[align=center][img]http://i48.tinypic.com/2ai4t2v.jpg[/img] [spoiler][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeN4XmSIiTs[/youtube][/spoiler] [hr][hr] [b]Information[/b] Bakemonogatari centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third year high school student who is almost human again after briefly becoming a vampire. One day, a classmate named Hitagi Senjogahara, who infamously never talks to anyone, falls down the stairs into Koyomi's arms. He discovers that Hitagi weighs next to nothing, in defiance of physics. Despite being threatened by her to keep away, Koyomi offers his help, and introduces her to Meme Oshino, a strange middle-aged man living in an abandoned building, who cured him of being a vampire. [b]Aired:[/b] July 3, 2009 – September 25, 2009 [b]Online Webcast:[/b] November 3, 2009 – June 25, 2010 [hr][hr] [b]Characters[/b] [b]Koyomi Araragi[/b] Koyomi, the main character of the story, is a third year high school student who is close to failing every class except math. Shortly before the first novel begins, he was attacked by a vampire during spring break, and became a vampire himself. Although Meme Oshino helped him become human again, there are several lingering side effects; he can see in the dark, his eyes turn red when he gets angry, and he heals much faster than the average human. He remains scared of morning sunlight despite the fact that it no longer has any negative effects on him. He started dating Hitagi at the end of Mayoi Snail. [b]Hitagi Senjogahara[/b] Hitagi, the main character of Hitagi Crab, is a weak-looking girl with an "incurable disease". She is in the same class as Koyomi, but he has almost never heard her speak. When she was in the first year of high school, she encountered a mysterious crab, after which she became weightless. Ever since, she has avoided contact with everyone else, threatening everyone who discovers her secret. She called herself a tsundere and always speaks in an abusive style. At the end of Mayoi Snail, she admits that she loves Koyomi, and subsequently enters into a relationship with him. In the original, she overcame all of her trauma, and finally became a completely common cheerful girl. She starts calling Araragi with a cute nickname, chuckling at small things and sending e-mails full of Emojis. [b]Mayoi Hachikuji[/b] Mayoi, the main character of Mayoi Snail, is the ghost of a fifth-grade elementary school girl. She was killed in a traffic accident while trying to reach her mothers home, and has since unsuccesfully attempted to do so. She can only be seen by people who do not want to reach their destination. Koyomi met her in a park on Mother's Day and offered to help her find her mother's home. [b]Suruga Kanbaru[/b] Suruga, the main character of Suruga Monkey, is Koyomi's underclassman, ace of the school's basketball team and one of Hitagi's acquaintances from back in junior high school. Immediately after she entered senior high school, she became aware of Hitagi's secret and was threatened by her, just like Koyomi was. [b]Nadeko Sengoku[/b] Nadeko, the main character of Nadeko Snake, is Tsukihi’s friend back in elementary school. She always wears a waist pouch, always casts her eyes downward, has her bangs covering her eyes, has a shy personality, and can be easily amused. [b]Tsubasa Hanekawa[/b] Tsubasa, the main character of Tsubasa Cat, is Koyomi's classmate and the class president. Koyomi describes her as "the class president of all class presidents". Prior to the novel's beginning, she was possessed by a bakeneko during Golden Week due to stress over her family. [b]Meme Oshino[/b] Meme is a middle-aged man who lives in an abandoned building. Koyomi calls him "psychedelic aloha guy". Being an expert in the apparitions field, he solves Koyomi and others' problems, although with compensation. [b]Shinobu Oshino[/b] Shinobu is a girl who lives with Meme in the abandoned building. She appears to be an eight year old girl, but she was originally a beautiful vampire who had lived for more than 500 years. [b]Karen Araragi[/b] Karen, the main character of Karen Bee, is one of Koyomi's sisters. She's older than Tsukihi and always doing outdoor activities. In Karen Bee, her hot-headed personality and her habit of acting before thinking lead her to be stung by a bee which leads to being poisoned with a terrible fever that lasted for 3 days. [b]Tsukihi Araragi[/b] Tsukihi, the main character of Tsukihi Phoenix, is one of Koyomi's sisters. She's the youngest of Araragi family. Unlike her sister, Karen, she is always doing indoor activities. Contrary to her personality, she constantly changes her hair style and is short-tempered to the point that Koyomi describes her as having hysteria. [hr][hr] [b]Personal Review[/b] To be updated. Only on the second episode. [hr][hr] [b]Personal Rating[/b] [b]Animation:[/b] N/A [b]Audio:[/b] N/A [b]Story[/b]: N/A [/align]

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