Nisemonogatari - Episode 03

Episode – 03 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.

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.

Episode – 03 Summary

Things start off with Kanbaru and Araragi, where we last left them. It appears that they final finished cleaning up all the mountain of books that Kanbaru had lying around, this then leads us to Kanbaru discussing Araragi's love life. Where he might be dating Senjougahara but it is likely that he will end up marring Hanekawa, although he disputes this fact by saying if he did Senjougahara would kill him. Then from here it lead into more of what has been the focus of the series so far and that is what do you tell your family about what has change you. Then as he is leaving Kanbaru gives him his answer by saying that because of her family situation they just don't ask and just leaves at face value that it is injured.

Then as he is leaving her house he runs into a strange man that gives him a strange sense of foreboding. Araragi treats this man cautiously but respectfully, the man respects this because he see that this is the appropriate manner to treat people and introduces himself as Kaiki. Then after this meeting initially Araragi want to follow him because he reminds him of Oshino, but in the end because of the feeling he get from him Araragi feels that this is not a good idea. This leads us to the point where he meets up with Senjougahara, but once she finds out about his interaction with Kaiki she knocks him out. This leads us to the point where the series began where Senjougahara has him imprisoned in the old school where Oshino lived in the last series.

Although this gives us a further explanation on why she has imprisoned her boyfriend, is simply because she doesn't want him interacting with Kaiki. That she believe that eventually this will happen because Araragi is too kind for his own good. However Araragi is concerned that she will never let him out if Kaiki decides to move here. This point because voided when he receives a call informing him that his sisters are in-trouble, which cause him to break his chains. Although even though he is free Senjougahara is unwilling to let him go, until she receives a call from Hanekawa which cause her to admit defeat and let Araragi go although we don't know what was said. It seems now that the series is finally starting, and that all that remains is to see where they take things.