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Come at me, bro! We ended last week with Koyomi about to head home to save his sister(s). But what trouble is she/are they in? Why is Tsubasa involved? All I’ll say is, I’m looking forward to seeing (and hearing for the first time) a certain blonde (not quite) vampire. Koyomi comes home to his [...]
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Episode 04 - Thank god that there’s finally a sign of a main conflict coming into play. Up until now, while Nisemonogatari has had some bits of foreshadowing, a vast majority of the screentime has been devoted to in-your-face fanservice. Sure, the fanservice served as a way to reintroduce the entire cast, but it has [...]
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You don’t come to Nisemonogatari (lit. Impostory) for the plot or characters, you come to it to watch an art director take an LSD trip through modernist architecture and a paint-palette orgy. You come for the in-jokes and the riffs on other media. You come to listen to what few other series ever dare to try: [...]
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The 4th episode of Nisemonogatari digs into the plot , however, the action continued to center around Koyomi’s relationships with the women in his life. The episode begins with Karen arguing that she is fine escalating to the point where … Continue reading →
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The 4th episode of Nisemonogatari digs into the plot , however, the action continued to center around Koyomi’s relationships with the women in his life. The episode begins with Karen arguing that she is fine escalating to the point where … Continue reading →
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A quick run down of events in Nisemonogatari episode 4. Arararagi takes a girl to his room to ride his [...]
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Sunday is such a weird day, on the really down side, I have to go back to school, on the other upside, Nisem Subs get released and that is just totally awesome. After much discussion, LessThanFree has agreed to help me with the screen shots and will add his own words at the end along [...]
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I have a love-hate relationship with fanservice in anime that, to put it simply, is challenging to define.  Every scene is situational in that, depending on a myriad of factors such as anime, characters, scene, and type, I can either love it or hate it or fall somewhere between these two extremes.  And since fanservice [...]
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My feelings about this week’s episode of Nisemonogatari are about as split down the middle as the episode itself.  On the one hand, we finally learn what happened to Karen and Hanekawa proves to be way more captivating and formidable than we’ve ever seen her.  On the other hand… well most of the episode is a girl meant to [...]
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「かれんビー 其ノ貳」 (Karen Bii Sono Yon) "Karen Bee Part Four" Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade 「キスショット・アセロラオリオン・ハートアンダーブレード」, where have you been this whole time?
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This was rather intense from start to finish.  I got the shock of seeing Hanekawa’s new look (she looks like she just ended a serious relationship, which I guess kinda did happen at the end of Bakemonogatari).  I got the shock of seeing Araragi almost smack one of his sisters. And I got the additional shock of seeing Shinobu [...]
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This was rather intense from start to finish.  I got the shock of seeing Hanekawa’s new look (she looks like she just ended a serious relationship, which I guess kinda did happen at the end of Bakemonogatari).  I got the shock of seeing Araragi almost smack one of his sisters. And I got the additional shock of seeing Shinobu [...]
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Despite the pressing concerns and intense cliffhanger from last week, we actually get a very slow moving and contemplative episode this week. Like Bakemonogatari before it, Nisemonogatari can spend an entire episode with little to no plot progression, yet be extremely endearing because of the exchanges between its characters. And boy were there some big discussions this episode.
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Nisemonogatari centers around another specific issue, and relevant female, in its fourth affair - the problems faced by the imoutos are now discussed by the much awaited loli vampire Shinobu as she relaxes in the nude.
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So after the cliffhanger from last week, Koyomi meets up with Tsubasa and his sisters, but they refuse to tell him what happened. He then talks with Tsubasa alone, who tells him that the charms that Karen and Tsukihi are … Continue reading →
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One of the most tasteful images from an entire episode based around a young girl having a bath with an awkward man. If I heard this episode summary I would have guessed something creepy like Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai! or Kore wa Zombie Desu ka but not this. Although considering the sexualisation of the young [...]
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My one and only question for this week’s episode since last week has been: Is this the week where the Araragi Breakfast Club reunion; where all members gather to suck up as much of Araragi’s strudel as they can, FINALLY COMING TO AN END!? Let’s find out: I mean seriously, there’s only one member left, [...]
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Ok as you may have noticed, this post only comes out every Saturday. Well, that’s really just because I can’t find any other day within the week to write this post. I’ve got my hands full with college and stuff. And “OkamiSans Weekly Rants” will come put every other week instead because as I’ve mentioned, I quite busy. Moving on… We’ve got a few things going on in this episode. I don’t know
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Finally freed from his captivity at the hands of Senjougahara, thanks in no small part to Hanekawa, Koyomi finally gets the chance to return and aid his sisters after Tsukihi's plea for help received to his mobile phone. The trouble is, do the Fire Sisters really want their big brother's help?  It certainly doesn't seem like it as they refuse to tell him anything about what's doing on, much to
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