Nisemonogatari - Episode 10

Episode – 10 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.

Kagenui Yodzuru – It is now known that she is just like Oshino, but also in other ways she is completely different than him. That all monsters or aberrations need to die, that there is no comprises like Koyomi has with Shinobu. That their very existence is harmful to humans regardless of the circumstances.

Ononoki Yotsugi – It appears that unlike Kagenui, she is a shikigami or aberration that live to serve Kagenui. That the reason that she appear so odd and unusual is because she wasn't human. That in reality she only appeared to look human.

Episode – 10 Summary

Things continue from Koyomi returning home from escorting Karen to Kanbaru's place. Once he is in his room, Shinobu suddenly appears informing him of something of dire importance. Although in reality is far from being important because it just Shinobu's favorite donuts-shop is having a good deal on donuts. In the end Koyomi goes along with her wim, and agrees to take her to Mr. donuts. While on this way out again he runs into his Sister Tsukihi. Who is talking about breaking up the fire-sister team, that she only went along with it because she wanted to be close to her sister. However now that Karen is getting along with Koyomi better. It just now might be time to bring an end to it because it seems that Karen is losing interested in it. However just a Koyomi is about to leave he notices that she doesn't have scars in place that she should. Although later on this will be important fact.

Then once Koyomi arrives at Mr. Donuts, Shinobu is shocked that he is only allowing her to choose three. After a little bartering, that in the end they will each choose five. Once they have picked out what they want and being eating. Koyomi starts discussing with Shinobu what she thought about the two they ran into earlier today. She tells hims that she isn't able to tell him much about Kagenui but Ononoki was most defiantly not human. That in all likely hood she is probably a shikigami or some other aberration bound to her will by knowing its true name. After that is said she suggest that if he wants to know more why doesn't he just talk to Kaiki who is sitting behind him. Once Koyomi is finished be surprised about meeting Kaiki again, he pays for some information on them. This allows for him to discover that Kagenui is a specialist like Oshino but she specialize in one particular field, and that is immortal creature. This in the end makes Koyomi a bit concern.

Then after his talk with Kaiki as he is about to get home, he finds them right in-front of his house. Although at first he implies to them that when they meet before it was actual intentional, that they are planning to kill him. This cause Kagenui to denies this fact by stating that there is no need because Oshino has already dealt with the problem. That there is no need to do anything further. Then just before Koyomi can question why they are infornt of his house if they are not there for him. Tsukihi opens the door, then just as she does this Kagenui orders Ononoki to strick her down. This in the end sets Koyomi off, because he believes that they just kill his sister. Although he is surprised when Tsukihi's upper-half regenerates, this complicates things a bit further because original Kagenui thought them having the same last name was just a coincidence. When Kagenui tells him that she isn't really his sister that in reality it is an evil phoenix, that has disguised itself as a human. She leaves for now, only to give Koyomi a chance to come to grips with what this mean. In the end the question become did he even have a second sister, and if he did what did the Phoenix do with her.