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Koyomi Araragi (阿良々木暦, Araragi Koyomi) is the main protagonist of the Monogatari series and the most frequent narrator. He is a third year high school student who survived a vampire attack during spring break, and barely regained his human life in the time that followed. Since then, he'south been affiliated with Shinobu Oshino, the vampire that had attacked him, and continues to feed her his blood. Equally such, he'southward however not entirely human and sure vampire traits remain, such as regeneration.

Koyomi is the narrator of all First Season and Last Season arcs likewise as two from Second Season, four from Off Season, and 3 from Monster Season. He is the titular protagonist of 2 primary arcs: Koyomi Vamp and Koyomi Opposite, equally well every bit the twelve curt stories of Koyomimonogatari. He is also the titular protagonist of i minor arc: Koyomi History.

1 Referrals / Nicknames
2 Appearance
3 Personality
four Groundwork
v Plot
- 5.1 Koyomi Vamp
- v.two Koyomi Stone
- five.3 Tsubasa Family
- v.4 Hitagi Crab
- 5.5 Mayoi Mai Mai (Snail)
- 5.vi Suruga Monkey
- v.7 Nadeko Snake
- five.8 Tsubasa Cat
- v.9 Karen Bee
- 5.x Tsukihi Phoenix
- v.eleven Mayoi Jiangshi
- 5.12 Shinobu Time
- 5.13 Shinobu Mail
- 5.14 Tsubasa Tiger
- 5.15 Ougi Formula
- five.xvi Sodachi Riddle
- five.17 Sodachi Lost
- 5.xviii Nadeko Medusa
- five.xix Hitagi Cease
- 5.xx Yotsugi Doll
- v.21 Koyomi Nothing
- v.22 Koyomi Dead
- 5.23 Mayoi Hell
- 5.24 Hitagi Rendezvous
- 5.25 Ougi Dark
- five.26 Koyomi Opposite
- v.27 Suruga Devil
- five.28 Zenka Mermaid
- 5.29 Nozomi Golem
- five.30 Mitome Wolf
- 5.31 Tsuzura Human
- 5.32 Shinobu Mastered
half dozen Catchphrases / Running Gags
vii Appears In
- 7.one Main Series
- seven.2 Short Stories
- 7.three Manga
- vii.4 Other
8 Trivia
ix Gallery
10 References
11 Navigation

Referrals / Nicknames

Araragi (阿良々木) - Deishuu Kaiki, Sodachi Oikura
Araragi-dono (阿良々木殿) - Seishirou Shishirui
Araragi-kun (阿良々木くん) - Tsubasa Hanekawa, Hitagi Senjougahara, Meme Oshino, Tadatsuru Teori
Araragi-san (阿良々木さん) - Mayoi Hachikuji
Arararagi-san (阿良々々木さん or アラララギさん) - Mayoi Hachikuji
Araragi-senpai (阿良々木先輩) - Suruga Kanbaru, Ougi Oshino
Boku (僕) - Koyomi Araragi
Geboku (下僕) - Buss-Shot Acerola-Orion Centre-Under-Blade
Kichiku na Onii-yan (鬼畜なお兄やん) - Yozuru Kagenui
Koyomi (暦) - Hitagi Senjougahara
Koyomin (コヨミン) - Izuko Gaen
Koyokoyo (コヨコヨ) - Hitagi Senjougahara
Koyomi-onii-chan (暦お兄ちゃん) - Nadeko Sengoku
Nii-chan (兄ちゃん) - Karen Araragi
Onii-chan (お兄ちゃん) - Tsukihi Araragi
Onii-chan (鬼いちゃん) - Yotsugi Ononoki
Oni-no-Onii-chan (鬼のお兄ちゃん) - Yotsugi Ononoki
Omae-sama (お前様) - Shinobu Oshino
Thrall of Heart Under-Blade - Dramaturgy, Episode, Guillotine Cutter
Waga aruji-sama (吾主様) - Shinobu Oshino
Yokoyoko (ヨコヨコ) - Hitagi Senjougahara

Advent

In the adaptations that depict him, Koyomi is shown to exist a swain with blackness hair, grayness optics, and a medium complexion. His pilus commonly covers his left eye, though it covers his correct in the Kizumonogatari films. After Koyomi Vamp, he decides he should grow out his pilus more to hide the seize with teeth marks on his neck. While it doesn't always seem entirely consistent, his hair does by and large seem to become longer over the grade of the chronological order in the anime adaptation, with Bakemonogatari featuring relatively short hair, Tsukimonogatari with slightly longer pilus, and Hanamonogatari with considerably long hair.

If non wearing his school compatible, he dresses casually, often clad in a hoodie and jeans. As noted by his sisters, his fashion sense is far from admirable. A feature unique to Koyomi and his sisters is a very expressive ahoge, which often changes shape to mirror his emotions. Before concept art past VOFAN did not originally have this feature.

He's quite physically fit every bit a result of becoming a vampire, though it's normally only noticeable when he doesn't wear a shirt.

Personality

Koyomi is a laid-back individual. Prior to his experience during his last jump intermission where he met Tsubasa Hanekawa, he was rather asocial in high schoolhouse, claiming that having friends would "lower his integrity as a human," due to a negative experience during his first yr. This ideology seems to have multiple implications, as his explanations seem to change slightly in different instances. In Koyomi Vamp, he describes it as an idea that existence close to others could ultimately harm him. If his friends got hurt, he would as well exist hurt. It gives a person more than weak points. In Ougi Formula, which describes the scenario that birthed this expression, explains it in a slightly dissimilar way. Instead, it shows how he found disturbance in the fact that a "truth" tin can be fabricated just by numbers. Something doesn't take to really be truthful, but if a majority of people say information technology is, it'due south treated every bit such. He has his own sense of what's right, and doesn't want to exist a part of the "majority dominion" in deciding justice. In either instance, both explanations support isolation and the idea that he would be stronger as a person if he was alone.

His experience with Hanekawa acquired him to open up and be more than open to making friends. He'due south a poor academic student, close to declining every form except math. At home, Koyomi is the just person who thinks that his family relationship is bad, while his younger sisters, Karen Araragi and Tsukihi Araragi, believe differently.

It is revealed through conversations that he's quite knowledgeable on anime as noted by Nadeko Sengoku, who appears to exist a flake of a closet otaku. Other characters, Mayoi Hachikuji and Hitagi Senjougahara especially, seem to speculate that Koyomi is a lolicon.

Koyomi has a want to assist those effectually him and believes strongly in taking responsibility for personal matters that he could have helped despite not being any of his business organization. This desire causes him to acquit recklessly or abuse his regeneration powers when faced with dangerous situations. Koyomi's desire to help is often portrayed equally his own selfish desire and seen by those around him equally beingness too soft towards other people.

Background

Koyomi is the eldest of 3 siblings, with Karen and Tsukihi equally his younger sisters. Their parents tend to be away from home for long hours since they piece of work as police force officers, likely the cause for the sense of justice the siblings share. Prior to when the series takes place, Koyomi spent most of his high school life as an outcast and mostly failed pupil, only e'er being good at math due to being tutored past Sodachi Oikura when he was younger. Afterward a certain state of affairs, he decided he didn't need friends, as they would "lower his integrity every bit a human."

Before his encounter with Hitagi, he was attacked by a vampire during spring break and became a vampire himself. Although Meme Oshino helped him go more or less human again, there are several lingering side-effects such as enhanced vision, superhuman strength, and regeneration. He remains scared of morning sunlight, though it no longer affects him. During this same consequence, he also met Tsubasa Hanekawa, who changed his perception on making friends.

In his tertiary year of high school, he becomes Tsubasa's grade vice president on account of her wanting him to "plow his life around." This makes the two of them responsible for planning events and dealing with other class affairs.

Plot

Koyomi Vamp

This section contains content from Kizumonogatari.
On the twenty-four hours of the endmost ceremony of his 2nd yr of high school and the very start of spring break, the anti-social Koyomi met Tsubasa Hanekawa for the first fourth dimension afterward wind had diddled her skirt up, revealing her panties. Through this odd circumstance, the ii become friends, and Koyomi'south friendless philosophy was supposedly cleaved.

Later on that dark, Koyomi couldn't terminate thinking lustful thoughts afterward seeing a girl'southward panties in person. After sneaking out of the house to purchase a porn magazine at the volume store, he ends upward encountering a limbless vampire who demands him to give his ain life so she tin live. He eventually panics and runs away, but changes his mind after hearing her cry for her life. He offers his claret to save the vampire, set up to die.

When he awakes, he finds he never died, and that the vampire had turned into a 10 twelvemonth erstwhile girl. Later she saves him from the dominicus after information technology had caused him to catch on burn down, she reveals that her proper noun is Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade. She explains that he tin turn back into a human if he gets all of her missing limbs back from the vampire hunters that stole them from her. Well encountering these vampire hunters for the starting time time and near being killed by them, a strange man named Meme Oshino came to salvage him.

With his help, Koyomi was able to negotiate with each hunter and battle each 1 on 1 for the limbs. He fought Dramaturgy, the vampire slaying vampire, Episode, the half-vampire, and Guillotine Cutter, the human priest that aims to destroy all unholy oddities. Through out these battles, his relationship with Hanekawa grows, despite attempting to rudely push her away to prevent her from getting harmed. She ultimately gets wrapped into the fights, causing him to save her. His apply of vampire powers also escalates with each battle.

In one case he succeeds in obtaining the stolen limbs (and the heart, secretly stolen past and existence kept past Oshino), Buss-shot returns to her original form. The two chit-chat for a while and get along quite nicely. Before Kiss-shot reveals how she'll turn him dorsum into a human, Koyomi goes on a trip to the store to get some snacks. Upon his render, he walks in on her savagely eating Guillotine Cutter. Shocked and outraged, Koyomi runs away and contemplates suicide for reviving a monster that eats people. Hanekawa convinces him to live and encourages him to slay Buss-shot himself before someone else could be eaten. She nearly allows him to touch her breasts as means to "gear up him for the fight," merely he changes his mind at the concluding minute, realizing that it'south not something "friends" were ordinarily supposed to do.

He battles Osculation-shot with the intent to kill her. The fight ultimately seems pointless, every bit the two regenerate at extremely rapid rates, healing all seemingly fatal wounds about instantaneously. Through this fight, her true intentions are revealed. Subsequently sucking her blood to the brink of death, Kiss shot admits she planned on having Koyomi kill her. That way, she could finally find a proper way to dice and let a minion of hers to plough dorsum into a human, as the expiry of the primary causes the retainer vampire to regain humanity. This would relieve her of her guilt regarding her kickoff minion, in which she was unwilling to relieve long ago. Instead, after having her program revealed, Koyomi rejects it as he doesn't desire to kill her.

With the aid of Meme Oshino, he finds a compromise that leaves no i's wishes granted. Instead of killing her completely, he would get her to the brink of death, weakening her power, making him equally close to human equally possible. In return, she'd be so weak that she wouldn't even exist able to have the same name anymore, nor hunger for humans. In gild to proceed her alive, Koyomi would occasionally feed her his blood. This programme goes through. The now unnamed vampire holds a grudge and refuses to speak. At the aforementioned fourth dimension, Koyomi's relationship with Tsubasa seems to be head in a positive direction, as they end up in the same class.

Koyomi Rock

This section contains content from Koyomimonogatari.
Hanekawa tells Koyomi about a rock statue that appeared to to be worshiped on the campus of Naoetsu Private Loftier School. She had never seen the shrine when she first starting going to the school there, meaning it had to be placed recently. She suggests he should tell Oshino about it to repay some of his debt from spring break, as it seems similar an odd occurrence that would relate to him.

Koyomi goes to Oshino and tells him most the stone but he questions him whether it was an oddity or non. He asks Koyomi for a sketch. After cartoon, Koyomi begins feeling similar he's seen the stone before. Oshino tells him not to worry and that the rock isn't an oddity. He suggests Tsubasa should check the schoolhouse's curriculum, and possibly he'd understand.

Back at schoolhouse, Hanekawa explains to Koyomi that the school offers woodworking classes to the first yr students, and the misshapen wooden house was a likely a class projection that was put in the flowerbed with the stone to avoid throwing information technology away. Koyomi afterwards destroys the shrine, having realized that it was his ain project he'd made two years ago, and had attempted to go rid of past making information technology a "shrine" for the stone. Upon further inspection, he finds that the stone turned out to only be a slice of concrete.

Tsubasa Family

This section contains content from Nekomonogatari.

During Golden Week, Koyomi has been overwhelmed past an unexplainable feeling he get whenever he sees Tsubasa. Not certain what else to do, he asks his sisters about the situation. Tsukihi thinks that he's falling in love, but needs to distinguish truthful love from sexual frustration first. The two come to the conclusion that he's just sexually frustrated and what he'due south feeling isn't love after all. On the other mitt, Karen thinks that his view of Tsubasa is understandable, and doesn't seem to differentiate honey with lust.

Koyomi shortly meets Tsubasa by chance and they accept a quick stroll. Hither, he finds out that Tsubasa was hit by her father that morning, and her cheek was covered by bandages because of that. She makes him promise not to tell anyone before he decides to aid her past using his vampire claret to heal the wound on her cheek. Afterwards, Koyomi and Tsubasa see a dead cat lying on the road, and Koyomi goes with her as she buries the cat nearby. Later that day, Tsubasa transforms into a girl with feline traits and silvery hair for the first time and attacks him.

Worried about Tsubasa'due south condition, he asks for Meme's help. Meme tries to subdue Tsubasa in her new form, only was unable to defeat her using non-lethal tactics even after twenty attempts. Koyomi so decides to deal with Tsubasa by himself. In his need to borrow the nameless vampire'southward oddity-killing sword: Kokorowatari, he pleaded to her for days. Eventually, he managed to make her lend the sword to him.

Soon, he curtained the sword in his body and lured Tsubasa into coming to the ruins of Eikou Cram School. At that place, he finds out that Tsubasa has a degree of control over the sawarineko that apparently "possessed" her, and that her actions as the oddity were fuelled by her ain thoughts. Enraged past this, Tsubasa attacks Koyomi and splits him in two, and ends upwardly being injured by the Kokorowatari. Notwithstanding, Koyomi is shocked as the sawarineko loses control of itself, risking Tsubasa's identity in the process.

Koyomi was later rescued past the vampire girl, who was disappointed in seeing him employ the sword in such a wrong mode. Later swallowing the sword, she bites Tsubasa, suppressing the oddity inside her. Koyomi later makes a complete recovery after the vampire uses her presence to heave Koyomi'due south regenerative abilities.

After the events during Golden Week, Koyomi gives up on his feelings towards Tsubasa, but remains adept friends with her.

Hitagi Crab

This section contains content from Bakemonogatari.
Koyomi meets the quiet Hitagi Senjougahara by adventure when she falls downward the school's screw staircase. In that location, he discovers that she weighs shut to nix. He later talks about the incident to his friend and class representative, Tsubasa Hanekawa, while in the middle of their brainstorming for the upcoming schoolhouse festival. Unknown to him, Senjougahara overheard the conversation.

Hitagi confronts Koyomi near discovering her hush-hush condition and asks him to go on quiet nearly it and to ignore her presence, leaving behind a piece of staple wire driven to his cheek as a threat if he breaks his hope. In spite of this, Araragi approaches Hitagi minutes afterward, showing that the wound he got from her attack had amazingly already healed. He tells her he knows someone that might be able to help her render to normal.

Koyomi takes Hitagi by bicycle to Meme Oshino at Eikou Cram Schoolhouse. Oshino welcomes them and explains how he'southward given the former Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Middle-Under-Blade a new proper noun: Shinobu Oshino. Koyomi tells Meme most Hitagi'southward situation. Afterward finding out that a supernatural entity called a "weight-crab" caused Hitagi's loss of mass, Meme agrees to assist, although reminding Hitagi that simply she tin can help herself overcome her condition.^[1]

At midnight, Koyomi joins Hitagi on the anniversary that was designed to allow communication betwixt Hitagi and the oddity that stole her weight. Initially, the ceremony went smoothly as planned, only the weight-crab that manifested of a sudden attacks Hitagi. Fortunately, Meme is able to subdue the oddity enough for Hitagi to voice out her request. The weight-crab leaves soon subsequently, curing Hitagi's status at the cost of remembering her painful memories with her family. Hitagi so declares her friendship with Koyomi. Koyomi would later go a victim of the weight-crab, although it was evident that the oddity left nearly immediately.^[two]

Mayoi Mai Mai (Snail)

On Mother'southward Day, Koyomi plans to spend the mean solar day at the park after having an argument with his younger sis Karen. He is shortly joined past Hitagi, who sports a new attire, and accompanies Koyomi at the park. They presently talk nigh Hitagi'due south determination to pay dorsum her debt from Koyomi and his problems at home.

Koyomi sees Hachikuji for the outset fourth dimension

Koyomi'southward attention soon shifts to a young girl who appears to be looking for directions. The girl, named Mayoi, repeatedly rejects Koyomi's friendly gestures, and then he eventually loses his temper and a fight bankrupt out between the two; unsurprisingly, Koyomi won. He then takes the chance to look at the slip of paper which has an address on it and, after asking Hitagi'due south assistance to go to where the address is, takes Mayoi forth with them. She doesn't like Hitagi.

Koyomi discovers that he and Hitagi are unable to locate the address Mayoi provided, and so they ask help from Meme through a personal visit by Hitagi. While Koyomi waits, he talks to Mayoi and when he tries to touch her, she bites him. He has to dial her and knocks her out (again) so she releases his hand which is bleeding. Tsubasa Hanekawa passes by, sees Koyomi, and meets Mayoi, who dislikes her, too. Tsubasa find Mayoi and then beautiful that she would "gobble her up". Just Tsubasa scolds her for bitter Koyomi's hand, knocks her caput once, and demands an apology. Mayoi apologizes to Koyomi. And then Tsubasa besides scolds Koyomi for hitting a child without explaining why and then the child can understand what she did was wrong.

Tsubasa asks if Mayoi lives nearby, and Koyomi explains that she is lost, just he sent Hitagi to get someone. She comments about his request information on Hitagi, but she leaves that solitary and leaves, instructing him to tell Hitagi that she said "Hi".

Koyomi receives a telephone call from Hitagi'southward cellphone, simply Meme Oshino is making the call. He talks nearly the new apparitions, and how Koyomi gets involved with them. Meme gets interrupted when he gets a threat from Hitagi and her stapler. Meme will requite Hitagi the instructions of how to handle this new apparition, which is a ghost or a "lost cow". Then Meme hangs upwardly.

While Koyomi waits once again, he confesses to Mayoi that he doesn't get forth with his parents since he started high school, and his mother said that with his attitude he volition always exist a child who can never grow upwardly. Mayoi mispronounces Koyomi's last name quite a few times. Koyomi reveals some of his issues to Mayoi, and she reveals her parents breaking up and her fear of forgetting her mother to him

Hitagi returns, detects the odour of another woman's shampoo (Tsubasa), apologizes and confesses that she cannot see Mayoi. Mayoi tells Koyomi her story and how she got lost while searching for her mother. Koyomi tells Hitagi that getting Mayoi to her mother is his duty. Hitagi reveals that she understands why Koyomi will help Mayoi because he is kind and volition rescue anyone. She then, without warning, declares that she loves him in English language.

Hitagi helps Koyomi notice the address with a pull a fast one on she learned from Meme. They walk in a different direction and end at an empty lot due to rezoning. Mayoi cries "I'thou home!" and disappears.

Hitagi ask Koyomi his answer, since she wanted him to express his feelings first. She enjoys talking with him and wants to talk with him more than. He requests ane condition or promise: pretend to see matter that she really can't see or pretend not to meet things that you actually can - there volition be none of that from at present on. If they don't agree on something, then they will sit down down and talk about it. She agrees, and they kickoff to exit. She grabs his hand and asks him to put into words their new relationship. He answers "Senjougahara Fascination", and she smiles.

Next morning, Koyomi sees Mayoi over again and wonders why. She explains that she graduated from a "haunting spirit" to a "wandering spirit" and she will exist wandering effectually the area for a while. She asks him to say "Howdy" to her whenever he sees her.

Suruga Monkey

Koyomi meets Suruga Kanbaru in a chance run across, where they introduce each other. Suruga is shocked to discover out that Koyomi knows and is dating Hitagi, her senior. Later that night, Koyomi lies to Hitagi well-nigh his activity and is assaulted by a hooded figure, and is afterwards constitute and scolded by Hitagi. Afterward conferring with Oshino on the affair, it is revealed that Suruga is under the influence of a demon, whose artifact she and her mother mistook for a Monkey's Paw. Koyomi decides to break the contract between the demon and Suruga before her 3rd wish (her first two having to do with people she took to be the source of her problems, including Koyomi) by rendering the intent to impale Koyomi void. Hitagi catches wind of this and intervenes at the last second as Koyomi is mercilessly pummeled by the demon-driven Suruga. Suruga is hesitant on attacking Hitagi and the demon's concord on her breaks.

Nadeko Serpent

After a reunion with his childhood acquaintance, Nadeko Sengoku, at N Shirahebi Shrine after several years, Koyomi finds out that she has been cursed with a excruciating snake curse from one of her classmates. Koyomi seeks Meme's help in order to dispel the curse from Nadeko and gets Suruga Kanbaru'south assistance in carrying out the ritual. However, the ritual involves reversing the curse dorsum to its original caster to which Koyomi impulsively reacts desperately to until Suruga reminds him of who he wants to save in the first place. The curse is so reversed and Nadeko is released from information technology.

Tsubasa Cat

Koyomi is preparing for the schoolhouse's culture festival until he was greeted by Nadeko who wanted to thank him from beingness free of the Jagirinawa's curse. He then asks her on how long she was waiting for him. Nadeko had waited for Koyomi for iv hours in her middle school's compatible and she had to apologize to him for being stupid. Nadeko and then requests Koyomi to bring back the volleyball shorts and school swimsuit to Suruga after she had used in the ritual. Koyomi did not hesitate to Nadeko's request at all. 1 moment later the two of them were caught by Tsubasa Hanekawa.

After Nadeko hurriedly left Koyomi and Tsubasa behind, Koyomi referred Nadeko every bit his little sister'southward friend to Tsubasa. Tsubasa asks what happened to Nadeko's aberration with a worried look. When Koyomi said that it was solved with Oshino's help again, she was relieved.

Exclusive to the novel, Koyomi was in a blitz to get the classroom's keys that involves Hitagi Senjougahara. Tsubasa points out to Koyomi that she has been hearing rumors about him beingness a bad influence to Senjougahara. She likewise brings up other rumors involving other girls also to the betoken that Tsubasa thinks Koyomi is a ladies' human being. Tsubasa denied the rumors and claims that she has not ever lied in her life. She then supports Koyomi to stand with Senjougahara in getting over her affliction.

Halfway through their conversation, Tsubasa suddenly had a headache and she said she was fine. Koyomi sees her telling a lie and he wanted her to go to the school nurse. Tsubasa declined his offer and decided to get home and written report to let the pain slide. At the terminate of their talk, Tsubasa wanted Koyomi to put the volleyball shorts and schoolhouse swimsuit away since Koyomi was holding them similar it was treasure.

Karen Bee

This department contains content from Nisemonogatari.
At the commencement of summertime holiday, Koyomi undergoes tutoring from Tsubasa and Hitagi. During this time, his sisters accept noticed that he had stopped physically fighting them, unaware that this is to preclude killing them as a result of his lingering vampire powers. He later discusses his plans about his secret as a vampire from Mayoi, before heading to Nadeko in a promised visit to her house.

Koyomi and Kaiki see for the offset time

Later beingness kicked out of Nadeko'south and paying a visit to Suruga Kanbaru's, Koyomi meets a mysterious figure who introduces himself every bit Deishuu Kaiki. Afterward when he tells Hitagi of this, she knocks him out and imprisons him for his own safety. Koyomi learns from Hitagi that Kaiki is the conman who deceived her mother. Koyomi breaks free when he after gets a text from his sister request for help. Withal, Hitagi only lets him leave when she gets a phone call from Tsubasa.

Koyomi finds Karen in a feverish state and eventually learns that Kaiki inflicted her with poisonous substance from a supernatural bee during a confrontation with him. He is told by Shinobu Oshino, who he learns is really quite talkative, that he must drain the toxicant from her. He manages to drain half of it, diminishing her fever somewhat.

Koyomi is told by Hitagi that she has planned a meeting with Kaiki and convinces her not to face up him without him beingness at that place. He later returns home to find that Karen has left to once again come across up with Kaiki. With Shinobu's aid he finds her simply a serious battle ensues between them. All the same, he manages to convince Karen that her sense of justice is wrong and to let him deal with Kaiki instead. He and Hitagi later face up Kaiki who has already decided to go out the city and assures Koyomi that Karen will recover in a matter of days. Hitagi lets off the years of pain she had harbored against him and allows him to leave unscathed.

Tsukihi Phoenix

During this time, Koyomi starts finding himself in more lecherous positions with his sisters. For example, when he and Karen play a game where Koyomi brushes her teeth the two are caught up in the moment and aroused by it. It even reaches to the point where Karen even gives her brother consent to grope her. He doesn't due to Tsukihi walking in on them. He also strips Tsukihi, only it is presently revealed that this was due to his daze in finding that her scars had completely disappeared. However, he does grope her, claiming that he only wanted to run into what her breasts felt like. Afterward on, due to sure circumstances he kisses Tsukihi and confirms he felt aught from information technology. He then proceeds to put his life on the line for her, subsequently taking a beating worse than even the fourth dimension he fought Kanbaru.

Mayoi Jiangshi

This section contains content from Kabukimonogatari.
Koyomi reminisces his conversation with Ougi Oshino nigh road safe. Subsequently, Koyomi looks for Mayoi to return her backpack that she left at his house. During his search, he meets Yotsugi Ononoki and he spends some time in a chat with her for a while with Mayoi as one of their topics. After being unsuccessful in finding Mayoi, Koyomi returns to his firm. Shinobu reminds him that he just has a few hours left to finish his summer homework. Hearing this, Koyomi panics and asks Shinobu to give him a fourth dimension automobile to travel to the mean solar day before.^[3]

Although Shinobu reprimands him for being excessively dependent on her powers, she brings him to Kita-Shirahebi Shrine and uses the residual energy within the complex to create a portal to the past.^[3] To Koyomi's stupor, he and Shinobu are mistakenly brought by the portal to May 13, eleven years into the past, the day earlier the accident that claimed Mayoi Hachikuji's life. Koyomi decides to save Mayoi using this opportunity. With some help from Shinobu, they are able to track down Mayoi and forbid the vehicular accident that killed her before helping Mayoi in reaching the Tsunade Residence, where her mother is living.^[4]

Shinobu and Koyomi return to the Kita-Shirahebi Shrine and Shinobu creates another portal to the present time. Upon their return, notwithstanding, they stumble upon a ruined landscape.^[4] Koyomi somewhen pieces downwardly the clues to determine that they are in a mail-apocalyptic scenario. Shinobu afterward clarifies that the end of the earth was indirectly caused past Koyomi's rescue of Mayoi, preventing Koyomi from finding Shinobu and bringing her to end the world, especially with Koyomi eventually dying in the hands of Black Hanekawa. Although stricken with guilt, Shinobu is cheered up by Koyomi, who prioritizes their survival for the meantime. Equally a result, Shinobu regains her vampire powers and, as Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Bract spreads her influence past turning mankind into incomplete vampires that resemble zombies before attempting to impale herself through self-immolation.^[5]

In an attempt to notice survivors, Koyomi scavenges fireworks and makes a makeshift summertime festival with Shinobu.^[5] Later, they alert their presence to the zombies but are saved past a girl who Koyomi later discovers is Mayoi Hachikuji, now a 21-year-one-time survivor. After Mayoi finds out that he is Koyomi Araragi, she hands over a letter addressed to him by none other that Meme Oshino. Afterwards reading Meme's letter of the alphabet, Koyomi decides to part ways with Mayoi and focus more on stopping Osculation-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade.^[6]

Shinobu and Koyomi face Buss-Shot in Kita-Shirahebi Shrine, armed with replicas of the Kokorowatari. Nevertheless, although Kiss-Shot appears in her injured country, she did not plough aggressive towards them. Instead, she shows self-pity for bringing herself to such a scenario, and chooses to sacrifice her free energy to Shinobu in lodge to create a portal to the proper nowadays time.

The ii eventually return to August 21 of the present time. With Koyomi belatedly for class with undone homework, he heads dorsum home with Mayoi tagging along after looking for him.^[6]

Shinobu Time

This section contains content from Onimonogatari.
On their fashion back to the Araragi Residence to retrieve Mayoi'south backpack, both Mayoi and Koyomi suddenly finds an unseen entity pursuing them. The hunt somewhen brings them to Yotsugi, who agrees to help them despite having a job herself. Yotsugi brings them to Eikou Cram School, and leaves them at that place momentarily, long enough for Shinobu to tell the story of how she created her first minion in hopes that it would help place their most recent threat. Yotsugi eventually returns to back-trail Koyomi, Mayoi and Shinobu, although the sudden reappearance of the entity later chosen "The Darkness" separates Shinobu from Koyomi.

Although Koyomi is worried nearly Shinobu's safety, Yotsugi pushes him to focus on looking for Izuko Gaen, who tin help them in dealing with "The Darkness." As they attain Gaen, she requests Koyomi perform a chore for her later that nighttime with Suruga Kanbaru in exchange that she explains what's going on. He agrees, and she reveals that "The Darkness" is targeting Mayoi because of her denying to pass on and not post-obit her role as a lost snail oddity. Koyomi refuses to permit Mayoi be consumed, and is even willing to stay lost with Mayoi. Only, Mayoi denies his offer, and considers leaving the right thing to do.

Shinobu Mail

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Koyomi meets Suruga Kanbaru later that nighttime in Eikou Cram School as promised. Soon later her arrival, a existence in suited armor arrives requesting the Kokorowatari exist returned to him. Afterwards a brief skirmish with Kanbaru, the edifice starts on fire, unknowingly as a result of Kako burning it. The being leaves the two in the burning fire as their fate seems grim. Yotsugi Ononoki comes to save them, extinguishing the burn with her Unlimited Rulebook power.

Later on Yotsugi places a "specialist mark" on his face with her pes without him realizing it in guild to proceed him condom, he and Suruga head to look for Gaen. The ii confront familiar struggles to that of quondam oddities such as the lost snail and a non-oddity that takes the form of a heavy stone crab, Rainy Devil, and Jagirinawa hybrid earlier finding Shinobu Oshino at Namishiro Park.

The group finally meets Gaen at North Shirahebi Shrine, where she explains that Shinobu's first minion, unknowingly to Koyomi named Seishirou Shishirui, has returned after being unable to die due to his immortality. He came back not merely to claim his sword back, but to be by Shinobu's side once again. Shinobu is in deprival about the state of affairs and refuses to see him. In society to settle their problems, Seishirou requests a duel exist held, with the winner getting to be with Shinobu.

When well-nigh to confront the first 1, he receives a text from Tsubasa that shows a moving picture of her sticking her natural language out. This alerts Koyomi of the situation she and Hitagi are currently in, every bit Tsubasa is about to defend Tamikura-sou from Kako before it can burn the edifice downward and impale Hitagi and her male parent. He considers abandoning the duel in social club to save them, only decides to stay under his trust that she can handle herself.

The duel commences. Seishirou manages to become the sword first, but Koyomi places a tailsman on him the moment he comes into contact with him. This causes him to cook and hardly stay together. Shinobu arrives to eat his remains entirely, completing his suicide while apologizing for beingness so stubborn against against him.

Tsubasa Tiger

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Koyomi subsequently his duel with Shishirou

When Tsubasa was well-nigh to be killed on the railroad near Hitagi'south house by Kako, Koyomi came out of nowhere in tattered wearing apparel subsequently completing the duel with Seishirou Shishirui. He bandage Shinobu's sword, Kokorowatari, into the back of Kako's neck from a distance, thereby ending the tiger's peppery rampage with ane fatal strike. Earlier the tiger's imminent death, he asks Tsubasa if she wanted to absorb it into her body. After reassuring Tsubasa that she is herself with or without the tiger, Koyomi declined her confession of honey. Koyomi would remain by her side, comforting Tsubasa.

Ougi Formula

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Sodachi Riddle

Sodachi Lost

Nadeko Medusa

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During late October, Koyomi is given a talisman by Izuko Gaen to sentinel over for the meantime. Meanwhile, Nadeko begins suffering from seeing hallucinations of white snakes, something that she tries to go along a undercover from Koyomi. Somewhen, an entity called Kuchinawa makes contact with Nadeko, and Nadeko is given a mission to remember the snake-like entity'south body, which eventually brings Nadeko to Koyomi's chamber. This first visit to Koyomi'south bedroom allows Nadeko to talk to Tsukihi again, as well as lose her forelocks for the first time.

Koyomi eventually sees Nadeko in the human activity of taking Izuko'southward talisman after she sneaked into the firm for a 2d visit. Because of a misunderstanding with Koyomi and some harsh words from Shinobu Oshino, Nadeko is brought to swallow the talisman, transforming her into a snake god. Both Koyomi and Shinobu face her at the shrine just are are brought close to death by Nadeko's attacks. Hitagi interrupts and manages to enter a deal with Nadeko, asking her to wait until graduation twenty-four hour period until she could verbal her revenge.

Hitagi Finish

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Koyomi spends much of his time studying for his higher exams. He does occasionally visit Nadeko, at present the local god of Kita-Shirahebi Shrine, but every visit always ends upward with him coming dwelling house gravely injured by Nadeko. Without Koyomi knowing about information technology, Hitagi has asked the assistance of Deishuu Kaiki to deceive Nadeko and allow her and Koyomi to live past their graduation twenty-four hour period.

He appears at what he thought was another visit to the shrine, later on Nadeko has been "tricked" by Kaiki into reverting dorsum to a man and discovering other aspects in life other than her unrequited love. Here, Koyomi expresses his guilt for not being able to assist Nadeko fifty-fifty with his powerlessness to save her and rejectedly learns from Kaiki of his harmful existence to Nadeko. Following Deishuu's communication, Koyomi chooses to go on out of her life from then on.

Yotsugi Doll

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Koyomi wakes one morning to find he no longer has a reflection in the mirror. Worried that he might be turning back into a total vampire, he contacts Ononoki Yotsugi and Yozuru Kagenui for help. The two detect he is in fact turning back into a vampire due to his excessive reliance on regeneration powers granted to him through feeding Shinobu Oshino his blood in lodge to survive unsafe situations.

They conclude past stating that the damage cannot be undone. He can all the same feed Shinobu, but otherwise all he tin can practise is avoid using his powers in society to stay as human as possible, otherwise they'd have to kill him if he became a full fledged vampire again. While coming to terms with these implications, Kagenui receives a phone call notifying that Kanbaru and his sisters were being held captive by a rouge oddity specialist named Tadatsuru Teori. On his way to rescue them with Ononoki and Shinobu, he runs into Ougi Oshino and has a quick chat with her. Upon her exit, Ononoki comments on the possibility of her existence the "concluding dominate" who called Tadatsuru to the town in the first place.

Koyomi confronts Tadatsuru, as he comments on the fact that he feels similar he'southward just "playing a part" and that things are falling into place too well. Before he could explain himself much farther, Ononoki kills him with Unlimited Rulebook.

From then on, Ononoki is ordered to live in the Araragi Residence, pretending to be a doll, in order to protect Koyomi from intimidate danger. He remains without a reflection.

Koyomi Nothing

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Koyomi challenges Kagenui to a fight at the North Shirahebi Shrine to railroad train without using his vampiric skills when a difficult situation comes up again. This makes Kagenui giving him a alert when he learns something from her, he will die before actually learning it. Kagenui states her true purpose for sending Yotsugi Ononoki in his business firm to practice anything without being bothered by oddities. Koyomi asks a series of questions virtually her private life and the relationship with Ononoki who simply addresses Kagenui as big sister. To know their relationship, Kagenui wants to continue the fight with him landing but one shot to her to reveal Ononoki's true identity.

Koyomi desperately tries to go advice from Karen Araragi and he even persuaded her to fondle her breasts anytime she wanted to. Karen told him that it is impossible to practice so since he was refused indirectly for asking a sensitive question.

What he did instead was making a false victory again like when he did back in summertime pause. This time however, he borrowed Shinobu'south ability in materializing thing to make a pistol and then he can land the shot. When he went back to the shrine, Kagenui all of a sudden went missing.

Koyomi Dead

Near a calendar month had passed, Koyomi goes to the shrine every morn fifty-fifty at the 24-hour interval of his higher entrance exam. At the shrine, he meets a serious Izuko Gaen who knows Kagenui'southward disappearance. With her gone, Yotsugi is no longer a threat to any incoming conflict. Due to the events happening around town, spiritual instability is occurring because Koyomi was non able to handle the piece of work entrusted from Gaen. It is that Koyomi can act on his ain except the "other side" will do the same. To prevent further damage, Gaen kills him with the real Kokorowatari to prevent that "someone" from making its move.

At the moment he regained consciousness, he somehow reunites with Mayoi Hachikuji again for a long period of time. When he looked effectually, they were no longer at the shrine when in fact they are at Avici Hell.

Mayoi Hell

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After being killed, Araragi thinks about how how he ended upwards in this situation before speaking to Hachikuji. He learns that the reason why he went to Hell is considering he saved a vampire, Osculation-shot, which is considered one of the worst crimes.

Hachikuji takes Araragi to run across someone, with him realizing that even if he chose non to assist his friends, another person would take helped them somewhen. However, Araragi realizes that despite knowing this, he would still take chosen to help those people if he could redo his by. They arrive at a identify that appears to be the Kitashirahebi Shrine, with Tadatsuru Teori waiting for them in that location. Teori explains to Araragi that he has been killed with Kokorogatari, and plans to resurrect Araragi with Yumewatari, while Teori takes out his vampire traits. This way, Araragi will revive as a total man. A rope comes downwardly from the heaven, which Gaen has dropped it down to Hell in order to bring Araragi back to life. As Araragi is existence pulled dorsum upward, he instinctively grabs Hachikuji, dragging her back up too. Before they leave Hell, Teori reveals to Araragi that the "enemy" they are fighting against is Oshino Ougi.

Araragi is ressurected as a full man back at the shrine to witness Shinobu in her full Kiss-shot class virtually to kill Gaen. When she is certain Araragi is safe, Shinobu releases Gaen. Gaen is shocked that Araragi brought Hachikuji with him, just she is also glad that he did. Araragi realizes that less than two minutes have passed since he was sent to Hell, so he departs to school for the higher entrance exam.

Hitagi Rendezvous

Araragi finishes his entrance exam and goes habitation to find Senjougahara waiting for him outside his house. Senjougahara wants to continue a major engagement with him as it is close to White Day, a Japanese holiday occurring 1 month after Valentine's Twenty-four hours. Araragi agrees and the next day, goes to Senjougahara's home for the date. They visit a planetarium, a scientific discipline museum, play bowling, take afternoon tea, and sing karaoke. Araragi carries (bridal bear) Senjougahara to her car afterward winning her challenge at karaoke. While they are heading home, Araragi apologizes to Senjougahara for not preparing any gifts for her on White 24-hour interval. Senjougahara reveals she wants Araragi to call her by her given proper noun, Hitagi, for the residual of his life. Araragi happily agrees to telephone call her Hitagi, and Senjougahara begins calling him "Koyomi" in return.

Araragi walks dwelling house to notice Ougi waiting exterior his firm. Ougi asks him about everything that has happened to him lately and ends the conversation by asking Araragi if he will exist on her side and aid her.

Ougi Dark

Koyomi Contrary

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Suruga Devil

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After graduating from Naoetsu Individual High School, Koyomi received a yellow motorcar as a graduation nowadays from his parents and has but recently received his driver's license. While driving effectually boondocks, he stumbles upon Suruga lying in the middle of a rural crossroad and gave her a ride in his car. Here, the two friends talk about his motorcar, too as Suruga'south dilemma regarding Rouka Numachi, a former acquaintance of Suruga's from middle school. Koyomi's advice motivates Suruga in making the decision to face Rouka again.

The twenty-four hour period after Rouka's last match against Suruga, Koyomi is invited past Suruga to the Kanbaru Residence to have Suruga'south hair cut back to the brusk one she sported during his first meeting with her. Koyomi also agrees to ask help from his younger sister Tsukihi to locate Rouka'south grave.

Zenka Mermaid

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Koyomi, at present 23 years old, joins the Hearsay Department established by Izuko Gaen every bit a police officier to help with oddity-related cases.

Koyomi and a half mermaid named Zenka Suo investigate a drowning case at a river. He goes swimming in the river without incident and asks Shinobu for advice, who tells him that the attacks will continue until he deals with the oddity causing them. He learns that the "culprit" is the soul of the very outset drowning victim. The oddity'south ability prevents Araragi from diving into the river to help, so he has Suou use one of her innate mermaid abilities, the "Mermaid's Song". Koyomi is able to grab onto the boy's soul's 'hand' and pull him to safety, resolving the incident.

Nozomi Golem

Mitome Wolf

Tsuzura Man

Shinobu Mastered

Catchphrases / Running Gags

"Making friends would lower my integrity as a man."
"And now for the epilogue or punch line for this episode."
Gag with Mayoi Hachikuji
- "It's Araragi!"
- "No, you did it deliberately."
- "Information technology wasn't on purpose?!"

Appears In

Main Series

Bakemonogatari
Kizumonogatari
Nisemonogatari
Nekomonogatari
Kabukimonogatari
Hanamonogatari
Otorimonogatari
Onimonogatari
Koimonogatari
Tsukimonogatari
Koyomimonogatari
Owarimonogatari
Zoku Owarimonogatari
Orokamonogatari
Wazamonogatari
Nademonogatari
Musubimonogatari
Shinobumonogatari
Yoimonogatari
Amarimonogatari
Ougimonogatari
Shinomonogatari

Short Stories

Bakemonogatari Anime Consummate Guidebook
Nisemonogatari Anime Complete Guidebook
Yomiuri Shimbun
Onimonogatari BD/DVD
Bakemonogatari (Introduction)
Anime Monogatari Series Heroine Volume ii: Mayoi
Anime Monogatari Series Heroine Book seven: Fire Sisters
Madogatari Exhibition pamphlet

Manga

Seishun Kijinden! Nishio Gakuen
Bakemonogatari (manga)

Other

Hyakumonogatari
Bakemonogatari Portable
Magica Quartet ten Nisioisin
Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku 10 Monogatari
Mazemonogatari
Kizumonogatari VR

Trivia

While Koyomi is not depicted in the light novels' illustrations, he was still designed by VOFAN. It was previously believed that Akio Watanabe, who supervises the character designs for the anime series, was responsible for his blueprint, only VOFAN later corrected this on Twitter by showing his illustration that predated the anime serial.^[7]
The kanji for his given proper name (暦 koyomi) means agenda. Likely to reference the wordplay, the Koyomimonogatari app that distributed the anime adaptation of the same name features calendars.
While there is no directly or canonical narrative reason for his hair being slightly unlike in Kizumonogatari, it could likely exist meant to represent his deviation in personality in the story. Theoretically, he could have started covering his left middle instead of his correct after the events of Koyomi Vamp had inverse him.
It seems he even so has vampire fangs although it's not shown much. The fangs are visible in Episode i of Bakemonogatari when he's about to pull a staple from his mouth.
Later in the series when the two come to terms with each other, Shinobu Oshino normally refers to him as "Omae-sama," meaning "you lot" with the -sama suffix used for farthermost formality. In old Japanese when she start visited Nippon, the word "omae" was formal, only it at present is considered rude, making Omae-sama sound somewhat ironic, likely by her intentions.
Koyomi has a fetish for short-haired girls; a fact that caused Tsubasa and Hitagi to alter their hairstyles during summertime vacation. While probable non necessarily related to his fetish, well-nigh all heroine characters besides Mayoi are likewise depicted with short pilus at some betoken in the series. The alter in pilus mode is typically used equally means to display change and or growth in their character.
In early 2016, Koyomi won the 2d annual all-time guy voting contest on the subreddit r/anime^[8].

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References

↑ Bakemonogatari Episode 01: Hitagi Crab, Part one
↑ Bakemonogatari Episode 02: Hitagi Crab, Part 2
↑ ^iii.0 ^3.ane Second Season Episode 07: Mayoi Jiangshi, Function 1
↑ ^4.0 ^four.i 2d Season Episode 08: Mayoi Jiangshi, Role 2
↑ ^5.0 ^5.one 2nd Season Episode 09: Mayoi Jiangshi, Role iii
↑ ^6.0 ^six.1 2nd Flavour Episode ten: Mayoi Jiangshi, Role 4
↑ VOFAN Twitter
↑ /r/Anime Best Guy Contest 2

Navigation

5•e Characters of the Monogatari Series
Araragi Family	Koyomi Araragi • Karen Araragi • Tsukihi Araragi • Araragi Matriarch
Heroines	Hitagi Senjougahara • Mayoi Hachikuji • Suruga Kanbaru • Nadeko Sengoku • Tsubasa Hanekawa/Blackness Hanekawa • Shinobu Oshino • Sodachi Oikura • Ougi Oshino
Oddity Specialists	Meme Oshino • Deishuu Kaiki • Yozuru Kagenui • Yotsugi Ononoki • Izuko Gaen • Tadatsuru Teori • Seishirou Shishirui
Hearsay Police Department	Zenka Suo • Nozomi Kizashima • Mitome Saisaki • Tsuzura Kouga
Vampire Hunters	Dramaturgy • Episode • Guillotine Cutter
Other Characters	Hitagi's Male parent • Hitagi'due south Mother • Tsunade • Mayoi's Father • Tooe Gaen • Suruga's Father • Suruga'southward Grandmother • Nadeko's Parents • Tsubasa'southward Parents • Mizudori • Rousokuzawa • Seiu Higasa • Rouka Numachi • Sasayabu • Komichi Tetsujou • Deathtopia Virtuoso Suicide-Principal • Tropicalesque Home-A-Wave Domestic dog-Strings

v•e Oddities of the Monogatari Series
Types	Vampire • Sawarineko • Heavy Stone Crab • Lost Cow • Rainy Devil • Jagirinawa • Flame-Wreathe Bee • Shide no Tori • Tsukumogami • Slug Tofu
Oddity Inflicted Characters	Koyomi Araragi • Tsubasa Hanekawa • Hitagi Senjougahara • Suruga Kanbaru • Nadeko Sengoku • Karen Araragi
Oddity Characters	Shinobu Oshino • Mayoi Hachikuji • Black Hanekawa • Dramaturgy • Episode • Yotsugi Ononoki • Tsukihi Araragi • Ougi Oshino • Kako • Kuchinawa • Rouka Numachi • Seishirou Shishirui • Zenka Suo • Nozomi Kizashima • Mitome Saisaki • Deathtopia Virtuoso Suicide-Main • Tropicalesque Home-A-Moving ridge Domestic dog-Strings

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