![]() That fateful meeting meant Koyomi's last spring break would not be like any other, and he himself was about to cease to be just another normal student he had run into none other than the greatest among aberrations, the most powerful of all monsters. That night, Araragi Koyomi had met the legendary, centuries-old vampire Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade, who would remove him from the world of normal people and throw him into the nocturnal world, a chaotic world of deities, ghosts, curses, and all other imaginable sorts of supernatural beings, items, and events. That should be enough for most people who are acquainted with the said series. Really the only actual faults of this part of the anime is problems with the plot and the fan service, though I do not think either are detrimental to it in any significant way. The motivation for most of the characters seems lacking. Though for Araragi and Kisshot it is generally well rounded, other characters have far less exposition to explain their actions, but their motivation is still clear. ![]() Araragi at times seems to come to weird and overly dramatic conclusions, but it is not really a problem. The fan service has a large presence here even compared to other parts of the anime. They do work it in rather well as in it separates otherwise gloomy or overly serious scenes and themes as well as rather nice scenes that have vibrant colours. It seems to be like Shaft's wild card play. Some don't like it, I personally think that it derails the plot often but the contrast is welcome. The direction is very good like all of Monogatari. The author's also use a generous amount of irony and other interesting tricks used in writing. I could not help but smile at the dialogue when Kisshot offered Aararagi to spend the rest of his days with her, only for Araragi to unconditionally reject said offer. ![]() The irony is that from the ending (spoiler) and onwards into the main series, Araragi did just that. The animation is seriously different here than in other parts. For this reason, I would recommend that for anyone watching Monogatari, to start with Kizumonogatari, as it takes a while to go from older Shaft animation to this as opposed to vice versa. The reason for this is a completely different set of gammas and colours being used on characters especially, as well as a generous use of decent cgi. ![]()
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