7.6/10397 votes#1 - Hitagi Crab (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/3/2009
High school senior Koyomi Araragi discovers a shocking secret one day after helping his classmate Hitagi Senjougahara—a secret he is never to tell.
Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto, Tatsuya Oishi
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Yukito Kizawa
8.1/10389 votes#2 - Hitagi Crab (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/10/2009
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
7.8/10362 votes#3 - Mayoi Snail (1)
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/17/2009
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
7.4/10335 votes#4 - Mayoi Snail (2)
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/24/2009
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
8.5/10376 votes#5 - Mayoi Snail (3)
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/31/2009
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
7.6/10319 votes#6 - Suruga Monkey (1)
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/9/2009
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
7.8/10314 votes#7 - Suruga Monkey (2)
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/21/2009
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
8.5/10332 votes#8 - Suruga Monkey (3)
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/28/2009
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
7.5/10307 votes#9 - Nadeko Snake (1)
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/4/2009
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
7.9/10299 votes#10 - Nadeko Snake (2)
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/11/2009
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
7.6/10293 votes#11 - Tsubasa Cat (1)
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/18/2009
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
9.2/10512 votes#12 - Tsubasa Cat (2)
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/25/2009
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.
Director: Tatsuya Oishi, Toshimasa Suzuki
Writer: Fuyashi Tou
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Hitagi Crab (1)" is the best rated episode of "Monogatari" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 397 votes. Directed by Yukihiro Miyamoto, Tatsuya Oishi and written by Fuyashi Tou, Yukito Kizawa, it aired on 7/3/2009. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Hitagi Crab (2)".