
The second volume of Nekomonogatari, subtitled Shiro ( 白, "White"), was released in October 2010.

The second Monogatari saga, referred to as the "Second Season", released between 20, delves further into Koyomi's relationship with each of the heroines. The first volume of Nekomonogatari ( 猫物語, "Cat Story"), subtitled Kuro ( 黒, "Black"), was released in July 2010, and consists of a prequel story to Bakemonogatari entitled "Tsubasa Family" ( つばさファミリー, Tsubasa Famirī). The next story arc, Nisemonogatari ( 偽物語, "Fake Story"), was released as two volumes in September 2008 and June 2009. It was later released as a light novel volume entitled Kizumonogatari ( 傷物語, "Scar Story") in May 2008. Both volumes were published under the Kodansha Box imprint and featured original art by Taiwanese illustrator Vofan, who would illustrate all following releases.Ī prequel story to Bakemonogatari entitled "Koyomi Vamp" ( こよみヴァンプ, Koyomi Vuanpu) was published in the February 2008 issue of Pandora magazine. A second volume of Bakemonogatari, containing two new chapters, was released in December 2006. The first three stories were printed in the magazine's September 2005, January 2006, and May 2006 issues, respectively they were later collected in a light novel volume entitled Bakemonogatari ( 化物語, "Monster Tale", lit.
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The Monogatari series was first written by Nisio Isin as a series of short stories without illustrations for Kodansha's literary magazine Mephisto. : 43 He has stated that the atmosphere between Kizumonogatari and Nisemonogatari differed due to his knowledge that the latter would be adapted as an anime. : 43 However, by the series' third story, "Suruga Monkey", it was decided that illustrations would be included in publication, and he changed his approach accordingly. : 43 It was not a simple transition from light novels to formal literature, but rather an experiment to see if he could write a light novel without illustrations. To deal with the apparitions, which feed on human emotions and often take forms symbolically represented by animals, Koyomi relies on supernatural guidance from Oshino and, later, from Shinobu, the once-powerful blonde vampire who attacked him and later assumed the appearance of an eight-year-old girl.Īs Nisio Isin's previous work, the Zaregoto series, had been accepted as a light novel, he decided to write the first Monogatari short story, "Hitagi Crab", with a more formal approach in mind. "strangeness"): a child named Mayoi Hachikuji his underclassman Suruga Kanbaru Nadeko Sengoku, a friend of his sisters his classmate Tsubasa Hanekawa and his own younger sisters Karen and Tsukihi. Once Koyomi helps solve Hitagi's problem, she decides to become his girlfriend.Īs the series progresses, Koyomi finds himself involved with other girls afflicted by "oddities" ( 怪異, kaii, lit. Despite being threatened to keep away, Koyomi offers his help and introduces her to Meme Oshino, a strange middle-aged man living in an abandoned cram school who helped reverse his vampirism. To his surprise, he discovers that Hitagi weighs almost nothing, in defiance of physics. One day, a classmate of his, the reclusive Hitagi Senjōgahara, falls down a flight of stairs at school into Koyomi's arms. The Monogatari series revolves around Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student who has almost restored his humanity after briefly becoming a vampire during spring break. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Oh! great and titled Bakemonogatari, began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in March 2018, and ended in March 2023.


A prequel anime film trilogy, Kizumonogatari, was released in 20. The second season consists of 28 episodes broadcast between July and December 2013, and the third and final season consists of 42 episodes broadcast between December 2014 and June 2019. The first season of the anime adaptation consists of 30 episodes, which were broadcast in Japan between July 2009 and December 2012. Shaft has animated the Monogatari series multiple times since 2009. All of the series' story arcs share the common title suffix -monogatari ( 物語). Since November 2006, Kodansha published 29 volumes in the series under its Kodansha Box imprint. The plot centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student who survives a vampire attack and finds himself helping girls involved with a variety of apparitions, ghosts, beasts, spirits, and other supernatural phenomena, which often serve as proxies for their emotional and mental issues. Monogatari ( 物語, "Story") is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Vofan.

