bakemonogatari (ghostory) 6, twittered
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“I’ve never broken up with a man.”
Is there any better way to start off an episode other than showing the kanji for “boobies”? Yes. Actual boobies.
“That tsundere?”
Well, if everyone calls her one, it must be true. Though I like how a little elementary school girl knows all these grown up memes. Does her vocabulary extend to “fail,” “thrust vectoring,” “lolcat,” “melonpan,” and “Milhouse”?
“But the two of you are doing the man-woman thing, right?”
What should Mayoi have said instead, for clarification purposes?
A. “… the man-woman thing like Belldandy and K1, right?”
B. “… the man-woman thing like Jennie Garth and Brandon Walsh, right?”
C. “… the man-woman thing like Nia and Simon right before their wedding, right?”
D. “… the man-woman thing like Lelouch and Suzaku after Lelouch became Emperor, right?”
(Mmm… this line could be interpreted in many ways… still funny that a little girl is bluntly probing Araragi about this.)
Probably a good time to mention that I finally replaced my old Marantz/Paradigm setup with a new Sony 3.1 system. It was so old, it didn’t support HDMI, and the rear speakers were always ugly and wobbly. I hated having them around. But, right now, I’m enjoying hearing Suruga’s footsteps on the new speakers.
(And, yes, Bakemonogatari 6 was the first thing I watched with this new setup. Which was followed by K-On! 4.)
(And, no, there’s really no point in going for full surround when most of what I watch– NBA games and anime– don’t support it.)
“So you say you’re gonna study, but you’re just gonna flirt instead, right?”
Damn straight! You know exactly what Koyomi’s thinking (I hope to see her nakkid again!)… and what Senjougahara’s thinking (Should I abuse him verbally or physically today?).
“Going to see your lover right before the exams that can hold you back. That’s just suicidal.”
Being Senjougahara’s boyfriend is suicidal enough. Thanks anyway, Mayoi.
(Still, Mayoi is being a great lead-off hitter this episode.)
“Go wherever you have to? Like my breasts? Like my ass? Araragi-san, just what are you looking for in a grade-schooler’s body?”
Have I mentioned how insanely awesome this show is? Like recently? Like in the past 500 words?
(Though in the grand scheme of things, if someone leaves a, “jason! We need a poll asking whether Mayoi’s breasts or ass is superior!”, I’m not sure if that’s a YTAMR… though I can’t decide if it’s rejected because it’s not crazy enough or because it’s too creepy.)
That’s definitely a “If Senjougahara isn’t giving up the goods, stop by my place on the way home” wink. Which is even more awesome because she’s dead.
The first episode started off with a fluttered skirt as well. In all walks of life, only in anime could this be a bad thing. And… yes, I can name three anime characters who constantly wear gym shorts under their skirts: Suruga, Hinagiku, and the… uh… star of Oto x Maho, Kana-kun-chan-whatever.
(Suruga runs like Anthony Randolph! Needless to say, I’m going to more Warrior games this year.)
Reason #15,532 to watch Bakemonogatari: Stapler pr0n.
Thanks Shaft, I always wanted a wall-of-text in my anime… though it is an effective ploy to stretch a 24 minute episode out to 40 minutes because I have to keep pausing and reading.
I can’t believe Shaft used this effect, but they didn’t parody “moe~ moe~ kyun!” while at it. I feel cheated. Though I still would have prefered Senjougahara over Suruga in the meido outfit, but that’s just my preference. If you guys prefer Mayoi (or Meme) instead, that’s really none of my business. I won’t judge you.
So she tracked down Koyomi to tell him that she admires him and wants to chit-chat about Russian politics and the Indian economy? Egads. Sounds like a bad blind date… or a really good one if you’re into the Indian IT industry… but since this is Ghostory and nothing is casual or thrown aside (unlike, oh, centuries of Yuki Nagato’s sanity), I expect this conversation that’s devoid of asses, breasts, verbal abuse, Horie Yui, and staplers to have some deeper meaning later. I think.
That build and those bandages, Suruga reminds me of Abiru from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (ã•ã‚ˆãªã‚‰ 絶望先生). I’m just wondering how the heck did Suruga get her hands so injured… like I somehow doubt those injuries came from playing girl’s high school basketball. Unless Matsurika was involved.
The nice cabbage of basketball animation. I don’t think basketballs roll/bounce like that… but not as bad as the CGI hands and instruments in Nodame Cantabile.
(And she’s heard about the rumors of Senjougahara and Koyomi… and suddenly nice to him after hearing such rumors… is Senjougahara a doom bitch in addition to being a crazy tsundere virgin? I mean, she brings literal doom to Koyomi, whether through Mayoi or through this highly suspicious new girl. Just unlike Kamina and Kitan, Koyomi’s a bit more indestructible.)
That’s definitely a “I’ve met yet another troublesome fellow” face. I’ve been watching a lot of Hayate the Combat Butler recently, so it’s definitely a face that I’ve been noticing often.
“Don’t sing my name like it’s from a musical.”
Great line. And why not? Singing names like they’re from a musical improves the names at least 25%. It’s a scientific fact, just like how MugiVision™ improves girl girl scenes by 25%.
(Ararararararagi is a pretty fun name. But not as fun as Dick Pole or Coco Crisp or Gitah.)
Not exactly sure what is Mayoi’s goal here… is she just hanging out with Araragi because she’s bored? To kill time? Because she likes him? She’s training to become the next Fuko Master? Then again, as a dead spirit, it’s not like she has a lot on her plate right now.
“There’s no way I’d just wake up one day and become popular with the girls.”
(This is only the basis of modern anime…)
“The woman in me tells me that I’m right! She’ll confess to you soon!”
(A lot more convincing if you weren’t cracking up as you said it…)
“Come on, I don’t like this trend of explaining anything and everything about my love life.”
(You haven’t given us any details yet! I want charts, graphs, slides, TPS reports, the whole shebang! Even more so if you were involved with Tsubasa prior to Senjougahara.)
“And I’ve already captured the toughest character.”
“I feel like I’ve been described unpleasantly.”
Have I mentioned how delightful the writing in this show is? Love these quirky, apt, and hilarious lines. And definitely love Senjougahara’s deadpan delivery of her line. Has there been a more insane anime character with less emotion in her dialogue delivery?
(Not often in anime that they pair up the couple immediately… I just hope it doesn’t turn into a twenty years of futility scenario like K1 with Belldandy. Though is Senjougahara really the toughest boss? Mmm… she might be more like Pikachu in this scenario: unique and rebellious, but not exactly hard to catch, unless you’re Team Rocket. I’d say someone like Kanako or Mugi that don’t have a leaning towards men being tougher. Though I might place Maria as the final boss… the only guy I can possible see having any chance with Maria is if Hayate goes through the operation and really becomes Hermione.)
I visited Gettysburg earlier this year, and I gotta say when I was standing on Seminary Ridge, I wasn’t exactly thinking, “Mmm… Lincoln’s most hollowed words will be randomly appearing in an anime where a guy beats up a schoolgirl (and gloats about it), gets offered a nakkid apron breakfast (and turns it down faster than James Van Der Beek turning down an Ali Larter sundae in Varsity Blues), and repeats the same scenario 15,532 times (okay maybe not this last one).
(The Gettysburg Address… was this a Shaft addition or something that happened in the light novel?)
Just a fantastic sequence where Koyomi takes inventory of his girl’s assets. Fascinating indeed. I also like Senjougahara’s outfit… simple, cute, and form-flattering. Though the blouse could be a lower cut… but still.
(While I would like to believe that he’s checking Senjougahara out, I’m not willing to rule out the possibility that he’s wondering if she has various writing and office supply implements stashed at those locations. I could imagine Koyomi reaching to grab her ass… only to find a stapler there, waiting like a bear trap.)
(Though Koyomi’s ahoge straightening probably revealed what he was thinking.)
-rh-: I demand this blog to be renamed Senjougahara Fascination. You know you want to, Jason.
Too hard to remember and spell. Honestly, people have enough trouble remembering blogsuki.com that I don’t want the name to be a lot longer.
“Why do you think I’m studying?”
“Because you’re dumb.”
Supportive girlfriend 4tw!
I like Senjougahara nagging Koyomi about this future… mmm… a smart, athletic one and a dumb one with seemingly endless talents to attract girls from broken homes… hey, it’s Tomoyo’s arc! I wonder if Senjougahara and Koyomi will break up, and then re-unite later on a snow-lined path arced with Japanese cherry trees. They’ll meet up, cry, and she’ll make him bleed. It’ll be a romantic ending…
“Are you my mom?”
“Mom? I’m your lover, right?”
Wow, Senjougahara is taking this relationship seriously with questioning Koyomi’s (lack of) future. More importantly, shouldn’t getting to at least second or third base a pre-requisite for badgering a poor dude about his career ambitions or being able to refer to yourself as his lover? Have they even kissed yet? And how much blood did he lose when it did happen?
Only Senjougahara would need multiple pencils, multiple erases, and two triangles (who uses triangles anymore anyway?) to copy the Gettysburg Address.
“But, if I can, I’d like to walk the same path as you.”
“But my grades…”
“Then what should we do? Shall we live together after graduation?”
è¿…! She moves fast! And unilaterally! They’ve met like, what, two weeks ago? And now she wants to move in with him? Tsundere-chan the girlfriend is as terrifying as Tsundere-chan the bat-shit crazy stapler girl. One thing is crystal clear… as long as Koyomi listens and obeys to Senjougahara, he’s going to have a fun, enjoyable life. If he doesn’t, he’s going to have a painfully short life.
“If we did that, even though our paths split, we’d have more time together than we do now.”
It’s not about quantity; it’s about quality. Would Koyomi rather spend three hours doing homework with you… or a fifteen minute nakkid apron breakfast?
(Wasn’t this what Miyamiya and Hiro decided on? Except with less nakkid apron breakfast?)
(Art deco birds… they’re around a lot around Senjougahara. When he first caught her falling, they were there. They were there when he took her to Meme’s, the sunspot cycle-long dressing scene, at the park, and now here.)
I like her contented smile after she bullies Koyomi into agreeing to move in with her after they graduate. She’s definitely a bullier… can we get Kotomi-chan into this anime somehow? I’m willing to trade Tsubasa for Kotomi-chan and cash considerations.
“You sigh a lot, Araragi-kun. Did you know that every time you sigh, a little bit of happiness escapes?”
I think there should be a Sighmoe to determine which anime character sighs the most. Right now, I would probably place Kyon and Maria in the final bracket. Koyomi probably would be eliminated by Arawn in the quarterfinals.
“You say some horrible things.”
“I’m just saying you’re troublesome due to lovesickness.”
“I don’t even know how to reply to that.”
I don’t know how to reply to this either!
(This show has both good and secretly good writing. The banter between characters is just top notch. And unlike Spice and Wolf, it’s not about economics 30% of the time.)
(I think if anyone is going to date Senjougahara, it’s a complete and utter waste if he’s not into S&M. Just a complete and utter waste. It’s like sticking Shaq on the seven seconds or less Phoenix Suns.)
“I’ve never broken up with a man.”
Love her facial expression as she says that. Terrifying, I know.
(Obviously, there’s many possible scenarios… she might not have broken up with them, but she could have broken their bones, internal organs, and major arteries. Or she has only broken up with women thus far. Needless to say, Senjougahara fascination.)
“Do you still carry around a stapler?”
“Now that you mention it, I haven’t been carrying any lately. I’m such a silly-dilly.”
Loved Koyomi’s “She’s unarmed!” smile afterward. Though it’s a shame she doesn’t have a stapler… can you imagine Ralph Furley without Hawaiian shirts? Or Don Draper without cigarettes? Or Doogie Howser without his electronic diary?
It didn’t take Lincoln this long to write the Gettysburg Address in the first place.
Uh-oh, Senjougahara became noticeably annoyed when Suruga’s name came up. I’m not sure what my first thought would be: “You’re screwed now, Koyomi!” “Hide the staplers! Quick!” “OH GEASS YES!”
Wow, such physical force for a girl who only weighed as much as a textbook last week. At this point, there’s no doubt that we have a possible Whitney Houston / Bobby Brown or Rihanna / Chris Brown situation, only poor Koyomi’s the Whitney and Rihanna in those scenarios. (And with less cocaine involved.)
(Jokes about domestic abuse aside, Senjougahara confirms that she is, indeed, a dangerous powder keg. Usually tsunderes mellow out a bit after they couple, but not her. Kyou seems like the Mister Rogers to her Howard Stern right now.)
“Just what did she do, Araragi-kun?”
I’m almost pretty sure it’s jealously at its finest.
(Wondering if it’s because of her baggage with Suruga that provokes this more intense reaction, or would she have done it if Koyomi accidentally referred to Hanekawa as Tsubasa without honorifics in the same way?)
Shaft being Shaft. Sigh. Oh wait, maybe I’ll win Sighmoe. Sigh.
“Araragi-kun, your wounds heal very fast, don’t they? So I bet it’ll be okay if I just took out an eyeball.”
So the punishment for looking at another girl is the loss of an eyeball? When I started this year, I would have no clue what “Johnny stapling” meant, but, now, I feel like there’s a good chance it could happen to Koyomi before this year is over. Thank you Eden of the East; thank you Bakemonogatari.)
(Lens flare… sigh.)
Calm, collected, thirty for blood Senjougahara is pretty cute too.
(Wait, did I say that out loud?)
“I’m devoted to you, Senjougahara!”
“Oh, you’re saying things to make me feel good. I may have gotten a little too enthusiastic. Did I shock you?”
As complex as it may seem, this is a really easy relationship to figure out. Though if I were in Koyomi’s situation, I probably would have said something more like, “I’m devoted to you and your nice, solid childbearing hips, Senjougahara!”
(Wait, did I say that out loud? Again?)
“You definitely look ready to kill someone when you do that.”
“When I kill someone, it’ll be you. I’ll make you my first victim. I won’t pick anyone but you. I promise.”
Love at its finest.
“If I kill you, that means I’ll be the one closest to you when you’re on your deathbed.”
Well, unless you use a sniper rifle. Anyway, like how we knew immediately Gurren Lagann was going to end with Simon prevailing with his spirlness, Love Hina ending with Keitaro wearing down Naru’s defenses, and Groove Master Rave getting canceled early for horrific ratings, I think the only possible ending to Bakemonogatari is Senjougahara eviscerating Koyomi a triangle, a compass, and a stapler. With Yui singing My Love Is a Stapler in the background.
“If someone is going to kill me, I want it to be anyone but you. I’d rather be killed any way than how you’d kill me.”
Isn’t this the equivalent of cheating on her? For Senjougahara, maybe that’s the most intimate activity that they could engage in. Though it explains the “haven’t broken up with a man yet” part.
(Have they made any progress on their studying? Or will this turn into an Endless Eight-type scenario where out of 15,532 chances, Koyomi losses an eyeball in seventeen of them.)
Klo: I’d have a top ten lines of the year so far but it wouldn’t be fair cuz hitagi takes up 8 or 9 or 30 of those spots. (Then again ESPN did have a top ten plays of the day featuring all LeBron.) Horo’s “please mate with me†would be up there now that I think about it
Mmm… I’d have to think about it, but you should remember that Maria+Holic aired this year as well. Plus, there’s phrases that have caught on for reasons other than literal awesomeness, like that “moe moe kyun” cateogory in Gelbooru.
“Why, because you hate me?”
Only in anime Ghostory would a lover’s quarrel start because one person in the relationship doesn’t want to be stapled to death by the other.
“If anyone else kills you, I’ll kill that person. I have to keep my promise.”
What promise?! And I enjoyed Koyomi’s look where he looks like he had his life sucked out of him already.
OMG! A colored cut transition, and it doesn’t have the kani for the color on it! Shaft forgot to be Shaft! This is horrible! A new national nightmare has started!
“Even outside of team activities, in private, we looked after each other.”
In what way? I want charts, graphs, slides, the whole shebang! And would MugiVision™ improve things?
(So Senjougahara broke up with Suruga, now Koyomi brings up her, and she gets testy. Maybe it’s because Senjougahara thought he brought her name up for a possible threesome candidate, but Senjougahara is thinking, “That bitch cries too much when stapled” hence her violent reaction. The story you don’t know is almost as entertaining as the story you do know.)
“Why don’t you tell me why you even mentioned her name?”
Just a fantastic scene. I have nothing to add… except maybe, “she definitely should be holding a stapler.”
“What’s flooded above and on fire below?”
“A bath heater?”
“Buu-hoo… the answer is… Kanbaru Suruga’s household.”
Another fantastic scene, but this one more of Chiwa Saito’s delivery of the lines. Love that deadpan delivery.
(And, yes, Senjougahara knows how to stake out and defend her turf. It’s almost like the verbal and physical abuse is like a dog peeing on a tree to mark its territory… she’s using her abuse to mark her territory, and she’s going to defend it like how Riannon defended Avalon.)
So Suruga was engaged in private activities with Senjougahara, discovered she was weight-deprived, and she got bullied by her. This anime weaves a complex web. Though nothing would shock me about this show at this point… Hanekawa used to have a penis? Child’s play. Koyomi’s sisters are demon gods? Try harder. Meme used to be a bartender and worked with Brian Flanagan. Pfft, like I’d flinch on that. Senjougahara wore non-stationary imprinted underwear? Now this one I might not believe…
This anime is not TSA approved.
There’s holes in the walls of her house… egads. The child of a divorced caused by a religious cult always suffers the most.
(What’s with lens flares and this episode?)
She looks non-homicidal and slightly cuter in that light… so why is Koyomi running away with his tail between his legs instead of giving her a goodbye kiss?
(Like how she just matter-of-factly points out that Suruga has a crush on her. Somewhere, Mugi is practicing to join the track club now.)
Oh Oyashiro-sama… bad memories of ef‘s phone call coming back to me.
Wait, some Hanekawa as lying to Koyomi (as she wasn’t studying), and she was at a playground near some major industrial zone instead? I wonder if Hanekawa’s the final boss… she has to be, right? Though I wonder what Senjougahara would think if she know that Koyomi was going to Hanekawa for relationship advice. In fact, I want a sideline reporter there as that unfolds.
That was short… our great national nightmare is over! Shaft was Shaft again and used a kanji for the color transitional cut.
With this crappy reception… Koyomi must be using T-Mobile. I kid, I kid. Anyway, it’s fun making up lines for Koyomi, like I’m almost positive he’s saying, right now, “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
“Baruhara Combo.”
You know your relationship has a life of its own when people are referring to you as your relationship, like Brangelina or Bennifer. Usually not a good thing. Unless lesbians are involved.
(Wait, did I say that out loud? Yet again?)
Instead of a shot of Hanekawa twirling her hair, we get this. Is Shaft the Swine Flu of anime production studios?
(Studio Deen, of course, would be mesothelioma.)
A pretty girl… late at night… alone… walking around the bad part of town. Just an observation, if the ponytail bandit reads this blog.
torinostu351: Yeah, I’ve been into ponytails for about 25 years, but what I’ve found is that most anime girls with great pony tails have their hair intentionally styled to look amazing in a pony tail. Real women don’t do that. An amazing real pony tail is rare because most women aren’t going to say to their hairdresser, “Yeah, I want it to look great down, but also kick-ass in a pony tail.†Because pony tails are what women do when they don’t want to fix their hair. It’s not something they fix their hair as. At least, in my long obsessive experience.
See, the problem is that all girls try to look like each other. If you really want to stand out, try an epic ponytail. I’m just sayin’…
(And, yes, I was disappointed that Senjougahara wore her hair down this episode.)
“It’s great that you like each other, but try to keep proper male-female relations in mind, Araragi-kun.”
She only wants to kill him and only him, isn’t that proper enough?
(Hanekawa just gets completely overshadowed by the other haremettes. She’s pretty insightful, except where it counts, if you know what I mean. And I meant that “if you know what I mean” as a literal “if you know what I mean” and not as a typical meme innuendo, like “Senjougahara can staple my paper, if you know what I mean.” I’m glad we cleared this up.)
“Senjougahara-san is difficult.”
Mmm…
A. “Thanks for the bulletin!”
B. “No shit, Sherlock!”
C. “Duh!”
D. “Moe~ moe~ kyun!”
(Andohbytheway, she’s standing in the middle of the road? WTF?)
“Senjougahara has built an impregnable self field around herself. Just like the one you have.”
AT Field! I wonder what Evangelion would be like if Asuka were swapped with Senjougahara? How would Shinji have handled her? (Poorly, I surmise.) Would it have made that series better or worse?
(Though it’s fun picturing Senjougahara in a plug suit.)
“Wanting to know about your dear girlfriend is normal. But it’s best not to peer too deep into a lover’s past.”
Hanekawa needs her own “Dear Abby” like relationship advice column. Her sensibility is a contrast to Senjougahara’s own sensibilities.
(Dear Hanekawa… why is Shaft being Shaft with the wall graffiti?)
(Hearing virtually uninterrupted Horie Yui for five minutes… I would listen to her read the Gettysburg Address. Especially if she were wearing a top hat.)
She lives in a house with holes in the wall, yet she was able to come up with payment for Meme so quickly by “overworking” for her dad? Uh… anyone else picturing Senjougahara in a bunny outfit entertaining at a hostess bar? Or is it just me?
(Wait, I said that out loud? For the 15,532nd time?)
It’s a Jawa from Tatooine!
(The bandages give it away. But I think they wanted it this way.)
Greatest. Left hook. Ever.
(Don’t think Koyomi’s going to be gloating after this one like he gloated over Mayoi.)
Love the sound effects as Koyomi’s battered body bounces along the asphalt. Wow, just wow. Visceral.
And he flies farther than Keitaro normally flies after a Naru punch. The funny thing is… a 120 pound girl hitting a 150 pound guy with enough force to launch him that distance would probably be many, many times greater than what is humanly possible. But it’s okay. He’s an ex-vampire, and she probably has some weird (monkey) spirit thing going on.
(I’m still shaking my head at Superman Returns where Lex depowers Superman with Kryptonite and then sends Superman flying after that with a simple punch. Superman does not lose weight when he gets exposed to Kryptonite, nor does Luthor gains strength via it! I’m willing to accept that Superman came from another world and can fly, but losing his weight because of a rock instead of a spirit crab? Ridiculous.)
(And doesn’t Koyomi weigh extra now?)
“I can not be defeated. I beat all man. Someday, I will beat a real champion. If he dies, he dies.”
The way this series treats its money scenes (like this one), I’m definitely rooting for a sex scene. It would top Douglas and Stone in Basic Instinct. Though knowing Shaft, they would fuck it up and do something like depict stapler pr0n instead.
I guess Shaft put all of that remaining red paint that they bought from Home Depot for Maria+Holic to good use… a use better than Maria+Holic S2… !
(Like the blaring train siren punctuating the background.)
“I came to bring what you forgot.”
Supportive girlfriend 4tw!
Eighty screenshots and four thousand words later… queue The Story You Don’t Know.
Tarage: I love rock piano. This song is simply awesome. It is now on instant and continuous repeat.
I still think My Love Is a Stapler is the second greatest possible ED for this series. But… now that I think of it, the greatest possible ED would have to be another rock piano piece. The greatest rock piano piece in the history of mankind… yes… Roundball Rock! If Shaft ended an episode with Roundball Rock, it would be the greatest anime moment ever, surpassing Shinji Ikari pleasuring himself over Rei’s dead corpse. I would just retire from blogging, since nothing could possibly top John Tesh taking us out from an episode of Bakemonogatari.
(The genius of Roundball Rock would be that it’s secretly apt. Suruga’s on the basketball team!)
(Though I can’t wait for Suruga’s OP… now if that’s Roundball Rock…)
(Not) preview quiz 4tw! I have a (not) question for you… how could Senjougahara be a more supportive girlfriend?
Love this out image… love the cake decorations as well as Senjougahara’s bemused look.
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That part with Senjoughara overflowing with jealously left feeling amused, now if all anime girls in relationships were like this, then it’ll be a win-win for the viewers. Last scene with Araragi-kun getting pummeled was epic. Wondered why he couldn’t resist even a little seeing how in the OP he and Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade were going all out.
Once again Senjoughara with the (great) lack of emotion as she completely ignored Araragi’s condition just to bring him the money lol
Jason, I’m ashamed of you. You had to go to Oto x Maho (which isn’t even an anime)? Don’t tell me you forgot about Railgun-chan already!
Wait I’m missing something here. Wasn’t Maria Holic absolutely rubbish? I seem to remember Shaft unable to come up with a single good joke and never showing any decent yuri action.
Bakemono > all Shaft apart from Maria Holic > Maria Holic
Wanted: Hitagi in a plug-suit
Let’s make it happen, people.
Jason! Why do we need a poll asking whether Mayoi’s breasts or ass is superior? Can’t we just enjoy both?
No surprise Hanekawa can go anywhere she wants. She’s very catty to Koyomi as well.
I seriously expected a Taokaka reference (from Blazblue)…Anyways I’m really enjoying Bakemoblabla and to think if it wasn’t for this blog I would have skipped it…I should listen to Jason more often…
Now I know…
and knowing is half th…Okay it was the naked Senjougahara from episode 2!
Heh, I had the song in a loop on iTunes for a while too.
Oh, no witty comment on the little spoil that Senjougahara used the stapler on Suruga? I feel cheated…
Man this episode had me giddy like a little school girl receiving her first love-letter!
As we once wanted Kyoto to re-do every series (until the “that which shall not be named” arc came along), every series with a Keichi/K1 character should be re-done with Senjougahara as the female protagonish. Though we might need to rename “Ah! My Goddess” to “Ah! My Demoness!” to avoid any impending false-advertising suits.
I want Koyomi to mention another girl’s name in every subsequent arc. I’m curious about Senjougahara’s tolerance-level.
I’m kinda hoping Hanekawa is the final boss. I’m liking that she’s peripheral, but has this great presence despite that. And if the final scene is a battle between her and Senjougahara in plug suits in full MugiVisionâ„¢ with “My Love Is A Stapler” playing in the background as Koyomi swings from handcuffs between them, dressed as a meido (as Mayoi and Meme do the commentary for the home audience while the little sisters strut around holding up the signs to tell us what round it is), I’ll know I needn’t watch any more anime ever. Because I will have seen the greatest of all time.
Amazing how Senjougahara can still be scary while showing affection. If she ever makes the full tsundere transformation, I won’t be able to handle it. I don’t think I’d like it too much, either.
I liked Koyomi’s smile when Senjougahara found him all beat up. Maybe he is into that sort of thing!
I want to know what you could have possibly done to a Marantz/Paradigm setup to make it so anything Sony offers is an improvement. I can understand then need to upgrade for HDMI, but there’s no way that a Sony offering could sound better unless something happened to your previous equipment to cause damage!
Did you ever wonder why Koyomi became an ex-vampire in the first place? I mean, what caused him to become one anyway? I’m guessing it was some kinky Masquerade LARP S&M gone horribly wrong.
Hanekawa IS the final boss, in so far as Bakemonogatari goes (Tsubasa Cat). Now if they want to animate the prequel Koyomi Vamp or the sequels, that’s a different story.
Great, now I’m picturing Lincoln in a mini top hat.
I’ve never heard that particular arrangement of Roundball Rock before. That was amazing. Although I would’ve pegged it as series-ending music rather than episode-ending, or perhaps for livening up a repetitive shonen show.
Some low level government flunky confused crabs with prawns and consigned her to the ghetto.
(Not) tender ahoge stroking during a rousing game of *ario Kart.
Dammit, you just had to bring up the idea of Mayoi knowing a whole bunch of memes. Now I can only imagine that if this were to be made into an H game, instead of the usual moaning noises, Mayoi would be yelling out “Lolcats!” or “Mudkips!” or “Arararararararagi? In my vagi-OM NOM NOM.” That last one would be interrupted because at that point Koyomi would’ve tried to slap Mayoi, whether to shut her up or just ’cause it’s fun. And, of course, Mayoi wouldn’t pass up the chance to gnaw the shit out of Koyomi.
…yeah, this would work quite spectacularly as an eroge.
Hold on a tick if she has never broken up with a man does that mean she has broken up with a woman? Could there possibley be a future flashback episode with Senjougahara x Suruga?
It’s a good thing there isn’t a Saitore – there’d only be one entry
When the scene with Tsubasa alone in the park came up, I foresaw the inevitable. I, for one, cannot wait until Tsubuasa goes bat-shit crazy.
@Blue: Seriously, has Biri-Biri forgotten already? For shame.
@Koyomi not getting kissed: It’s not happening…until the GhostStory~Another Story, in which he makes out with Mayoi, Hanekawa, and receives a peck on the cheek by Mariya, who ends up with Hitagi.
Hmm… i think Suruga left the banana in episode one.
After all monkey spirit = stockpile of bananas rite..?
Maybe she tried to kill Hitagi and failing that, tried to kill his boyfriend
but failed to realise hes an ex-vampire. Double fail.
So I was re-watching the opening of the first episode, since it was a unique opening and this isn’t the kind of show to waste an opening. At the end of the opening, there are 6 title cards, followed by a single image of the character that is involved. The first 3 are the first 3 arcs of the show, and the last 2 title cards are Tsubasacat and KoyomiVamp. So, Hanekawa is probably not the final boss, Koyomi is, especially since this is going to be a 15 episode show.
Hey Jason, I’m starting to think that maybe having a verbal abuse crazy tsudere virgin as a girlfriend wouldn’t be bad. Then again, I start laughing when I think of Schools days. You know without the bad taste of the ending and plot.
All I know is SOME ANIME NEEDS ROUNDBALL ROCK AS AN ENDING. I want NBC to get back broadcast rights….
Anyway, mangificent blog posts as always. I never commented but yours is the only blog that is AS entertaining as the shows you cover!
Senjougahara is crazy. Yes duh we knew that from episode 1, but something like that needs time to sink in just how crazy she is. Sure the attack with stationary, sure she defines herself as a crzy vergin and sure she considers mental abuse her form of effection, but we’ve been trained by most series that a degree of that is normal. I think it was the “if i kill someone it’ll be you” part that finally did it. DAT BITCH BE CRAZY.
Bakemonogatari post on weekend without new episode? I see stapler at the end of the tunnel!
The 1-on-1 by Senjougahara and Ararararagi reminds me of “A love less ordinary†starring Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz. Also met by coincidence, verbally abuse each other but in the end become a couple.
BTW, Senjougahara should be labeled “Senjougahara killsâ€. Just like smoking she has a soothing effect but can be quite deadly.
Senjougahara kills you good like a tsundere should.
Please. Like Hitagi and her Stapler, Lulu and Suzaku were knocking boots since episode 4.
@Giant Humanoid Robot: Apparently you watched District 9 recently, didn’t you?
I keep forgetting that the main character’s name is Koyomi, I call him Zetsubou-kun or LB for Lucky Bastard. But I never forget Tsundere-chan’s name. I’m afraid she would staple my mouth or any other area.
@Megaman0: I’m glad that I wasn’t the only one to think of Tao during that moment
No mention that every car in this series is a Datsun Fairlady 2000? Specially in the phone conversation scene, Hanekawa talking calmly in the middle of a sea of Nissans. Oh SHAFT how I love thee.
(Plus I had not noticed the triangles in the gettysburg address scene, awesome)
>> Though I like how a little elementary school girl knows all these grown up memes. Does her vocabulary extend to “fail,†“thrust vectoring,†“lolcat,†“melonpan,†and “Milhouse�
No. Since Milhouse is not a meme.
>> A pretty girl… late at night… alone… walking around the bad part of town. Just an observation, if the ponytail bandit reads this blog.
Wait, wait, he’s not the one writing it?
Hey guys, have you seen Pedobear lately. A few weeks ago he posted in IRC that he had a date with a snail.
Haven’t seen or heard from him since.
You can’t miss him.. He’s big, brown and has claws.
http://blogsuki.com/images/ghostory/06/007.jpg
Koyomi checking out Senjougahara’s “assets” was awesome but at the same time so lame. Why just watch? She’s his girlfriend! There’s only a table between them! Well, that and lethal triangles, but still. I think there was more Senjougahara action on my head than on Koyomi’s at that time.
Also the possibility of a HitagixSuruga past should be written down by every doujin author in Japan for future use.
And Senjougahara talking about living together so soon… yeah, it was kind of scary, but you know, good scary. And yes I’m good sick. But I knew that already when I thought “So Senjougahara and Koyomi are already a couple, but she’s not only still a tsundere, she’s getting even worse, fuck yeah I’m sold!”.
Also, if Koyomi can stand Suruga`s beating (and what an awesome beating it was), then she can stand Tsundere-chan taking out one of his eyeballs. Then he could demand some kind of compensation in the form of nakkid apron breakfast or stationery-themed-underwear studying sessions.
Best part is that, when supportive girlfriend finds bloody mess Koyomi, I got the feeling she knew he was going to be beaten up. Her face when he leaves her house can be seen as a sign of this. But of course, she did nothing to stop Suruga, and just went to pick up whatever was left of Koyomi. Sure she thought he deserved it for looking at any other girl other than her. And calling said girl by her first name! Unforgivable.
I hope next episode starts with Senjougahara treating Koyomi’s wounds… with a stapler.
Her handwriting is so much better than mine, almost as if it were typed in a handwritten styled font. I want to know what her measurements say, when taken by Mary Poppins.
“how could Senjougahara be a more supportive girlfriend?”
Lean over Koyomi’s beaten body, tease his face with some of her hair and say “That’s unfair Koyomi, I let you out of my sight for one instant, and you’ve cheated on me with another woman’s fists? If I pull one of your teeth out and you don’t make a sound I’ll forgive you.”
Did this show not air this week or something? My friends and I have all been waiting all week for episode 7 but the raw isn’t on tokyotoshokan or anything…:(
Last week only one station aired ep 6 while the rest aired a recap episode (i think there are “5.5” raws floating around). This week the rest of the stations aired ep 6. 7 airs next week.
Senjogahara was right – he was describing her unpleasantly. After all, she can’t be the toughest character to get, what with the walking out of the shower naked, the offers of naked-apron breakfasts and the actual pointing at him and saying “I love you.” This is not the behavior of someone playing hard-to-get.
Now “Toughest character to dump and survive” looks like it’d be accurate.