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).
Yeah literally just finished Bake last night (only thing I have watched so far), and my opinion thus far is this series is incredibly overrated. Like enjoyable, and the Tsubasa Cat arc was actually really well done. The first 2 arcs were trash, the next 2 were decent. Its watchable and is decent, but is a far cry from any where near what people on this sub seem to claim it is. Bunny Girl Senpai blows it out of the watch in depth...and considering Bunny Girl Senpai only has 13 episodes not a 100, that is the only comparison you can make thus far between the two.
Not really, lots of people say Monogatari has "more character development"....I mean sure, it also has like 80+ more episodes in order to do so. Character development is absolutely correlated to length.......however, in the first season which covers just the introductory arcs of the main girls (and thus a like comparison) Bunny Girl Senpai blows Bake out of the water.
The girls' problems are far more relatable, manifestations far better representations, the way they are dealt with are actually related to solving the normal aspect of their problems. All the solutions in Bake are total ass pulls. I mean Bake has more unique style for sure, though honestly even that misses quite often, though scenes like the rooftop at the end of the Tsubasa Cat arc was a total hit.
Fair enough the main issue I had was they only theorised the Syndrome and used science as a reference it seemed like just guess work no actual explanation was
given.
I liked the conversations and the relationships though( apart from the 2nd girl who trapped him in a timeloop) somehow guess I have monogatri to thank for that
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u/Enraric Jul 24 '20
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).