Although there are still traces of the brief period he became a vampire, third-year high school student Koyomi Araragi is human again. He happens upon others with their own supernatural problems and finds that he can empathize. Koyomi becomes involved in their lives, seeking to help them and occasionally asking for advice from Meme Oshino, the homeless man who helped him become human again.
The worst episode of "Monogatari" is "SHINOBUMONOGATARI Shinobu Mustard (1)", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "SHINOBUMONOGATARI Shinobu Mustard (1)" aired on 9/14/2024 and is rated NaN point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Tsukihi Phoenix (1)".
Koyomi Araragi visited the hospital led by Izuko Gaen. What he saw there were two mummies lying in bed, and both of them were still alive. Izuko and Koyomi, wanting to solve this case, receive a new report that another mummy has been sighted.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hanekawa reveals her concerns about Ougi as she and Araragi go to visit Oikura.
Director: Tomoyuki Itamura
Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
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
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
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
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.
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Writer: Fuyashi Tou, Akiyuki Shinbo
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
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
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
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
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
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
Suicide-Master, who woke up from starvation, was told by Tropicalesque that the cause of her death was "the Beautiful Princess." Intrigued by her tale, Suicide-Master goes out to find "the Beautiful Princess" to have her as a first meal out from her slumber despite Tropicalesque's warning.
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Suicide-Master, who still keeps dying, realizes that consciousness reform is needed for both the one who eats and the one who gets eaten. She watches Princess Acerola try her best to change with a smile, but Tropicalesque has a thought for his master.
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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
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