| Q: Where do I start watching the series? A: Bakemonogatari Q: What is Bakemonogatari or the Monogatari series even about? A: Check here or about the writing itself: "By definition, Monogatari (物語) is in and of itself a writing style in tradition Japanese literature, that often has long, extended prose narrative tales about the epic. It is also a fictive style, where there are even fictionalised stories of a retelling or a historical event. A huge trademark of NisiOisiN is wordplay, and meta humour, especially parodying popular culture or meta narratives. Every character in Nisio's Monogatari is a great story teller for their own reasons." Q: What's the watch order? A: Novel order is recommended Q: Is the novel order the chronological order? A: The novel order isn't the same as the chronological order Q: I don't want to know about the novels, why shouldn't I watch the series in the broadcast order? A: Even though the series was released this way, we have no evidence the studio wanted to release the series in this order. All the changes in the order were due to production issues and delays. See here for Kizumonogatari and here for Hanamonogatari. Q: Why shouldn't I watch the series in chronological order, watching it for the first time? A: "Monogatari is a linear story. While it’s not linear chronologically, it’s entirely linear thematically. Everything is a part of a single cohesive storyline, every story arc builds upon the previous ones. Character arcs, character development and overarching narrative threads all progress in a linear sequential manner, even if the events technically jump all over the calendar." It's like having a flashback in a standard chronological story. The change of the timeline is there for a reason concerning that part of the story. Q: I have already watched the series. Can I know the details of why the broadcast order is worse than the novel order? A: See here. Q: What's the watch order for the series? Can I get the 3 main ones? A: Novel order, Broadcast order, and Chronological order (includes spoilers for arc titles). Q: How many episodes does the series have? A: It's 100 episodes + 3 movies, without counting recaps. Q: Should I watch every episode or can I skip some of them? A: Every episode is important to understand the story, so if you skip one or more you probably won't be able to understand a character arc or even the overarching narrative. Don't. Skip. Anything. Q: But Koyomimonogatari seems to be a bunch of short-stories, is it really that important to watch it all? A: Yes, it is important. Each episode is a short story focusing on a particular month in the story’s timeline and a particular character, solving a short mystery in the style of the first series—Bakemonogatari. Nisio Isin wanted to write a quick “return to form” style narrative, and it’s also important for the story going forward. A sort of reflection before the big climax. Q: What's Koyomi History? A: The only adaption from the short-stories that was distributed in the Madogatari exhibition. It was released as a short-story after Zoku Owarimonogatari, so watch it after you finish the series. Watch it here. Q: How is the series structured? A: First Season: Bake, Kizu, Nise, Neko Kuro; Second Season: Neko Shiro, Kabuki, Hana, Otori, Oni, Koi; Final Season: Tsuki, Koyomi, Owari, Zoku Owari; Off Season: Oroka, Waza, Nade, Musubi; Monster Season: Shinobu, Yoi, Amari, Ougi, Shino. Q: I want to read the novels. Where do I start? A: Bakemonogatari, Part 1: Monster Tale. Kizumonogatari has been released first in the English version, which is a good starting point as well if you'd like to start the series chronologically. However, we recommend the novel order. Q: How do I proceed from there? A: Bakemonogatari, Part 2: Monster Tale; Bakemonogatari, Part 3: Monster Tale; Kizumonogatari: Wound Tale; Nisemonogatari, Part 1: Fake Tale; Nisemonogatari, Part 2: Fake Tale; Nekomonogatari (BLACK): Cat Tale; Nekomonogatari (WHITE): Cat Tale; Kabukimonogatari: Dandy Tale; Hanamonogatari: Flower Tale; Otorimonogatari: Decoy Tale; Onimonogatari: Demon Tale; Koimonogatari: Love Tale; Tsukimonogatari: Possession Tale; Koyomimonogatari, Part 1: Calendar Tale; Koyomimonogatari, Part 2: Calendar Tale; Owarimonogatari, Part 1: End Tale; Owarimonogatari, Part 2: End Tale; Owarimonogatari, Part 3: End Tale; Zoku Owarimonogatari. We have no confirmation about the translations for Off Season and Monster Season yet. Q: I've heard the series has short-stories. Where I can read them? A: There are no official translations but u/maxdefolsch from Reddit compiled almost all the short stories with the available fan-translation. You can read and see all the information about them here. Q: I've finished the series, where can I read or watch cool stuff about it? A: See here. You can also see more in depth discussion about the series in the links like on the Monogatari Series: Beginner's Video Guide under the paragraph 'Video Essays'. Q: I've heard Nisemonogatari wasn't supposed to be released as a novel. Is this true? A: It is not. That originated due to a tunneled vision of only reading the Nisemonogatari's afterwords. Nisio Isin is playful when he writes his afterwords and said something similar in all the novels since the release of Bakemonogatari. You can check here for the afterwords of the novels. Q: Did Akiyuki Shinbou direct the series? A: No, he was the Chief Director. The directors of the series were Tatsuya Oishi and Tomoyuki Itamura. Itamura took over the series after Oishi went into production hell with Kizumonogatari. Zoku Owarimonogatari had 5 episode directors under Shinbou's supervision. Q: Is Zoku Owarimonogatari a movie? A: No. It was produced as a TV series that was first screened in theatres. Q: Is Zoku Owarimonogatari the finale for the story we’ve been seeing so far? A: Zoku Owari could be said to be the end, or an epilogue, to the "main story" so far, yes. Q: Is the story after Zoku Owarimonogatari filled with spinoffs or does it actually continue with the core characters? And if it continues with the same characters, is it still worth it? A: It's still the same cast, Araragi and all the characters you know, as well as a few new relevant characters. As for "is it worth it", the Off Season is a bit like Hana. Would you say Hana was completely useless? In any case, the story continues, and Nisio is really not the type to write novels as cash grabs. The man wrote more than 100 novels on his own, he does it for fun. Zoku Owari was supposed to be the end of the series, and before that, Nise was, but both times Nisio couldn't resist and kept writing more. As far as we know it's not like there is a huge drop in quality from there on or something, it's still Monogatari novels like the rest. Q: Will Shaft adapt Off Season and Monster Season? A: An anime adaptation of Off Season and Monster Season has been an announced on January 18th 2024. You can find the announcement here: https://twitter.com/nisioisin_anime/status/1747907177313194401 This FAQ was donated to the Monogatari club by mercury_cross https://myanimelist.net/profile/mercury_cross and edited by DtDani. |
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