4.8/105 votesLoading...#1 - Tsukihi Phoenix (1)
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2/26/2012
Karen is acting clingy and very cute, completely out of character. But its a trick to get Koyomi to introduce her to Kanbaru. In response, he devises a test Karen must pass; a test involving her toothbrush.
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
5.8/106 votesLoading...#2 - Karen Bee (2)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2012
Temptation haunts Koyomi, while visiting Sengoku he is presented with several tempting offers. After surviving each one, his visit to Kanbaru continues to put him in compromising situations.
Director: Yuki Yase
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
6.0/102 votesLoading...#3 - SHINOBU Mail (1)
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/2015
Koyomi Araragi waits in the ruins of the cram school to ask Suruga Kanbaru for help, a request he hopes she will refuse.
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
6.0/101 votesLoading...#4 - SHINOBU Mail (2)
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/2015
After a hurried departure from the cram school ruins, Koyomi and Suruga head toward the meeting place, only to encounter some difficulty along the way.
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
6.0/102 votesLoading...#5 - SHINOBU Mail (3)
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/2015
Having finally arrived at the meeting place, Koyomi and Suruga find an unexpected person waiting for them. Before their reunion can take place, they must face an unexpected foe!
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura, Takuma Suzuki
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
6.0/102 votesLoading...#6 - SHINOBU Mail (4)
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/2015
The group relocates to the North Shirahebi Shrine where Izuko Gaen tells them the story behind the location and the effect Shinobu's first minion had on it.
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
6.2/105 votesLoading...#7 - Tsukihi Phoenix (2)
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 3/4/2012
While taking Karen to meet Kanbaru, Araragi is put into a compromising position. On the way, he runs into someone asking about familiar things.
Director: Takashi Kawabata, Yukihiro Miyamoto, Shunsuke Ishikawa
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
6.3/106 votesLoading...#8 - Karen Bee (4)
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2012
Karen is badly ill, having been poisoned by an evil, supernatural bee. Will Koyomi be able to cure her in time?
Director: Yuki Yase
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
6.3/106 votesLoading...#9 - Karen Bee (7)
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/19/2012
Araragi goes to confront Kaiki and stop him from leaving the city. But Kaiki is wiley and smart, and not easily dissuaded when there's money on the line.
Director: Naoyuki Tatsuwa
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
6.5/102 votesLoading...#10 - Sodachi Lost (1)
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/2015
Hanekawa reveals her concerns about Ougi as she and Araragi go to visit Oikura.
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
6.5/102 votesLoading...#11 - SHINOBU Mail (5)
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/2015
Koyomi is confronted by Shinobu's first minion, the original apparition killer. But instead of starting a battle, the samurai makes a simple request.
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura, So Toyama
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
6.9/107 votesLoading...#12 - Karen Bee (1)
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2012
The five girls' problems with supernatural beings have been solved, and it's now summer break, with the culture fair over. Koyomi Araragi has two little sisters, self-proclaimed "heroes" nicknamed the Fire Sisters, Karen and Tsukihi.
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.0/105 votesLoading...#13 - Karen Bee (3)
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2012
Araragi leaves Kanbaru's house and meets a dangerous man named Kaiki. While following him, he runs into Senjougahara, who berates him for skipping his studies.
Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto, Shunsuke Ishikawa
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.0/105 votesLoading...#14 - Tsukihi Phoenix (3)
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/11/2012
Araragi agrees to take Shinobu on a trip to buy doughnuts. At the restaurant, an old acquaintance is able to give information on the town's new visitors.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.0/103 votesLoading...#15 - 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 votesLoading...#16 - 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
7.0/104 votesLoading...#17 - 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
7.0/104 votesLoading...#18 - 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
7.0/102 votesLoading...#19 - Sodachi Riddle (1)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/2015
In the aftermath of the previous day, Araragi is about to enter his classroom when Hanekawa informs him that a student absent all year is finally attending. The story pushes further into the past, as more of “what” makes Koyomi Araragi is revealed.
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.0/102 votesLoading...#20 - Sodachi Riddle (2)
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/2015
Having rediscovered the room on the second floor of the ruined house, Koyomi tells Ougi of the events that happened there five years earlier.
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
7.2/104 votesLoading...#21 - 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
7.2/104 votesLoading...#22 - 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
7.2/104 votesLoading...#23 - 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
7.2/104 votesLoading...#24 - 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
7.3/103 votesLoading...#25 - 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
The Worst Episodes of Monogatari
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Tsukihi Phoenix (1)" is the worst rated episode of "Monogatari". It scored 4.8/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by Tomoyuki Itamura and written by Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo, it aired on 2/26/2012. This episode scored 1.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Karen Bee (2)".