Monogatari Series - Critical Abstraction

Deceived from the Start

Villains are often the one character that get the short end of the stick when it comes to character development; however, in Monogatari's case, we finally get to see a

Top Ten

Top Ten Anime of 2013

I am back from my first real break from this blog since I first created it back in 2012. So I'm returning with another year of top ten, where I

Monogatari Series

Sugar with Venom on Top

It is often said, "The best defense is a good offense", which tends to work if you aren't already in a corner. So if we flip the saying

Kaminomi

Risky Business

Like many businesses, the anime industry tends to play it safe when it comes to adapting certain source material -- mainly manga and light novels -- into anime. As a

Monogatari Series

The Color That Bleeds Through

Discomfort is one of those feelings most people would want to avoid, simple because they would rather be quite the opposite. So when dealing with things like stress, envy, or

Monogatari Series

Convenience Driven Development

A lot, and I mean ALOT of anime seems to form around the fact of: in order to get anywhere in the plot, there needs to be some convenience factor

First Impression Medley

First Impression Medley 4

Last season I asked whether or not to separate the big medley posts into a single posts each anime; and since I didn't get that much feedback, I decided to

Monogatari Series

Monogatari S2 - First Impressions

It seems like Monogatari Series: Second Season will be focused on the females that Araragi met in the first season, rather than himself, and I couldn't be happier. Now, I've never been the biggest fan of the Monogatari Series, but I do appreciate the