Koyomimonogatari

* Japanese
* English

* Part One
* Part Two

**Koyomimonogatari** (暦物語(コヨミモノガタリ)), also known as **Calendar Tale**, is the second volume of the **Final Season** (ファイナルシーズン, *Fainaru Shīzon*) and the overall fourteenth volume of the *Monogatari Series*, written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by VOFAN. It was released on May 20, 2013 in Japanese. For the English release, it was split into two volumes, with the first released on June 25, 2019 and the second released on August 27, 2019.

## Synopsis

* English Part One
* English Part Two
Presented in two parts with covers that will form a diptych, Calendar Tale, narrated by our titular hero, sends us to various earlier points in the story where certain events had yet to occur—when, for instance, the shady “expert” Oshino was still in town, and the ex-legendary vampire Shinobu hadn’t tired of sulking in a corner.

Weaving in a motif of ways, paths, roads, and streets—walks of life—the nostalgic vignettes hark back to the “case files” feel of the series-launching Monster Tale, but with a twist. Not all oddities are supernatural: stones and flowers; sand and water; the wind and the tree can just be plain weird without being aberrations.
In this installment, say hello from the future to class president among class presidents Hanekawa, acid-tongued girlfriend Senjogahara, cheeky lost child Hachikuji, smutty athlete Kanbaru, pathologically shy Sengoku, and justice-loving martial artist Karen, young ladies who love to make our young man sweat.

*(Part One Vertical Release Synopsis)*In this latter half of Calendar Tale, a set of journeys into the past that have been revisiting the “case files” feel of the series’ origins starts to catch up to the present moment until we are violently spliced back into the overarching plot, just in time for the final quartet that is the End Tale (in three volumes) and End Tale (Cont.).

Continuing with the motif of ways, paths, roads, and streets, and wrapping up sundry other topics and quasi-philosophical concerns, the vignettes for the months of October to March deal with six ladies who are either not quite human or older than titular narrator Koyomi Araragi, bless his bantering soul.

In this installment, see how he handles—or is handled by—aberration of a little sister Tsukihi, enigma of a freshman or -woman Ogi, shadow of a legendary vampire Shinobu, corpse of a tween girl Ononoki, psychopath of a monster expert Kagenui, and know-it-all of a Machiavellian fixer Izuko Gaen.

*(Part Two Vertical Release Synopsis)*
## Contents

* **Episode One: Koyomi Stone**
(第一話 こよみストーン, *Dai Ichi Wa Koyomi Sutōn*)
* **Episode Two: Koyomi Flower**
(第二話 こよみフラワー, *Dai Ni Wa Koyomi Furawā*)
* **Episode Three: Koyomi Sand**
(第三話 こよみサンド, *Dai San Wa Koyomi Sando*)
* **Episode Four: Koyomi Water**
(第四話 こよみウォーター, *Dai Yon Wa Koyomi Wōtā*)
* **Episode Five: Koyomi Wind**
(第五話 こよみウインド, *Dai Go Wa Koyomi Uindo*)
* **Episode Six: Koyomi Tree**
(第六話 こよみツリー, *Dai Roku Wa Koyomi Tsurī*)
* **Episode Seven: Koyomi Tea**
(第七話 こよみティー, *Dai Nana Wa Koyomi Tī*)
* **Episode Eight: Koyomi Mountain**
(第八話 こよみマウンテン, *Dai Hachi Wa Koyomi Maunten*)
* **Episode Nine: Koyomi Torus**
(第九話 こよみトーラス, *Dai Kyū Wa Koyomi Tōrasu*)
* **Episode Ten: Koyomi Seed**
(第十話 こよみシード, *Dai Jū Wa Koyomi Shīdo*)
* **Episode Eleven: Koyomi Nothing**
(第十一話 こよみナッシング, *Dai Jū Ichi Wa Koyomi Nasshingu*)
* **Episode Twelve: Koyomi Dead**
(第十二話 こよみデッド, *Dai Jū Ni Wa Koyomi Deddo*)

## Characters

* Koyomi Araragi
* Tsubasa Hanekawa
* Meme Oshino
* Hitagi Senjougahara
* Mayoi Hachikuji
* Suruga Kanbaru
* Nadeko Sengoku
* Shinobu Oshino
* Deishuu Kaiki
* Karen Araragi
* Tsukihi Araragi
* Ougi Oshino
* Yotsugi Ononoki
* Yozuru Kagenui
* Izuko Gaen

## Locations

* Naoetsu Private Academy
* Eikou Cram School
* Araragi Residence
* Mister Donut
* North Shirahebi Shrine
* Kabaru Residence

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Koyomimonogatari (in Japanese). Published by Kodansha.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Koyomimonogatari 1 (in English). Published by Vertical.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Koyomimonogatari 2 (in English). Published by Vertical.