Monogatari Series Second Season

What is Monogatari Series Second Season about?

Monogatari Series Second Season is a TV anime series of 26 episodes animated by Shaft, adapted from a light novel. It aired from July 7, 2013 to December 29, 2013. AniList classifies it as comedy, drama, mystery and psychological.

Synopsis from AniList. The summary above it is written by FreeAnime.xyz from AniList's data.

Themes AniList users associate with it: Urban Fantasy, Coming of Age, Primarily Teen Cast, Ensemble Cast, Youkai, Philosophy, Primarily Female Cast, Achronological Order, Unrequited Love, Denpa.

Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

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  Koyomi Araragi 阿良々木暦

  Main character

  A third year high school student who is close to failing every class except math. He is a laid-back person whose only real friend at school is Tsubasa Hanekawa. Due to events prior to Kizumonogatari and Bakemonogatari, Koyomi avoided having friends and seemed to have lost faith and trust in people and himself.

  Japanese voice: Hiroshi Kamiya

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  Tsubasa Hanekawa 羽川翼

  Main character

  She styles her hair into two braids and ties them with a hair ribbon that has a cat design. She is always seen dressed in the uniform of Naoetsu Private High School, even outside of school days, and is rarely seen on any other type of clothing, except for a set of sleepwear which she wore during Tsubasa Cat Arc.

  Japanese voice: Yui Horie

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  Mayoi Hachikuji 八九寺真宵

  Main character

  Mayoi is a fifth-grade elementary school girl. She always carries a big backpack, wears a hairband, and sports ponytails.

  Japanese voice: Emiri Katou

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  Nadeko Sengoku 千石撫子

  Main character

  Nadeko, the main character of Nadeko Snake, is Tsukihi’s friend back in elementary school. She always wears a waist pouch, always casts her eyes downward, has her bangs covering her eyes, has a shy personality, and can be easily amused.

  Japanese voice: Kana Hanazawa

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  Shinobu Oshino 忍野忍

  Main character

  A girl who lives with Oshino Meme in an abandoned building. She loves donuts from the Mister Donut chain. At the beginning of Hitagi Crab, she was renamed "Shinobu" by Meme, who suggested that the name Shinobu (忍), comprised of a heart (心) under a blade (刃), matched her original persona.

  Japanese voice: Maaya Sakamoto

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  Hitagi Senjougahara 戦場ヶ原ひたぎ

  Main character

  Hitagi, the main female character, is a weak-looking girl with an "incurable disease". She is in the same class as Koyomi Araragi, but he has almost never heard her speak. When she was in the first year of high school, she encountered a mysterious crab, after which she became weightless.

  Japanese voice: Chiwa Saitou

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  Deishuu Kaiki 貝木泥舟

  Main character

  The white swindler who once deceived Hitagi and the cause of Nadeko's curse. Kaiki is a capable conman, able to deceive multiple people to get the results he wants, usually being money. On one occassion, he has used the alias 'Suzuki'.

  Japanese voice: Shinichirou Miki

Supporting characters

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  Suruga Kanbaru 神原駿河

  Supporting character

  Suruga, the main character of Suruga Monkey, is Koyomi's underclassman, ace of the school's basketball team and one of Hitagi's acquaintances from back in junior high school. Immediately after she entered senior high school, she became aware of Hitagi's secret and was threatened by her, just like Koyomi was.

  Japanese voice: Miyuki Sawashiro

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  Karen Araragi 阿良々木火憐

  Supporting character

  Karen, the main character of Karen Bee, is one of Koyomi's sisters. She is older than Tsukihi and always doing outdoor activities. Despite being younger, Karen is taller than Koyomi, much to Koyomi's dismay.

  Japanese voice: Eri Kitamura

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  Tsukihi Araragi 阿良々木月火

  Supporting character

  Tsukihi, the main character of Tsukihi Phoenix, is one of Koyomi's sisters. She's the youngest of Araragi family. Unlike her sister, Karen, she is always doing indoor activities.

  Japanese voice: Yuka Iguchi

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  Episode エピソード

  Supporting character

  A young vampire hunter who wields a giant cross as a weapon. He stole Kiss-Shot's left leg. Despite his physical appearance, he's only 6 years old. Episode often says, "Gotta love it," or, "That's hilarious," as a catchphrase.

  Japanese voice: Miyu Irino

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  Yotsugi Ononoki 斧乃木余接

  Supporting character

  Yotsugi Ononoki is an expressionless human corpse tsukumogami and the shikigami familiar of Yozuru Kagenui. Despite appearing almost entirely stoic, she still has hinted at feeling genuine emotion.

  Japanese voice: Saori Hayami

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  Yozuru Kagenui 影縫余弦

  Supporting character

  Yozuru was first introduced in Tsukihi Phoenix. She is an onmyouji and one of Meme's clubmates at the university. As a rule she imposed on herself, she's not allowed to step on the ground. Between the three kouhai during university she was the only one who graduated.

  Japanese voice: Ryouko Shiraishi

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  Izuko Gaen 臥煙伊豆湖

  Supporting character

  She is a young-looking woman who wears clothes that are too large for her. Izuko often boasts about her knowledge, coming off as somewhat arrogant.

  Japanese voice: Satsuki Yukino

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  Ougi Oshino 忍野扇

  Supporting character

  Ougi appears to be a girl with short black hair, black pupils, and pale white skin. She is a junior of Koyomi Araragi at Naoetsu Private High School. Ougi often talks to Koyomi about oddities, and helping him remember what he knows. Her catchphrase is, "I don't know anything, Araragi-senpai.

  Japanese voice: Kaori Mizuhashi

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  Kuchinawa クチナワ

  Supporting character

  The giant apparition snake whose voice Nadeko hears.

  Japanese voice: Youji Ueda

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  Kako 苛虎

  Supporting character

  One of the many tiger aberrations, though like no other. The Kako will burn buildings down, and only wishes for things to burn. The tiger even has a catchphrase, "I don't know everything, but everything burns."

  Japanese voice: Mitsuki Saiga

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  Araragi no Haha 阿良々木の母

  Supporting character

  The mother of Koyomi, Karen, and Tsukihi. She, along with her husband, have been cops for many years.

  Japanese voice: Ai Orikasa