What is the truth, and who can be trusted? Is Kaiki actually in control of the con? Or is he himself being played for a fool? Posted in Book Releases, news | Tagged Deishu Kaiki, fantasy, fiction, Hitagi Senjogahara, KOIMONOGATARI, light novel, Love Tale, Monogatari Series, Nadeko Sengoku, NISIOISIN, Novel, romance A Stroll Down Memory Lane.
But to assume that this shameless swindler and prevaricator is a reliable narrator just because of his age is a miscalculation. This time, Kaiki is the narrator, and therefore, the first grown-up to tell the tale. KOIMONOGATARI, the finale to Season Two of the Monogatari series, is itself an aberration it’s the first of these stories not to be told from the point of view of one of the main young cast members. As a matter of fact, all the hair on her head has been replaced by fearsome white snakes.Īnd why is Senjogahara so anxious for Kaiki’s help that she’ll even pay him? Because Sengoku intends to kill her, along with her boyfriend, Koyomi Araragi, in 74 days, right after their high school graduation ceremony! No longer self-effacing and timid, hiding behind her long bangs. Now, in KOIMONOGATARI: Love Tale, Sengoku is a deity, a serpent god. Super-cute, super-shy middle-schooler whose disastrous mishap with snakes was chronicled in Otorimonogatari. And it’s only because she’s desperate that Hitagi Senjogahara enlists her former nemesis, sleaziest-of-the-sleazy con man Deishu Kaiki, to use his questionable skills to thwart Nadeko Sengoku. Posted in Book Releases, manga | Tagged dolls, fiction, light novel, Monogatari Series, NISIOISIN, Novel, Possession Tale, shikigami, TSUKIMONOGATARI, Yotsugi Ononoki OMG – A Murderous Middle-Schooler is on the Loose!ĭesperate times call for desperate measures. But the underlying issue here is Araragi’s aberrant state – and whether or not he will regain his humanity or become inhuman for eternity. And of course, Araragi’s little sisters Karen and Tsukihi make an appearance, leading to further inappropriate behavior on the part of their big brother. Gaen’s niece), Deishu Kaiki, Ogi Oshino, and more. TSUKIMONOGATARI features a Rogues Gallery of both just-introduced and familiar characters – Ononoki, Kagenui, Izuko Gaen, Suruga Kanbaru (who happens to be Ms. So a new confrontation with old enemies is not cause for celebration for Araragi and Shinobu. History that includes knock-down, drag-out battles, in which Araragi did not fare well. Araragi and Kagenui have history, as do Shinobu and Ononoki. Even more disturbing than meeting up again with Ononoki is an encounter with Yozuru Kagenui, who employs Ononoki as a shikigami, a familiar. Created originally from a corpse to mimic a human being. But in truth, this living doll is, quite literally, a doll. To all appearances, she’s just a regular girl, albeit eccentric and affectless.
Launching the third and final season of NISIOISIN’s massively popular MONOGATARI SERIES, TSUKIMONOGATARI: Possession Tale brings the narrative focus back to Koyomi Araragi and his strange relationship with adorable tween Yotsugi Ononoki.