The second arc of the Monogatari series picks up immediately after Bakemonogatari. Koyomi Araragi, no longer entirely human, juggles his now-girlfriend Hitagi Senjougahara and the supernatural ecosystem of his town while the focus shifts to his two younger sisters: the loud, justice-obsessed middle-schooler Karen, who has been infected by a malicious bee spirit, and the gentler Tsukihi, whose calm presence at home turns out to have been hiding a much larger apparition's footprint than the family realized. Nisemonogatari is the show getting cosier and stranger about the same characters at once.
KOYOMI AND FIRESISTERS SHOW DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP & WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A FAMILY
Amazing story telling and character development in just 11 episodes
*Nisemonogatari* continues the spectacularly jumbled visual storytelling of its predecessor to great effect.
An unorthodox representation of relationships, justice, fakes, and sex.
The Difficult Job of Being Bakemonogatari’s Sequel
Despite some flaws, Monogatari's divisive second instalment is still one with plenty of merit.
A disappointing sequel to a great anime.