❥ BAKEMONOGATARI

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by brucewxynes

by brucewxynes

BAKEMONOGATARI

1. A team-up made in manga heaven! The wildly popular Monogatari novel series by renowned bestselling author NISIOISIN has now been reimagined into a knockout manga adapation by none other than legendary artist Oh!Great (Tenjo Tenghe, Air Gear)! One day, high-school student Koyomi Araragi catches a girl named Hitagi Senjougahara when she trips. But-much to his surprise-she doesn't weigh anything. At all. She says an encounter with a so-called "crab" took away all her weight ... Monsters have been here since the beginning. Always. Everywhere.

2. "I'm just going to show her around." The one Koyomi Araragi caught was Hitagi Senjogahara-the "girl whose weight was stolen." The girl must save herself. She's got to try not to lose herself in her true feelings ...

3. Mayoi Hachikuji: A grade schooler who meets Koyomi Araragi and a "Lost Snail" who can never arrive at her destination. "I'll bring her to her mother's safe and sound-that is my duty." She's got to get home before her feelings fade away ...

4. ""I love you." "I smelt for you, Senjogahara." Koyomi accepts Hitagi's feelings and solves Mayoi Hachikuji's dilemma. Everything starts to look up...until a mysterious raincoat busts him up out of nowhere...!"

5. Suruga Kanbaru, the biggest celebrity in school, lives in a completely different world from Koyomi Araragi, but their worlds collide when Koyomi finds that this campus star has been stalking him for some unknown reason. Koyomi soon connects the dots, but before he can land on the truth, Suruga tells all and reveals how she had a "hand" in another strange event in Koyomi's life...

6. "I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you..." The "truth" behind Suruga Kanbaru's curse has been laid bare, and Koyomi Araragi finds himself confronted by his own naiveté. Now, he faces a critical difference between himself and Suruga, but can he still save her?

7. Mutilated snakes and a tree riddled with vile insults. This is the gruesome scene that Koyomi Araragi and Suruga Kanbaru witnessed while visiting a shrine deep in the mountains. Behind this horror is Nadeko Sengoku, a girl who has found herself in a twisted situation with a snake god. Koyomi feels that he must save her, but can he act fast enough to free Nadeko from the deadly grip of this newest aberration?

8. Koyomi Araragi is hit with a sudden realization-there were two snakes wrapped around Nadeko Sengoku's body. The ceremony is incomplete, and Nadeko's life hangs in the balance, but can Koyomi take on an all-powerful serpentine god? And as the story moves forward, Koyomi looks back at his first encounter with an aberration to reveal his "tale of wounds"...

9. The tale of wounds continues as Koyomi awakens to find himself with vampiric abilities and in the company of a hot-blooded yet cold-blooded little girl. If he ever hopes to reclaim his humanity, he'll have to take on three fearsome hunters from a foreign land, but if Koyomi's not careful, he might just meet his end before he can finish his beginnings.

10. To become human again, Koyomi must face three vampire hunters and return Kiss-Shot's stolen limbs. His first opponent is Dramaturgy, the massive vampiric vampire hunter. But when Koyomi arrives for his match, instead of going up against an oaf on the offense, he's met by a comely gent with an offer...

11. Having defeated Dramaturgy, Koyomi must now face the half-vampire vampire-hunter, Episode. This newest opponent is no match for Koyomi's full vampiric abilities, but what Episode lacks in power he makes up for in strategy. Brute strength may not cut it for Koyomi this time, so he'll have to use his head or lose it...

12. Koyomi confronts his final foe, Guillotine Cutter. It's former-human-turned-vampire vs. the human vampire-hunter cult leader. But Koyomi hears that Hanekawa is being held hostage, and to save her, he'll have to push his new powers to the limit. Is Koyomi willing to lose his humanity before he can regain it?

13. With Kiss-Shot restored to her former vampiric glory, all that remains is for Koyomi to become human again.But a disturbing sight brings Koyomi face-to-face with what it really means to be a vampire, and he'll need to figure out how to return to humanity quickly lest he truly becomes a monster...

14. The curtain closes on Koyomi Vamp as the battle between thrall and master begins. Koyomi must put an end to Kiss-Shot, but all is not as it seems to be. Before he can land his finishing blow, a startling revelation comes to light, and Kiss-Shot comes to tell the tale of her first thrall.

15. After learning the truth behind Kiss-Shot's actions, Koyomi is left with a hard decision to make. Now, he has to weigh the fate of humanity against the sacrifice of his former master, but how can he do the right thing when there are seemingly no good outcomes to be had?

16. The "Afflicting Cat" pounces back and leaves a trail of pain and injury in its wake. Koyomi must now save Hanekawa from the claws of this prurient aberration, but putting down this kitty may prove challenging when death is only a scratch away. All it takes is a flick...

17. After looking back on the events of Golden Week, Koyomi scrambles to save Hanekawa from the "Afflicting Cat" once again. This time, Black Hanekawa's power threatens to grow to regal heights, but does Koyomi even stand a chance against the cat that came back?

18. With little time to spare, Koyomi is on a mission to save Hanekawa from the Afflicting Cat's grip and find Shinobu. This time, he'll take all the help he can get-even a lead from a sketchy aberrations expert-but will it be enough, or will things once again go from bad to worse?

19. Koyomi finds himself in the purrilous grips of the "Afflicting Cat," all while reeling from Hanekawa's shocking confession. And just as the world around him darkens, a familiar face emerges from the shadows to tame this furious feline. But with the sudden appearance of Koyomi's savior comes a few more surprise guests...

20. With Shinobu's return, new battles begin on two fronts. As the Afflicting Cat crosses claws with the Tyrannical Tiger, Koyomi and Seishiro throw down to see who will remain Kiss-Shot's thrall. Now, with their lives on the line and the fate of the world at stake, who will prevail in these double duels of dual realities?

21. Shinobu's matter has been settled, but there's still one last problem to solve: Hanekawa and her struggle with the Tyrannical Tiger. With the life of a loved one in danger, Hanekawa will have to risk it all to put down her formidable feline foe, but can she really win the battle in a fight against her feelings?

22. The moment Koyomi's been waiting for is finally here! But as his date with Hitagi concludes, so does his story, followed by the stories of those he's saved since that fateful spring break. Though this monster's tale has reached its end, that doesn't mean they're gone-because monsters have been here since the beginning. They always have. They're everywhere.