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Nov 1, 2:23 PM
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@fiso64 I am shocked that from everything I've written in my big ass block of text you only took notice of the 3 lines talking about powerlevels. This wasn't even an issue of power scaling, the issue was narrative coherence. Most physical threats in monogatari were resolved by higher forces of power, mainly Shinobu, Yotsugi or Kagenui. Here DVS doesn't pose any threat despite being presented as one at first which makes the conclusion extremely anticlimatic. Instead of having a small buildup to find the way to resolve the issue like Kaiki does to make Nadeko change her thinking, Kagenui comes from nowhere like a Deus Ex Machina and both stops Kie and send DVS back home. Shinobu kind of does the same to stop Hanekawa black but it's more credible for Shinobu (king of oddities) to stop a threat like Black than Kagenui stopping 2 vampire single handedly.
@James-LastOmnic I am shocked that anyone would even mention power scaling in an otherwise reasonable review.
The Shinobu appearance was fine not because it is more "credible" due to her being king of oddities or some other nonsense that never mattered in the show, but because Hanekawa's stuff was explored in the later seasons and resolved nicely. It was basically just eye candy and served very little narrative purpose, other than maybe reminding us of the fact that Shinobu did in fact serve Araragi. It was fun to watch, but obviously if it ended there then it would have been rather trash.
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peak fiction, nisioisin and shaft cooked
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Wish we get new season announcement project, For the 2025 till 2030
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That was a great episode to conclude this arc ! There were a lot of fascinating thematics adressed here, like adulthood, mankind, the will to live...
It's a shame this arc as a whole was one of my least favorites out of all of Monogatari. It wasn't a bad arc at all, it was interesting, intriguing, fun and all, it even made me like Gaen's character, but it was way too long for what it had to tell. I feel like it could have been cut in half, at least. I even got bored at times, and I barely ever get bored with Monogatari !

It's a shame, because the first arcs with Tsukihi, Yotsugi and Nadeko were awesome. Nadeko's arc was by far one of my favorites in the whole series. But then it started to decline. The Acerola special episode was great in terms of art direction, but I had some issues with the story, and it continued with the next arc. Amazing art direction, but a story that turned out disappointing in the end. And this last arc... Nothing amazing as far as art direction goes, and the story wasn't all that fascinating. (And I'm saying that as someone whose favorite Monogatari arcs were the Sodachi trilogy in Owari S1, so it's not that I don't like a good riddle.)

That said, I liked the whole season, as usual, every single arc had something to offer. But I was much more enthusiastic at the beginning than I ended up being afterwards. It's also a shame that every single Shinobu arc, throughout the whole series, ended up disappointing me in some way, she was a character I was so looking forward to at the beginning.
But well, as I said, I still truly enjoyed this season ! I'm a bit saddened that the second half will lower my rating but it still gets a strong 7/10. I hope we won't have to wait TOO long for Part 2, if we ever get it.
Nov 19, 8:06 AM
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What a ride this was.
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I am glad we saw best girl Senjōgahara in the end. She looks so beautiful and mature.

Overall i think it was one of the best Monogatari seasons and i can't wait for more.
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