There is one anime that amaze me now. Bakemonogatari or Ghost Stories. It's a story about a teenage boy named Koyomi Araragi that got saved by Oshino Meme (he is just like a priest but it is still a mystery what he do though) from being a vampire on summer break. That's why, now Araragi is a human again, thanks to Oshino, but he's still got a vampire healing power. That means even though he's got hurt, he can heal fast. Bakemonogatari is about Araragi and all of the oddities that he'll have to face with five girls he's going to meet and befriended with along the story.
In first story, I was brought to the scene where our hero talking to his classmate-class president- Hanekawa Tsubasa. Araragi suddenly mentioned about a girl name Hitagi Senjogahara in the middle of their conversation. And so I was brought to the scene where Araragi met Hitagi Senjogahara. Senjogahara was falling from the school stairs (it was really a free falling scene). Araragi happened to be where Senjogahara would fall into. As soon as Araragi catches Senjogahara, he realized that she has got NO weight!! -I was brought again to the scene where Araragi is having conversation in the class with Hanekawa- He is wondering and become curious about what happen this morning with Senjogahara. So, he asked Hanekawa if he could slip away and then he left Hanekawa alone. As soon as he closed the class door, he is threatened by stapler in his mouth, ready to be stapled. It's Senjogahara. She is very upset that she had to slip by a banana peel this morning. If there wasn't any banana peel on the stairs, she wouldn't have to fall and blow her secret to Araragi. She told him that if he tell her secret to anyone, that means war. She even stapled Araragi's inside cheek to make sure that she means it and then she leave Araragi alone. But instead of complaining about what Senjogahara has done to him, he offered Senjogahara his help with her "incurable disease". Araragi also tell her about healing power that he's got from being a vampire on summer break.
Araragi succeed in bringing Senjogahara to meet Oshino Meme. From him, I know that Senjogahara met a crab god and this god made Senjogahara weightless. Oshino decided to help, in condition that he was only a mediator. If she wanted her weight back, she had to ask it herself from the god crab that took her weight.
In the end, I was brought to the scene where Senjogahara getting ready to be "purified" in her house along with Araragi.
At Oshino place (a shoddy school); I was brought to the scene where Senjogahara met this crab god. In this scene I knew why the crab god took her weight and what the cause of her being who she is right now. Araragi is surprised with the event and I think he was not suspecting anything that he saw. In the end, Senjogahara got her weight back and for addition, she admitted that Araragi is her friend (it caused Araragi even more surprised).
For the next story, Araragi will meet more of oddities. Their episodes are Mayoi Snail's (where Araragi met a ghost of a little girl that looks lost. In this episode, Araragi got his first love confession from Hitagi Senjogahara), Suruga Monkey (Araragi got to meet Senjogahara's junior from Junior High School. Her name is Kanbaru Suruga. She got problems with making wishes and stuff), Nadeko Snake (Araragi has got two little sisters. His sister has a friend name Nadeko Sengoku and it seems that she like Araragi maybe more like a brother to her. She was affected by a Snake Constrictor. A snake spirit that slowly constricts the life out of its victim), Tsubasa Cat (Now it’s between Araragi and Hanekawa Tsubasa. This cat monster will be appeared if Hanekawa is unable to put her depression out. After Araragi got saved from being a vampire by Oshino, he helped Hanekawa through Shinobu-a vampire that lives with Oshino- so she can return to the old self Hanekawa. That time Hanekawa was changed into a cat wild personality because of her depression over her family. But now the Cat has appeared again and makes Araragi confused with what was the caused of it.)
I have to say, this anime makes me excited. I even watched this-online- twice already. I love its art and of course the story too...I will miss this anime because last time I saw the end of Bakemonogatari anime series. The series has12 episodes with 3 extra episodes and soon there will be one addition episode that I called "episode zero". This series also got soundtrack too, especially the ending song of this series. It was sung by supercell - Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari (The Story You Don't Know). Just hearing it makes me remember all of the episodes that still remained in my head =D
PS: the image is not mine. It belongs to anyone who made it.
