What the fuck man
I just finished this show and immediately started to feel grief that I will never be able to experience the first episodes again for the first time. It's not normal to feel nostalgia for a show you literally just finished.
This gave off such a contained, surreal, abstract, and moody feel that I want to cry just by listening to the ED. And this is not an emotional show by any means.
Is something wrong with me?
Monogatari
Nicholas Stewart
Grayson Hernandez
For your own well-being, I suggest you forget about it and move on before you turn into an obsessed loser, with both the show and your real life.
Daniel Howard
>And this is not an emotional show
There are a lot of very emotional moments there.
>I will never be able to experience the first episodes again for the first time
It's okay, actually this show is very rewatchable. You have nothing to grieve about - it will become your good friend who is always there.
John Harris
I suggest that you now read all the translated light novels and then the short stories, maybe also watch the anime commentaries and why not read the manga while you're at it. Go on, ruin your life,OP
Connor Gray
have you completed the whole series?
i am waiting till i get fluent in moon speak
Lucas Allen
no, just Bakemonogatari. It clicked in with some feeling I could never describe as a child, it's like familiarity combined with something surreal and uneasy. I'm so glad I listened to Any Forums for once
what's this about ruining my life if I continue watching?
Ryan Long
even though you are a crabfag i'll encourage you see the rest of the anime and follow the novel order
Nathaniel Brooks
You can't blame him for being a crabfag, he's only watched Bake
Owen Robinson
i became a snailfag from watching bake alone though
Nolan Stewart
Novel order? I was thinking of following this guide. What's the novel order?
Also, I can't keep myself from emphasizing how perfectly this show captured that homely yet uneasy feeling.
I don't usually get emotional for anime, but this triggered that same nostalgic feeling as watching your childhood show, like some Bear in the Big Blue House shit. I can't stop listening to the ED without tearing up.
What's wrong with liking Hitagi?
Michael Martin
I became a bigger crabfag with each episode.
The arcs in which she was absent made me appreciate the rare moments with her even more.
Mason Davis
don't worry pic related is the novel order
>wrong with liking Hitagi?
nothing, she is just not the best
Colton Flores
you are a victim of Stockholm syndrome user
Camden Kelly
>What's wrong with liking Hitagi?
Don't pay attention, it's absolutely natural. It's just like always - minority voices are the loudest.
Dylan Hughes
Also, I forgot to add that I am sort of scared of continuing with it. Bakemonogatari seemed so self-contained and "complete" that I don't know if watching more will live up to it
I also experienced this with Steins;Gate 0 a few years back and I'm trying to not fall for that again
Luis Rivera
watch rest of it user finishing owari and zoku was the best thing ever for me
Hudson Morris
>It's not normal to feel nostalgia for a show you literally just finished.
Really? Nearly every time I finish an anime or book that really resonates with me I just sit in the backyard and reminisce, to firmly cement the experience in my memories. I'd argue its the best part of storytelling, just feeling how moved you were and reflecting on it
David Gomez
I get that, but this was the first time it was so condensed.
For me, after I watch some good anime, I get obsessive over it, I crave the need for more material, etc. I feel the need to capture that same feeling the anime first exerted. But that's about it, I do get moved by certain material where I need to sit down and self-reflect, but this
For this, I was left dumbfounded. It's like the moment I heard the final credits I was hit by a truck. I still don't know if I can recapture that surrealist familiarity if I rewatch it later.
Fuck maybe I'm still in the honeymoon phase, but this clicked with everything I had
Elijah Evans
>surrealist familiarity
liminal! that's the word I was looking for
Dylan Turner
How can you niggas be astounded and blown away by this show? What's so good about it? Serious question, I found it just allright at best
Dylan Morris
it's less about it being 'good' and more about it being character driven, so if you resonate with the character(s), it can easily create this feeling of 'nostalgia' even if you just watched it.
William Perry
its an intuitive thing. it can't be conveyed through words