In this latter half of Calendar Tale a set of journeys into the past that have been revisiting
the case files feel of the series' origins starts to catch up to the present moment until we
are violently spliced back into the overarching plot just in time for the final quartet that
is the End Tale (in three volumes) and End Tale (Cont.). Continuing with the motif of ways
paths roads and streets and wrapping up sundry other topics and quasi-philosophical concerns
the vignettes for the months of October to March deal with six ladies who are either not quite
human or older than titular narrator Koyomi Araragi bless his bantering soul. In this
installment see how he handles-or is handled by-aberration of a little sister Tsukihi enigma
of a freshman or -woman Ogi shadow of a legendary vampire Shinobu corpse of a tween girl
Ononoki psychopath of a monster expert Kagenui and know-it-all of a Machiavellian fixer Izuko
Gaen.
