Owarimonogatari

– A masterpiece of psychological deconstruction, but a demanding one.

If Bakemonogatari is a clever puzzle box, Owarimonogatari is setting it on fire to see what survives. What survives is Araragi, finally human. owarimonogatari

Araragi dies. Literally. He goes to hell (a dark, bureaucratic afterlife) to retrieve Mayoi Hachikuji, now a wandering ghost again. Ougi’s plan begins to crystallize. – A masterpiece of psychological deconstruction, but a