Everything GREAT About: Bakemonogatari

Join me as I round up every single great moment I could find throughout the entire season of Bakemonogatari!
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[@AnimeWins]

Sorry this one took SO long but I knew it wouldn't perform great on views and 2022 was really dicey revenue wise due to all of the many copyright claims and bugs I had to deal with. At any one point in time I had at least 10 on the go for a great many months last year. Really happy to finally get it out to you all now though and if you'd like to assist, a tip is greatly welcome to make up the difference in revenue and of course liking, commenting and sharing etc. Thanks for watching and for reading this and I really and truly hope that you enjoy the video!

[@zygardethefatalscythezygar4059]

I am very very very happy that it's finally uploaded. I'm a student so I'm not able to become a patreon yet so I've made a list of people to be patreon when I get job

[@Mark_o_Helm]

At the end of Episode 2 Araragi goes from 55 to 100 kg and i never really understood why.

[@BekindBekbek]

@@Mark_o_Helm Because Crab added missing kilogramms not only to Senjo, but to Araragi too, because gods don`t see differences between humans, as Meme said.

[@zygardethefatalscythezygar4059]

@@Mark_o_Helm that's because it was a gag that the god mistakenly gave him the weight as gods don't differentiate between humans

[@DonotmesswithStormfeoUA]

Worth the wait! Every damn second of it!

[@RidOne285]

This is potentially going to be the longest series that Mr. Anime Wins will ever do...AND IM GOING TO WATCH EVERY SINGLE ONE LETS GO!

[@reikolupus136]

LET'S FRIGGING GO!!!

[@kelvinodom0909]

I feel the same!!

[@theburgerman]

I too shall be here for the journey, I've seen monogatari 3 times, I can't wait for the kizu reviews

[@Demmonic_Summons]

Fax!

[@Lohpezhoh]

TRUEST TRUE THAT HAS EVER BEEN TRUE

[@stingerredshock3418]

People recognize Hiroshi Kamiya as Levi, but imo Araragi is his most iconic role. If you listen to Atogatari, an interview/podcast held by Kamiya with the VAs and their experiences with the making of the anime, you’d hear that he read all of the source material to get a good picture of the character like he was preparing for a national exam, because, and I quote, “if someone else can do what I can, I have no right to be doing this job.”

[@stilldravona]

Fun fact, every opening is sung by the main girl of each arc (i.e. Senjogahara's VA sang the first OP ). Also, the 4th OP you liked, Renai Circulation, is one of the most memed anime songs ever, because of how catchy it is.

[@silverchoweez]

Here it is, the meme to end all meme, with the universe at the same time: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iILQdniIq9akbZI

[@MrRyeob02]

Shinobu is the only one that doesn't, she gets instrumentals instead :(

[@13piecebucket96]

Thank you for putting so much effort in despite people not noticing.

[@AnimeWins]

Means so much dude, you doing this and another brother joined my Patreon at the highest level, truly makes this video being #10/10 as expected, (worst performing of last 10 vids) worthwhile. Thanks again!!

[@Brandon_Benji]

This one of the weirdest, most addicting anime I have ever watched. Truly unique

[@danieleproia]

8:38 the important factor to note about this anime (at least this season) is the fact that is all viewed from the perspective of Araragi, so he (and us) get a better view of her body until she talks about her weight problem (the fact that she changes up multiple times because of the weight of the clothes), then he feels remorse, so the shots get less "ecchi" as he's trying to respect her situation. It's something I always liked about this show.

[@maracabo1176]

A thing to note is that in the novels there close to no action descriptions or environments, characters descriptions are also very brief. The author even said his characters where the dialogue, the whole franchise are speeches and monologues about various themes and the anime with its over the top and strange sense of art that takes over every dialogue is the best possible way to adapt this shows. Because if you watch the first arc you notice something interesting, nothing happened, it was a total of 6 or 7 dialogue scenes and the it was over, and its great, there is no action only the exploration of trauma of a teenage girl that sinks you in the characters mind and you don't even notice much of it. The writing of the work and it's adaptation are by far one of the greatest of all time

[@kfpballpit7932]

Been a fan for years now and today i finally decided that i am willing to pay the 60$/month on Patreon. You've definitely become my favorite content creator over the years.

[@AnimeWins]

Ahh so that was you thanks so much mate!!

[@reikolupus136]

I absolutely love Monogatari Series, it's my favorite Anime of all time, and it makes me very happy that you are checking it out. I really hope you continue watching it! My favorite charater of the ones presented until now is Nadeko, and you'll probably understand why once you reach Otorimonogatari XD.

[@deusteapot117]

This show, is by far and away, my favorite Anime. Glad you're giving it the Win treatment!

[@ethermelt4780]

It still gets to me how all of the girls have character design traits that match their oddity. Senjogahara uses staplers like crab pincers, Mayoi's backpack like a snail's shell, Nadeko wearing her coat like a molting snakeskin, etc. It's a design choice that continues well in to the subsequent seasons and new characters as well.

[@zigrakudo4092]

Hachikuji said Omedetou gozaimasu, which as the subtitles said, means congratulations. Happy Birthday is "Tanjoubi Omedetou". You chose a major classic this time. Love all the songs in this series (Renai Circulation and Shiranai Monogatari are my faves). The visuals are very necessary to keep the viewers attention since this show uses a lot of dialogues. Props to whoever thought to direct the show this way. 26:30 Im not sure if you missed it, but when she said she was giving him a big favor while he recovered until he could move, in japanese she said "Dai Service" which means big service, or in something more relatable, a big "fan service". She stood above him in a dress while a train passed by and blew her skirt enough so that Araragi could see beneath (those rays of light formed by the passing train also looked like God Rays, depicting that whatever he was seeing at that moment was heavenly). Thats what she meant by giving him a favor ;)

[@harmanpatel8692]

Finally, it's been 84 years. Gonna savor this one

[@midnight5163]

Have been waiting for this one !!

[@AnimeWins]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@Yay295]

33:13 I don't know if you noticed, but the janken (rock paper scissors) game Koyomi and Hitagi play in the ED of episodes 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14 are connected. 9: Hitagi wins twice and they tie twice. 10: Koyomi has removed his shirt and pants. Koyomi wins twice and they tie twice. 11: Hitagi has removed her tights, and presumably panties (her skirt appears to be undone). They tie three times and Koyomi wins once. 13: No apparent clothing change, but Hitagi's eyes are narrowed. Koyomi wins four times. 14: No apparent clothing change, but Koyomi is looking down at his (winning) hand while Hitagi leans forward staring at him. Hitagi always throws scissors.

[@shmuhammad1355]

Watching your reaction to my top5 anime is such a treat it makes me giddy. I know we probably wont see another part for a long time. But i am really glad you were able to enjoy it. it is really dialogue heavy and puts a lot of emphasis one basically words and use and change words. It does it well. And that puts off alot of people. Especially when you include Araragi’s actions towards hachikuji that comes off very offputting to many. And shaft was the best animation studio to do it as it removed every other person in the anime leaving only the main character to focus on. That also led to an amazing artistic anime. Like i cannot see any other studio doing anywhere close to what shaft did. Overall. It does everything i love in an animations like it does well in expressing dialogue in unusual means. The VA’s do an amazing job at bringing the characters alive. And it only get better in every sense from now on. Narratively. Animation wise and especially characters wise.

[@Apocamaron]

hand down one of my favorite anime !! i really love the unique style, especially the graphics. i whish they were more anime like this one...

[@Yahirplaysminecraft]

If you haven't march comes in like a lion, by the same studio, has a similar style and in my opinion some of the best writing in all fiction.

[@zygardethefatalscythezygar4059]

Sayonara zetsubou sensei is also peak animation and the MC is voiced by same VA of araragi and maria✝️holiday is also similar. Done by same studio[shaft]

[@zygardethefatalscythezygar4059]

And If you liked zetsubou sensei then watch kakushigoto. Done by the same mangaka and again the MC is voiced by the same VA of araragi

[@BekindBekbek]

@@zygardethefatalscythezygar4059 IIRC, it also has the same author.

[@zygardethefatalscythezygar4059]

@Роман Бекерис the author of monogatari series[since its a light novel adaptation] is NISIOISIN his other works adapted are katanagatari, bishounen tanteidan etc. And zetsubou sensei and kakushigoto are manga adaptation done by same mangaka. His other works adapted are Katte ni Kaizou and joshiraku [but he only did the story not the art of the manga]

[@smugsneasel]

Well, well, well. As a huge monogatari fan I am contractually obligated to watch this, and any other video you put about it. It's just how it works.

[@Lohpezhoh]

Win #14, my man getting right away the amazing performance of Senjougahara's VA (Saito Chiwa If I'm not wrong) and thus getting her personality instantly. Legend

[@protoaltus]

Being one of my absolute favourite series out there along with Mob, Jojo and Gintama this is a welcome addition to the watch through, tagalong and even rewatches over the course of time. This is a weird series even by weird standards with its complex characters, the ballistic action and the over the top exposition handled in no way other than perfect. For the casual viewer they get the gist of everything quick. But for anyone who wants to know what truly is afoot, using the flash cards and the info dumps are a goldmine as translation from novel to anime must have been a nightmare usually. Shaft did an amazing job with this series imo. Thank you bud for finally letting us witness the joy of someone seeing this.

[@DJCooL4]

i remember back in 2009 when i first watched this. The first episode was so out there I didn't notice the episode had ended. This is my favorite anime of all time. somethings you missed, this is where we get the patented shaft head tilt, in kanbaru's room, the books reflect the state of the conversation and at the end are a mess again, and you can see a bandage on shinobu if you freeze the right frame

[@kaije7art]

I saw that... win 43... GG, sir... GG indeed. Also, during that scene after Senjougahara is freed of the Crab - the music playing is a piano version of the OP for that arc... you'll hear more of that sort of thing going on in the series... sometimes they're just leit motifs, and others are just piano covers of the OP proper. Senjougahara's birthday is July 7th, making her a Cancer - Cancer is represented by the crab, and its heavenly body is the Moon - which makes so much sense to me, and pairs well with her enjoyment of staring at the stars, and the Summer Triangle of Deneb, Altair, and Vega - which are all sung about in the ED as well. How much care and love they put into the music and lyrics shows how passionate the folks animating this were.

[@DonotmesswithStormfeoUA]

Just finished watching this video for the second time. Thank you so much for dedication in bringing it to us. 15-18 months of grueling gring against the system. You the man!

[@bondsie2]

I have to put a comment in here for algorithm... Nice to see more Monogatari content still coming out in 2022. The whole series is my absolute favorite and you're only scratching the surface. Didn't get as many wins as I had hoped, but I feel like you recognized the reason I'm going to attribute it to - there's so much shit going on the show warrants multiple viewings to actually get everything.

[@Patsfan1987]

0:00 New video you say!?!?! Can’t wait to watch and comment at the end again!! Hope all is well with you and your family brother! Thank you for all the hard work!!!

[@kelvinodom0909]

I've been waiting for this for SO LONG!!!😭😭

[@bernieburton6520]

This is a great series overall. This first season only setting up all of the characters emotional issues but not actually resolving them. The rest of the story slowly tackles each of the characters problems not by dealing with the supernatural elements but specifically by having the characters grow up and learn to deal with the root emotional trauma that is the actual problem because all the supernatural stuff is really just a side effect of their real emotional issues. This series is absolutely brilliant and a total masterpiece of character writing. Plus Shaft has never adapted anything better than they adapted the Monogatari Series. The art, animation, music and voice acting is all 10/10. It's technically a harem ecchi, but it's not just another harem ecchi anime. It's honestly the only GOOD harem ecchi anime.

[@MSDoL]

I present to you "The World only God knows". Negima has a meh adpatation but the manga still counts as good harem ecchi. Mushoku Tensei can be considered one even if we are talking about only the aspect of relationships. Terrase goddess' cafe and 2.5D Kanojo will be airing this season and the source material has great potential. Kore wa zombie desu ka is borderline good as well as Baka to Testo. Futoku no Guild has promice, though they could have done a better job at the first season.

[@bernieburton6520]

@@MSDoL the Negima manga has ecchi harem elements, but it's really a great battle shounen more than anything else.

[@isaelcaldera4395]

I really loved this anime for its quirky scenes. It was very enjoyable to relive the series again like this. Thank you for all your hard work and I would love to see if you'll continue this series hopefully. Much love and appreciation for your work man.

[@yonkiriati]

the monogatari series is so good! i hope to see you cover more in the future

[@UltimaOX]

There is a ton of interesting symbolism in every OP in this series. The Hachikuji OP is my fav personally because of how damn impressive the symbolism is. The OP has her in a city where everyone is her, shes with herself in every scene, or putting it another way, "By Herself", which is the life she had chosen for herself these past 10 years so she wouldnt have to make anyone else lost like she is. Really damn poignant.

[@ALLSTARrem]

This is one of my all-time favorites and I have legitimately watched it three times and I'm still finding new things

[@David-hw8oi]

I liked every point you gave for Senjougahara. but i think we were missing about 200 more of those. Also, for the OP of her part "Staple Stable" was sung by her VA too!

[@LinkcarioX]

YAS! FINALLY! Bakemonogatari is one of my favorite anime of all time even after watching the following stories. Thank you so much!

[@AnishTSP]

lets go, my favorite anime series of all time, hands down, no cap! this is gonna be a fun and wild ride. also, gahara supremacy

[@StardustKnight_]

I’m really happy to see you finally covering my all time favorite anime series!

[@Pelthis]

Finally. Our long waiting has paid off. Praise the Sun. Edit : Okay I've finished watching it. Really thank you for that. As it's a really peculiar kind of anime, of the "you love it or you hate it" breed it's always hard to recommend or talk about. But for me, the very specific atmosphere, animation direction, and of course the witty dialogues going back and forth, being sometimes nonsensical on the surface but actually deeper when you know the whole deal... And the music who always fits perfectly. Definitely my favourite of all time, by far. I never found any anime who could replicate this kind of feeling. Recently I loved Yofukashi no Uta who treats some similar thematics, but the vibe is still different (but awesome in its own way !) Sayounara Zetsubou-Sensei is probably the most similar of all, having the same director and main VA, I hugely recommend it as well. So now, tell me your price. How much for winning the entire series until the end ? xD

[@VulpineScribbles]

time to get this channel on the monogatari train, your in for one hell of a ride

[@setgsie]

I love the Monogatari series, they are just so unique and interesting. Thanks for winning one of them

[@AskAScreenwriter]

A few added points: 1) You wouldn't know it yet, but that blonde girl in the corner of episode 1 is probably the second most important character in the entire franchise (Shinobu / Kiss-Shot), after Koyomi himself. 2) Again, something they don't go into here, but Shinobu's name originally was Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade. The kanji for 'Shinobu' uses the radical for 'heart' underneath the radical for 'blade.' So “Shinobu” = “Heart Under Blade.” 2) If you think Oshino Meme is a bad-ass now, wait until you see what he's capable of in Kizumonogatari. 3) Subtle, but you may notice that the scene where Koyomi is arguing with his sister, she's represented by the kanji for 'fire.' There are reasons for this (his sisters are referred to as “The Fire Sisters”). Wait till you meet his sisters in more depth in Nisemonogatari! 4) Nadeko is 'cute?' Just wait till you get to Nadeko Medusa and Hitagi End! 5) ALL of the OP's throughout the series are awesome, and reflective of their story arcs. Also, with only a few exceptions, the VA of the main female lead of the arc ALSO sings the OP's e.g. Yui Horie voices Hanekawa Tsubasa, and sings the OP's for her arcs: Tsubasa Cat “Sugar Sweet Nightmare,”Tsubasa Family “Perfect Slumbers,” Tsubasa Tiger “Chocolate Insomnia,” and so on for MOST of the others. (The exceptions are awesome, too, IMHO!) I HIGHLY recommend the Kizumonogatari trilogy next (followed by Nisemonogatari). Kizu is the prequel story of how Koyomi met Hanekawa, Oshino Meme, and the vampire Kiss-Shot (later named Shinobu). Warning, though, it's a VERY different style, and taken by itself can almost be seen as a tragic outcome. Maybe I'm just a sucker for that kind of thing (the tragic backstory), but two people in pain, constantly hurting each other, constantly comforting each other, is what drives pretty much the entire franchise all the way to the end of this phase. Great video!

[@StardustKnight_]

I feel like one of my favorite things about this anime is how it went out of its way to give every character’s arc a unique opening that perfectly reflects them and in my opinion just makes you fall in love which each of them even more just by assigning them their own leitmotif in a way. Not many anime I know do this in such a way, but especially with a character focused series like this one it’s a small but genius choice of style I think.

[@christopherlowery3797]

Ok, you covered my fav show in this one, absolutely love to see it

[@AnimeWins]

3 lovely comments thanks dude!

[@christopherlowery3797]

@@AnimeWins and thank you as well! It’s been great binging everything on your channel…I’d never seen Bocchi til peeping your video on it, & it’s my new favorite thing! You’re doing a great service, and I hope you’re at least somewhat fairly compensated for that effort 🙏

[@ozen1803]

Watching, understanding and liking this anime is hard task to do. Like well earned, sir.

[@prydonia]

Watched this back to back with part 1 of 86. Two of my favorite anime of all time and two of the most visually stunning anime ever made. This is why I am a Patreon supporter. Well done.

[@FHezekh]

Monogatari series is work of love to art and anime! Thanks for uploading this video even with all the extra work you had to deal with!

[@StrivetobeDust]

Great work on this review, you managed to get -almost- all of the great points. And, considering the complexity of the writing in the original novels with how inspired this adaptations are, you did a damn good job.

[@connorr8071]

I am so excited to see you winning Monogatari, and I hope you continue to do so! I'll watch every single one! Monogatari is one of my favorite anime series, and I never get tired of it. There's always something new to notice. I'd even like to see it Sinned, too, if possible.

[@theendafter]

When you first announced you were covering monogatari, I flipped out. Then it kept getting delayed and the tension kept building, and I thought there was no way this video could live up to the expectations I had. Glad to say you smashed them, incredible video hope you cover the rest of the series, keep up the good work as always!

[@uncleclaps44]

Every series of the Monogatori's intentionally leaves holes in the story to be filled in during its many seasons. When I first took on the series, I was given a list to watch them in order but its also best going in blind to witness the events unfold, explained or revisited.

[@BekindBekbek]

Conversation with Hanekawa from the beginning was later almost fully recreated in 2nd season of Kaguya-sama. Which is not surprising, since there are bucnh of people who came from Shaft (and who worked on Monogatari series) to work on Kaguya.

[@jjjacer]

I love this anime, from the visuals to the music, to the comedy, to the stories. If you can get over the toothbrush scene with his sister (probably the one you want to make sure no one else sees you watch it) its perfect

[@yourcommentisntfunnyv2709]

It’s a good scene cause it’s funny

[@chrisbenton8736]

after watching 90 episodes and the movies the monogatari series is definitely in my top 3, don't pass up the opportunity to watch it but be warned you HAVE to be dedicated cause the whole series (especially nisemonogatari) has scenes that are quite questionable that couldn't be shown for monitisation reasons but thank you Mr Anime Wins for my new favourite video on your channel

[@galaxymix8845]

thanks for covering this anime, honestly the whole series is just amazing. loved your video, would watch more on the series

[@soul8648]

I like how their faces picture the line of which they are saying. Normally you would see people either talking angry or scared just by the moment of the area/situation they are in. But in here, it's by everything

[@REDvsBLUE4E]

BTW around 22:17 when she said congratulation it wasn't happy birthday. Happy birthday is "tanjoubi omedeto" she only said "omedeto"

[@AmourMatthysen]

Loved the video honestly haven't watched this anime in years and so happy to when people bring in up it really deserves much more praise than it has gotten.

[@saltypotato784]

I watched this show in my first year in high school. It's crazy how after watching this video I realize that too much of it flew over my head when I watched because I was too young to understand.

[@Smilliereacts]

Glad this one is finally out, Bakemonogatari is one of my favorite shows and franchises, I need to get Nise in on a future Patreon Poll, As the whole franchise is a fun ride and it would be amazing if you could get it all covered.

[@seriodenoyarohi7403]

And another anime you convinced me to watch. Have a like. You earned it.

[@ojastalgaonkar3000]

The greatest storytelling and most well written cast paired with shafts avante garde style where the animators actually got freedom in the production. And the most amazing dialogue.

[@user-ho4hk7jp9x]

finally it's here!!!! i have been waiting for too long of a time for this

[@imze6620]

Plz make more one this series, it's so amazing and the ither seasons deserve vids of their own obviously, but it's crazy how well the world is built over time, also koyomi-monogatari where they explore araragi’s story about becoming a vampire is very well thought out

[@niftylittlename]

I hope he watches kizumonogatari before nisemonogatari so he can catch (and win) all the nuances

[@ThePennitentOne]

Well its finally here. So what’s your favorite character right now? Can’t really subscribe on Patreon but I still want to throw a little money your way. Hopefully the voters can convince you to cover the rest of this series since it just keeps getting better.

[@AnimeWins]

Thanks mate! I'd say the main woman, (been 15 months since I watched it) she's great imo. I appreciate the tip!

[@LastToken]

So two things here (see what I did?) I watched the episode 1 part of the video, closed out of KZbin, and literally just watched these 15 episodes today because I HAD to know wtf this series was. Several hours later I just came back and finished your video. Great job! Second thing: what service did you watch it on? The translations were slightly different than mine (Crunchyroll USA)? Discovered your page a few months ago and you have very quickly become one of my favorite channels to watch!

[@BrotherMag]

Love this channel and your enthusiasm 😀!

[@franciscovergara2932]

I loved it, great video, my fav from you channel

[@ndpGAMES]

Watched this a few years ago but just recently started reading the novels. Finished the three volumes this season adapts so it was nice to revisit how the anime portrayed it. Solid video.

[@Kris-xz2tc]

6:27 damn you didn't get the full metal alchemist reference

[@alix3621]

One of my favorite "particular" animes ! It had so many small details and the whole Monogatari experience is so special I never felt anything like that with another anime !

[@saltyman5603]

An explanation for the art style: the creator said they were obsessed with black and white French industrial revolution movies. The change in style, strange cuts to faces or realism, and title cards with words are all a result of mimicking it.

[@rozee8516]

FINALLY ONE OF IF NOT MY FAV SERIES

[@justscrollinginthecomments7930]

Oh boy you have a lot to look forward to.

[@tearlach47]

26:11 This moment that you gave a max 2 wins for, personally, was one of my least favorite parts of watching Bake. For an anime-only, this moment works very well, but this and other action sequences left me wanting so much more because I first experienced this story through the light novels. Perhaps I don't feel any tension at all because I've already read it, but scenes like this cut out basically all of Araragi's internal thoughts for the sake of pacing. Because the books are able to slow the pacing as much as it wants, the tension that's built page after page feels so satisfying. Anime is an inherently different medium, and does not have the same luxuries. Where the books felt like a struggle to barely survive, the anime feels like a hit & run.

[@mimailnoanda]

Glad to know you liked this series, i saw and loved every single one (it's quite damn long xD) One of my favs tho :)

[@cyanara5523]

The fact that how Bakemonogatari handles these kind of tropes for example the romcom aspect of it as for an harem anime, Araragi chooses the character that is least likely to win refering to Senjougahara. With her unaproachable aura and her attitude at the first few episodes you would expect that Hanekawa will be the best candidate to win in this kind of situation based on the expectations on the tropes in romances anime or in general. There are many more things that could be said just bakemonogatari alone.

[@niftylittlename]

What a great video!

[@robertm.8653]

OMG it's here!!! I'm super duper ultra happy!

[@gg_uimil]

I love this series and i'm so happy this video is finally here

[@Sseptember]

this is definitely nice to see randomly on my home page

[@Tanjaaraus]

I love this anime, like truly adore it. But I also cannot reccoment it to any of my friends as I am terrified of how they will judge me for me for it lol. To say there are some aspects of this anime I am straight up ignoring - is not an understatement. Like I get it, it shows the main character's flaws. and some is played for jokes - But I am not reccomending this show to my friend for it's amazing storytelling, incredible soundtrack, legit super well written characters - only for them to think I like loli harems xD

[@calebmccoy9685]

When senjougahara talks about the balance of metals followed by 97Kg of bad intentions, the ratios are the same as for Cupronickel, which was used to jacket bullets. I think she said she has a 97Kg bullet of bad intentions (other translations say spite).

[@mookiestewart3776]

its also a full metal alchemist reference lol

[@Kuniku778]

The counting joke about MAL killed me, had to stop the video to laugh.

[@AnimeWins]

Any chance of a timestamp?

[@Kuniku778]

@@AnimeWins 14:45 there you go.

[@AnimeWins]

@@Kuniku778 thanks! I wrote the script 15 months ago and so wondered what joke that was referring to xD

[@GlennRamadhan]

I enjoy every second of this video

[@romulorafael5563]

so much work in this video, i am comenting just to apreaciate

[@ThomasG1971]

Definitely a different anime ... now... I need to go watch it... THANKSSSSSSSS! ... (I think a ssssnake ssssspirit got me now)

[@yonkiriati]

22:19 omedetou gozaimasu means congrats. tanjoubi omedetou gozaimasu is happy birthday

[@Griffinattack]

I remember this from years ago. I remember it was a little fast and I didn't understand a few things, but I do remember it being quite the visual and literal experience. I was wondering where Shinobu was for a lot, then that last part happened and I remembered, she was only really a background character til that moment, getting more screen time in the following show. Go thing I remembered, I was gonna get cross at ya boi, for forgetting our favorite dounut loving blonde loli vampire XD

[@VilleMusic]

Glad to see one of my all time favs get more attention aside from the memes

[@levan5856]

i’m so happy people are starting to realize monogatari isn’t just loliconning and how incredible this series is. Also there is a 3 part movie trilogy which goes into the meeting of shinobu and araragi.

[@kmaple9]

congratulations, you got through the prologue of the franchise! Also, each of the openings are representations of the struggles that each girl is going through through heavy metaphor usage. The most on-the-nose one is Hachikuji's Kaerimichi, in which she lives in a world without other people, constantly trying to amuse herself and struggling to do anything right. The song itself is about the mechanics of her being the Lost Snail and how it's normal for no day to end happy for her, along with how every day is the same for her year-round, but she never lost the hope that she will someday make it back to her home and that there must be some odd way to make it happen.

[@yourcommentisntfunnyv2709]

It’s not a prologue it’s the first installment

[@monsrealmente1708]

I feels very good being able to watch this after so long

[@nathanielbaldevino5364]

can't wait for the next one, this anime is my absolute favorite

[@minori3539]

22:19 "Congratulations" is actually the exact translation of what she says there, おめでとうございます(omedetou gozaimasu). Happy birthday would be "お誕生日おめでとうございます" (otanjoubi ometedou gozaimasu) meaning "congratulations to your birthday", the subject "birthday" in japanese being in the front of the sentence. You probably confused it bc you can also just say "congrats" on somebodies birthday and it's obvious that it's congratulations for the birthday, which means most translators in that moment would write "Happy birthday" in the subtitles, cuz in english usually nobody says "Congrats to your birthday", thus creating your misunderstanding of the phrase. In monogatari there are many play on words and stuff like that that are very hard to understand if you don't know japanese, which is why (at least where i watched it) the subtitles are mostly very literal translations to avoid confusion or there is an explanation added, so you can trust what they say most of the time. On another note, really enjoyed this video, I always like re-experiencing a show I haven't watched in a while through your videos cuz its just faster and also adds your commentary on top of it. Looking forward to the next parts, keep up the good work and I wish you luck with the monetization issue

[@AnimeWins]

Wow thanks :O Do you speak Japanese fluently? Impressive nonetheless.

[@minori3539]

@@AnimeWins No, sadly I'm far from it, I'm just a weeb that watched wayyy too much anime and just started picking up on phrases and being able to understand simple sentences. Since I was at that point I just thought might as well learn to read hiragana and katakana and am currently trying to get into reading mangas on japanese to get better at it, but it's a slow progress especially with me being lazy. At least I know chinese so the kanji aren't troubling me that much, which is probably the worst part for someone who isn't used to it, hell, it's still hard for me too.

[@Wolfking622]

please keep doing this series

[@mjlove07101996]

The ED is 🔥🔥🔥

[@Z3nch]

Commenting to help the algo. Monogatari is the best. Hope you do the rest!

[@pranavwadodkar7690]

43:53 the frame where shinobu kicks tsubasa shows the consistency of the story (is you know what I mean🤣🤣)

[@TaoToecan]

It is such a strange and great series. Many anime tried to copy some of the animation styles and failed horribly, scenes are never boring besides a LOT of dialog and it is one of the few series i paused every scene to read what was shown on those 1-2 sec colored inner dialog screens. And even now, about 10 years after I watched the first season I am still every now and then using "I flubbed" or "I stuttered" or adding way too many repeating syllables to any word starting with "ar" 🙂.

[@yourcommentisntfunnyv2709]

Wait what’s one that tried to copy it? I wanna see it

[@s.knutson8147]

Cant wait 4 ur reaction to Silver Spoon the Anime. Its wholesome, has Slice of Live and Lots of Comedy. Manga is finished but not the Anime which is sad. But ur the Best. Keep doing what ur doing.