Bakemono literally altered thing which translates as monster. Monogatari literally thing
narrated which translates as tale. Combined into a neologism by he of the reversible nom de
plume they yield BAKEMONOGATARI the monster tale that kicked off a series whose anime
adaptations have enjoyed international popularity and critical acclaim. A self-described loser
Koyomi Araragi is struggling at a prep school that he should never have gotten into. He has all
but quit caring but as a senior he faces the chilling scenario of not being able to graduate.
It's time to cram but the supernatural aberrations that keep on popping up in his provincial
town won't let him be. Previously our hero turned into a vampire and back gained an
acid-tongued girlfriend and couldn't find his way home thanks to a lost child. In this second
of three parts which introduces Suruga Kanbaru and Nadeko Sengoku he becomes embroiled in a
case that riffs on a classic English story from 1902.
