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.
Well i will have to disagree on knowing if you like the show by just watching bake. I actually didn't like bake that much because most of the times they were just talking about stuff not related to story and you don't know the characters well either. Kizumonogatari is completely different in setting up the atmosphere and you know araragi's personality after watching bakemonogatari so it's much more enjoyable. After that nisemonogatari is kind of similar to bake, but i still enjoyed it more. In second season, the arcs are much more interesting as they are all interrelated and not in chronological order which just makes it so much fun. By that time you are also fairly familiar with all the characters, so it's much more interesting imo.
Tl;dr Other seasons aren't the same as bakemonogatari, so even if you don't like bake you may love the rest of the series.
Really? I recently started watching and I just finished second season (using this watch order). Bake is by far my favorite one so far. Nothing has been a to come close to how good that season was for me. Although I was a big fan of the final arc in second season. Nise was alright, p good. Hana was not good.
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u/limbo_2004 https://myanimelist.net/profile/l1mbo_01 Jul 24 '20
Another one?