We’re back with the end of Mayoi Snail, and I’m back with another episode post that’s basically an essay in its own right. What can I say – Bakemonogatari steadily introduces pretty much all of the [...]
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Bakemonogatari for me is like an old friend that you've known for as long as you can remember. It's the kind of a friend whom you love and can hang out with at any time, but you do KNOW him. It's not like the two of you have to sit there and talk about yourselves and get all interested in one another, and it's not like a cute girl who you're flirting with for the first time. In many ways, I may want to hang out with this friend more than anyone else. Sometimes, meeting new people and making new impressions is stressful and difficult, so it's always good to have friends you can fall back on and know they'll be good to you. A lot of the times, that's what you do when you are rewatching a show you love, but for me, Bakemonogatari was that all along.
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If you’re hoping to get your Bakemonogatari fix this week, you’ll probably be disappointed. It is recently announced on the official website of Bakemonogatari that the 13th episode will be delayed for 5 additional days due to production schedule. This will bring the scheduled date for episode 13th from 28th October to 2th November. The 13th episode [...] Related posts:Bakemonogatari’s 3 Extra Episodes To Be StreamedK-ON! Extra Episode Announced!Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu 2 — In A Nutshell For Episode 2, 3 And 4
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God, hasn’t it been a while since I updated? To put it more accurately, hasn’t it been a while since I watched anime from this summer’s season of utter dreck? Unlike my colleague, Fin, I’m not quite so enamored with Bake. It’s chock full of anime tropes, just merely prettied up some. We got our traditional [...]
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Remind me to never judge an arc in this series before it's done. After a couple of seemingly lackluster episodes, episode 5 renewed my faith in this series. The conclusion of Mayoi Snail was very memorable and had some great moments.
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Finally the end of Mayoi Snail~ Even if I'm not that fond of stories involving lolis, this had been a good one.Also, does the seiyuu have anything to do with it? Even if the voicing is pretty different, Koyomi reminded me of Nozomu (Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei) and Natsume (Natsume Yuujinchou) in this episode~Interactions between Koyomi and Mayoi had been hilarious (violently and pervertedly and stupidly hilarious) and pretty dramatic.The sexual harassment thing was so wrong . . . Koyomi being pathetically proud of it was totally worse than him being proud of beating up an elementary school girl. And he's aware of it. And that just made it even more hilarious than it already is. Wahahaha!I don't get what's the big deal of the name stuttering . . . and that's already tackled in the previous episode . . . but making little things a big deal totally reminds me of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. It's making me imagine Nozomu is in the series.As for the lonely parts, Koyomi had shared his problem with his sisters; Mayoi did the same, and her situation had been worse. Having divorced parents will always be a lonely thing (unless one of them had been abusive or something)~Hitagi's sense of smell is seriously extraordinary . . . to be able to smell Hanekawa's shampoo even though Koyomi and Hanekawa hadn't exactly been too close to each other physically in the previous episode. Haha!But a jealous woman can do wonders~ Hahaha!I cracked up on the part where Hitagi had repeated what Koyomi said before (which I honestly don't remember from where) and even added the "Ehehehehe" Wahahaha!Anyway, about this episode's case, it turns out that Mayoi's situation isn't exactly similar to Hitagi's. Hitagi was posessed, while Mayoi is the problem entity herself, and it's Koyomi who's the victim! She's already dead and turned into a haunting spirit. Whoever has no desire to go home and is close to Mayoi will be lost like her. And the reason why Mayoi had been mean to people is so that they would stay away from her and not be infected with the curse. That's . . . so sweet and touching.So the way for Koyomi to be able to find his way is simply to get separated from Mayoi. But he doesn't want to do that. He wants to help her . . . no matter what.Koyomi wanting to save anyone (even if they're not human) reminds me soooooooooo much of Natsume of Natsume Yuujinchou. Hehe.Luckily, there had been a way to save her, which is by using a different route. Through the route that the entity's not familiar with, they were able to reach their destination. The house was gone though, but the location's correct. Mayoi was able to go home. She's no longer some cursed spirit now, but simply a wandering ghosts. She says that she had sort of leveled up. Haha. But Koyomi could still see her. Perhaps the vampire abilities that was left in him enable him to see ghosts.Lastly, the moment I've been waiting for! My OTP is now canon! Though the part of Hitagi saying "I love you" to Koyomi was a little . . . huh?It turns out that she fell in love with him because he saves anyone unconditionally, and no one else had reacted to her problem like he did, and also because she simply enjoyed talking with him (oh girl, just admit you enjoyed bullying him. Haha! And only he was able to tolerate your tortures~). Koyomi does love her, but I guess he was too surprised (and got more concerned on Mayoi's situation) that he couldn't react much. Hehe.If this was shoujo (or at least the typical shoujo), they'll start hugging or kissing or anything mushy. I'm glad it didn't happen with this couple~ Well, not that I don't want it to happen. I just don't like my couple to be too mushy . . . it gets disgusting the more you see it.My favorite as usual:It not only moves/reacts or multiples, but it's also detachable! Bwahahaha!Am I the only one who's so amused with the ahoge? Wahehehe~Excited to see the next episode~
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Summary: Koyomi and rabid Mayoi have another fight after the latter realizes that the former copped a feel earlier. After settling down, Koyomi tells her that he is melancholic from contemplating apologizing to his sister whom he had argued with earlier. Mayoi shares that she loves both her parents but is afraid that, as her father [...]
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I’m really happy with this week’s Bakemonogatari, especially after a couple of relatively slow episodes. I’m going to talk about specific events in episode five, so if you plan on watching it you should do so before reading further. Bakemonogatari has a thousand ways to make scenes consisting mostly of dialogue interesting, wide; rapidly shifting cuts [...]
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After slowing down and very nearly appearing to lose its way (an ironic turn of phrase for this story arc, I know) last time around, episode five of Bakemonogatari brings us back to this series at its sparkling best to finish off Mayoi Hachikuji's story. Well, more or less anyhow.While episode four felt a little plodding at times, this fifth instalment remains almost entirely dialogue-centric
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Summary: While Hitagi is gone, Mayoi and Koyomi talk about how he used to be a good boy who ended up struggling in high school and felt like he'd never grow up.
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