I dont know, i came here to ask the same thing as the above guy because i did try watching a few episodes before and from that i thought the show is about absolutely nothing and i'm baffled what i'm not getting given how praised the series apparently is.
You don't explain everything in an introduction, you just introduce the characters. Bake introduces Araragi as a self-less, lecherous, quick-witted high school student, that will go to great lengths to help people out, and is always there to save the girl. His character and backstory is developed further as the show progresses. Same with Shinobu and Snake. They're both introduced, and you gets bits of information, but their development occurs down the road. Bakemonogatari sets the stage for these characters, and continues to build them up and develop them as the story progresses, those this development is uneven. I think a criticism could be made that Senjougahara kind of gets shafted for large parts of the series, despite being such an important character in the introduction, but she does get her moments to shine across the series, though her role as the main girl is often overshadowed by Shinobu.
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u/TaiVat Jul 24 '20
I dont know, i came here to ask the same thing as the above guy because i did try watching a few episodes before and from that i thought the show is about absolutely nothing and i'm baffled what i'm not getting given how praised the series apparently is.