The Best Episodes Written By Akiyuki Shinbo

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   #1 - Owarimonogatari: Ougi Dark (3)

   S0:E418/13/2017

   After being exposed, Ougi is about to be engulfed by the darkness, but Koyomi refuses to give up on her and Meme reappears in the nick of time to save them.

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   #2 - Owarimonogatari: Mayoi Hell (1)

   S0:E358/12/2017

   March 13th, the morning of college entrance exams. Koyomi Araragi has died due to Izuko Gaen. Mayoi Hachikuji was waiting for him in the afterlife, and guides him towards an unknown destination. Koyomi would have never thought that this certain someone would be waiting for him there.

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   #3 - Owarimonogatari: Mayoi Hell (2)

   S0:E368/12/2017

   Mayoi takes Koyomi to meet Teori, who offers him a way to return to the world of the living. Koyomi is in doubt about accepting his offer, as he believes others like Mayoi are more worthy of reviving than him, until he comes with a surprising decision.

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   #4 - Owarimonogatari: Hitagi Rendez-vous (1)

   S0:E378/12/2017

   Now fully human again, Koyomi is called by Hitagi for a date, as they spend some time together, Koyomi has a vision of Ougi.

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   #5 - Owarimonogatari: Hitagi Rendez-vous (2)

   S0:E388/12/2017

   Koyomi and Hitagi spend the rest of the date bonding further. Once back home, Koyomi has another encounter with Ougi.

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   #6 - Owarimonogatari: Ougi Dark (1)

   S0:E398/13/2017

   Gaen assembles Koyomi, Shinobu, Mayoi and Yozuru and reveals that Ougi is the responsible for some of the previous ordeals they faced.

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   #7 - Owarimonogatari: Ougi Dark (2)

   S0:E408/13/2017

   To stop Ougi from meddling further, Koyomi has a final confrontation with her.

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   9.0/10(3 votes)

   #8 - Zoku Owarimonogatari: Koyomi Reverse (4)

   S0:E456/8/2019

   Koyomi meets the Shinobu of this world; as they converse, she reveals to him his powerful influence on the mirror world.

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   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #9 - Zoku Owarimonogatari: Koyomi Reverse (6)

   S0:E476/22/2019

   To put together the final pieces of the puzzle, Koyomi makes one final stop at his now-former high school to meet perhaps the most important piece of that puzzle.

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    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #10 - Hitagi End (6)

    S3:E2312/29/2013

    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?

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    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #11 - Hitagi End (3)

    S3:E2012/8/2013

    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...

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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Tsukimonogatari: Yotsugi Doll (1)

    S0:E1812/31/2014

    Koyomi Araragi and Shinobu Oshino discuss the true nature of Shikigami doll Yotsugi Ononoki, and Koyomi is being rudely woken up by his sisters who tell him to cram for his upcoming college entrance exams.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Tsukimonogatari: Yotsugi Doll (2)

    S0:E1912/31/2014

    Koyomi Araragi sees that he has no reflection, and discusses this with Shinobu. She then suggests that Koyomi should see Yozuru Kagenui and Yotsugi Ononoki.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Tsukimonogatari: Yotsugi Doll (4)

    S0:E2112/31/2014

    Koyomi and Yotsugi land at the base of the mountain, where they are surprisingly met by Ougi Oshino. She talks with Koyomi for a while about his current situation and his upcoming confrontation with Teori. Koyomi and Yotsugi begin their journey up the mountain.

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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Zoku Owarimonogatari: Koyomi Reverse (1)

    S0:E425/18/2019

    Koyomi Araragi contemplates the current state of his life post-graduation when he suddenly gets pulled through the mirror into a mysterious yet familiar world...

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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Zoku Owarimonogatari: Koyomi Reverse (2)

    S0:E435/25/2019

    Koyomi reexamines his options and is drawn to the bath in the Kanbaru household, but is suddenly attacked by the Rainy Devil. Koyomi narrowly escapes the danger, only to meet more people from this world he supposedly "knows".

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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Zoku Owarimonogatari: Koyomi Reverse (3)

    S0:E446/1/2019

    Koyomi attempts to make sense of the mirror world with this world's counterparts of his acquaintances. Later at night, Yotsugi then takes Koyomi to meet yet another person from this world.

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    #18 - Zoku Owarimonogatari: Koyomi Reverse (5)

    S0:E466/15/2019

    While taking a bath in the Kanbaru household, Koyomi has an encounter with an unknown yet familiar face who starts up a conversation about knowledge.

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    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #19 - Tsubasa Tiger (5)

    S3:E58/4/2013

    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.

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    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #20 - Hitagi End (2)

    S3:E1912/1/2013

    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.

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    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #21 - Nadeko Medusa (4)

    S3:E1310/13/2013

    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.

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    7.5/10(8 votes)

    #22 - Tsukihi Phoenix (4)

    S2:E113/18/2012

    As Shinobu explains how Tsukihi came to be in her currents situation. Araragi resolves to stop the out-of-towners from killing her. But unlike Oshino and Kaiki, Kagenui speaks with her fist and she talks a lot.

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    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #23 - Shinobu Time (4)

    S3:E1711/17/2013

    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.”

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    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #24 - Hitagi End (1)

    S3:E1811/24/2013

    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.”

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    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #25 - Hitagi End (4)

    S3:E2112/15/2013

    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.”

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