Bakemonogatari

Synopsis

Continues the story of Nekomonogatari Black

After a run-in with a vampire, Koyomi Araragi detects odd behavior in his friend and savior, Tsubasa Hanekawa. While walking toward a bookstore, he spots her and notices a bandaged patch on her face, indicating something is amiss. Although Hanekawa claims the injury is trivial and not a concern, Araragi stays worried. The situation escalates when they stumble upon a tailless white cat struck by a car; after burying the animal, their real troubles commence. Later, when Araragi recounts these events to his friend Meme Oshino, he learns the buried cat was actually an apparition specifically linked to Hanekawa's current state. Resolved to ensure her safety, Araragi sets out to locate her and finds that she has assaulted her parents, possessed by the entity known as "Sawari Neko." It now falls to Araragi to aid Hanekawa, returning the support she once offered him.

In this installment

In Bakemonogatari, high school senior Koyomi Araragi narrowly survives a vampire assault thanks to the intervention of Meme Oshino. Although Araragi is restored to his human form, he retains peculiar abilities such as rapid healing and enhanced vision. With the assistance of his friend and class representative Tsubasa Hanekawa, Araragi strives to maintain a normal student life. One day, after catching his classmate Hitagi Senjougahara as she tumbles down the stairs, Araragi realizes she feels unnaturally light. Despite Senjougahara's protests, Araragi chooses to help her and seeks out Oshino, the same individual who aided him previously. Through a series of tales involving spirits and deities, Bakemonogatari chronicles Araragi's endeavors to assist those suffering from supernatural afflictions.

Background

Bakemonogatari adapts the first two volumes of NisiOisiN's Monogatari Series: First Season.