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The Inauthenticity of Senjougahararagi: Bakemonogatari 08 (Suruga Monkey Arc Ends, Senjougahara Steals Show Again)

Posted on August 31, 2009 by ghostlightning

Bakemonogatari is the kind of show that makes me liveblog. Instead of spamming melative and twitter, I went directly to my draft of this post. I went to this method because there’s so much going on — an illusion of … Continue reading →

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The Inauthenticity of Senjougahara Redux (Bakemonogatari 05)

Posted on August 3, 2009 by ghostlightning

My fascination is decidedly for Senjougahara. If there’s anything I feel about the Mayoi Snail arc is that I can’t feel invested in Hachikuji’s monster story. I felt that more than anything, it was a device by which the narrative … Continue reading →

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The Inauthenticity of Senjougahara (Bakemonogatari 03)

Posted on July 22, 2009 by ghostlightning

This post is less about episode 02 than the first part of the episode, where I was rather arrested by the whole sequence between Senjougahara and Araragi in the playground. A lot of other things happen (or get talked about), … Continue reading →

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When Inauthenticity is Fanservice, It’s a NICE MONOGATARI BRO (Nisemonogatari 06)

Posted on February 12, 2012 by ghostlightning

[Nisemonogatari 05] The  manipulations of this show lends to an amazing symmetry. No, I don’t want to talk any garbage about “trolling.” Here’s the manipulation: There are two value propositions in Nisemonogatari that on the surface at least, work at  … Continue reading →

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The Disappearance of Senjougahara (Bakemonogatari 09)

Posted on September 7, 2009 by ghostlightning

Something bothers me a bit when a piece gets too clever for its own good. Where the hell is Senjougahara? Why is Araragi spending so much time with other girls? So much so that Hanekawa can admonish him for it … Continue reading →

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