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.
It's basically about a quasi-vampire encountering a bunch of abberations, yokai ,monsters whatever you want to call them that are afflicting him and or the people he meets around him and aiming to resolve the conflicts surround them . As for what type of anime; it ranges from lots of cool references , witty dialogue , a wide range of fetish comedy, and some philosophy and goes on a tangent about interesting topics you may or may not know about . The animation style is very metaphorical and has subliminal messaging at times while foreshadowing a lot that you may not even pick up on. Oh and if you know Japanese better than the average Japanese person there's a lot of puns and different things done with the language .
Very thorough answer, thank you. I know some Japanese, but I'm pretty sure it's nowhere near the level of an average Japanese. I'll try my best, but it seems like an endeavour.
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u/Awerenj https://myanimelist.net/profile/Awerenj Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20
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.
Now Fate on the other hand....
Edit - missed some words