ITT: We decide the best and worst arcs of the Monogatari series
Any episode where Shinobu gets to eat a donut is a best episode in my book. In fact, someone should put together a donut only chronology, or whatever you'd call this.
Best: Hitagi End
Worst: Tsubasa Tiger
Worst for sure Nadeko Snake
Best anything with Ougi or Sodachi
weak bait
Easy
Worst: Nadeko Snake
Best: All the others
Even the Nadeko arcs were good once the show stopped trying to pretend she wasn't evil incarnate.
correct, cat arcs were fucking boring
Best: Kizumonogatari
Worst: All Snake related ones
Best: Hitagi End
Worst: Karen Bee
Get out of my thread, you fucking donut-muncher.
Top tier:
Koyomi Vamp
Tsubasa Tiger
Nadeko Medusa
Hitagi End
Ougi Dark
Sodachi Fiasco
High tier:
Mayoi Jiangshi
Mayoi Maimai
Karen Bee
Sodachi Lost
Sodachi Riddle
Mayoi Hell
Hitagi Rendezvous
Acerola Bon Appetit
Mid tier:
Hitagi Crab
Suruga Monkey
Nadeko Snake
Suruga Devil
Shinobu Time
Koyomimonogatari
Ougi Formula
Low tier:
Tsukihi Phoenix
Tsubasa Family
Yotsugi Doll
Shinobu Mail
Koyomi Reverse
Novel version prioritized since the redeem arcs like nadeko snake and mayoi jiangshi.
>All Mayoi arcs in top tier
Hitagi End > Koyomi Vamp > Nadeko Medusa > Tsubasa Cat > Shinobu Time > Suruga Monkey > Mayoi Jiangshi > Hitagi Crab > Mayoi Snail > Tsubasa Tiger > Tsubasa Family > Nadeko Snake > Suruga Devil
This is based on memory from like 2013, I haven't watched past Second Season but I'm catching up now and wanted to put my thoughts together. Also reading through the First Season novels and they're really good.
Tsubasa Cat is carried hard by technically including the first date scene.
Im probably the only person that would put Tsubasa Family in top tier.
Best novel: Kabukimonogatari, Nademonogatari, Mazemonogatari and Owarimonogatari 1.
Worst novel: Owarimonogatari 2 and Musubimonogatari.
Best anime arc: Tsubasa Tiger, Shinobu Time
Worst anime arc: Mayoi Jiangshi, Karen Bee
The best parts of the series are otori + koi and owari s2
I wish cat didnt exist at all that would make this series from a 7/10 to 8/10
Nadeko Medusa > Shinobu Mail > Hitagi End > Ougi Dark > Mayoi Hell > Koyomi Vamp > Tsubasa Family > Hitagi Rendezvous > Sodachi Lost > Sodachi Riddle > Yotsugi Doll > Tsukihi Phoenix
Can't be bothered to rate the rest, but they're all below these ones
Best
>Karen Bee
>Mayoi Snail
>Suruga Devil
>Yotsugi Doll
>Sodachi Lost
Worst
>Hitagi Crab
>Ougi Formula
Best Arc: the one with the most Bird
Worst Arc: the one without Bird
>can't tell top and high apart
Have you even watched the show or just shitpost base of screen grabs like everyone else??
>1)Kabuki
>2)Koi
>3)Date episode
>4)The Rest
That's it.
Snail a best
Loli bat, doll and incest bee high tier
The rest
Obligatory snek a shit
Power gap
Crab hag worst
I'm in the middle of Tsubasa Family and never joined monogatari threads before. Does crab do something later that makes her shit? So far she's great. So far cat and snake have been pretty shit.
Best: Tsubasa Tiger
Worst: Tsubasa Family
No.
Snake turns from moeshit into literal shit though.
>Family above Tiger
What the fuck are you smoking?
And almost everything is better than doll.
I have watched the show
but only paid attention to the scenes with Bird in them
The worst arc is from the beginning to the end of this shitty fucking franchise.
Fuck this series. SHAFT'S worst series by far.
How far below this masterpiece would you put it?
Worst was Hanekawa Tiger, best was
Best: Shinobu Time
Worst: Tsubasa Famil/Tiger
Look at all these people with shit taste putting Neko Shiro as worst.
Rating of arcs by most prominent character:
Snake > Spook > Bat > Crab > Snail > Cat > Bird = Bee = Doll > Math > Monkey
>spook and bat near top
>monkey bottom
>they share almost all arcs
big brain over here