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Araragi, you sick, sick bastard: Also,  Am I right in assuming this current story is the story of where Araragi went off to while Hanekawa was going through her Tiger-crisis episodes?
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Aug 26, 2013 01:03
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Dan7el posted:Am I right in assuming this current story is the story of where Araragi went off to while Hanekawa was going through her Tiger-crisis episodes? Sort of but not really because time travel. Hanekawa's story starts on the first day of the new semester, while Araragi's starts the day before that. And then 11 years ago, and then maybe time paradox or something.
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So far the OP songs haven't been as good as the previous two seasons, that's my only complaint for an otherwise great season so far.
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bubblegumbo0 posted:So far the OP songs haven't been as good as the previous two seasons, that's my only complaint for an otherwise great season so far. I don't really like this arc's opening, but I thought the last one was pretty decent. I enjoyed the animation a lot and the song was ok.
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The ED is among the best *gatari's had so far, though. I admit, however, I'm a huge sucker for violins paired with rock. Also: Shinobu's the best, part 2 
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Aug 26, 2013 21:30
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She's gotten some weird influences from the company she keeps alright
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veekie posted:She's gotten some weird influences from the company she keeps alright I kind of hope that Kizumonogatari reveals that she was already like that, and what's why she ends up getting paired with Araragi.
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Aug 26, 2013 21:58
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Seems unlikely, given what we know of her past. I suppose there hadn't been any young boys for her to go nuts over on screen before though.
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Cliffhangers, cliffhangers. These are so brutal. Zombies. I would say I was surprised, but I had Googled what "Jiangshi" meant when the season was announced. Still, this is interesting. Since the arc is about Hachikuji, maybe she'll miraculously be the one who survived. I don't think Araragi could handle a non-child Hachikuji. Also, the best part of the episode, Kimono Shinobu. 
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What an incredible episode. For something as brutally depressing as the end of the goddamn world, Araragi and Shinobu going to
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So I've been watching the episodes on Crunchyroll. Are they on some kind of time delay? I just finished the Hanekawa arc and it says that episode 6 will air in 5 days. Should I switch to Hulu to catch up?
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Revolver Bunker posted:So I've been watching the episodes on Crunchyroll. Are they on some kind of time delay? I just finished the Hanekawa arc and it says that episode 6 will air in 5 days. Should I switch to Hulu to catch up? It's supposedly up first on http://www.daisuki.net/
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Revolver Bunker posted:So I've been watching the episodes on Crunchyroll. Are they on some kind of time delay? I just finished the Hanekawa arc and it says that episode 6 will air in 5 days. Should I switch to Hulu to catch up? Crunchyroll is airing on a month delay because Daisuki (which is run by the actual studios) is simulcasting the series themselves and that was the condition for CR getting to run it as well. So watch it on Daisuki basically, they're fully up to date.
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Yep, best show. Ep 10: Nice to see her all grown up. Bit sad that they had to cut so much, though.
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That was a wonderful episode. I'm really surprised that Araragi reacted the way he did to seeing adult Hachikuji. I guess that is the end of the arc, or is there more? It did say "Continued in the next episode" at the end.darkgray posted:Yep, best show. What happens differently in the book?
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i300 posted:What happens differently in the book? Not differently, really. They just skipped a lot of the dialogue to fit it into 4 episodes. There were some more things I'd have liked to see animated, just to fill out the Shinobu-Koyomi relationship a bit. On the other hand, there's so much of it in the book that it gets tedious at times, so it's probably a difficult balance to strike.
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i300 posted:That was a wonderful episode. I'm really surprised that Araragi reacted the way he did to seeing adult Hachikuji. I guess that is the end of the arc, or is there more? It did say "Continued in the next episode" at the end. I think that's the end of this particular book, but considering we STILL don't know everything happened to Araragi inbetween the start and the end of Neko White, I think the train needs to keep on rolling
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Ep 10 ended the Kabuki arc. Next up should be Otori, which is Nadeko's arc (since they delayed Hana). The timeline is pretty messed up (as usual). The books were published in this order: Neko Shiro Kabuki Hana Otori Oni Koi However, in the timeline, things happen in this order: Kabuki (August) Kabuki && Neko Shiro Oni && Neko Shiro Neko Shiro [2 month gap] Otori (November) [2 month gap] Koi (January) [2 month gap] Hana (April) (spoilered in case people get antsy) On top of that there are even more books published (or to be published) that get sprinkled in here and there in the above timeline.
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darkgray posted:However, in the timeline, things happen in this order: Ah, this clears up some stuff. I can see why they decided to delay Hana. If that means more budget and better+longer arcs, I'm A-OK wth that.
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Wow, I have to say episode 10 was excellent. I was not a big fan of the Nekomonogatari ark for a variety of reasons, and I was scared that Hachikuji's arc with time travel would be a debacle as time-travel so often is, but I ended up really enjoying it. It didn't have so much of the fan service, (the fan service used to feel purposefully creepy and awkward. Is it just me, or is it a more widespread opinion that that aspect diminished?) and relied heavily on the interesting dialogue. Some really cool looking backgrounds and compositions help too. Older Hachikuji was cool and mature, but still recognizable. I was surprised pleasantly by her and Araragi's conversation. Not what I expected, but even Araragi gets to act cool occasionally. The confrontation between the two Oshinos was intense and well conveyed. I always groan a bit at zombies suddenly coming into things, even if it does make sense in the story. I think my faith in the series has been restored.
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Oh right, the episode itself, kinda skipped over that. It pretty much owned, watching Shinobu pour her heart out to... erm, herself was quite a powerful moment, especially if you've watc-- I mean, read Kizu beforehand *glares at Shaft derisively* Araragi trying hard to play it cool when he talked with adult Mayoi was my other favorite part of the episode, for obvious reasons. So yeah, so far the conclusions to both arcs have been or are at least close to the best the series has offered so far.
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That was a really good episode. I forgot how cool Oshino was, and that line about Araragi still ending up with Senjougahara in this route was neat too. Shinobu cementing that friendship/bond with Araragi and more headpatting, and Hachikuji picking up some Araragi mannerisms. But mostly hearing that "kaka~" laugh again, that was probably the best. This show owns when the characters aren't suffering through some existential conflict or the struggles of coming from a broken home. 
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Super Jay Mann posted:Oh right, the episode itself, kinda skipped over that.  This. When the hell are they going to get around to releasing that drat film? I am scared that its going to be stuck in development hell forever... Its been over 3 years since it was announced!That said, If it DOES eventually come out it will probably be stunningly gorgeous. It wants to be with the amount of time its taking!
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FiftySeven posted:That said, If it DOES eventually come out it will probably be stunningly gorgeous. It wants to be with the amount of time its taking! It takes a long time to typeset all those title cards.
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i300 posted:I thought there was word floating around about a fall release. Was that just some dumb rumor? The banner was pulled off that website the same day. Back to limbo.
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This was a pretty good episode. I love the Tatami Galaxy vibe during Oshino's letter narration.
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darkgray posted:The banner was pulled off that website the same day. Back to limbo. I think the speculation is that it could have been ready for fall but Aniplex is going all in on the Madoka movie instead. Either way I'm amused (not really) that Kizu could get really close to being the last thing to get adapted in this series.
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A recap episode of the events of Bakemonogatari. Ok. I can't imagine someone watching the second season with no knowledge of Bake, that would be really confusing. It seems we'll get a recap of Nise at some point as well. Lame.
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Shaft has trouble keeping their production schedules straight with 13 episode shows, and since this season is twice as long I'm not surprised that they're putting in several recaps. I guess at this rate we'll be seeing one recap after each arc?
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Srice posted:Shaft has trouble keeping their production schedules straight with 13 episode shows, and since this season is twice as long I'm not surprised that they're putting in several recaps. I guess at this rate we'll be seeing one recap after each arc? From what I gather, the season was originally planned to contain Hanamonogatari too, and the decision to remove it was relatively late. In other words, they had already reserved the whole 26 episode timeslot, then realized it wasn't quite enough to squeeze everything into, and then cut out an entire arc to air later, somewhere else. Of course, by doing that they had a big hole in the middle of their schedule, which they're now filling with recap episodes spaced between arcs.
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Highlighting some of the visuals of the series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYkkhehAxWQ
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Well that was one way to start off an arc. It looks like this is going to be another good one. Also, Ougi is the best. Everything she says is just wonderful.
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Yes Evil Nedeko is the best.  So to clarify, the Big Snake there wanted Nedeko to atone for when she killed them to try t rid herself of the snake curse from before? And what was Araragi referring to when Oshino was concerned about Nedeko possibly turning out like this?
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Well that happened  Nadeko finally shows up again, and how! I never liked her arc in Bake but this one is off to a great start in comparison. And it seems we're in October now so we STILL won't know what happened between Kabuki and the end of Neko White!
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Raenir Salazar posted:So to clarify, the Big Snake there wanted Nedeko to atone for when she killed them to try t rid herself of the snake curse from before? And what was Araragi referring to when Oshino was concerned about Nedeko possibly turning out like this?
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Coughing Hobo posted:I'm enjoying the (not-so) subtle reveal that Senjougahara is just as much of a creeper as Araragi. Wait this wasn't obvious back in Nise? Because I'm fairly sure that Senjougahara went bdsm on him and all that at the beginning.
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RabidWeasel posted:I got the impression that he was just kind of using this as an excuse and really just wanted to gently caress with people since that's pretty much what apparitions do. I don't think he cares much about atonement. Did someone miss the memo that apparitions always respond to people's desires and fears? There is not a single one in this series that's ever "just wanted to gently caress with people". Anyway the whole snake thing is clearly a reaction to Nadeko's inability to claim agency in her own life. She specifically avoids attributing herself as the cause of anything and talks about her problems as if they were conditions of the world around her (this was quite explicit with her). She's "playing the victim" to the very end, and the large and pushy snake telling how should feel about her own guilt slots into that paradigm quite nicely.
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