Kizumonogatari 2 english sub series#

Kizumonogatari 2 english sub series#

The story is nothing more nothing less than your average rewrite of Campbell's monomyth, where one plain (read 'boring' or 'made just for self-insert') character is thrown into the world of fantasy and mysteries by a series of not-so-coincidences, he has to fight the villains to retrieve the magical item, there is the old sage aiding him at every turn so he doesn't get himself killed, the damsel in distress, the final boss, the moral and a few predictable twists. Of course, this can't be totally blamed on the buyers since even competent authors apparently become so engrossed in their own fame they think fans will forgive any missteps, once it's clear your work will sell no matter how you wrote yourself into a corner and ran out of ideas years ago: Tanigawa's Haruhi Suzumiya series is a much woeful but clear example of this, and Nisio Isin apparently did not much better with its Monogatari series, suffering in this Kizumonogatari the exact same problems of condescension we have witnessed for years. Of course, this can't be totally blamed on the buyers since even competent authors apparently become so engrossed in their own fame they think fans will forgive any missteps, once it's clear your wo One might point out that light novel as a medium, as well as the whole japanese animated industry, are going through a long period in which competent authors and writers are snobbed, producing rather more of the same so that the public is satisfied without risking money on anything new or unfamiliar. One might point out that light novel as a medium, as well as the whole japanese animated industry, are going through a long period in which competent authors and writers are snobbed, producing rather more of the same so that the public is satisfied without risking money on anything new or unfamiliar. Kizumonogatari is a beautiful example of this.more When we see the Monogatari series as a whole, we can understand that, despite the genre, tragedy is the source of literature. While in Bakemonogatari we had beautiful chapters, such as Mayoi Snail (which, from the literary point of view, is my all time favorite as of now), here we are in front of a story with more battles, which, as in every Nisio Isin's text, are just a pretext to explore a plethora of themes: morals, friendship, solitude and even life motivations. Unlike the previous light novels, which could be read as a compilation of short stories regarding the apparition of diverse fantastic beings and their influence on the life of students, Kizumonogatari takes the long road of telling a single story throughout more than 300 pages. Two people bounded together for eternity who will, eventually, walk the path of solitude.Īfter Nisio introduced Shinobu in Bakemonogatari as a supporting character, a mysterious presence hidden in the ruins of an old cram school, Kizumonogatari brings us back to the Spring Break where Araragi and she met, to that very year where the protagonist of the Monogatari Series met and consolidated his friendship with Hanekawa Tsubasa and Oshino Meme.

Araragi Koyomi, an apathetic student who would willingly give up on his life, and Shinobu, previously having the pompous name Kisshot Acerolaorion Heartunderblade, a 500 years old vampire who was condemned to become a shadow, a being without its former glory.

After Nisio introduced Shinobu in Bakemonogatari as a supporting character, a mysteri This is the story of a tragedy, the story of two damaged people. Two people bounded together for eternity who will, eventually, walk the path of solitude. This is the story of a tragedy, the story of two damaged people.