Ougi Oshino

Ougi Oshino is a character from the Monogatari Series series.
== Charactah Account ==
Ougi is a strange girl claiming to be Koyomi's underclassman as well as Meme Oshino's niece. She begins to appear in Mayoi Jiangshi, appears again later to help set Nadeko Medusa in motion and finally takes the spotlight in Ougi Formula, a story where she and Koyomi become trapped until Koyomi can solve a two year old mystery.
Ougi often comes off as very mysterious. They're rarely ever not smiling and always talk in somewhat a condescending tone. Especially upon first meeting him, Ougi seems to take an obsessive interest in helping Koyomi Araragi, much to his friends' suspicion. Araragi claims that Ougi somehow causes him to blurt out things without hesitation. He's also commented on them knowing things he never told them.
Ougi claims to have a job of "punishing liars", and the execution of the claim implies it is connected to oddites. As a "conventional monster," Ougi is an entity which exists solely on lying about its identity. Because she sprung from the subconscious guilt of Koyomi Araragi, her personality is designed to "punish" him with criticism, condescension, and various personal attacks. Ougi Oshino has a particular desire to maintain the illusion that she is the apparition-killing "Darkness," which lends credence to her claim that she "punishes liars." Up until the conclusion of "Ougi Dark," her motivation is to sabotage and destroy the hypocritical aspects of Koyomi Araragi's personality, allowing his existence to become more "right."
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Hanamonogatari
* Koyomimonogatari
* MAGICA QUARTET x NISIOISIN
* Monogatari Series: Second Season
* Owarimonogatari
* Owarimonogatari Second Season
* Owarimonogatari Second Season Recaps
* The Memorandum of Kyoko Okitegami x Monogatari
* Tsukimonogatari
* Zoku Owarimonogatari
=== Light Novels ===
* Monogatari Series: Final Season
* Monogatari Series: Off Season
* Monogatari Series: Monster Season
* Monogatari Series: Second Season
=== Video Games ===
* Monogatari Series Puc Puc
* Wazamonogatari
== Trivia ==
* Ougi's gender seems to be fluid. In Hanamonogatari (Suruga Devil), Suruga refers to Ougi as 'Ougi-kun', 'he', 'this guy', and 'the boy'. When Suruga asks about it, Ougi tells Suruga that they have always been a boy since they were born, though later Ougi says "Whoops, that's right. I'm a boy now". It's likely that either Ougi, as an oddity, is able to change their body at will, or rather Ougi is just dressing up as a boy, imitating Koyomi while helping Suruga.
* Ougi's first name uses the kanji for "Fan", which is referenced in the cover artwork for the first volume of Owarimonogatari. The significance of Ougi's name is related to the design of astronomical cartography, as maps of outer space are drawn in a fan-like pattern--which relates to their fabricated identity as a person who upholds rules and order in the universe. Likewise, when they were first introduced to Koyomi Araragi by Suruga Kanbaru, they were explained as being a "fan" of Suruga's basketball.
** This is later revealed to be a red-herring in a flash-text at the end of Owarimonogatari's third episode, where Koyomi Realizes that Ougi named themselves by putting a door kanji over "hane" representing closer to Hanekawa's case, as Ougi's first formal appearance only happens after Tsubasa Tiger.
* Ougi's traits, character quirks and design and behavior seems to be based on the Carl Jung's Shadow Archetype. The reveal in Ougi Dark seems to support this.
* "Spooky Ougi" is a common in-joke nickname for Ougi in the western community. The name is a reference to an internet picture depicting a Cat Soup styled Ougi from Owarimonogatari as "The Spooky Ougi of Cute".
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Ougi Oshino at Bakemonogatari Wiki
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