Monogatari Series Second Season - Episode 17
New story arc - prologue to Shinobu's tale of meeting a nameless darkness in Japan 400 years ago. But before that, we get loli-spin, loli-jump, loli-kiss, and loli-punch. Araragi-oniisan has a busy day.
Ah, the start of a new story in Monogatari means head tilting, puns, and rapid fire dialogue. And they all are important details to the story that's to come. Also, no episode 16, since it was a recap of last summer's shows. This new arc is called 鬼物語 (onimonogatari), meaning Demon Story. Since this is ultimately about Shinobu when she was a real monster vampire, this seems apt.
We pick up the main story the day after Araragi and Shinobu come back from their X-Route adventure, and Hachikuji finally gets her backpack back. Along the way, they have a discussion on whether a snail becomes a slug if you remove her shell (Hachikuji's oddity came about from a combination of a ghost and a snail spirit), but if you do that, you end up killing the snail. Hmm. Interesting that they get chased by a nameless formless scramble of darkness later on, and have a chance meeting with the construct Ononoki. She figures out that the darkness can only move about along the ground, and jumps to safety with Araragi and Hachikuji.
After much discussion of his muscles (how does that feel to be on the receiving end, huh Araragi?), much discussion on how Araragi relies on others for information (Shinobu or Hanekawa would probably know what the oddity was, and if not, Shinobu could just eat it) and much teasing of the dormant Shinobu (Ononoki kept stepping on Araragi's shadow where Shinobu would pop out of when she wakes up), Ononoki asks for a reward for her timely rescue. Smooch!
In the epilogue, Shinobu exacts her revenge. Loli-punch! To protect the honor of a passed out Hachikuji. Oh, I guess she wants to call it vampire punch. Fine. And she saw that kiss with Ononoki, and throws a little fit of jealousy since Araragi is always chitchatting with little girls, but only has important conversations with her. Smooch!
After telling Shinobu about his adventure with the nameless formless darkness, she tells Araragi she has seen it before. 400 years ago when she made her first minion in Japan, she dealt with this darkness that is not an oddity that she can eat. Her story begins next episode.
But before things get too dark (heh), have a spinning loli!
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