Nisemonogatari - Episode 07

Episode – 07 characters

Araragi Koyomi – Is the star of the show, he was a vampire but now he is human again but not completely. Although this makes him almost immortal with how fast he heals, also the pseudo-vampire that original turned him now lives in his shadow.

Senjougahara – She is the first girl that he helped in the previous series, and she is his current girlfriend. They started to become closer after he helped her to get her weight back from the weight god that original took it. Although when it took her painful memories it took her weight with it because “omoi” means both memories and physical weight.

Hanekawa – Is the fifth girl that he helped in the previous series, that her problem came from the sawari-neko. Which according to the write is one of the legendary cat-demons along with neko-mata “twin tail cat” and bake-neko “monster cat”. The sawari-neko lives inside the person and when the suffer from too much stress, it manifest itself to relieve the problem.

Sengoku – Is the forth girl that he helped, she was suffering from jagari-nawa which was a snake curse. Where it cause an invisible snake to bind the person body then once it reaches their neck it kills them. It turns out that she was curse because she turn down a boy that asked her out.

Hachikuji – Is the second girl in the previous series that he helped. It turns out that she wasn't actually a person but a ghost that is an earth-bound spirit that cause people to lose their way. Although it is also called a snail because people that follow it just endless go around in circles. That the only way to save it is by having it go somewhere that isn't mapped out.

Araragi Karen – She is the older of Koyomi's two sisters, Koyomi make a point of mentioning the fact of that she has a natural talent for karate. That she presents herself in a way that reflect her aggressive nature, and doesn't go about hiding it like her younger sister.

Araragi Tsukihi – She is the younger of Koyomi's two sisters, although from his perspective she uses her womanly charm to hide her aggressive nature. Instead of presenting out there for all to see like her elder sister.

Kanbaru Suruga – Is the third girl that he helped in the previous series. Although her problem was that she made a contract with a lesser demon called the rainy devil. Which once it grants your wish it takes your soul. Then because Kanbaru hated Araragi for being able to get close to Senjougahara so easily. Kanbaru wish for him to die. Although Araragi set things in motion Senjougahara made so that the rainy devil couldn't fulfill the wish because after Suruga kill Koyomi, Senjougahara would kill her thous invaliding the wish and saving Kanbaru's soul.

Kaiki Deishuu – He is a man that Araragi first meets outside of Kanbaru's mansion. Although during this meeting he uses his name to define himself. The first kanji “Kai” like a mountain of clam-shells, and the second kanji “Ki” like a dead tree. While comparing Araragi's name to his own by saying he is a dead tree but Araragi is a sapling. The last thing that is noted is that he is similar to oshino-san but at the same time possesses an ominous foreboding.

Oshino Meme – Is an important character in the Bakemonogatari story is because he is the one that helped Araragi with his vampirism, as well as helped him save all the other girls in the previous series. That be became less important until he finally leaves, to important of this fact is that he was preparing Araragi to be able to face these things without his help.

Oshino Shinobu – Is the vampire that attack Araragi Koyomi, and with Oshino's help she was defeated by using the Sawari-neko that lives inside of Hanekawa. That currently she lives inside of Araragi Koyomi's shadow, and they have a love hate relationship.

Episode – 07 Summary

Things start-off with Koyomi finding his sister, but when he question why did she run-off. Her answer is a bit surprising to him because she never agree to let him handle it in the first place. This cause a bit of an augment between them because Koyomi believe that she isn't strong enough to deal with Kaiki, she wasn't before and she definitely isn't now. That she should just go home and let him deal with things. Although she tries to prove that he is wrong by beating him up, but in then end she agrees when. Koyomi makes the point of it isn't physical strength that she is lacking but mental strength because in the end she doesn't believe in what she is fighting for. That her reasons are weak, that fight for other isn't enough. That you need to have something deep to motivate you, and not just be motivated by others justifications.

This leads up to the point where Senjougahara and Koyomi confront Kaiki. Although as the conversation goes on with Kaiki he isn't really what Koyomi thought of him at first that he had some connection to the super-natural. That isn't the case it just that he knows of people that deal with it and uses that information to run his cons. In the end the only power that he had was the power that they let him have by believing that he did have power. This leads to the story of the fire-bee that there was no such thing it was some story made up in the 15^th century, that what he did to Karen was instant hypnosis. That with somehow Koyomi taking half of it inside himself that she will probably be better by tomorrow. That without any sense of resistance he agrees to leave the city and to stop selling curses and cures to children. It turns out to be a disappointing end to one of the longest arc in the series history taking whole seven episodes.

Then like Kaiki said Karen was completely better, the next day to go off and play her hero game. Although the dealing with Kaiki was a way for Senjougahara to reach some sort of closer with Kaiki that she felt that anyone that helped her with her problem would have been her prince so she feels ashamed that she did have feeling for Kaiki at one time. Although she is glad in the end that Koyomi was the one that save her, and was there for her. That by getting closer with Kaiki it allows for her to truly move forward with Koyomi and what ever is awaiting them.