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Owarimonogatari 2nd Season completed, and with that I suppose I'm there with everyone else waiting for the next season. Overall, Monogatari was a unique series and I'm glad that I watched it for that reason, even if the quality of individual arcs was uneven. There's an arc ranking below and I don't think anything there will be too surprising given the opinions I've shared in the past. Still, I should talk about S2 first I guess

It was tough to rank these three arcs because, more than any other section of the series so far, these felt like one big arc split into three. Mayoi Hell was alright once it got past the obligatory sexual assault. Mayoi is good and it was nice seeing her again, and the revelation that the doll guy was part of the plan all along was neat. Not a whole lot happened here to help it stand alone as its own arc, though. Hitagi Rendezvous was something I imagine Senjougahara fans loved, but she's nowhere near my favorite. What few aspects of her character I do like only show up with her friendship with Hanekawa. Araragi, by contrast, brings out all the things I hate about her, so... yeah, this arc wasn't for me. It was still better than it could have been, mostly because of the Ougi dream. And they called each other by their given names! I mean, it was heavily implied that they've had sex before, but if anime has taught me anything given names are beyond sex.

I thought Ougi Dark was neat, mostly because it was a culmination of a whole bunch of stuff that came before it. I could listen to Gaen summarizing plot threads and bringing together past set-up all day and I wouldn't get bored, tying things together is the one thing I can't fault Monogatari on. Still, this didn't feel as epic as it could have been. Araragi felt very much like a pawn in Gaen's complex plan, which isn't the most satisfying position for the main character to be in. I also think they oversold his 'growth' at the end there when he saved Ougi. I readily acknowledge that I'm an idiot so I imagine 90% of Monogatari went over my head, but from what I could tell the big deal was that he was saving himself. Symbolically that may have been true, but in a literal interpretation he was saving Ougi (and sacrificing himself in the process just like he always did). Like, taking aspects of Araragi and creating another person to represent them undercut the symbolic meaning for me since he was just saving another person like always. Araragi at the start of Bakemonogatari would've done exactly the same thing, this wasn't a result of growth. Ah well, it was still a nice conclusion, it just didn't resonate quite as hard as I think the writer wanted it to.

Tsubasa Tiger > Kizumonogatari > Tsubasa Family > Hitagi End > Tsubasa Cat > Suruga Devil > Mayoi Jiangshi > Shinobu Time > Ougi Dark > Mayoi Snail > Shinobu Mail > Suruga Monkey > Hitagi Crab > Nadeko Medusa > Ougi Formula > Mayoi Hell > Hitagi Rendezvous > Yotsugi Doll > Nadeko Snake > Sodachi Lost > Sodachi Riddle > Karen Bee > Tsukihi Phoenix

Tsubasa Cat and above were all amazing and then it's a steady downfall in quality until we reach the bad tier at the Sodachi's and below.

Hanekawa > Shinobu > Kaiki > Ougi > Hachikuji > Ononoki > Kanbaru > Senjougahara > Nadeko > Tsukihi > Sodachi > Karen >>>>>>> Araragi
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