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I've started watching Bakemonogatari out of sheer curiosity, and so far, it does not fail to amuse me with its oddness.
I particularly liked the 3rd episode. The setting was a playground. The two main characters were in that location the entire time, and their journey was through their conversation. What I really loved about their conversation was its free-flowing nature. You could tell it's a conversation of two bored people who kept no effort at trying to unveil their inner selves and were pretty much open-minded about things. (And I say bored because if the other person wasn't bored, he/she would be offended mid-way and immediately leave the conversation. Either that or he/she would think they're talking about weird things.)
I also liked how the conversation seemed to go in circles and seemed as if it were endless. The things they say are pretty random but well thought-of, especially for the case of Senjougahara. At a glance, their conversation seems shallow. They were talking about many random things. But taking a closer look would allow someone to see the two characters' real personality/thoughts. In short, the conversation was a reflection of themselves.
One funny aspect of it was Senjougahara constantly tormenting Araragi with questions that seem to attack him directly, hence require him to give an answer that would reveal his true personality... subtly. Plus she (Senjougahara) likes to play with words and sentences so much that she bluffs most of the time to get a honest response from him (Araragi).
It seems like a conversation I would make with someone who I'd like to know when I get bored. You know, when some person grabs your interest for no apparent reason and you feel that you just want to know him or her better, and vice versa. Yes, it's that kind of a conversation.
Senjougahara: Then nothing sexual. But I guess I figured you wouldn't want anything sexual.
Araragi: Oh, so you do have faith in me.
Senjougahara: After all, you're a virgin.
Araragi: She said that before.
Senjougahara: Virgins aren't picky, so it's easy on the other person.
Araragi: Hey, Senjougahara. It's not like you've done that much either.
Senjougahara: What are you saying? I'm plenty experienced.
Araragi: Really?
Senjougahara: I do it all the time.
Araragi: *grunt* Um, if that were really true, Senjougahara, what would you gain by telling me?
Senjougahara:Understood. I'll correct myself. I have no experience. I'm a virgin.
Araragi: Ahh. *black*
Senjougahara: I mean, the only kind of girl who would talk to an unappealing virgin like you are late-bloomer crazy virgins like me.
Senjougahara: We've kind of gotten onto a tangent, but is there anything you want to talk about? To put it simply, maybe something you're troubled by?
Araragi: Something that I'm troubled by...
Senjougahara: I don't really have a way with words, so I can't say it, but I really do want to help you.
Araragi: I guess, if I have to say it...
Senjougahara: What is it? Talk to me about it. If you just talk about it, it'll be easier. I guess.
Araragi: Umm... I had a fight with my little sister.
Senjougahara: I can't really help you with that.
Araragi: *falls from the bench*
Senjougahara: But I'll listen to the whole thing just in case.
Araragi: "Just in case"...
Senjougahara: So which sister did you fight with? I mean, you do have two of them.
Araragi: You know? The older of the two. But really, it's a problem with both of them. No matter when, where or what they're doing, they're always asking the five Ws and one H because they hang out together so much.
Senjougahara: Well, they are the Tsuganoki Second Junior High Fire Sisters.
Araragi: You even know their nickname? Hey, today's Mother's day, right?
Senjougahara: That's right, it is.
Araragi: They're both attached to Mom. And Mom fusses over them lika a mother cat over her kittens. So...
Senjougahara: I see. For a bad son, it's like you own house isn't your home today on Mother's day.
Araragi: Pretty much. I got up early in the morning so I could sneak out of the house. My sister caught me getting on my bike. And we argued.
Senjougahara: Argued?
Araragi: She said that, as my sister, she wanted me to stay and celebrate Mother's day together. But, hey, I can't do that.
FLASHBACK || Sister: If you're gonna be like that, bro--! If you're like that, no matter how much time passes--!
Araragi: So basically, I can't even celebrate on Mother's day, and get pissed off at what my four years younger sister says. That's what I call smallness as a human being. No matter how much I'm irritated by it, I can't do anything about it.
Senjougahara: Hm, that's a complex issue.
Araragi: It's not complex, just stunted. Because as a human being, I am small or something. But even still when I think that I'm gonna have to apologize to my sister, I definitely don't want to go home.
Senjougahara: You don't want to go home? I'm sorry, but there's nothing I'm capable of doing about you smallness as a human being.
Araragi: Come on, at least put some effort in.
Senjougahara: Of course, but there's nothing I'm capable of doing about your smallness as a human being.
Araragi: I'm pretty boring, huh. My worries are this tiny. I hate it.
Senjougahara: Tiny.
Araragi: You can call it dull if you want. Like the dullness of only ever pulling "a little luck" at omikuji.
Senjougahara: You shouldn't deny your charm, Araragi-kun.
Araragi: Charm? My charm is like only ever pulling "a little luck"?
Senjougahara: I was joking. And Araragi-kun, your dullness isn't like pulling "a little luck".
Araragi: Do you want to say it's like pulling "bad luck"?
Senjougahara: Oh my. Isn't that amazing? Or shall I say, something great? Araragi-kun, your dullness... It's like pulling "a great luck", but when you read the contents, it's not all that good. It's that kind of dullness.
Araragi: Ouch.
Senjougahara: But little sisters are there to be loved.
Araragi: We do nothing but fight.
Senjougahara: They must be eyesores, rather than cute.
Araragi: It's not like they're eyesores either.
Senjougahara: Or maybe you're someone who shows your love in reverse. I didn't expect you to be into incest.
Araragi: That's not it. Liking little sisters is a fantasy of guys who don't have any.
Senjougahara: So you're not into incest. You're not interested in your real little sisters.
Araragi: Like I would ever be.
Senjougahara: That's right Araragi-kun, you look like you'd be into soro.
Araragi: Into soro?
Senjougahara: An abbreviation of "sororate marriage". It's like levirate marriage, but for sisters. It's where, when your wife dies, you marry her sister.
Araragi: Why do you think I'd do that sororate thing?
Senjougahara: For you, Araragi-kun, it'd be her little sister rather than her big sister. First, your wife's sister would call you "big bro", and then you'd marry her. Even after marrying, she'd still call you "big bro". Thus, by the proper meaning, you'd become a real--[incestuous couple]
Araragi: Doesn't that mean I'd have killed my first wife?!
Senjougahara: So, you're into soro.
Araragi: Please, just say I'm into incest.
Senjougahara: But you said you wouldn't want your real sister.
Araragi: I wouldn't want my sister-in-law either.
Senjougahara: Then what if you came to like someone you took as a lover out of a sense of duty?
Araragi: That's---! Ah, you can get a lover out of duty?
Senjougahara: You really are small to be shocked by mild jokes like this.
Araragi: Your words aren't mild!
Senjougahara: I was testing you.
Araragi: Why am I being tested? Hey, wait, you weren't being serious?
Senjougahara: When I get serious, I transform.
Araragi: Transform?! Awesome, I wanna see!
Senjougahara: That's a big reaction for a small human being. But no matter how small a human being you are, I'm never gonna desert you. I'll follow along with your smallness as a human being.
Araragi: That's a pretty strange way of putting it.
Senjougahara: So is there anything troubling you besides your smallness as a human?
Araragi: What kind of abuse am I in for now?
Senjougahara: You have a wonderfully large tolerance.
Araragi: Don't overdo it with flattery!
Senjougahara: Isn't there anything? Maybe helping you study.
Araragi: I've given up on that. As long as I graduate, I'm fine.
Senjougahara: So, helping you graduate?
Araragi: I can do that fine myself!
Senjougahara: So you want to do it yourself?
Araragi: Are you trying to pick a fight?
Senjougahara: Well, I guess. Or maybe you want a girlfriend.
Araragi: If I say I do... What would you do?
Senjougahara: You can have a girlfriend. That's all.
Araragi: No, not really.
Senjougahara: Hm, right.
Araragi: Get me a can of juice or something next time. Do that and we're even.
Senjougahara: Okay. You're unselfish, aren't you? You really do have a large tolerance.
I particularly liked the 3rd episode. The setting was a playground. The two main characters were in that location the entire time, and their journey was through their conversation. What I really loved about their conversation was its free-flowing nature. You could tell it's a conversation of two bored people who kept no effort at trying to unveil their inner selves and were pretty much open-minded about things. (And I say bored because if the other person wasn't bored, he/she would be offended mid-way and immediately leave the conversation. Either that or he/she would think they're talking about weird things.)
I also liked how the conversation seemed to go in circles and seemed as if it were endless. The things they say are pretty random but well thought-of, especially for the case of Senjougahara. At a glance, their conversation seems shallow. They were talking about many random things. But taking a closer look would allow someone to see the two characters' real personality/thoughts. In short, the conversation was a reflection of themselves.
One funny aspect of it was Senjougahara constantly tormenting Araragi with questions that seem to attack him directly, hence require him to give an answer that would reveal his true personality... subtly. Plus she (Senjougahara) likes to play with words and sentences so much that she bluffs most of the time to get a honest response from him (Araragi).
It seems like a conversation I would make with someone who I'd like to know when I get bored. You know, when some person grabs your interest for no apparent reason and you feel that you just want to know him or her better, and vice versa. Yes, it's that kind of a conversation.
Senjougahara: Then nothing sexual. But I guess I figured you wouldn't want anything sexual.
Araragi: Oh, so you do have faith in me.
Senjougahara: After all, you're a virgin.
Araragi: She said that before.
Senjougahara: Virgins aren't picky, so it's easy on the other person.
Araragi: Hey, Senjougahara. It's not like you've done that much either.
Senjougahara: What are you saying? I'm plenty experienced.
Araragi: Really?
Senjougahara: I do it all the time.
Araragi: *grunt* Um, if that were really true, Senjougahara, what would you gain by telling me?
Senjougahara:Understood. I'll correct myself. I have no experience. I'm a virgin.
Araragi: Ahh. *black*
Senjougahara: I mean, the only kind of girl who would talk to an unappealing virgin like you are late-bloomer crazy virgins like me.
Senjougahara: We've kind of gotten onto a tangent, but is there anything you want to talk about? To put it simply, maybe something you're troubled by?
Araragi: Something that I'm troubled by...
Senjougahara: I don't really have a way with words, so I can't say it, but I really do want to help you.
Araragi: I guess, if I have to say it...
Senjougahara: What is it? Talk to me about it. If you just talk about it, it'll be easier. I guess.
Araragi: Umm... I had a fight with my little sister.
Senjougahara: I can't really help you with that.
Araragi: *falls from the bench*
Senjougahara: But I'll listen to the whole thing just in case.
Araragi: "Just in case"...
Senjougahara: So which sister did you fight with? I mean, you do have two of them.
Araragi: You know? The older of the two. But really, it's a problem with both of them. No matter when, where or what they're doing, they're always asking the five Ws and one H because they hang out together so much.
Senjougahara: Well, they are the Tsuganoki Second Junior High Fire Sisters.
Araragi: You even know their nickname? Hey, today's Mother's day, right?
Senjougahara: That's right, it is.
Araragi: They're both attached to Mom. And Mom fusses over them lika a mother cat over her kittens. So...
Senjougahara: I see. For a bad son, it's like you own house isn't your home today on Mother's day.
Araragi: Pretty much. I got up early in the morning so I could sneak out of the house. My sister caught me getting on my bike. And we argued.
Senjougahara: Argued?
Araragi: She said that, as my sister, she wanted me to stay and celebrate Mother's day together. But, hey, I can't do that.
FLASHBACK || Sister: If you're gonna be like that, bro--! If you're like that, no matter how much time passes--!
Araragi: So basically, I can't even celebrate on Mother's day, and get pissed off at what my four years younger sister says. That's what I call smallness as a human being. No matter how much I'm irritated by it, I can't do anything about it.
Senjougahara: Hm, that's a complex issue.
Araragi: It's not complex, just stunted. Because as a human being, I am small or something. But even still when I think that I'm gonna have to apologize to my sister, I definitely don't want to go home.
Senjougahara: You don't want to go home? I'm sorry, but there's nothing I'm capable of doing about you smallness as a human being.
Araragi: Come on, at least put some effort in.
Senjougahara: Of course, but there's nothing I'm capable of doing about your smallness as a human being.
Araragi: I'm pretty boring, huh. My worries are this tiny. I hate it.
Senjougahara: Tiny.
Araragi: You can call it dull if you want. Like the dullness of only ever pulling "a little luck" at omikuji.
Senjougahara: You shouldn't deny your charm, Araragi-kun.
Araragi: Charm? My charm is like only ever pulling "a little luck"?
Senjougahara: I was joking. And Araragi-kun, your dullness isn't like pulling "a little luck".
Araragi: Do you want to say it's like pulling "bad luck"?
Senjougahara: Oh my. Isn't that amazing? Or shall I say, something great? Araragi-kun, your dullness... It's like pulling "a great luck", but when you read the contents, it's not all that good. It's that kind of dullness.
Araragi: Ouch.
Senjougahara: But little sisters are there to be loved.
Araragi: We do nothing but fight.
Senjougahara: They must be eyesores, rather than cute.
Araragi: It's not like they're eyesores either.
Senjougahara: Or maybe you're someone who shows your love in reverse. I didn't expect you to be into incest.
Araragi: That's not it. Liking little sisters is a fantasy of guys who don't have any.
Senjougahara: So you're not into incest. You're not interested in your real little sisters.
Araragi: Like I would ever be.
Senjougahara: That's right Araragi-kun, you look like you'd be into soro.
Araragi: Into soro?
Senjougahara: An abbreviation of "sororate marriage". It's like levirate marriage, but for sisters. It's where, when your wife dies, you marry her sister.
Araragi: Why do you think I'd do that sororate thing?
Senjougahara: For you, Araragi-kun, it'd be her little sister rather than her big sister. First, your wife's sister would call you "big bro", and then you'd marry her. Even after marrying, she'd still call you "big bro". Thus, by the proper meaning, you'd become a real--[incestuous couple]
Araragi: Doesn't that mean I'd have killed my first wife?!
Senjougahara: So, you're into soro.
Araragi: Please, just say I'm into incest.
Senjougahara: But you said you wouldn't want your real sister.
Araragi: I wouldn't want my sister-in-law either.
Senjougahara: Then what if you came to like someone you took as a lover out of a sense of duty?
Araragi: That's---! Ah, you can get a lover out of duty?
Senjougahara: You really are small to be shocked by mild jokes like this.
Araragi: Your words aren't mild!
Senjougahara: I was testing you.
Araragi: Why am I being tested? Hey, wait, you weren't being serious?
Senjougahara: When I get serious, I transform.
Araragi: Transform?! Awesome, I wanna see!
Senjougahara: That's a big reaction for a small human being. But no matter how small a human being you are, I'm never gonna desert you. I'll follow along with your smallness as a human being.
Araragi: That's a pretty strange way of putting it.
Senjougahara: So is there anything troubling you besides your smallness as a human?
Araragi: What kind of abuse am I in for now?
Senjougahara: You have a wonderfully large tolerance.
Araragi: Don't overdo it with flattery!
Senjougahara: Isn't there anything? Maybe helping you study.
Araragi: I've given up on that. As long as I graduate, I'm fine.
Senjougahara: So, helping you graduate?
Araragi: I can do that fine myself!
Senjougahara: So you want to do it yourself?
Araragi: Are you trying to pick a fight?
Senjougahara: Well, I guess. Or maybe you want a girlfriend.
Araragi: If I say I do... What would you do?
Senjougahara: You can have a girlfriend. That's all.
Araragi: No, not really.
Senjougahara: Hm, right.
Araragi: Get me a can of juice or something next time. Do that and we're even.
Senjougahara: Okay. You're unselfish, aren't you? You really do have a large tolerance.