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Use this tag for questions about the "Monogatari" series of light novels by Nisio Isin, as well as the anime adaptations produced by SHAFT (including Bakemonogatari ("Ghostory"), Nisemonogatari, Nekomonogatari: Kuro, Monogatari Second Season, Hanamonogatari, and Tsukimonogatari).

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Monogatari (物語, "story") is the general name for a series of light novels written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Vofan. This series revolves around a third-year high school student, Koyomi Araragi, who was a vampire for a while, but has almost regained his humanity.

The light novels received a number of anime adaptations.

  • The first one, based on the Bakemonogatari novel and animated by the studio Shaft, aired in summer 2009 and had 12 episodes followed by 3 bonus episodes.
  • The second one, based on Nisemonogatari, aired in winter 2012 and had 11 episodes.
  • The third one, based on Nekomonogatari (Black) aired on December 31, 2012.
  • The fourth one, an anime named Monogatari Series Second Season aired on July 6, 2013 and had 26 episodes. It based on several Monogatari Series Light Novel, which are Nekomonogatari:White, Kabukimonogatari, Otorimonogatari, Onimonogatari, and Koimonogatari.
  • The fifth one, based on Hanamonogatari have all of its five episodes aired on Augustus 6, 2014.
  • The Sixth one, based on Tsukimonogatari have all of its four episodes aired on December 31, 2014.

Other media includes a drama CD, released on August 3, 2009; a PlayStation Portable visual novel titled Bakemonogatari Portable that was released on August 23, 2012; and a number of nendoroid figures.

More information about the series can be found in the Wikipedia article and Bakemonogatari Wikia

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What do the black and red scenes mean?

In Bakemonogatari, it often happens that suddenly, a red screen with "Red Scene (Aka)" or a black screen with "Black Scene (Kuro)" appears for a short time. (At least these are written in my sub.) What do they mean? Is there any difference between…
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What is up with the pattern on the fence?

In the episode 12 of the first Bakemonogatari season, there's a fence with an interesting pattern which seemingly has the word "KAWAK" in it: In the first episode of the second Monogatari season we see the same place: And another angle: Looks…
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What is the in-universe chronological order of the Monogatari Series?

I have Bakemonogatari and Nisemonogatari, and learned that Monogatari Series Second Season is being streamed by Aniplex, which means that Nekomonogatari would have been streamed at some point and that it would get a home release. So, I am wondering…
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Why does Mayoi get embarrassed about this tongue twister?

In Bakemonogatari, Mayoi says a tongue-twister that goes 「生ムミ、生モメ、生ママモ」 ("namamumi, namamome, namamamamo") then gets embarrassed because they sound like another word. What's the reference they're making?
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What is the original text of Black Hanekawa's tongue twister?

Bakemonogatari episode 14 has a fairly famous tongue-twister in it, which Black Hanekawa recites with her cat voice. It was translated as: "Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?". The scene is here…
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How did Araragi hide yoto "Kokoro-Watari" inside his body?

In the Nekomonogatari-Black anime, yōtō "Kokoro-Watari" (妖刀「心渡」, sometimes translated as demon sword "Heartspan") is shown with different lengths, but it always appears to be bigger than Araragi. The size changing isn't very noticeable unless you…
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Who are all the girls fawning over Araragi?

In the latest Monogatari - Tsukimonogatari there is a cut to an image with many young girls surrounding the protagonist. The girls in the purple uniforms are from SHAFT's other show Puella Magi Madoka Magica, but who are the other girls?
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Who is Araragi supposed to look like in this scene?

I'm watching one of the Monogatari episodes - Mayoi Jiangshi 2 (Second Season episode 8). In this scene the style Araragi is drawn with changes radically, as does his hairstyle. The fact that the bloody eyes and seemingly explosive hair look so…
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What is the production order of the Monogatari series?

It's rather confusing how the story is serialized not in the order of its events. I'd like to know the order in which the animated versions were produced. Turns out the creators of the series are very considerate towards the viewers and include…
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What's up with this Araragi and Nadeko scene in Tsubasa Cat, Part 1 (episode 11)?

In episode 11 of Bakemonogatari (Tsubasa Cat, Part 1), after exchanging Kanbaru's washed swimsuit, making some Nobita jokes and talking about Shinobu, Araragi suddenly tries to, from the looks of it, touch Nadeko's hair, but she steps back a bit…
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What do the parenthesized numbers in the [color] Scenes mean?

As you can see at the top of this answer, the [color] Scenes (Black Scene, Red Scene, etc.) in the Monogatari series all include a parenthesized number beneath the romanized form of the name of the color shown. Here's a list of them: ROMANIZED …
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Why do people keep seeing Hachikuji?

After stopping not wanting to go home, Araragi Koyomi and Hanekawa Tsubasa keep seeing Hachikuji on the streets. Why does this still keep happening? I thought Hachikuji can only be seen by a person who doesn't want to go home. Do the effects of the…
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Is there any meaning to the rail lines in Bakemonogatari's "Tsubasa Cat" OP?

The (NSFW, be warned) broadcast opening for the Tsubasa Cat arc of Bakemonogatari ("Sugar Sweet Nightmare") features various artistic nudes with what appear to be rail tracks stretching out along the model's body, such as in this SFW sample: The…
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Why did they air all four Tsukimonogatari episodes in one day?

The most recent story of the Monogatari series, Tsukimonogatari, has just aired and has all of its four episodes aired on one day. The same thing happened with Hanamonogatari which aired on August 6, 2014. They aired all of its five episodes on that…
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Are all apparitions on Monogatari based on actual stories?

In the Monogatari Series, there are a lot apparitions. The ones that can easily recognized as corresponding to actual stories in real life are the phoenix (Araragi Tsuhiki) and vampire (Araragi Koyomi, Oshino Shinobu). What about the others? Here's…
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