Check-in Station: Monogatari S2 ep5 (accepted feelings, rejected feelings)

The conclusion of the White Tiger/White Hanekawa arc.  I’ve enjoyed this payoff.  And the amount of patience and restrained this season has shown so far has been impressive.  But let me not get ahead of myself.  There’s much to discuss.  Does this arc end in happiness or tears?

Monogatari S2 ep4: wrath, lust, jealousy; wise to your own ignorance

With a new day dawning, it’s naturally Hanekawa who greets us as the episode starts. She’s quite aware that something isn’t right anymore when she wakes from her sleeps. And she’s also quite used to seeing the signs of Black Hanekawa’s arrivals. Though the clues are there clear enough now, they’re different clues compared to the ones she’s seen before. The rules are different, the circumstances are different.

Monogatari S2 ep3: two sides of the same apparition

So. I guess the normal rules of Monogatari don’t apply anymore?  From the beginning this series has been more “weird” than normal.  Not to say anything in Monogatari universe is normal to begin with.  Any normal in it has been a matter of perspective.

Monogatari S2 ep2: what makes you tick? Or do you tick just because?

Interesting how this episode used the maximum amount of wordage to get its point across. Though it still adds enough flavoring to make it palatable, to me at least.