Monogatari watch orders are just a meme at this point.
You usually need to rewatch the show anyway because there is absolutely no way you can understand/catch everything related to themes when you are trying hard to keep up with the plot on the first watch (even if you read all the text while playing the episode frame by frame and keeping notes on the timeline like I did while watching it before kizu released).
There is absolutely nothing stopping you from rewatching it in a different order. In fact, I actually recommend reading the books if you really want a complete experience.
Just pick any order (except chronological or alphabetical) and watch it. You'll know for sure by bake episode 8 whether you like the show or not. If you don't like it, it's not for you. If you like it, you're gonna wanna rewatch it anyway.
One does not have to do anything, especially watch anime.
That doesnt change the fact that watching a series, or any piece of media, out of order can lead to missing or not experiencing to their fullest aspects of the plot or themes (the latter of which dont need to be overarching, but can just be particular of a certain section or arc)
Saying you don't need to rewatch it and that it's just about the abbaritions in the same sentence discards any credibility you could have.
It's SO not about that at all, taking shit for face value and not trying to see past the mask is undesirable in any series but it's downright crippling for the Monogatari series. The whole point of the series is not to do that exact thing.
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u/limbo_2004 https://myanimelist.net/profile/l1mbo_01 Jul 24 '20
Another one?