3:10 Yep. The other official translation of the title is Ghostory. Monstory is a little more accurate, while Ghostory flows better. It mimics the structure of the OG title: 化物語 - Bakemonogatari 化物 - Bakemono - meaning monster (or ghost) 物語 - Monogatari - meaning story
@@B3ASTLYSTYLE”Bakemono” 化け物 is a more general term for monsters, the supernatural, etc., so ghosts can be considered one of those monsters. More specifically, ghosts are more commonly called “obake” お化け or “yuurei” 幽霊, as well as other terms such as “onryo” 怨霊, which is a vengeful spirit. In this first series, we have seen vampires, ghosts, minor gods, werecats, etc., so “Monster Story” would be a more apt translation. Btw, the term the characters use to describe the supernatural in the show is “kaii” 怪異 (“the strange / the weird” … in other words, the supernatural).
Monsters are manifestation of idea and unknown of it This series is like you have the problem that became physical being. Senjougahara couldn't take what really is of her situation, of her feeling and heaviness of it so she started ignoring people and their feeling. Kambaru is literally Jealousy, they became radical and violence Mayoi is just a person that's lost their ways and didn't want to take other advice so she's lost forever. Taking in other people idea will create conflict and it will hurt both sides but there are possibility that they can come together and find the solution. I'm not saying that this anime it self is creating a story that pushes ideas in to object but that's literally how demons and gods were created. People named something they do not understand of the time and named them. The best way to understand this is hinduism. They literally put everything they do not understand as a god actions. They maybe BS if you take it literally. But if you start to think of "how it feels like" it made more sense.
@@wrexgrafix84While that's true, the offivial translation for Ghostory is to convey the pun that they have in JP. BakeMOnogatari, GhoSTory. Cause the end of the 1st word starting the 2nd word.
God...they're just at episode 6 and their discussions are this intricate. I can't wait to see what they think as things continue far along the Monogatari train.
Dont worry about the characters not showing up in the future, theyre all important and will always play an important role. The author is goated on writing character interaction, and Studio Shaft is goated in showing that, for example: notice how theres barely people or crowd in the background? Its their way of showing focus on who is important, it's just one of many.
I always think of shaft's bakemonogatari directing as "visualizing a story you're being told". Anything that's not part of the story is filled in by imagination if at all, and affected by how the story is making you feel. It's very creative and like nothing else
Man, i hope they switch to twice a week or just two eps at a time at some point, though the latter might mess up discussions. It's just that I love it and want more :)
@@calumnyslander4050 yeah they should do it like 2-3 episodes at once, otherwise it would probably take a year. :D Or they didn't planning to go that far, which would be a shame too
bakemonogatari is a phonetic word chain that oddly enough translates pretty much directly into English without the need to explain it. bakemono = (monster/ghost) monogatari = (story); though bakemono in the bakemonogatari context the japanese would probably read bakemono as "monster" making the direct translation monster-story, but to make the word chain and word play exact an alternate translation keeping the phonetic word chain across languages would be ghostory. As for the alternate series titles, they are... Bakemonogatari - monster / ghostory Kizumonogatari - wound / Woundstory Nisemonogatari - fake/impostor / impostory Nekomonogatari (black) - Cat / Catstory (Black) Nekomonogatari (white) - Cat / Catstory (White) Kabukimonogatari - flamboyant edo era hulagans / probably best to translate this to "Dandystory" and leave it like that Otorimonogatari - decoy / decoystory Onimonogatari - demon / demonstory Koimonogatari - Love / lovestory Hanamonogatari - Flower / flowerstory Tsukimonogatari - Possession / possessionstory Owarimonogatari I - End / Endstory pt 1 Owarimonogatari II - End / Endstory pt 2 Zoku Owarimonogatari - End / Endstory (cont) Koyomimonogatari - Calendar / Calendarstory (though Koyomi is also Araragi's first name, the translation for his name is Calendar) Monogatari Off & Monster Season - no translation needed note these are not in chronological order in part because i'm feeling lazy and in part because some of these seasons have events from later or earlier then proceeding or following seasons, making this series a nightmare to follow in chronological order as it's not really possible if you watch it in season format. but if you break it up into arcs it is possible to watch chronologically. an example of what i mean here is what you'd need to do to watch this series chronologically from start to finish (it's pretty silly actually) (unreleased anime season for book Wazamonogatari) Kizumonogatari Koyomimonogatari episode 1 Nekomonogatari (Black) Bakemonogatari eps 1-2 Koyomimonogatari episode 2 Bakemonogatari ep 3-12 Koyomimonogatari ep 3-4 Nisemonogatari ep 1-7 Koyomimonogatari ep 5 Nisemonogatari ep 8-11 Kabukimonogatari Onimonogatari Koyomimonogatari ep 6-7 Owarimonogatari and it gets even more convoluted from there.
About the title, is even better in kanji. The kanji 物, pronounced "mono", is a very versatile one that basically means "thing". Many words have this kanji brcause of its generic meaning. 物語 is one such word, pronounced "monogatari", and means story. The whole series' titles are puns involving that kanji, like this one wher 化物, pronounced "bakemono", means "monster", so fusing the two words on the common kanji becomes 化物語, or "bakemonogatari". Another season is 偽物語, where 偽物, pronounced "nisemono", has the kanji 偽 for "fake", so the word is "fake", "imitation", or "counterfeit". The whole season title is "nisemonogatari". To be extra clear, the titles are not real words, but puns. If we were to call this season "monster story", or "story about monsters", as the words sugest, the correct way to write it in jaoanese would be 化物の物語, pronounced "bakemono no monogatari". Apparently the whole light novel is full of japanese word play, but my japanese is not nearly good enough for me to check it out myself unfortunately.
a lot of the titles are a play on words as well lol, Kabukimonogatari is one of the very much harder titles translate because of the amount of layer in it
Don't forget about Senjogahara's OP. You might have forgotten it since it only played for 2 episodes. Each female voice actress sings the OP for their own character's arc. It's only episode 6 and we already had 3 different OPs! This anime is truly a gem.
at this time in the series, Stable Staple is my favorite OP song. And I do like the ED a lot as well. It has a really interesting MV which I suggest checking out.
I love the fact that they both instantly get the idea of the story straight away "Ann "title Flash" Oh A Monkeys Paw" Bingo.... love that they deconstruct the story at the end and 8/10 times get the message of the story..... its a first for a Bakemonogatari reaction..... please though do at least two episodes a week.....
Just what I was checking through chat to see if anyone else pointed it out. Lily=Girl Love ❤❤ I love that you guys so "get" this anime that I so adore😊😊😊😊😊😊
These analyses are beautiful. I just listen to them while I cook. It's so fun hearing you guy take this so seriously, and it's a good thing for Monogatari.
So! Since you guys noticed it, yes Bakemonogatari, as another commenter explained, is a combination of "Bakemono" meaning "Monster" and "Monogatari" meaning Story or Tale, combining to be Monstory. Monogatari, and by extension its creator NisiOisin, loves to play around with words and the Japanese language, unfortunately in ways that at times do not translate well or at all into English. There's a lot of jokes that simply do not have a 1 to 1 in English, completely divorced from things we don't share, but ideas and items we simply don't really have a way to express. Also as another commenter pointed out, this trend in titles continues! They often help to indicate what the arc is going to cover, "Monster Story" being an introduction to the beasts and oddities that afflict Araragi and those in his orbit. The next entry in the Monogatari franchise, "Kizumonogatari" can be read as Scar Story, or Wound Story. A tale of regret, mistakes, and lasting "scars". There's also examples of arcs you'll come across that are associated with more than 1 name, such as Onimonogatari, or "Demon Story", containing the story Shinobu Time, similar to Hitagi Crab or Suruga Monkey you've seen so far in Bake. I'm not sure if someone's already posted about it or if you guys are already aware of it, but there's a few prominent ways of watching Monogatari. Technically every single arc in the story happens at a specific time over the course of a year or so, so you can mix and match TONS of arcs that technically happens before others as Monogatari isn't told sequentially. The two most prominent orders you'll find are Novel vs Anime release order. The only real difference between the two happens much later on, with Bake -> Kizu -> Nise -> Neko: Kuro all being shared between the orders. There's a bit of a change after there depending on how you want to watch, but honestly both are good and add their own pros to the series. I just spent like 10 minutes typing this out and looked down to see that a specific Anime fan from Arizona already took the time to type this all out with even more detail. Yippie! Monogatari fans be dedicated haha
Shaft's directing for monogatari for me is like "visualizing the experience of being told a story" instead of adapting the story itself. Focus go in and out of characters, you got stuck on a word, you got distracted for a bit, the world in the background is constructed just to tell this story so it eerily always fit the current mood, even if it needs to deform in illogical ways
As much as I love Kanbaru, Hachikuji's OP wins - but there are some great OPs still to come. I knew you would both love this series for how completely different, unique, creative and intelligent it is. There's really nothing else like it. There's a change of director after maybe a third of the total episodes, which brings the visual energy and brilliance down a notch, but it's still visually great and of course the writing remains top-notch throughout.
3:12 It is monster story! Every part of monogatari uses this structure for the name. the gatari part means story. Mono just means "thing" so it's a very common part of words. Bakemonogatari is a mashup of bakemono (monster) and monogatari (story).
Just reminder that the studio for this anime is the same studio that made puella magi madoka magica, and the voice actor for senjougahara is the same voice actor that voiced akemi homura
The reason it’s called ”Monstory” is because the author of the Monogatari series is a big fan of manipulating Japanese characters to have multiple meanings. In Japanese monster is “Bakemono” and story is “Monogatari”. He played with the wording of both words to spell bakemonogatari For Japanese speakers, people enjoy this series because of the heavy use of word play with the Japanese language but unfortunately for me and others a lot of the word play cannot be translated well to English
Hmph! Crab might be high difficulty but snake is the final boss soon the the true power of the white lady will show up and if it wasn't for that fake monk fuhai our lady bai suzhen would able to complete her promise and truly accend to be god
Bakemonogatari is a word play, Bakemono and Monogatari (Monster and story) NisiOisiN is THE god of wordplays, is a shame that all of those genius wordplays are lost in translation. Same with Nisemonogatari, Nisemono means impostor/fake
The question of whether or not Kanbaru has a crush on Senjougahara may be understood in part by the fact that there's a bunch of lilies in her opening credits sequence and that flower's Japanese name - yuri - being shorthand for girl/girl romantic pairings.
For the First season they will follow the novel order (they will watch Kizu after Bake). They still haven't decided for Second and Final season (when they will watch Hana and Koyomi)
To answer the question Anna has about Monstory, the Monogatari series is a show with a lot of japanese wordplay. In this case Bakemono means "Monster" and Monogatari means "Story", so Bakemonogatari is a pun of sorts that sort of translates to "Monstory". The sequel series all have similar naming conventions. Love your guys reactions. Just thought I'd leave this here in case it was helpful.
Oops... bite my tongue. I love our snail turned deity girl. I also love this show for simply making conversations so god dam interesting. A perfect mix of humour, puns, word play, character dynamics, relationships and so much more. The writers and animators did a top notch job.
Pay closer attention to the environment in which Hanekawa is speaking with Araragi on the phone. She's in her school uniform and making the call in the middle of the night, in the middle of a noisy city.
Discussion is out of focus! We stepped out to get sweatshirts and the ghosts unfocused the video :(
The Mayoi arc is over guys, you can't use her as an excuse right now~
np, could you guys stop delayin monogatari please my heart cant take it anymore
ODDITIES ODDITIES AND ODDITIES
3:10 Yep.
The other official translation of the title is Ghostory.
Monstory is a little more accurate, while Ghostory flows better.
It mimics the structure of the OG title:
化物語 - Bakemonogatari
化物 - Bakemono - meaning monster (or ghost)
物語 - Monogatari - meaning story
Oh man these reactions being only once a week should be considered torture
Almost two weeks for a single episode 🤬
One man’s torture is another man’s edging, or something
Semblance of Sanity PTSD
@@yuuaserora2641HAHAHA SO TRUE
True
Not to mentioned sometimes the upload late for 1-3 days😅
If i'm not mistaken Bakemono = Monster, Monogatari = Story, so mashed together you get Monster Story.
Yep, and this carries on for the rest of the parts (nisemono means "fake" which is a running motif in the arcs of Nisemonogatari)
I have seen Bakemono translated as Ghost so that Bakemonogatari = Ghostory or Nisemono translated as Imposter so that nisemonogatari = Impostory
@@B3ASTLYSTYLE”Bakemono” 化け物 is a more general term for monsters, the supernatural, etc., so ghosts can be considered one of those monsters. More specifically, ghosts are more commonly called “obake” お化け or “yuurei” 幽霊, as well as other terms such as “onryo” 怨霊, which is a vengeful spirit. In this first series, we have seen vampires, ghosts, minor gods, werecats, etc., so “Monster Story” would be a more apt translation. Btw, the term the characters use to describe the supernatural in the show is “kaii” 怪異 (“the strange / the weird” … in other words, the supernatural).
Monsters are manifestation of idea and unknown of it
This series is like you have the problem that became physical being.
Senjougahara couldn't take what really is of her situation, of her feeling and heaviness of it so she started ignoring people and their feeling.
Kambaru is literally Jealousy, they became radical and violence
Mayoi is just a person that's lost their ways and didn't want to take other advice so she's lost forever. Taking in other people idea will create conflict and it will hurt both sides but there are possibility that they can come together and find the solution.
I'm not saying that this anime it self is creating a story that pushes ideas in to object but that's literally how demons and gods were created. People named something they do not understand of the time and named them. The best way to understand this is hinduism. They literally put everything they do not understand as a god actions.
They maybe BS if you take it literally. But if you start to think of "how it feels like" it made more sense.
@@wrexgrafix84While that's true, the offivial translation for Ghostory is to convey the pun that they have in JP.
BakeMOnogatari, GhoSTory.
Cause the end of the 1st word starting the 2nd word.
kanbaru: you saved me, why?
araragi: mmm… monke
俺を助けたの？なんで？
ふん… サル。
goddammit, you win.
You guys have no idea how many times I refreshed youtube looking for this video
I am delighted by Ben's love for Senjougahara supremacy
Or Senjougahara Fanaticism!
"Senjougahara Tore" became popular.
God...they're just at episode 6 and their discussions are this intricate. I can't wait to see what they think as things continue far along the Monogatari train.
17:04 "it is one of the most things to watch, ever"
he must of bit his tongue
Shitsurei, kamimashita
Definitely one of the anime of all time
@@bigorna4875 Chigau, wazato da.
Dont worry about the characters not showing up in the future, theyre all important and will always play an important role. The author is goated on writing character interaction, and Studio Shaft is goated in showing that, for example: notice how theres barely people or crowd in the background? Its their way of showing focus on who is important, it's just one of many.
I always think of shaft's bakemonogatari directing as "visualizing a story you're being told". Anything that's not part of the story is filled in by imagination if at all, and affected by how the story is making you feel. It's very creative and like nothing else
Awww, look at you two with the posters from husband and wife manga artists Togashi and Takeuchi behind you. That's downright adorable.
Man, i hope they switch to twice a week or just two eps at a time at some point, though the latter might mess up discussions.
It's just that I love it and want more :)
Living for you guy's reaction! I hope you react more Monogatari and post more frequently, Monogatari ia one of those long series
I'm just over here dreading how long it's going to take to get to Owari- with Ougi and Sodachi and it's just far too long...
@@calumnyslander4050 yeah they should do it like 2-3 episodes at once, otherwise it would probably take a year. :D Or they didn't planning to go that far, which would be a shame too
bakemonogatari is a phonetic word chain that oddly enough translates pretty much directly into English without the need to explain it. bakemono = (monster/ghost) monogatari = (story); though bakemono in the bakemonogatari context the japanese would probably read bakemono as "monster" making the direct translation monster-story, but to make the word chain and word play exact an alternate translation keeping the phonetic word chain across languages would be ghostory. As for the alternate series titles, they are...
Bakemonogatari - monster / ghostory
Kizumonogatari - wound / Woundstory
Nisemonogatari - fake/impostor / impostory
Nekomonogatari (black) - Cat / Catstory (Black)
Nekomonogatari (white) - Cat / Catstory (White)
Kabukimonogatari - flamboyant edo era hulagans / probably best to translate this to "Dandystory" and leave it like that
Otorimonogatari - decoy / decoystory
Onimonogatari - demon / demonstory
Koimonogatari - Love / lovestory
Hanamonogatari - Flower / flowerstory
Tsukimonogatari - Possession / possessionstory
Owarimonogatari I - End / Endstory pt 1
Owarimonogatari II - End / Endstory pt 2
Zoku Owarimonogatari - End / Endstory (cont)
Koyomimonogatari - Calendar / Calendarstory (though Koyomi is also Araragi's first name, the translation for his name is Calendar)
Monogatari Off & Monster Season - no translation needed
note these are not in chronological order in part because i'm feeling lazy and in part because some of these seasons have events from later or earlier then proceeding or following seasons, making this series a nightmare to follow in chronological order as it's not really possible if you watch it in season format. but if you break it up into arcs it is possible to watch chronologically.
an example of what i mean here is what you'd need to do to watch this series chronologically from start to finish (it's pretty silly actually)
(unreleased anime season for book Wazamonogatari)
Kizumonogatari
Koyomimonogatari episode 1
Nekomonogatari (Black)
Bakemonogatari eps 1-2
Koyomimonogatari episode 2
Bakemonogatari ep 3-12
Koyomimonogatari ep 3-4
Nisemonogatari ep 1-7
Koyomimonogatari ep 5
Nisemonogatari ep 8-11
Kabukimonogatari
Onimonogatari
Koyomimonogatari ep 6-7
Owarimonogatari
and it gets even more convoluted from there.
About the title, is even better in kanji. The kanji 物, pronounced "mono", is a very versatile one that basically means "thing". Many words have this kanji brcause of its generic meaning. 物語 is one such word, pronounced "monogatari", and means story. The whole series' titles are puns involving that kanji, like this one wher 化物, pronounced "bakemono", means "monster", so fusing the two words on the common kanji becomes 化物語, or "bakemonogatari". Another season is 偽物語, where 偽物, pronounced "nisemono", has the kanji 偽 for "fake", so the word is "fake", "imitation", or "counterfeit". The whole season title is "nisemonogatari".
To be extra clear, the titles are not real words, but puns. If we were to call this season "monster story", or "story about monsters", as the words sugest, the correct way to write it in jaoanese would be 化物の物語, pronounced "bakemono no monogatari".
Apparently the whole light novel is full of japanese word play, but my japanese is not nearly good enough for me to check it out myself unfortunately.
a lot of the titles are a play on words as well lol, Kabukimonogatari is one of the very much harder titles translate because of the amount of layer in it
Don't forget about Senjogahara's OP. You might have forgotten it since it only played for 2 episodes. Each female voice actress sings the OP for their own character's arc. It's only episode 6 and we already had 3 different OPs! This anime is truly a gem.
8:23 "i love it"
I know ben,we love it too
at this time in the series, Stable Staple is my favorite OP song. And I do like the ED a lot as well. It has a really interesting MV which I suggest checking out.
I love the fact that they both instantly get the idea of the story straight away "Ann "title Flash" Oh A Monkeys Paw" Bingo.... love that they deconstruct the story at the end and 8/10 times get the message of the story..... its a first for a Bakemonogatari reaction..... please though do at least two episodes a week.....
I literally can't wait until they get to episode 12
A beautiful episode
По прежнему считаю, что 12 эпизод bake лучший из всей франшизы.
Так же жду Renai Circulation. 🪱🪱
My girl Kanbaru is finally here
"Does she love senjo or araragi"
Well the flower in the op is a lily so....
Just what I was checking through chat to see if anyone else pointed it out.
Lily=Girl Love ❤❤
I love that you guys so "get" this anime that I so adore😊😊😊😊😊😊
Someone need to pin this one
These analyses are beautiful. I just listen to them while I cook. It's so fun hearing you guy take this so seriously, and it's a good thing for Monogatari.
Eh, every episode of reaction is like a breath of fresh air.
Thank you for your reaction and thoughts, I really look forward to continuing!
So! Since you guys noticed it, yes Bakemonogatari, as another commenter explained, is a combination of "Bakemono" meaning "Monster" and "Monogatari" meaning Story or Tale, combining to be Monstory.
Monogatari, and by extension its creator NisiOisin, loves to play around with words and the Japanese language, unfortunately in ways that at times do not translate well or at all into English. There's a lot of jokes that simply do not have a 1 to 1 in English, completely divorced from things we don't share, but ideas and items we simply don't really have a way to express.
Also as another commenter pointed out, this trend in titles continues! They often help to indicate what the arc is going to cover, "Monster Story" being an introduction to the beasts and oddities that afflict Araragi and those in his orbit. The next entry in the Monogatari franchise, "Kizumonogatari" can be read as Scar Story, or Wound Story. A tale of regret, mistakes, and lasting "scars". There's also examples of arcs you'll come across that are associated with more than 1 name, such as Onimonogatari, or "Demon Story", containing the story Shinobu Time, similar to Hitagi Crab or Suruga Monkey you've seen so far in Bake.
I'm not sure if someone's already posted about it or if you guys are already aware of it, but there's a few prominent ways of watching Monogatari. Technically every single arc in the story happens at a specific time over the course of a year or so, so you can mix and match TONS of arcs that technically happens before others as Monogatari isn't told sequentially. The two most prominent orders you'll find are Novel vs Anime release order. The only real difference between the two happens much later on, with Bake -> Kizu -> Nise -> Neko: Kuro all being shared between the orders. There's a bit of a change after there depending on how you want to watch, but honestly both are good and add their own pros to the series.
I just spent like 10 minutes typing this out and looked down to see that a specific Anime fan from Arizona already took the time to type this all out with even more detail. Yippie! Monogatari fans be dedicated haha
I love the thorough analysis and discussion. Keep it up, can't wait for the next episode. :)
loving that you're enjoying the show 🙏 it's gonna get good
That's what I've been waiting for 👏
I love your reactions on this anime, hoping to watch more of this in future
Man it's been so long since I watched Bake, watching it alongside you guys is a really nice throwback
Yay! I was starving for the new monogatari video
4:10 It seems that at all times there is something to talk about about Russia xD and on top of that, Bake was written in 2006
The cinematography was so inspired in this ep, more so than any one before it... for now :)))
Remember the punchline in Senjougahara episode?
He lifts her cut-tie spell, but He's the one who gets one instead.
Man, I love this show.
God, their discussion is so good. Their insight is incredible for only being 6 episodes in.
Outside of Hachikuji, Kanbaru is my favourite of the girls of this series for how this arc ends, she is so damn adorable.
Shaft's directing for monogatari for me is like "visualizing the experience of being told a story" instead of adapting the story itself. Focus go in and out of characters, you got stuck on a word, you got distracted for a bit, the world in the background is constructed just to tell this story so it eerily always fit the current mood, even if it needs to deform in illogical ways
8:23 sis is loss for words
2:57 "Is she in love with Araragi or Senjougahara?" Lilies everywhere LMAO
A clip of that punching scene was the reason I start to watch the show. Still Awesome.
Discussion was peak
Bakemonogatari = Bakemono (Monster) + Monogatari (Story)
Nisemonogatari = Nisemono (Fake) + Monogatari (Story)
Kizumonogatari = Kizu (wound) + Monogatari (Story)
Nekomonogatari (kuro) = Neko (cat) + Monogatari (Story) + kuro(black)
Nekomonogatari (shiro) = Neko (cat) + Monogatari (Story) + shiro (white)
Kabukimonogatari = Kabukimono (strange people) + Monogatari (Story)
Otorimonogatari = Otori (decoy) + Monogatari (Story)
Onimonogatari = Oni (demon) + Monogatari (Story)
Koimonogatari = Koi (Love) + Monogatari (Story)
Hanamonogatari = Hana (flower) + Monogatari (Story)
Tsukimonogatari = Tsuki(憑 - Posess) + Monogatari (Story)
Koyomimonogatari = Koyomi (calendar) + Monogatari (Story)
Owarimonogatari = Owari (End) + Monogatari (Story)
etc...
Idk if you guys knew this, but the openings are actually sung by the voice actresses of the girls of the respective arc.
So glad you like the show so far! Believe me, it gets much, much better!
The OP for this arc certainly features a lot of lilies :)
6:12 Oh my god, you're going to love the laters seasons if you are already quoting the characters like this
Monstory = bakemonogatari
Personally I kinda like the variant "Ghostory" a bit more for flow.
Bakemono: Monster, Monogatari: Story, Bakemonogatari: Monstory
As much as I love Kanbaru, Hachikuji's OP wins - but there are some great OPs still to come.
I knew you would both love this series for how completely different, unique, creative and intelligent it is. There's really nothing else like it. There's a change of director after maybe a third of the total episodes, which brings the visual energy and brilliance down a notch, but it's still visually great and of course the writing remains top-notch throughout.
I couldn't wait and finished the season (cour?)
The waiting for this is positively excrutiating
Damn, you guys are really good
Immediately understood Kanbaru's background from the OP
3:12 It is monster story! Every part of monogatari uses this structure for the name. the gatari part means story. Mono just means "thing" so it's a very common part of words.
Bakemonogatari is a mashup of bakemono (monster) and monogatari (story).
Yey you noticed monstory as monster story! Bakemonogatari basically means Bakemono = "Monster" and Monogatari = "Story"
hey man, finnally find somebody love hitagi like me, you know, it was 12 years ago when i first watch this show
and i still love hitagi
One episode a week is not enough guys
Just reminder that the studio for this anime is the same studio that made puella magi madoka magica, and the voice actor for senjougahara is the same voice actor that voiced akemi homura
please do double episode reactions of monogatari
The reason it’s called ”Monstory” is because the author of the Monogatari series is a big fan of manipulating Japanese characters to have multiple meanings.
In Japanese monster is “Bakemono” and story is “Monogatari”. He played with the wording of both words to spell bakemonogatari
For Japanese speakers, people enjoy this series because of the heavy use of word play with the Japanese language but unfortunately for me and others a lot of the word play cannot be translated well to English
Hmph! Crab might be high difficulty but snake is the final boss soon the the true power of the white lady will show up and if it wasn't for that fake monk fuhai our lady bai suzhen would able to complete her promise and truly accend to be god
I dont think theyll ever do 2 episodes or more a week since this weekly upload guarantees them an audience for atleast 2 years lol
is this the legendary fansub version? or official sub have really got this dedicatedly good?
It is the MTBB fan subs.
Without giving anything away I will just say in terms of opening that the best one of the season has yet to show itself so look forward to that
Bakemonogatari is a word play, Bakemono and Monogatari (Monster and story)
NisiOisiN is THE god of wordplays, is a shame that all of those genius wordplays are lost in translation.
Same with Nisemonogatari, Nisemono means impostor/fake
its monkeyy time 🐒
I can't wait for you guys to catch up on the current Monogatari off-season anime. The current episode right now makes me sad. 🥲
8:20
Ayo?
Cannot wait for next episode ,to best buds
I can think of three Basketball anime: Slam Dunk, Kuroko no Basuke, and Dear Boys.
Bakemono means monster in Japanese, Monogatari means story. Hence monstory
Thanks
Courageously, the little ghost mess with his name again.
1 EP per week/2week is torturing...
Monogatari is definitely one of the most things to watch
Letsss gooooo
We need more !!!!
The question of whether or not Kanbaru has a crush on Senjougahara may be understood in part by the fact that there's a bunch of lilies in her opening credits sequence and that flower's Japanese name - yuri - being shorthand for girl/girl romantic pairings.
Can't wait for snake OP!
Does anyone know what order are they going to watch this?..
For the First season they will follow the novel order (they will watch Kizu after Bake).
They still haven't decided for Second and Final season (when they will watch Hana and Koyomi)
Bakemono means Monster, Monogatari means Story. I'ts a word play of Monster Stories.
16:19 The next op is absolutely the best, lol
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yeah😂
To answer the question Anna has about Monstory, the Monogatari series is a show with a lot of japanese wordplay. In this case Bakemono means "Monster" and Monogatari means "Story", so Bakemonogatari is a pun of sorts that sort of translates to "Monstory". The sequel series all have similar naming conventions. Love your guys reactions. Just thought I'd leave this here in case it was helpful.
Oops... bite my tongue. I love our snail turned deity girl. I also love this show for simply making conversations so god dam interesting. A perfect mix of humour, puns, word play, character dynamics, relationships and so much more. The writers and animators did a top notch job.
Where do you guys watch this show
Yohoho!
if im not wrong they are watching it with the commie subs
Pay closer attention to the environment in which Hanekawa is speaking with Araragi on the phone. She's in her school uniform and making the call in the middle of the night, in the middle of a noisy city.
Op question: WRONG TIMING!
Pospone that question until the next OP.
you guys should watch Rascal does not dream of bunnygirl senpai, next, easy 10/10 romance
Strong recommend Summertime Renderting !!!!!!!!!!!😭
Please react to this amazing master piece !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can you reaction"wolf children's rain and snow "(a movie)? please🙏🙏
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Hope you guys find better Anime sub for this anime that don't trying to localize even a little things.
化物語を今から週に一話ずつって、何年かけるつもりなんだｗ
的外れなディスカッションに時間使うぐらいなら見進めればいいのに
的外れ？
君が大して英語がわからないだけでしょ？
1話づつ時間をかけて考察しながら視聴するのも楽しみ方の一つだし個人の自由だろ