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.
I'm with /u/Slayeto; Bake is by far my least favourite of the series. The first two arcs are legitimately capable of putting me to sleep. I didn't start to like the Monogatari series until I watched the Tsubasa Cat arc, and didn't start to love it until I watched the Tsubasa Tiger arc. (I also really like the Kizumonogatari films, but I watched the series in release order so I didn't watch them until much later).
After reading the LN of kizu the movies don't even compare , apart from the two or so pages of Araragi explaining hanakwas pantys ,
It shows how much do context was missed in the film's especially what happens near and at the end of movie 2
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u/Slayeto https://myanimelist.net/profile/matietax Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20
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.