The Best Episodes of Monogatari Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.6/10(548 votes)

   #1 - Hitagi Crab (1)

   S1:E17/3/2009

   High school senior Koyomi Araragi discovers a shocking secret one day after helping his classmate Hitagi Senjougahara—a secret he is never to tell.

   Directors:Yukihiro Miyamoto, Tatsuya Oishi

   Writers:Fuyashi Tou, Yukito Kizawa

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   Directors:Yukihiro Miyamoto, Tatsuya Oishi

   Writers:Fuyashi Tou, Yukito Kizawa
2. 

   8.2/10(521 votes)

   #2 - Hitagi Crab (2)

   S1:E27/10/2009

   Koyomi takes Hitagi to consult Meme Oshino, the wandering expert on supernatural oddities. Meme provides advice to them on exorcising apparitions.

   Director:Tomoyuki Itamura

   Writer:Yukito Kizawa

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   Director:Tomoyuki Itamura

   Writer:Yukito Kizawa
3. 

   7.7/10(477 votes)

   #3 - Mayoi Snail (1)

   S1:E37/17/2009

   Uncomfortable after quarreling with his sister on Mother’s Day, Koyomi leaves the house. Hitagi bumps into him at the park and makes an offer.

   Director:Tomoyuki Itamura

   Writer:Fuyashi Tou

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   Director:Tomoyuki Itamura

   Writer:Fuyashi Tou
4. 

   7.3/10(443 votes)

   #4 - Mayoi Snail (2)

   S1:E47/24/2009

   Koyomi and Hitagi meet a girl named Mayoi Hachikuji in the park. She seems to be lost and cannot find her way home. The two try to help her.

   Director:Yoshinobu Tokumoto

   Writer:Fuyashi Tou

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   Director:Yoshinobu Tokumoto

   Writer:Fuyashi Tou
5. 

   8.5/10(503 votes)

   #5 - Mayoi Snail (3)

   S1:E57/31/2009

   An apparition is behind why Mayoi is unable to reach her mother’s house. Receiving advice from Meme, Hitagi tells Koyomi the surprising truth.

   Director:Yoshito Mikamo

   Writer:Fuyashi Tou

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   Director:Yoshito Mikamo

   Writer:Fuyashi Tou
6. 

   7.6/10(416 votes)

   #6 - Suruga Monkey (1)

   S1:E68/9/2009

   On his way to Hitagi's house, Koyomi bumps in to Suruga Kanbaru, the school's basketball star and an old friend of Hitagi, of whom he can't get rid of. Later that day, Koyomi is attacked by a mysterious being.

   Director:Jun Fukuda

   Writer:Fuyashi Tou

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   Director:Jun Fukuda

   Writer:Fuyashi Tou
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7. 

   7.8/10(405 votes)

   #7 - Suruga Monkey (2)

   S1:E78/21/2009

   The day after his attack, Koyomi goes to see Suruga, where she tells him something about herself he can't quite grasp.

   Director:Toshimasa Suzuki

   Writer:Fuyashi Tou

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   Director:Toshimasa Suzuki

   Writer:Fuyashi Tou
8. 

   8.5/10(433 votes)

   #8 - Suruga Monkey (3)

   S1:E88/28/2009

   Koyomi takes Suruga to see Oshino in order to help her. However, the help he offers isn't the help Koyomi wanted...

   Director:Tatsuya Oishi

   Writer:Fuyashi Tou

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   Director:Tatsuya Oishi

   Writer:Fuyashi Tou
9. 

   7.5/10(400 votes)

   #9 - Nadeko Snake (1)

   S1:E99/4/2009

   Tasked by Meme, Koyomi heads to a lonely temple to attach a prayer slip. There he sees a dead snake that has been severed into five parts.

   Director:Shin Oonuma

   Writer:Fuyashi Tou

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   Director:Shin Oonuma

   Writer:Fuyashi Tou
10. 

    7.9/10(395 votes)

    #10 - Nadeko Snake (2)

    S1:E109/11/2009

    Koyomi taps into Meme’s powers in order to lift the snake’s curse from Nadeko Sengoku, a mysterious girl he encounters at the temple.

    Director:Yoshito Mikamo

    Writer:Fuyashi Tou

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    Director:Yoshito Mikamo

    Writer:Fuyashi Tou
11. 

    7.5/10(387 votes)

    #11 - Tsubasa Cat (1)

    S1:E119/18/2009

    Nadeko comes to thank Koyomi, and the two geek out over a shared interest. Tsubasa Hanekawa passes by and suddenly complains of an acute headache.

    Director:Tomoyuki Itamura

    Writer:Fuyashi Tou

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    Director:Tomoyuki Itamura

    Writer:Fuyashi Tou
12. 

    9.3/10(700 votes)

    #12 - Tsubasa Cat (2)

    S1:E129/25/2009

    Koyomi is over the moon when Hitagi announces their first date will finally happen. But on the day of, he finds that she is not the only one there.

    Directors:Toshimasa Suzuki, Tatsuya Oishi

    Writer:Fuyashi Tou

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    Directors:Toshimasa Suzuki, Tatsuya Oishi

    Writer:Fuyashi Tou