THAT’S RIGHT. I’m now ANN’s resident Monogatari specialist. I was really excited to write this one, and am really happy with how it came out – I feel like I finally got to stretch a bit in my writing at ANN, and am looking forward to doing big damn riffs on the rest of the season. I already covered Nadeko to a degree in both my season two episodic posts and final essay on the series, but it’s nice to have a full piece to dedicate to both her character and the really compelling ways this arc portrays and develops it. Fun times with our favorite crazy snake girl!
I suppose a congratulations is in order? Monogatari will keep you busy a little time longer with it’s ongoing succes.
Very nice piece. This chapter of the series was a true revelation. Like many, I disliked Nadeko’s character, I thought she was your typical moe-blob character put in place to please a demographic, bereft of any depth or interesting features. Boy was I wrong, The way her personality is peeled away makes for intense viewing. An her classroom rant is one of my favorite sequences of the entire series.
Thanks! As long as Shaft keep to their promise of adapting the whole thing, I’ll be working on Monogatari pieces for, uh, years. Hm.
And I agree, that classroom rant is one of the series highlights. What a speech!
Congratulations. Reading your review really made one feel how comfortable and familiar with you are with the material, and why you hold it in such high esteem. A+ writng.
Is there any chance for you to review the rest of the Monogatari Blu-Ray’s too? You seem to be the perfect fit for the job, and I’d love to see you write more about this show.
Thank you! I won’t be covering the ones ANN’s already reviewed, but I’ll be hitting the rest of season two and beyond as those get released.
Awesome, I have not read the review yet, but I will soon. Are you picking up where someone else left off? Nadeko Medusa seems like a bizarre starting point. Can we expect reviews for the remaining arcs in the second season?
Yeah, Carl Kimlinger reviewed through Mayoi Jiangshi, so I’m picking up where he left off. I’ll be reviewing each arc as it gets released!