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You should (Not) watch Monogatari
Should you watch the Monogatari Series? It's a classic contender for the title of Greatest Anime of All Time. It's also really weird and "problematic". Is this anime an artistic masterpiece or just pretentious garbage? Yes. So definitely watch it. Or don't. That is my definitive recommendation. The conclusion to this review.
Honestly, I'm just making this video because Monogatari Off & Monster Season are coming out. Or am I lying? Who can say... At the very least, I'll keep this one spoiler free.
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#monogatari #anime #shaft
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Last Exile: A Series Retrospective
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Last Exile is a classic 2000s anime with some sequels no one cares about. Except me. Sorta. As always, I'll give my thoughts on each part of this franchise, as well as some interesting background information about their productions. Plenty of plot summarizing too so you can safely eat your lunch while you playing this video on in the background. A Series Retrospective Playlist: czcams.com/play/...
When the Edgy Anime is Actually Good
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A completely coherent review for the Mardock Scramble anime. 🔔 Subscribe for more anime stuff: czcams.com/users/CulturedCrusader
Does Anyone Remember Death Parade?
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Can you believe this anime is almost 10 years old? Time flies when you're neetmaxxing. Here's my review of Death Parade. 🔔 Subscribe for more anime stuff: czcams.com/users/CulturedCrusader
that one romance anime where the world ends
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You like weird romance stories? Watch Saikano. 🔔 Subscribe for more anime stuff: czcams.com/users/CulturedCrusader
Dude Check the News It's Third Impact
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Low effort Smiling Friends meme
Bubblegum Crisis: A Series Retrospective
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Bubblegum Crisis. An OVA that defined the 1980s and early 90s. This retrospective covers the original OVA, Bubblegum Crash, AD Police Files, Bubblegum Crisis 2040, AD Police: To Protect and Serve, and Parasite Dolls. I'll be talking about the history of the franchise, what went on behind the scenes, how good each entry in franchise was/is, and the story of Artmic's controversial founder, Toshim...
Blood: A Series Retrospective
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Blood used to be one of the biggest vampire anime franchises out there. Now, hardly anyone talks about it. Let's fix that. This retrospective covers Blood: The Last Vampire, Blood Plus, and Blood-C (and Blood-C: The Last Dark). I'll also be talking about a few of the manga too. I'll give my thoughts on each series as well as some interesting background information about the productions of each....
Shinji Listens to "Promiscuous" for the First Time
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I don't know what I'm doing.
So You Like Anime about Girls with Guns | Noir Review
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Got another recommendation for all you beautiful people. This time, we're talking about the cult classic Noir. It's another kino title from Kōichi Mashimo about girls with guns, and it should go without saying that I love this anime. 🔔 Subscribe for more anime stuff: czcams.com/users/CulturedCrusader #Noir #anime #girlswithguns
Mayoi Hell
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Hachikuji cannot escape this endless torment #monogatari #sisyphus #memes
This new anime is edgy garbage and I love it
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Fall 2023 has given us so many good anime. This is not one of them. 🔔 Subscribe for more anime stuff: czcams.com/users/CulturedCrusader #anime #fall2023 #edgy
Even More Best Retro Anime | OVA Odyssey Vol. 3
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Another top ten list that's not really a top ten list. All these anime are great. Participation trophies for all! As always, comment OVA below. Anyways here's the rundown: 00:00 Intro 00:26 Alien 9 02:42 Silent Mobius 04:38 Moldiver 06:52 Birdy the Mighty 09:09 Karas 11:25 Ninja Gaiden 12:38 M.D. Geist 14:56 Plastic Little 17:07 Appleseed 19:18 Haja Taisei Dangaiou 22:28 Conclusion 🔔 Subscribe ...
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McBonalds has it all.
This Anime is Beautiful | Frieren Review
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New silver haired elf waifu just dropped. 🔔 Subscribe for more anime stuff: czcams.com/users/CulturedCrusader #anime #frieren #Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
FLCL Grunge is bad
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FLCL Grunge is bad
So You Like Weird 90's Anime
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So You Like Weird 90's Anime
Reservoir Dogs Edited like Monogatari
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Reservoir Dogs Edited like Monogatari
So I watched One Piece...
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So I watched One Piece...
Need Zombie GF
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Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 is Pretty Cool
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One Guy Made This Anime. It's Good. REALLY Good.
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One Guy Made This Anime. It's Good. REALLY Good.
This is What An Edgy Anime Looks Like
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This is What An Edgy Anime Looks Like
More Best Retro Anime | OVA Odyssey Vol. 2
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More Best Retro Anime | OVA Odyssey Vol. 2
Have You Watched the Melancholy of Araragi Koyomi?
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Have You Watched the Melancholy of Araragi Koyomi?
A Different Kind of Romance Anime
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A Different Kind of Romance Anime
2007 Wasn't Ready for this Anime
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2007 Wasn't Ready for this Anime
The Vatican Made a Bible Anime and It's Weird...
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The Vatican Made a Bible Anime and It's Weird...
Drake & Josh Edited Like Monogatari
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Drake & Josh Edited Like Monogatari
US Presidents Play Minecraft and Discuss Cowboy Bebop - A.I. meme
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US Presidents Play Minecraft and Discuss Cowboy Bebop - A.I. meme

Komentáře

  • @smastian9576
    @smastian9576 Před 24 minutami

    It's about depression and overcoming your own inner trauma. That's it. That's the one sentence answer. I could expand on that, but we'd be going into philosophical pontification at that point.

  • @decayinsilence
    @decayinsilence Před 40 minutami

    love it!

  • @illavila4477
    @illavila4477 Před 2 hodinami

    Wonder if they'll be a third season

    • @CulturedCrusader
      @CulturedCrusader Před hodinou

      I think they probably will make another, but idk if anything has been confirmed

  • @t.b.cont.
    @t.b.cont. Před 2 hodinami

    Scooby doo for pedophiles

  • @illavila4477
    @illavila4477 Před 2 hodinami

    These retrospectives are good

  • @ace7912
    @ace7912 Před 10 hodinami

    is the dub good?

  • @Logoslab2
    @Logoslab2 Před 12 hodinami

    I highly recommend rewatching the series in the novel order if you havent already. I know you say you prefer shaft's order, but a lot of theming is missed. Without Kizu, Araragi and Shinobu's relationship is vague for most of the series, whereas with Kizu it becomes a very clean development - among other things. Hana after Koi messes with the thematic development of second season - so much that I believe Shaft order is the reason Hana is less popular than other arcs. Not to mention it turns a certain "oh haha" moment into a "huh? what?" moment. Koyomi in the middle of Owari is the most acceptable of the reorders, but personally I find it sets up Owari 1 just as much as Owari 2, and the Owari 1 finale becomes much more direct. It isn't too difficult to organize based on arcs as long as you pay attention to the names of the arcs as you watch them. If a new viewer can't figure out how to follow a watch order, I imagine they'd struggle with the show as a whole much more.

  • @tressiechamlongsong2119
    @tressiechamlongsong2119 Před 13 hodinami

    03 has so much more grit and horror than brotherhood. And i feel like it makes the vibes totally different (i like the grit/darkness better 🥲)

  • @olianims
    @olianims Před 16 hodinami

    I started monogatari because I was curious about what renai circulation was from and then I continued because of the whiplash I got when araragi got his mouth stapled

  • @Strawberez
    @Strawberez Před 19 hodinami

    😮

  • @Vallenstein
    @Vallenstein Před 19 hodinami

    You know you are a monogatari fan if you pause the video to read up the high IQ meme @8:41 out of reflex, even though you already know it by heart.

  • @nelisezpasce
    @nelisezpasce Před dnem

    Shaft's Messed Up Order With Zero Contingencies = Chaotic Fun I have yet to rewatch in the proper Novel Order Chronological Order isn't even a question, drop that thought Maybe once all novels have been published and adapted Nisio somehow keeps coming up with more books A supercut of sequences in a linear fashion would work I can picture a 5 minutes long vid covering major jumps Yet a compilation of questionable content should still be longer Best anime of all time, brilliant in every single aspect 11/10, it's nurture for the brain, makes you appreciate art

  • @MWSJoey
    @MWSJoey Před dnem

    Monogatari is one of my all-time favorites. In recent years I feel Yofukashi no Uta captured some of the artistic animation along with witty banter, if you like the Monogatari franchise, I'd give it a shot.

  • @Token_Nerd
    @Token_Nerd Před dnem

    I would say the story is about depression and lack of self worth, and learning to overcome that.

  • @Vespyr_
    @Vespyr_ Před dnem

    "When the edgy anime is good." Like it's always been? Anyone who watched anime in the 80s and 90s knows this is what anime does best.

    • @CulturedCrusader
      @CulturedCrusader Před dnem

      I agree. The shlock from the 80s and 90s is usually good

  • @sierrachong8040
    @sierrachong8040 Před dnem

    Born to be a monogatari fan. Forced to go: wtf is this shit 😭 Jokes aside doe. I had a blast watching this show and had an even greater time reading the manga adaptation of it when 2020 lockdown happened.

  • @MartyAraragi
    @MartyAraragi Před dnem

    I remember getting into Monogatari because of an amv using Into The Labyrinth by Kraddy, it was just so amazing looking, and i liked the design of the characters, and i think because i just watched The World God Only Knows, which i believe do have the same designers?? Or just have very similarities. Once i went down the Monogatari rabbit hole i just went deeper and deeper. And it was just when Second Season was starting to air, so that was like 11 years ago, which dang. And i have mostly been on the internet using this name for majority of my accounts cuz i just really liked Araragi, i dont necessarily live and breathe Monogatari, but it is always on my radar of like having to get into when new things come up which is why for me as an anime only Off and Monster season was my hype for the year. I am collecting the manga as well, and i have the light novels, i did read Kizu right before the movies came out as that was the first light novel released.

  • @xirogs
    @xirogs Před dnem

    Weird how you can make an okay anime sound likes it is the best thing ever.

  • @TyRiders2
    @TyRiders2 Před dnem

    Blood C was really Corny IMO

  • @yajin08
    @yajin08 Před dnem

    Yooooo thanks algoritm for that recommedion of video. I wanna improve my english so this is good (im brazillian) Basically my "monogatari" of this show its just my friends forcing watch the first ep of bake (im fifteen so they thought I would be bored) and you know? Love for the first echi cof cof I mean, im in nonoki arc ( I watch the films) and have intend to watch whole series including off and monster season. One tip is watch with your friends (If you have and they watch the entire fucking series its kinda fun) Great video bro. Senjogahara supremacy

  • @bkirkpa1
    @bkirkpa1 Před dnem

    I finally got around to giving it a go a couple of weeks ago. My god was I disappointed. My best advice is that if you don't like the show in the first ten minutes you should drop it. Here's some impressions from the first four episodes. Why is this purple haired girl such a b****? My god, please just put some clothes on so we can get moving. This ADHD art direction is so aggravating. Oh, the character for snail contains the character for cow. Good for you. Oh, she just said enema. Can't imagine why that was worth it. Great, now there's a ten year old girl that is also disagreeable. She seems pretty self-assured; let's leave her to it. Oh god, he didn't listen. Oh god, wtf is he doing now? Many of the defenses of the series that I hear involve paying extremely close attention and/or watching dozens of episodes to pick up on subtle, nuanced detail. But I never saw the series do anything to earn that kind of dedication. Maybe it does it in the dialog if you can speak Japanese?

  • @Scyon13
    @Scyon13 Před dnem

    As much as I like this show I can't help but imagine how much better it would be without Araragi, and the girls bounced off each other instead, it also reminds me of a manhwa girls of the wild, it could be so much more if it got rid of the harem bs and just lived off the great characters

  • @Crowbar6006
    @Crowbar6006 Před dnem

    Yes I did. It was good.

  • @CaveyMoth
    @CaveyMoth Před dnem

    Dang it, I've only seen Monogatari through once. I've been meaning to watch it again for the last 4 years. With the new season coming out, it seems like the best time to watch it again.

    • @GuestyBoi_
      @GuestyBoi_ Před 10 hodinami

      First episode of new season was good, also episode 1 was a bit longer than a normal ep, idk about later ep since they aren’t released yet

  • @LelleKidd
    @LelleKidd Před dnem

    Don't forget the music... unforgettable tunes

  • @name_adi
    @name_adi Před dnem

    Damn your voice is pleasure to listen to

  • @marktaylor6491
    @marktaylor6491 Před 2 dny

    22:15 - Yes. The moment it became 'Blade Runner meets Buffy'. Seriously, it should have conquered all after that.

  • @Priotech
    @Priotech Před 2 dny

    So its not for cry baby tourists? Count me in!

  • @chinjianle269
    @chinjianle269 Před 2 dny

    The reason why monogatari needs to tell, is because most of the tell is monologues

  • @jaredrobinson7071
    @jaredrobinson7071 Před 2 dny

    Nina hits so much harder in FMA 2003

  • @NarrowDipShit
    @NarrowDipShit Před 2 dny

    Ever since Bake dropped in 2009 its been my favourite series and also one if my least recommended. If I talk about Bake to others I just say its wild and wacky and also artsy and hope that catches their attention enough to give it a try. Takes a certain type of disposition to like Monogatari

  • @brunomenezes9011
    @brunomenezes9011 Před 2 dny

    There is a clear destination though

  • @lilianaaraujodandrea8468

    Man, I couldn't agree with you more

  • @Horror_Phobia
    @Horror_Phobia Před 2 dny

    Araragi literally saved me from bad shows :(

  • @rainesaysdie863
    @rainesaysdie863 Před 2 dny

    I really love monogatari so much, I watched it for the first time when I was maybe 11 or 12 and it completely changed everything about my tastes in anime another thing I love so much about it, is it feels like it was almost made for me, because I relate to all the characters so much and, it feels like, as you said, it has so much things about it that at least one of them is bound to put most people off, but none of them did so for me, I don't think there is anything that I dislike about it, like at all, everything about it feels perfect and there is nothing I would change about it

  •  Před 2 dny

    For me it's about people confronting and overcoming their own traumas.

  • @1chibanKasuga
    @1chibanKasuga Před 2 dny

    0:23 ngl the delivery was top😂

  • @truejohnsmith
    @truejohnsmith Před 2 dny

    Videazo soltando verdades sobre deidadgatari. Gran edicion por cierto 😎

  • @brunomenezes9011
    @brunomenezes9011 Před 2 dny

    Took me a while but I finally noticed why the girl on the right looked so familiar. Her pose was inspired by one of Nazuna Nanakusa from Yofukashi no Uta.

  • @jidusea4327
    @jidusea4327 Před 2 dny

    "Still amazing despite the degeneracy" Nah, lets be honest with ourselves, it's amazing because the degeneracy. Plus Shinobu best girl

    • @GuestyBoi_
      @GuestyBoi_ Před 10 hodinami

      Your going to make a lot of people mad with that opinion I feel like, most people like senjogohara the most I think, from what I hear, either that or Kaiki

  • @cydonianmomentum3268

    This and Witch Hunter Robin were fun lmao. Miss the vibes these sorts of anime gave me. The newer series right now don’t have the same feelings for sure.

    • @NafanyaZX
      @NafanyaZX Před 11 hodinami

      Check out "Haibane Renmei", "Ergo Proxy" and "Texhnolize", unless you're depressed, or suicidal. The latter hitting the hardest.

  • @prismaticbeetle3194

    No inc*est garbage no pe*do garbage no massive boobs and butts getting half the animation budgets no wasting 6 episodes explaining a single move or spell... This anime is a god send after the ABYSMAL anime traunwreck we have been having the past 15 years. It has heart it has action it has funny moments it has everything.

  • @cristianh.187
    @cristianh.187 Před 2 dny

    Monogatari is an almost impossible recommendation, but every time i find someone that watched the entire thing i'm really happy about it. Because if takes a great commitment to watch the entire thing, and uf you do yo are gonna love it.

  • @madmachanicest9955
    @madmachanicest9955 Před 2 dny

    That's a huge fan of Captain harlock I can tell you that he's never works well as the main character of a story. It's always other people and how they react to him. This makes Captain row the only real Captain harlock clone I've ever seen.

  • @cthfer
    @cthfer Před 2 dny

    lo unico q puedo decir es q el video estan bien editado y da las vibras de literal la serie buena edicion bro

  • @treetrunkstv
    @treetrunkstv Před 2 dny

    Now for a challenge for everyone in the comments: Ever noticed monogatari has no background characters? Explain why under this comment...

    • @bkirkpa1
      @bkirkpa1 Před dnem

      Don't know. Couldn't get invested anywhere near enough to care about the background.