Bakemonogatari
A spotlight preview by AJtheFourth
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"Not ignoring her was the right decision, I think...no, maybe I'm wrong..."
Passing by someone in the hallway, brushing past them on the sidewalk, or exchanging glances with them on the subway, you encounter people every day without ever actually interacting with them. You know of their existence, you may even know their name, but if someone was to point them out to you outside of your daily routine, you may not even recognize their face. Every day is littered with potential chance meetings, and it only takes one random occurrence to suddenly grab one of these people out of the background and thrust them into the forefront of your life.
 The falling Senjougahara.
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 Araragi prepares to catch her. |
For Koyomi Araragi, Hitagi Senjougahara is a faceless student in his background despite the fact that they've been in the same class for the past three years. Only after a startling event does Araragi become truly aware of her existence. This chance occurrence takes place in the school stairwell when Senjougahara slips and falls several stories down the stairs. Miraculously, he manages to catch her, discovering that she is nearly weightless in the process.
Senjougahara may look sweet...
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 ...but she's not ready to trust
Araragi so easily... |
This encounter with his female classmate’s lack of mass sets off a chain of events, all odd or supernatural, with Araragi at the center attempting to fix everyone's problems. It’s hardly an original premise for an anime: a high school kid comes across weird, often supernatural, things and has to solve them. In addition to this, all of the characters suffering from supernatural ailments happen to be female, offering this series numerous chances to become cliche. Fortunately, Bakemonogatari delivers this premise with intriguing characters, riveting battles of wit, and gorgeous animation, avoiding many of those pitfalls and traps that make many similar series unwatchable.
 A faraway view of one
of their conversations.
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 More often than not, Senjougahara
makes Araragi uncomfortable |
The witty banter that Araragi seems to invite into his life along with frequent otherworldly encounters is what helps drive this series and make it exceptional. Araragi himself has a fair amount of snark and a genuine desire to help others, which keeps him interesting, and again, helps steer the series away from falling into harem cliches. When this is combined with Senjougahara's intelligence and dry sense of humor, the two will keep most viewers eyes glued to the screen, despite the fact that all they are doing the entire time is talking.
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