Anime 11597 Nisemonogatari

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Synonyms: Impostory

Japanese: 偽物語

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Type: TV

Episodes: 11

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 8, 2012 to Mar 18, 2012

Premiered: Winter 2012

Broadcast: Sundays at 00:00 (JST)

Producers: Aniplex, Kodansha, Rakuonsha

Licensors: Aniplex of America

Studios: Shaft

Source: Light novel

Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Supernatural, Ecchi

Duration: 25 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 8.14¹ (scored by 431,166 users)

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Ranked: #442²

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Popularity: #269

Members: 730,772

Favorites: 3,905

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Winter 2012TVShaft

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Synopsis

Surviving a vampire attack, meeting several girls plagued by supernatural entities, and just trying to get through life are some of the things high school student Koyomi Araragi has had to deal with lately. On top of all this, he wakes up one morning to find himself kidnapped and tied up by his girlfriend Hitagi Senjougahara. Having run afoul of Deishuu Kaiki, a swindler who conned Senjougahara's family, she has taken it upon herself to imprison Araragi to keep him safe from the con man. But when Araragi gets a frantic message from his sister Karen, he learns that the fraud has set his sights on her.

Along with Karen's troubles, his other sister, Tsukihi, is having issues of her own. And when two mysterious women who seem to know more than they should about Araragi and his special group of friends step into their lives, not even he could anticipate their true goals, nor the catastrophic truths soon to be revealed.

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Background

Nisemonogatari adapts the fourth and fifth volumes of NisiOisiN's Monogatari Series: First Season.

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Adaptation:	Monogatari Series: First Season
Prequel:	Bakemonogatari
Sequel:	Monogatari Series: Second Season
Character:	Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari - Magica Quartet x Nisioisin
Side story:	Koyomimonogatari
Other:	Naisho no Hanashi

Hanazawa, Kana
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Opening Theme

	1: "Futakotome (二言目)" by Hitagi Senjougahara (Chiwa Saito) (eps TV Broadcast and BD/DVD: eps 1, 3)
	2: "marshmallow justice" by Karen Araragi (Eri Kitamura) (eps TV Broadcast: eps 2, 5-6; BD/DVD: eps 2, 4-7)
	3: "Hakkin Disco (白金ディスコ)" by Tsukihi Araragi (Yuka Iguchi) (eps TV Broadcast: eps 8-10; BD/DVD: eps 8-11)

Ending Theme

"Naisho no Hanashi (ナイショの話)" by ClariS

Reviews

Sep 29, 2023

LaserRailgun

Recommended

Modern classic.

Is the story unique? If it was predictable, did you enjoy it anyway because you like this genre/set-up?
yes.
Do you think the art style is fitting for the story?
yes.
...

Jan 21, 2023

PetalEdge

Mixed Feelings

Monogatari has two sides to it. One side is a thrilling, genre-switching visual and narrative treat, full of symbolism about people, their relationships with one another, the complications of those relationships, ethics of heroism, and more. For instance, Karen Bee argues that in the face of a world where the supernatural is very real, that the most dangerous thing is a middle-aged Japanese salaryman that gave up on life and morality. Tsubasa Cat shows the poisonous side of love, and even the very first arc is pretty straightforward about the cost of cutting yourself off from emotion to protect yourself from the pain of your ...

Aug 19, 2023

CaptainKenshiro

Not Recommended

The second season, Nisemonogatari, is one that I personally enjoyed a bit more than the first, because it’s notably shorter and the slapstick bits are this time around done by the sisters of the main character instead of his girlfriend, thus I find those bits more believable and amusing, than the kind of abusive relationship from the previous series.

Sadly, leaving my own experience aside, as a whole, it was a way worse season than the previous one. Not in terms of animation though, which was in fact way better, since this one came out some years later and had a much more polished artwork, ... while still keeping all the crazy and artsy visuals, too bad this one was even more static than Bakemonogatari, as it didn’t have any similar action bits.

The one aspect that remained exactly the same was the audio, as this sequel retains the same level in every aspect, from voice acting to sound effects to music. I loved Karen’s opening, Marshmallow Justice, for its energy and for not being the typical jpop song, but it is still nothing special and not that different either. Besides that, any other opening and the ending left as indifferent as the many from Bakemonogatari.

What makes Nisemonogatari way worse than the previous season was that it had all of the negatives in more obvious ways, with none of the positives besides the improved visuals. There are only two arcs this time around, and although that could have been good to have a more consistent quality among them than the series before this one, that wasn’t the case, as they were both even more empty of content, and with even more meandering.

There is lots of talking and none of it feel substantial, there are lots of characters appearing and none of them feel like they add anything to the whole, they even act a bit differently than before and even have a bit different dynamic with each other, to the point you’ll have to guess that something happened to them out of screen or something. The main issue is supposed to revolve around the Araragi sisters but they feel mostly secondary to what is not happening and being discussed, they feel like side characters even in their own season, and that’s something that will be said out loud as a joke in the Second Season.

Other than that, the setting still feels unaware of anything that is not happening, as the locations are even more limited than what was previously shown, and as a whole everything still feels inconsequential to anyone that isn’t the main characters, or that’s what I would say if the city didn’t look even emptier as it did before.

Plus, this anime has all the issues from the previous ones, all the perversions, this time with way younger looking characters, and on top of that it now added incestuous vibes and complexes that would be confirmed in Second Season. The infamous toothbrush scene is one of my most disgusting and hated of all time, why couldn’t it just be wholesome slapstick like in the beginning?

The only positive I’m willing to give to this season is that, just like the one before it, it anticipates future characters and events, this time with the apparition of other exorcists said to be as powerful and knowledgeable or even more than Meme Oshino, in the form of Kaiki Deishuu and Yozuru Kagenui, but other than that, it was a disaster of a season, and if not for the next one and the manga, it would have made me drop the franchise for good, despite my own personal preference above Bakemonogatari for its early comedy and for not being as bombastic in its directing.

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Oshino, Shinobu

Araragi, Koyomi

Araragi, Karen

Araragi, Tsukihi

Senjougahara, Hitagi

Kaiki, Deishuu

Hanekawa, Tsubasa

Hachikuji, Mayoi

Kanbaru, Suruga

Sengoku, Nadeko

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