Nisemonogatari - Episode 02

Episode – 02 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 orginal 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.

Episode – 02 summary

Things start out with him arriving at Sengoku's house, it turns out that she invited Koyomi over when she knew her parents would not be home. Then the conversation progress into what games they should play. Sengoku suggest that they play the king's game, but Koyomi says that they can't play that with only two people. Although Sengoku disagrees that she is alright with taking orders or giving them, however Koyomi is too dense to realize that she is trying to come on to him. In the end they settle on the game of life. While they are playing the game Sengoku informs him about the fact that his sisters are planning something, because they believe that someone is at the bottom of spreading all this supernatural stuff. Although he response that no-one is actually spreading it, the thing is that it has always been there it's just that most people just don't notice it. This pushes the point of the fact that Koyomi is going to have to confront his sisters about what they are doing and the truth of the world that they don't know about. However just as they finish this conversation the game that they were playing ends as well but before they can being the next game Sengoku's mother comes home but because she didn't tell her that Koyomi was coming over he is going have to leave quick.

Then after Koyomi leaves Sengoku's place, he calls up Kanbaru and tells her that he unexpectedly has a day off, and if it is alright if he comes over a day early to help her clean up her room. Kanbaru tells him that today is fine, but on his way to Kanbaru's house he runs into his other sister Karen. However when he see his sister walking on her hands he decide to mess with her by tripping her. This creates a funny scene where they are having brother-sister agreement while she is standing on her head. Which creates a whole new meaning about talking down to someone. Although things end with a bit of foreboding with the fact of Karen is trying to hide who she is talking to on her cell-phone with.

Then with that interaction done with we move into re-introducing one of the last characters from the previous season. That is Kanbaru Suruga, which is a very interesting person because almost ever word out of her mouth is a sexual innuendo. What is even stranger is how proud she is about being both a lesbian and a pervert. Although most of this scene is about introductioning new people of the series to her character, and this is mostly through jokes between Araragi and Kanbaru. However things even a bit dangerously for Araragi when he question Kanbaru on the fact that she isn't really as perverted as she makes her self out to be because of her boys-love books are what is better know as Yaoi. This is dangerous because he has woken the sleeping dragon by making Kanbaru prove her innocent by expressing how deeply perverted she really is.