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Ryuu Yamada started high school hoping for a fresh start and a more productive life. He chose Suzaku High so that no one would know about his violent delinquent past. But boredom quickly set in, and by his second year, Ryuu had reverted to his old ways—lazy, failing grades, and constantly fighting. One day, after another visit to the office, he runs into Urara Shiraishi, a beautiful honors student. A moment of clumsiness sends them both tumbling down the stairs, resulting in an accidental kiss! The two discover they can swap bodies with a kiss—a power that proves both convenient and troublesome. When student council officer and sole member of the Supernatural Studies Club, Toranosuke Miyamura, learns of their ability, he recruits them for the club. Joined by Miyabi Itou, an eccentric who is fascinated by all things supernatural, the group uncovers the legend of the Seven Witches of Suzaku High—seven female students who each possess a unique power activated by a kiss. The Supernatural Studies Club sets out on its first mission: to find all the witches.

Koyomi Araragi has only recently recovered from a vampire assault and encountered multiple girls plagued by supernatural afflictions. On top of everything else, he wakes up one morning to find himself abducted and bound by his girlfriend Hitagi Senjougahara. Araragi's sister Karen has gotten into trouble with Deishuu Kaiki, a con artist who once swindled Senjougahara's family. Consequently, Senjougahara has trapped Araragi to protect him from the cunning Kaiki. Yet when Araragi receives a desperate message from Karen, he leaves to save her. Beyond Karen's predicament, Tsukihi, Araragi's other sister, is dealing with her own problems. And when two enigmatic women enter their lives, not even Araragi can foresee their real intentions or the devastating secrets about his family that are soon to be uncovered.

Oddities, apparitions, and deities keep appearing around Koyomi Araragi and his tight circle of companions: Tsubasa Hanekawa, the group's modest intellectual; Shinobu Oshino, the vampire with a fondness for doughnuts; athletic troublemaker Suruga Kanbaru; the bite-prone spirit Mayoi Hachikuji; Koyomi's sweet admirer Nadeko Sengoku; and Hitagi Senjougahara, Koyomi's eclectic girlfriend. A fresh term has started, and with graduation approaching, Koyomi must urgently decide his future path, the relationships he will nurture, and which friends he will rescue. However, as strange incidents begin to occur, Koyomi is missing, and in his absence, a vicious tiger oddity appears. Hanekawa becomes its target and quickly realizes she must defend herself.

Ougi Oshino, a strange new student, arrives at Naoetsu Private High School and is introduced to Koyomi Araragi by their mutual friend Kanbaru Suruga, who seeks advice about a peculiar discovery. Upon inspecting the school, Ougi spots a classroom that has materialized in a previously empty space, a location that shouldn't exist. Suspecting supernatural involvement, Araragi and Ougi investigate the mystery. After being trapped inside with Ougi, Araragi realizes the room contains the memories of an event he had long forgotten.

With Koyomi Araragi and Hitagi Senjougahara having moved on after graduation, Naoetsu Private High School now has few familiar students left. Among them is Suruga Kanbaru, who still bears the Monkey's Paw. When she catches wind of rumors about a mysterious figure called the "Devil" that supposedly solves any problem through supernatural means, Kanbaru immediately suspects the talk is about her and sets out to investigate. She finds that the Devil is actually Rouka Numachi, a former basketball rival from junior high who can no longer play due to a leg injury. Rouka offers free advice to anyone who comes to her, acting as a collector of misfortune and enjoying the relief her clients feel from the false hope that their problems will be solved. While Kanbaru sees no real harm in this, she still scolds Rouka for lying and returns home, relieved that she is not the source of the rumors. However, she may have reason to worry after all: she discovers that her left hand has transformed back into its human form.

Preparing for his college entrance exams, Koyomi Araragi notices that his reflection has disappeared from mirrors, a characteristic common to true vampires. Worried about this physical change, he turns to the doll-like Yotsugi Ononoki and her master, the immortal aberration specialist Yozuru Kagenui, for help. After swiftly identifying the problem, Kagenui gives Araragi a harsh choice: he must either cease using the vampire abilities granted by Shinobu Oshino or lose his humanity forever.

After meeting with oddity specialist Izuko Gaen, high school senior Koyomi Araragi finds himself waking up in a strange, empty void, where a joyfully familiar face greets him in a disturbingly unfamiliar setting. With support from his girlfriend Hitagi Senjougahara, Araragi navigates the tangled threads of his past and the puzzles of the present in his quest for answers. But fate once again leads him to the eccentric transfer student Ougi Oshino, who makes an unexpected offer that could shake the very foundation Araragi stands on. As he uncovers the layers of mystery surrounding an apparition, Araragi stumbles upon a truth that was never meant to be uncovered.

Kimihiro Watanuki possesses the ability to see spirits and various supernatural beings, a troublesome gift he thoroughly despises. While walking home one day, harassed by spirits, he feels an inexplicable pull to enter a peculiar house. Inside, he meets Yuuko, a enigmatic woman who offers to free him from his ability to see and attract these bothersome creatures—but at a cost. She insists he work at her "shop," which fulfills people's wishes, and so Watanuki's journey through strange and wondrous occurrences begins.

Whether it's investigating stone shrines, chasing down rumors, or just playing a game of hide and seek, Koyomi Araragi is always ready to help out his friends from both the human and supernatural realms. In this collection of short tales, Koyomi assists each girl in his circle with solving a puzzle or passing the time, all the while gradually uncovering the reality behind his town and its numerous supernatural happenings.

The day of graduation has arrived, signaling the conclusion of Koyomi Araragi's unusual high school years filled with strange connections to supernatural entities. Yet, Araragi suddenly gets pulled into his own bathroom mirror, finding himself trapped in a topsy-turvy realm where everything familiar is flipped upside down—the usually arrogant Karen Araragi is uncharacteristically short, the typically stoic Yotsugi Ononoki is overflowing with feelings, and the cute ghost girl Mayoi Hachikuji has become a full-grown woman! But appearances can be deceiving. Zoku Owarimonogatari follows Araragi's journey through this strange dimension as he fights to find his way back home and unravel the mysteries of this peculiar world.

Kimihiro Watanuki has always had an unusual existence. In addition to his power to perceive spirits, this continuation of xxxHOLiC shows him still working tirelessly for Yuuko, the eccentric owner of a peculiar shop, who vowed to take away this ability. Yet, this supernatural woman can only fulfill that promise once he has labored sufficiently to earn his desire. Such is the rule for anyone who enters the shop to have their wish fulfilled: a price equal to the wish must be paid. In this strange establishment that exists between the realm of the living and the dead, Watanuki spends his days performing household tasks for the seemingly indolent Yuuko and her associates, while also assisting customers. Alongside his classmates—his supposed romantic rival Shizuka Doumeki and his crush Himawari Kunogi—Watanuki confronts the numerous calamities that befall Yuuko's clients, as well as those that persistently haunt him and his companions.

The narrative centers on Maya, the daughter of the former headmaster of Waldstein Academy, and a time-traveling agent named Fumiaki Uchida. In 2012, aliens invaded the world, prompting time travelers to be sent back to 1999 with the mission of locating and destroying the Nostradamus Key—an object foretold by Nostradamus's prophecy to trigger the apocalypse. The story then shifts to 1999, where Maya returns to the Academy intending to dismantle it by taking over her late father's position as principal. Her plan is disrupted when she meets Fumiaki and learns about the impending catastrophe. Despite her distrust of Fumiaki, they form an alliance to search for the Nostradamus Key. To locate the Nostradamus Key, time agents are given specially designed cell phones. When a user encounters an object of interest, they think about destroying it and take a photo. If the resulting image shows a peaceful world, the object is the Nostradamus Key; if it shows destruction, the object is not the key. Using this phone, Maya and Fumiaki investigate occult phenomena as they arise in the town.

Koyomi Araragi once used his final year in high school to assist various young women in his town with supernatural problems. Now that Araragi has moved on to college, his friends must handle new curses and difficulties on their own. Yotsugi Ononoki, formerly a human corpse and now a living doll, moves into Araragi's household to watch over his sister Tsukihi, a girl who conceals a mystical secret. In this new role, Yotsugi takes over Araragi's position as an occult specialist, aiding other townspeople with their troubles. One such person is middle-schooler Nadeko Sengoku, who is gradually healing from her own recent encounters with the paranormal. She avoids going back to school and instead stays shut in her room, chasing her ambition to become a professional manga artist. To help Nadeko advance more quickly in her art, Yotsugi talks her into making four duplicates of herself, each embodying a different facet of Nadeko's personality. But the clones refuse to assist her, fleeing into the town and causing chaos. Forced to confront her own fragmented identity, Nadeko sets out to recapture them and settle her inner turmoil.

At a peculiar shop where Yuuko grants your deepest wishes for an appropriate price, Kimihiro Watanuki seeks to lose his ability to see spirits. As payment for this service, he labors for Yuuko, performing various tasks ranging from cleaning to running errands and assisting her other customers. In xxxHOLiC Shunmuki, Watanuki and his friend and rival Shizuka Doumeki share a meal with their friend Kohane Tsuyuri and her grandmother, reflecting on how much they have changed since their initial meeting. Later, Watanuki dreams that Doumeki’s grandfather, Haruka, visits him to request the retrieval of certain items from the family temple storeroom. Joined by Doumeki, Watanuki discovers that this assignment resembles a treasure hunt, with each object leading them to the next, ultimately guiding them toward an unexpected yet inevitable conclusion.

Yako Katsuragi is a celebrated high school detective whose young age belies her impressive track record of solving crimes and bringing culprits to justice. Yet, the true genius behind her agency’s success is her assistant, Neuro Nougami. Neuro is no ordinary human; he is a demon who traveled to the human realm after solving every mystery in the demon world, seeking the ultimate challenge. He feeds on the negative energy humans emit when they commit crimes, using Yako as a front to satisfy his hunger while avoiding detection. In exchange for his assistance, Neuro offers to help Yako uncover the truth behind her father’s death. Together, they tackle case after case, balancing Neuro’s insatiable appetite with the need to keep his supernatural identity hidden.

Summer break has arrived, but while his classmates enjoy their time off, Kimihiro Watanuki is busy working as compensation for the eccentric Yuuko in her shop. As the spirits and supernatural disturbances that plague him begin to decrease, he fulfills his duties by cleaning, cooking, and handling whatever tasks the seemingly lazy Yuuko requires. Watanuki finds himself caught in a new dilemma when Yuuko receives a mysterious invitation to a mansion whose owner seeks her wish-granting abilities. When he, Yuuko, and his classmate Shizuka Doumeki arrive at the strange residence, they encounter others summoned by the same peculiar invitation. All are collectors of rare items, drawn by the chance to add to their collections. However, as the collectors start disappearing one after another, Watanuki and his group must unravel the mystery and resolve the situation before they too face danger.

Tanaka-san narrates a recap of the first half of Kuroshitsuji in what serves as episode 13.5. With the inclusion of this recap, the total episode count for the series stands at 25.

Loki, the trickster god of Norse mythology, has been banished to the mortal realm for what seems to have been a poorly considered prank. As part of his punishment, he is transformed into a child. He learns that the only way to return to the divine world is by collecting the dark auras that corrupt human hearts, so he opens a detective agency to accomplish this task. A human girl named Mayura, who is obsessed with solving mysteries, soon joins him and contributes in her own way. But before long, other Norse gods start appearing, and most of them are determined to kill Loki for reasons that remain unclear.

Two recap episodes aired before the first episode of each broadcast day during the original run of Owarimonogatari 2nd Season. Episode 0.5 (aired before Mayoi Hell) - Owari ni Mukau Monogatari (Heading Towards the End of the Story): Araragi's voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya recounts events from Koyomi Vamp, Mayoi Maimai, Shinobu Time, Yotsugi Doll, Koyomi Nothing, and Koyomi Dead. Episode 4.5 (aired before Ougi Dark) - Araragi Koyomi no Monogatari (Araragi Koyomi's Story): Hanekawa's voice actor Yui Horie reflects on Araragi's past year and everything that happened to him across the series.

University students Kuriaki Magi and Yaeko Kirihara see a man get struck fatally in the head, but they can hardly believe it when he runs away without a scratch. Catching up to him, they learn the man, Momoyuki Mogura, is immortal. At first Magi and Yaeko assume Mogura is mistaken, but their perspective changes when they start noticing apparitions. Mogura explains that these are spirits of the dead that generate demon fire—a light that directs souls after death. Deprived of the right to carry that fire, Mogura has spent years collecting spirit byproducts, hoping one day to enter the afterlife. With Magi and Yaeko now assisting him in tracking down more spirits, the enigmatic Mogura might finally achieve his strange goal.

To locate his beloved partner, Wu Liuqi travels back to Xuanwu Country and confronts the pieces of his past he had long forgotten. While the uncovered truth stirs up pain and rage, he no longer has to face it by himself. He must now consider what the true meaning of power is, forcing Wu Liuqi to make a fresh decision regarding his future.

Continuation of Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season.

Compilation of Mawaru Penguindrum, including new scenes.

Just as snow falls in the height of summer and cicadas mourn the arrival of winter, the mundane becomes extraordinary in a town guarded by a celestial whale. Here, abstract wonders take on flesh and spirit, turning the town itself into a vessel for miracles. Amidst this backdrop, Kuonji experiences a newfound sense of awe and terror that his classmates do not share. Under the watchful eye of the sky whale, he spends his days with a peculiar group of companions: Nina, who sports striped panties; Sacchan, an enthusiast of felines; Allen, a bizarre extraterrestrial; and an array of scantily clad, voluptuous girls. Through these encounters, Kuonji finds himself constantly entangled in lewd predicaments. Step into the realm of Final Examination Kujira, an adaptation of the game by Circus.