Bakemonogari isn’t deep but it has an unique charm.
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And the visual dominating Shaft-style seems strangely appropriate for this series because it is one of the few that favours style over substance. Bakemonogatari surely is one of the better Shaft-series out there which also embraces its Shaft-y style. Because it embraces the sort of abstract nature that isn’t really everyone’s cup of tea and is also hard to use without appearing to be purposefully enigmatic. Shaft always had a unique style of animation and one may argue what it can contribute to an animes appearance and storytelling. But I have to admit that I liked the version in my memory better.īefore Madoka magica Shaft had another success popularity-wise: Bakemonogatari. She’s really a typical tsundere-character, probably one of the best out there following that stereotype. But as I rewatched the series I was surprised to find out how faulty my memory of her was. In my memory Senjougahara was this determined selfish girl who sarcastically called herself a ‘tsundere’ although she just pretended to have a ‘dere’-side thereby making fun of the notion that she needed to be moe or cute to be charming.
Koyomi becomes involved in their lives, seeking to help them and occasionally asking for advice from Meme Oshino, the homeless man who helped him become human again. He happens upon others with their own supernatural problems and finds that he can empathize. Synopsis:Although there are still traces of the brief period he became a vampire, third year high school student Koyomi Araragi is human again. The question now is whether Nisemonogatari will be like Bakemonogatari or whether it will follow in Madoka’s footsteps regarding its Shaft-style. Bakemonogatari still had the Shaft-style reminding me of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei and I think it was a good decision of Shaft (and Shinbou) to abandon that style when they made Madoka because if Bakemonogatari showed us anything then that a dominating Shaft-style no matter how well-done isn’t suitable for telling a story longer than a few minutes. The Shaft-style simply gets a bit repetitive if you marathon it. And if I had to decide whether watching the whole series in three days or watching one episode each week is the better way to enjoy this series, I would say the latter. Of course marathoning it gave me a different impression than what I’ve seen the first time around. The first time I watched it was when it aired and I’ve thought it was quite a good series.
Since the next winter-season will have Nisemonogatari airing I’ve thought that I should rewatch Bakemonogatari. Most of the time it just makes obvious references to other animes or acknowledges its anime-stereotypes. Bakemonogatari has quite a bit of meta-fictional humour but it’s disappointing that it rarely goes beyond finger-pointing.
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