Bakemonogatari (Part Two)

* Japanese
* English

* Part Two
* Part Three

* Part Two
* Part Three

**Bakemonogatari (Part Two)** (化物語(バケモノガタリ)（下）, *Bakemonogatari (Ge)*), also known as **Monster Tale (Part Two)**, is the second novel of the **First Season** (ファーストシーズン, *Fāsuto Shīzon*) of the *Monogatari Series*, written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by VOFAN. It was released on December 1, 2006 in Japanese, with the English release split into two volumes, released on February 28, 2017 and April 25, 2017.

## Synopsis

* Original
* English Part 2
* English Part 3
It's the things that come with youth that make it crazy!

Koyomi Araragi is confronted with a "monster" that the perfect committee chairman, Tsubasa Hanekawa, was enchanted by! Teaming up with the promising new illustrator from Taiwan, VOFAN, aka the "Magician of Light," Nisio Isin is giving it his all for this modern day ghost story!

*(Kodansha Release Synopsis)*

*Bakemono*, literally “altered thing,” which translates as “monster.” *Monogatari*, literally “thing narrated,” which translates as “tale.” Combined into a neologism by he of the reversible nom de plume, they yield BAKEMONOGATARI, the monster tale that kicked off a series whose anime adaptations have enjoyed international popularity and critical acclaim.

A self-described loser, Koyomi Araragi is struggling at a prep school that he should never have gotten into. He has all but quit caring, but as a senior, he faces the chilling scenario of not being able to graduate. It’s time to cram, but the supernatural aberrations that keep on popping up in his provincial town won’t let him be.

Previously, our hero turned into a vampire and back, gained an acid-tongued girlfriend, and couldn’t find his way home thanks to a lost child. In this second of three parts, which introduces Suruga Kanbaru and Nadeko Sengoku, he becomes embroiled in a case that riffs on a classic English story from 1902.

*(Vertical Release Synopsis)*

A class president among class presidents, a bespectacled model student who soars to the top of honors lists without fail, Tsubasa Hanekawa also happens to be a decent human being. True, she does have a habit of making single-minded assumptions, but they come from a good place and turn out to be fortuitous as often as not.

Loser extraordinaire Koyomi Araragi owes her his post of class vice president and a more significant debt of gratitude for her unstinting support during the darkest spring break of his life. All of it has blinded him to the possibility that his saintly classmate’s family situation might be no less adverse than that of his other lady friends.

Thus, at last, we face Hanekawa’s unlikely aberration in “Tsubasa Cat”—the concluding part of the legendary novel that captured the sensibilities of a new generation in the aught years and spawned an animated series that has won international popularity and acclaim—before the story continues with a Fake Tale…

*(Vertical Release Synopsis)*

## Contents

* **Episode Four: Nadeko Snake**
(第四話(だいよんわ) なでこスネイク, *Dai Yon Wa Nadeko Suneiku*)
* **Episode Five: Tsubasa Cat**
(第五話(だいごわ) つばさキャット, *Dai Go Wa Tsubasa Kyatto*)

## Characters

*Note: **Bold** = First Appearance / Mention*

* Koyomi Araragi
* Suruga Kanbaru
* Tsubasa Hanekawa
* Hitagi Senjougahara
* Mayoi Hachikuji
* Meme Oshino
* Shinobu Oshino
* **Nadeko Sengoku**
* **Father Senjougahara**
* **Black Hanekawa**

## Locations

*Note: **Bold** = First Appearance / Mention*

* Naoetsu Private Academy
* Eikou Cram School
* Tamikura Apartments
* **North Shirahebi Shrine**
* Araragi Residence
* **Kanbaru Residence**

## Notes

1. ↑ Originally included in Part Two, it was later moved to Part Three in the digital and English releases.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Bakemonogatari 2 (in Japanese). Published by Kodansha.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bakemonogatari 3 (in Japanese). Published by Kodansha.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Bakemonogatari 2(in English). Published by Vertical.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Bakemonogatari 3 (in English). Published by Vertical.