Name: Bakemonogatari (Manga), Volume 14
ISBN: 9781647290887

Nisioisin

Bakemonogatari (Manga), Volume 14

NISIOISIN

From the best selling novel series by renouned author NISIOISIN, comes the manga adaptation of the Monogatari Series! Artwork by Oh! great. One day, high-school student Koyomi Araragi catches a girl named Hitagi Senjougahara when she trips. But -- much to his surprise -- she doesn't weigh anything. At all. She says an encounter with a so-called "crab" took away all her weight... Monsters have been here since the beginning. Always. Everywhere.

BAKEMONOGATARI (manga), volume 1

Gabriel Noel 

ARC given by NetGalley for Honest Review

Bakemonogatari is a story about a high-school student Koyomi Araragi who catches a girl named Hitagi Senjougahara when she trips. He quickly notices that she weighs almost nothing because of a paranormal encounter with a crab who stole it. 

I enjoyed the story line and mythology of this manga as well as the Fullmetal Alchemist/Alchemy references. The main character Koyomi is endearing even though a little nerdy and easily irritated. I'm always a sucker for a good vampire boy.

Some things that lowered my rating were the unnecessary fan service shots, the story pace, and the translation. I always find that most nudity in manga is there for the male gaze and can get old very quickly. I don't believe this story benefited from it. The story at first seemed too rushed and then at the end was almost all over the place. The translation can't always be helped but I found Ko Ransom's grammar to be a little confusing.

This is something I may personally read but not something I'd recommend for my library's collection.

Bakemonogatari (Manga), Volume 14

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