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NISEMONOGATARI

NOVEL

  • STATUS

    COMPLETE

  • VOLUMES

    2

  • RELEASE

    June 10, 2009

  • CHAPTERS

    35

DESCRIPTION

Unlike ne’er-do-well former vampire Araragi, his two younger sisters Karen and Tsukihi, who attend a private junior high, are little balls of energy and charisma that their peers look up to. That the “ka” in Karen and “hi” in Tsukihi are both written with the character for “fire” isn’t the only reason they’ve come to be known as the Fire Sisters. Karen is the brawn and Tsukihi the brains of a vigilantism that the pair sees not merely as defending justice but as justice itself. They can’t encounter a harmful fad without trying to hunt down a specific source that had a motive for spreading it. In their big brother’s humble opinion, there is something fake and precarious about it all.



(Source: Kodansha USA)

CAST

  • Shinobu Oshino

    Shinobu Oshino

  • Koyomi Araragi

    Koyomi Araragi

  • Karen Araragi

    Karen Araragi

  • Tsukihi Araragi

    Tsukihi Araragi

  • Hitagi Senjougahara

    Hitagi Senjougahara

  • Tsubasa Hanekawa

    Tsubasa Hanekawa

  • Deishuu Kaiki

    Deishuu Kaiki

  • Mayoi Hachikuji

    Mayoi Hachikuji

  • Nadeko Sengoku

    Nadeko Sengoku

  • Suruga Kanbaru

    Suruga Kanbaru

  • Yotsugi Ononoki

    Yotsugi Ononoki

  • Yozuru Kagenui

    Yozuru Kagenui

CHAPTERS

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REVIEWS

  • MikeSlav

    MikeSlav

    75/100
    A fake can be of far greater value than the real thing

    Nisemonogatari is the 3rd entry in the Monogatari series. Chronologically set after Bakemonogatari, it mostly introduces Araragi's sisters, as well as a couple of other important characters.

    The title comes from the Japanese word "nisemono" which can translate to "fake", "fraud", "imitation", etc. Therefore, "fakes" are a prevalent theme in Nisemonogatari, with several characters or their actions being referred to as "fake" throughout the stories. To give examples, Araragi often calls his sisters' understanding of justice fake, and the main "antagonist" of the story is a fraud, which also works with the title.

    The characters introduced in Bakemonogatari are all still present in Nisemonogatari, although not as much, so as to give more emphasis to Karen and Tsukihi, Araragi Koyomi's sisters. All the well-written dialogue, the running gags etc., is just as good, if not even better.

    Oh, and I can't really talk about Nisemonogatari without mentioning the, let's say, more "questionable" scenes involving Araragi and his sisters (the word "toothbrush" should be enough, if you know you know). So just be warned that if you don't like the more lewd parts of the series, then this is the entry that will decide if you're gonna stick to it or not.

    To close off this review, I'd like to talk more about the themes of Nisemonogatari, which I feel like are more emphasized than in the two previous entries. Like I said earlier, Nisemonogatari is a story about fakes, and in a way, this story is full of fakes.

    Nisemonogatari poses the question of which is greater, a fake or the real thing. And though there is no right or wrong answer, one of the answers, given by Kaiki (the "antagonist"), is that the fake is greater.

    Araragi may consider his sisters' understanding of justice as just a game or as fake, but their way of trying to help people is very real. Kaiki, although a fraud and a conman, is one of the more real characters in the series when it comes to his way of dealing with oddities and people in general. And Tsukihi, who is revealed to not truly be Araragi's sister, but an immortal being, is still just as much of a real member of his family by trying to fit in.

    Therefore, in Kaiki's answer to the question: "The fake is of far greater value, because in its deliberate attempt to be real, it's more real than the real thing." In other words, people as "fakes" truly trying and putting all their effort into being something "real" can prove to be of far greater value than the real thing, born with a natural talent or trait that makes them a certain way. In other other words, working towards something and having the conviction do so is of far greater worth than having everything laid out to you.

    Thus concludes Nisemonogatari. Next up, Nekomonogatari (Black) and the events of Golden Week.

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