7.0/103 votes#1 - Tsubasa Tiger (1)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 7/7/2013
The first day of the second trimester, Tsubasa Hanekawa chats with the ghost girl Mayoi Hachikuji en route to school. Right afterwards, she witnesses a giant “tiger” apparition. Later that day, her house completely burns down from a fire.
Director: Kenjirou Okada, Tomoyuki Itamura
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.0/104 votes#2 - Tsubasa Tiger (2)
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 7/14/2013
Worrying about Tsubasa Hanekawa as she lost a home to return to, Hitagi Senjyogahara allows the girl to spend the night at her place. Tsubasa eats a meal prepared by Hitagi and wakes up together with her.
Director: Sumito Sasaki
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.2/104 votes#3 - Tsubasa Tiger (3)
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/21/2013
Suruga Kanbaru, an underclassman, came to visit Tsubasa Hanekawa now that she has resumed attending school. Apparently, Koyomi Araragi has asked for Suruga's presence tonight. Tsubasa returned to Hitagi's house without knowing what was going on.
Director: Yoshitaka Nagaoka
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.5/104 votes#4 - Tsubasa Tiger (4)
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/2013
At Hitagi Senjyogahara's discretion, Hanekawa Tsubasa ends up living under the roof of the Araragi residence. Spending an evening in Koyomi's house, Tsubasa realizes that she had turned into Black Hanekawa the previous night.
Director: Kenjirou Okada
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
8.2/104 votes#5 - Tsubasa Tiger (5)
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 8/4/2013
Tsubasa determined the identity of the giant tiger apparition “Kako,” and writes one long letter. The letter was addressed to Black Hanekawa, the apparition that could be described as her other personality.
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.0/104 votes#6 - Mayoi Jiangshi (1)
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 8/18/2013
On August 20th, Koyomi Araragi left his home to deliver to Mayoi Hachikuji something she had forgotten, but was unable to find her. He realized he had not done any of the homework he was supposed to do, yet tomorrow was already the term opening ceremony.
Director: Naoyuki Tatsuwa
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.2/104 votes#7 - Mayoi Jiangshi (2)
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 8/25/2013
Koyomi and Shinobu unexpectedly time warped back to May 13th 11 years ago. Koyomi thinks of saving Mayoi Hachikuji, who was “destined to become a ghost after getting into a traffic accident on her way to see her mother the next day – Mother's Day."
Director: Naoyuki Tatsuwa
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.0/104 votes#8 - Mayoi Jiangshi (3)
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 9/1/2013
After succeeding in changing the destiny of Hachikuji, Koyomi Araragi and Shinobu Oshino returned to August 21st 11 years in the future. There, the two of them find out that their original world had been completely annihilated.
Director: Kei Ajiki
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.4/105 votes#9 - Mayoi Jiangshi (4)
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 9/8/2013
Shinobu Oshino realizes that humanity had turned into zombies thanks to the powers of Kiss-shot. Koyomi Araragi shoots up fireworks as an SOS signal, but instead they are surrounded by zombies. However, an unexpected individual arrives at the scene...
Director: Sumito Sasaki
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.3/103 votes#10 - Nadeko Medusa (1)
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 9/22/2013
Nadeko Sengoku's classmates are all strained thin due to the “hocus-pocus” of con artist Deishu Kaiki. Because of that, Nadeko goes to school every day with a heavy heart; but one day, she starts seeing white snakes all over the place.
Director: Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Tsuguyasu Uchiyama
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.5/104 votes#11 - Nadeko Medusa (2)
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 9/29/2013
Nadeko Sengoku is asked by Kuchinawa, a snake deity, to find his object of worship. Nadeko accepts and goes to junior high school during the day with Kuchinawa, who resembles a white scrunchie, while searching the town at night for the object of worship.
Director: Takatoshi Suzuki
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.5/104 votes#12 - Nadeko Medusa (3)
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 10/6/2013
Nadeko spent the evening at the Araragi residence after Koyomi mistakes her for running away from home and takes her back to his place. The next morning, she talks to Koyomi's younger sister Tsukihi, a friend from back in grade school.
Director: Kenjirou Okada
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
8.0/104 votes#13 - Nadeko Medusa (4)
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 10/13/2013
Nadeko finally found the object of worship. Kuchinawa, now in a good mood, tells Nadeko that he will grant her a wish. But Koyomi shows up right then and starts his attempt to convince Nadeko to let go of that object of worship.
Director: Shuuji Miyahara
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.2/104 votes#14 - Shinobu Time (1)
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 10/27/2013
Koyomi returned from the time warp with Shinobu. From North Shirahebi Shrine, he headed home together with Mayoi Hachikuji and returned her backpack to her. However, right afterwards, the two of them are assaulted by a mysterious “Darkness.”
Director: Naoyuki Tatsuwa
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.5/104 votes#15 - Shinobu Time (2)
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 11/3/2013
With the help of Yotsugi Ononoki, Koyomi and Mayoi were able to escape from the “darkness.” Within the ruins of the cram school that they escaped to, Shinobu is consulted about the “darkness.” She starts to speak of what happened 400 years ago.
Director: Chika Nagaoka
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.2/104 votes#16 - Shinobu Time (3)
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 11/10/2013
Koyomi finishes hearing the story about 400 years ago from Shinobu. Yotsugi joins them at the spot, and Mayoi wakes up from her slumber. The four of them were talking within the cram school ruins, but the “darkness” appears a second time at that location.
Director: Eiichi Kuboyama
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.8/104 votes#17 - Shinobu Time (4)
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 11/17/2013
Koyomi and company climbed down the mountain they were hiding in after escaping from the “darkness." Upon visiting a village between the mountains, they meet Izuko Gaen and receive an explanation concerning the “darkness.”
Director: Yuki Yase
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.8/104 votes#18 - Hitagi End (1)
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 11/24/2013
On January 1st, Hitagi Senjyogahara makes a phone call to Deishu Kaiki, her supposed archnemesis. It was a tough decision made on her part, in order to save herself and Koyomi Araragi from their “death sentence.”
Director: Kenjirou Okada
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
8.2/104 votes#19 - Hitagi End (2)
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 12/1/2013
Kaiki, deciding to accept Hitagi's work request, visits the town where Koyomi and his friends live. He starts to do research on Nadeko Sengoku, the junior high school girl turned god of North Shirahebi Shrine, who is the current target of deceit.
Director: Sumito Sasaki
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
8.5/104 votes#20 - Hitagi End (3)
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 12/8/2013
Kaiki meets Nadeko Sengoku face to face at North Shirahebi Shrine. Nadeko's personality became a lot brighter once she became the snake god, and she starts to talk to Kaiki in a carefree manner about how she was going to kill big brother Koyomi soon...
Director: Naoyuki Tatsuwa
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.8/104 votes#21 - Hitagi End (4)
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 12/15/2013
Kaiki heads to North Shirahebi Shrine daily in order to deceive Nadeko the snake god but finds himself being followed on his way home. Furthermore, he gets a mysterious threat telling him to “pull out of this case.”
Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.5/104 votes#22 - Hitagi End (5)
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 12/22/2013
Tsubasa Hanekawa, supposedly overseas in search of Meme Oshino, suddenly approached Kaiki to talk to him. After exchanging information with Tsubasa, Kaiki gets the finishing touches ready for his preparations to deceive Nadeko the snake god.
Director: Eiichi Kuboyama
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
8.8/105 votes#23 - Hitagi End (6)
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 12/29/2013
Kaiki proceeds to deceive Nadeko Sengoku. However, Nadeko with surprising ease sees through Kaiki's lies and attacks with numerous white snakes. What will be coming last out of the tongue of a con artist near death–a lie, or the truth?
Director: Kenjirou Okada
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Tsubasa Tiger (1)" is the best rated episode of "Monogatari" season 3. It scored 7/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Kenjirou Okada, Tomoyuki Itamura and written by Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo, it aired on 7/7/2013. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Tsubasa Tiger (2)".