Bakemonogatari

Name: Bakemonogatari
Rating: 8.5

化物語
Monster Tale
Monogatari Series: First Season

Manga8.513406 votes22 volumes · 193 chaptersFinished

ActionComedyDramaMysteryRomanceSupernaturalVampireShounen

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Synopsis

Koyomi Araragi is no stranger to the abnormal. During the spring break of his third year in high school, a fateful encounter with vampire Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade turns him into a vampire himself. Thrust into the world of oddities, Araragi finds himself catching classmate Hitagi Senjougahara when she falls down the school stairs one day—but something is amiss. After being confronted by the girl in question, Araragi learns that her weight was stolen by a mythical crab. In spite of Senjougahara's blunt threats, he manages to convince her to let him help. In need of a solution to an abnormal problem, the two visit the mysterious Meme Oshino, a wanderer who saved Araragi from his vampirism. Bakemonogatari is a tale about the monsters that reside within everyone, but just how deep do they dwell in the people Araragi meets? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Publication notes

Bakemonogatari was published in English by Vertical from October 1, 2019 to August 20, 2024. It was also released in Spanish by Milky Way Ediciones from December 27, 2018, to February 28, 2024; and in Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics from September 5, 2019, to March 23, 2024.

Published

Mar 14, 2018 to Mar 15, 2023

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External links

MyAnimeList page KodanshaKodansha USA Official Site @BKMNGTR_IxI Wikipedia Wikipedia

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Main characters

Hitagi Senjougahara41197 fan favorites
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Birthday: July 7 Height: 165 cm Weight: Unknown Hitagi, a main female character of Bakemonogatari, 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 nearly weightless. Ever since then, she has avoided contact with everyone else, threatening everyone who discovers her secret. She jokingly labels herself as a tsundere and speaks with a sharp tongue.
Shinobu Oshino33244 fan favorites
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Shinobu is a girl who lives with Meme in an abandoned building. She loves donuts from "Mister Donut." 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.
Koyomi Araragi30304 fan favorites
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Age: 18 (Beginning) 19 (Off & Monster Season onwards) Height: 165 cm Weight: 55 kg Koyomi Araragi is a third year high school student who survived a vampire attack during spring break and barely regained his human life in the time that followed as a boy with remnants of vampiric traits. He can see in the dark, his eyes turn red when he gets angry, and he heals incredibly fast. As a result, he questions his lifespan. He remains scared of morning sunlight despite the fact that it no longer has any negative effects on him. Koyomi is a laid-back person whose only real friend at school is Tsubasa Hanekawa. He's a poor student, close to failing every class except math. It is revealed through conversations that he's quite knowledgeable with anime; a fact even noted by Nadeko Sengoku once. Although he is shown to be attracted to the other girls, he turns their advances down due to his loyalty to Hitagi. Other characters seems to speculate that Koyomi is a lolicon, particularly Mayoi and Hitagi, with Hitagi thinking that Nadeko is a "threat" to her. He is very noble, which is why Hitagi is attracted to him. He is willing to help others at the cost of his own life. As such, the female characters he has helped are quite attached to him. He feels most comfortable talking to Mayoi, Shinobu and, from the Second Season on, to Yotsugi about his problems. Koyomi is the only person who thinks that his family relationship is bad, with Karen and Tsukihi thinking otherwise. His parents were revealed to be police officers. His personality is portrayed more clearly in the novels, where his inner thoughts show him to be much more perverted and intelligent than the anime leads one to believe. Due to events prior to Kizumonogatari and Bakemonogatari, Koyomi avoided having friends and seemed to have lost faith and trust in people and himself. (Source: Bakemonogatari Wikia, edited)
Tsubasa Hanekawa11289 fan favorites
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Age: 17, 18 (Monogatari Series: Second Season onwards) Hair: Long/short black hair Eyes: Dark-colored Skin: Fair complexion Height: 158 cm Favorite phrase/slogan: "I don't know everything, I just know what I know." (何でもは知らないわよ。知ってることだけ。, Nandemo wa shiranaiwa yo. Shitteru koto dake.) She styles her hair into two braids and ties them with a hair ribbon that has a cat design. She is always seen dressed in the uniform of Naoetsu Private High School, even outside of school days, and is rarely seen on any other type of clothing, except for a set of sleepwear which she wore during Tsubasa Cat Arc. Hanekawa Tsubasa is Araragi's classmate and the class president. Araragi describes her as "the class president of all class presidents." The reason Tsubasa and Hitagi cut their hair short is because they learned Araragi likes it short. Hanekawa currently lives with her stepfather and stepmother. Hanekawa Family's Past Hanekawa Story's overview in Nekomonogatari/Bakemonogatari
Mayoi Hachikuji7448 fan favorites
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Mayoi is a fifth-grade elementary school girl. She is 144cm tall and always carries a big backpack, wears a hairband, and sports ponytails. Befitting her age, Mayoi is cheerful, energetic and inquisitive. She makes a lot of spelling mistakes and has a habit of mispronouncing Koyomi's family name. On the other hand, she does not easily trust strangers, and will even fight back against them if they become too nosy.
Suruga Kanbaru5057 fan favorites
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Age: 17 (Beginning), 18 (Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season onwards) Birthday: May 9 Suruga, the main character of Suruga Monkey, is Koyomi's underclassman, star of the school's basketball team and one of Hitagi's acquaintances from back in junior high school. She is so well known in her school that not a single student had not heard of her, mostly because it was her who was responsible of the rapid rise of success of the school's girls basketball team due to her talents. She considers herself a lesbian, fujoshi, lolicon and masochist. Her hobbies include reading yaoi literature and playing basketball. Although her sexual preference is clearly towards females, she does not have a hard time interacting with males, and she even manages to say teasing remarks when she is comfortable with the person she talks to (i.e. Araragi). She is 160cm tall. Suruga is a girl with brown eyes and dark bluish hair. Because of her club activities as a basketball varsity player, she boasts an athletic physique, although she admits that her breasts might not be ample enough for Araragi to notice. Her clothing style reflects her boyish personality; when she is not in the uniform of Naoetsu Private High School, she often wears sleeveless clothing and shorts. Whichever clothes she wears, she is regularly seen wearing cycling shorts, which she considers to be her underwear, much to Araragi's shock upon hearing it straight from her (as it implies that she does not wear panties). (Source: Bakemonogatari Wiki)
Nadeko Sengoku4930 fan favorites
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Age: 13, 14 (Monogatari: Second Season), 15 (Monogatari: Off & Monster Season) Height: 153 cm Weight: around 38 kg Birthday: June 3 (Gemini) Blood type: B Favorite food: hamburger, yakisoba Favorite music: folk song Favorite color: purple Nadeko, a main character of the Monogatari Series, has been Tsukihi's friend since elementary school. She wears a waist pouch, casts her eyes downward, has bangs covering her eyes, has a shy personality, and can be easily amused. Koyomi played with her a lot whenever she visited his house after being invited by his sisters. She refers to Koyomi as Koyomi onii-chan and appears to have feelings for him. Nadeko Snake Arc She's quite protective of her hair (particularly her forelocks) thinking that it's her place to guard more than her panties. When she finally combed her forelocks aside in Nisemonogatari, Koyomi commented that she has a glare just like a serpent, foreshadowing the story of Nadeko Medusa. Nadeko Medusa Arc Koyomi Reverse Arc