Karen Araragi

Karen Araragi is one of the main characters from the Monogatari Series series.
== Charactah Account ==
Karen is the middle Araragi sibling, a sports maniac and self-proclaimed superhero. Together with Tsukihi, she performs what her brother calls "community service" and "playing heroes" as the combat specialist of the Fire Sisters. She is a black belt martial artist and is actually taller than Koyomi. She is excitable, rash, and tends to act before thinking, which leads to trouble in "Karen Bee", when the con artist she goes to confront counterattacks her with the sting of a supernatural bee. The venom gives her a terrible fever, and after a lot of... er, convincing (read: beating Koyomi into the pavement), Koyomi and Hitagi go to deal with the con artist in her place.
Stuff happens in "Tsukihi Phoenix" that leads Karen to be less hostile towards Koyomi in general, convincing her to act the part of the "good little sister who always does what her brother says". She has a hero-crush on Suruga, with whom she becomes friends in the same arc. In "Tsubasa Tiger", Hitagi convinces her to invite the temporarily homeless Tsubasa to stay in the Araragi household.
She has a boyfriend who apparently strongly resembles her brother, right down to being shorter than her.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Bakemonogatari
* Bakemonogatari Recap
* Hanamonogatari
* Koyomimonogatari
* MAGICA QUARTET x NISIOISIN
* Monogatari Series: Second Season
* Nekomonogatari: Kuro
* Nisemonogatari
* Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku x Monogatari
* Owarimonogatari
* Owarimonogatari Second Season
* Owarimonogatari Second Season Recaps
* Tsukimonogatari
* Zoku Owarimonogatari
=== Light Novels ===
* Monogatari Series: Final Season
* Monogatari Series: First Season
* Monogatari Series: Monster Season
* Monogatari Series: Off Season
* Monogatari Series: Second Season
=== Manga ===
* Bakemonogatari
=== Video Games ===
* Bakemonogatari Portable
* Monogatari Series Puc Puc
* Wazamonogatari
== Trivia ==
* Karen's first name means "burning compassion". Alternatively, it is a pun on calendar: "calendar" is written in katakana as "karenda", and means "koyomi" in Japanese.
* Although lacking major roles in Bakemonogatari, she and Tsukihi narrate the previews for the next episode. They continue this role until about halfway through the series when previews stop appearing.
* Karen is seen wearing a Bruce Lee outfit thinking he does kung fu.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Karen Araragi at Bakemonogatari Wiki
Category:Characters
Category:Females
Category:Monogatari Series