7.6/10402 votes7.6/10(402)#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
8.1/10394 votes8.1/10(394)#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
7.8/10366 votes7.8/10(366)#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
7.4/10339 votes7.4/10(339)#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
8.5/10381 votes8.5/10(381)#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
7.6/10322 votes7.6/10(322)#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
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7.8/10317 votes7.8/10(317)#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
8.5/10336 votes8.5/10(336)#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
7.5/10310 votes7.5/10(310)#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
7.9/10303 votes7.9/10(303)#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
7.6/10297 votes7.6/10(297)#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
9.2/10527 votes9.2/10(527)#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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Genres:AnimationComedyDramaMystery
Episodes
12
Avg. Rating
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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 402 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)".
