Its supernatural themes takes on a more gruesome turn later on but there’s also hope and prosperity. The first story arc initially reintroduces its narrative aspect to get viewers to familiarize themselves the format of how Monogatari works. To make matters worse, Tsubasa herself finds trouble with her life as sudden changes occurs. There’s already trouble in the beginning as we get a hint of supernatural madness going on. And of course, every journey begins with the first step. Each of these titles present a different insight on our characters as we see a sort of journey to embark on. All these characters plays their different roles that fulfills some sort of theme or morality to its title. Most of the supporting characters from the novels makes their appearances in the story arcs including Tsubasa Hanekawa, Mayoi Hachikuji, Suruga Kanbaru, Nadeko Sengoku, Shinobu Oshino, and Hitagi Senjougahara. Instead, he keeps his more of the ‘it’s the right thing to do’ attitude. From a narrative perspective, his actions are often awarded although he doesn’t always takes everything for granted. But hey, he is that type of that guy that takes risks. This even puts his own lives at risk many times. However, this often puts a burden on himself as Araragi finds that sometimes, he can’t achieve everything alone. He seeks to achieve the endings that allows characters live in peace. Some of his actions might be interpreted in the wrong way by other characters but the guy definitely has proven many times that he is the type that others can depend on. More importantly though, he is also protective towards others including his friends, family, and even strangers. However, we know that Araragi is a character of loyalty as seen through his relationship with Hitagi Senjougahara. He makes his presence well known as other characters in the series speculate him as many things - a lolicon, dangerous, pervert, just to name a few. Obviously, I would assume that you have seen the original Bakemonogatari to understand this but Araragi makes his return in this sequel. Luckily, this show has plenty of that starring our Koyomi Araragi, a high school student whose life has changed forever after a certain incident. As mentioned before, a strong character cast will attract viewers to almost any form of genre. Monogatari Series: Second Season isn’t just about storytelling though. Through these messages, viewers will find out just how exclusive this shows’ storytelling separates itself from most forms of storytelling. Its usage of word plays presents its unique art style to attract viewers toward its messages. Most of the time, the meaning of the dialogues are metaphoric and conveys to many ideas. The strength of the series comes from its dialogues that creates humor, sense, and might evoke people’s minds to think its true meaning. Indeed, the storytelling of Monogatari mixes itself with visual arts and dialogues. However, there’s no doubt that this series and its franchise has tested their experiment and succeeded in their message. Whether you dare to take on the experiment might have different experiences. Monogatari series plays on most of these concepts but constructs it like an experiment. For a series based on storytelling to succeed though usually requires a character base with insightful plot, creative setting, descriptive ideas based on connections, and a strong literal sense of execution. The term ‘monogatari’ itself defines as literature. Similar to what some people might notice in the past, the Monogatari series presents itself in an unique form of storytelling. If you’re a fan of the previous Monogatari series franchise, then this should be no shadow of a doubt be part of your watch-list as we are told stories at its most definite form. Monogatari Series: Second Season is an anime adapted from the novel of the same name written by Nisio Isin with artwork by Vofan. Now, it’s back once again as an ongoing story narrative. Its success has later spawned other series in the forms of Nisemonogatari, Nekomonogatari: Kuro, and the soon-to-debut Kizumonogatari. Yes, I’m talking about Bakemonogatari that debuted back in 2009. That level of storytelling was already clearly evidenced from its predecessor that achieved international success. Monogatari Second Series - the anime that not only attracted me to its franchise - but also presented it in an extravagant way that takes the art of storytelling to a whole In order for stories to be told well, they have to evoke feelings, reactions, and attract audience that appreciates its ideas. Stories are created by ideas that are formed from the very thoughts we experience in our lives. It doesn’t matter if the story is fictional, realistic, sarcastic, humorous, imaginative, mysterious, psychological, speculative, or even twisted as it can be. Everyone wants to hear or tell a story people will remember by.
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