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Why does Bakemonogatari endure? Because it understands that adulthood is not about defeating monsters. It is about learning to live with the weight you cannot shed. Senjougahara never gets rid of her crab. She simply learns to carry it. Bakemonogatari is the definitive entry point to the
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At surface level Bakemonogatari is a supernatural high-school drama: Koyomi Araragi, a near-vampire survivor of a traumatic encounter, drifts from crisis to crisis, helping (or being helped by) girls afflicted with apparitions that are tightly bound to their psychology. Each arc centers on a different heroine — Hitagi Senjōgahara, Mayoi, Suruga, Nadeko, and Tsubasa — and the monster that fixes itself to their life.