese). bakemonogatari.com.
- ↑ As stated in the Anime Bakemonogatari Official Guidebook
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| Genre | Mystery +, Romance +, School Life +, and Supernatural + |
| Series name | Bakemonogatari + |
