Monday, March 14, 2011

Bakemonogatari



I was watching Bakemonogatari. Then I realized, Shinobu doesn't wear underwear, she uses a band-aid. 0_o This screenshot was taken from the anime itself.

The story is about a seemingly normal guy, who turned back after becoming a vampire, but still kept his regenerative abilities. One day, he meets a girl who has a problem of having no weight, and he tries to help her. After that, he helps others with encounters of the supernatural.

The title itself is a word play of Bakemono and monogatari. Adapted from a light novel series, you can easily tell that the author is fond of puns, and word plays.

This anime uses an abstract way of telling the story. It uses a series of flashing signs, photographs and other artworks inside. To be honest, it's irritating. They probably also dragged a story which could have been told in a shorter timeline. Too much time is spent on off-topic conversations. It's a little bit ecchi in the sense that it is largely suggestive, there's very little nudity. There's also quite a number of gory scenes.

Anyway, for those interested in watching it, here they are.


It's 720p, subbed by Coalgirls.

6 comments:

  1. You make it sound like a bad show. Is it?

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  2. Don't get me wrong. The storyline is actually interesting. It's the way it's told that is unconventional. Think of Melody of Oblivion and End of Evangelion. That kind of abstract progress.

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  3. Duly noted~ Unconventionality is something I can respect. After reading the synopsis, it seems rather interesting ^^

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  4. I think I stumbled across this at some point and lack of sleep mixed with a crab that made the Hitagi girl floaty I sort of stopped watching after a few episodes fearing I had encountered some sort of brain melt :D The fact she has a plaster in place of underwear is mildly disturbing but one can't help but stare :O I may re-watch the anime after sleep and caffeine!!
    And urg End of Evangelion still haunts me to this day, i own the dvd and still have no clue as to what just exactly went on lol XD

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  5. I wouldn't say it is as nearly abstract as Evangelion was.

    Btw, I think the band-aid thing was a BD rip only feature because I certainly didn't remember that watching the TV version

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  6. End of Evangelion is just that. I don't think anyone ever completely understood it. It's insane, to be honest.

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