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4.44 AVERAGE
4.44 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury
I remember this arc almost scene by scene from the anime— that's how much it impacted me when I first watched it. This book left me with similar feelings (though my awe was always going to be dampened by already being familiar with the story). This is a fantastic opener for the "second season" of the monogatari series and made me love Hanekawa as a character.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I've actually read nekomonogatari White two times and both times found myself really enjoying the author's writing style in the overall story.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Perhaps you are simply too pure — as white as innocence itself. You do not understand your own heartlessness , nor your cruelty (...) You are simply dim to the darkness. In that case... you are a failure as a living creature. - Senjougahara Hitagi
Written from Hanekawa's point of view, Nekomonogatari (White) takes a more intimate and compelling approach than the previous novels to build what is perhaps one of the best works by Nisio Isin. The Tsubasa Tiger arc tells us the story of a pure woman, a fake, a monster, and her relationship with her abusive family and the people around her.
Leaving behind the action oriented plots, in Nekomonogatari (White) not only Hanekawa but also the people who cross her path undergoes a remarkable evolution from their previous selves. It's not an exaggeration if we affirm that one of the greatest virtues of Nisio as a writer, and most likely the factor that distances him from fellow and generic authors, is his ability to create complex characters. I'm not mistaken when I state that Nekomonogatari (White) is where his prose takes a new level. The once aloof, detached and somewhat tsundere Senjougahara and the pure and unstable Hanekawa, through the brilliant scenes that depict their interactions, are now multilayered characters and reach a new and surprising level of humanity.
If Kizumonogatari is, at the end of the road, a story about how broken people can even in tragedy form bonds, and Nisemonogatari a tale about persons becoming fakes in order to exist, Nekomonogatari, while sticking to the previous premises, is a novel about how our flaws, that part that brings us closer to be failed creatures, allow us to embrace reality and get through our daily life. Being Hanekawa Tsubasa the embodiment of this, we understand that only by experiencing hatred, jealousy, envy, loneliness and getting hold of our flaws can we understand ourselves as human beings. Otherwise, as Hanekawa, we are nothing but monsters. Pure monsters.
Written from Hanekawa's point of view, Nekomonogatari (White) takes a more intimate and compelling approach than the previous novels to build what is perhaps one of the best works by Nisio Isin. The Tsubasa Tiger arc tells us the story of a pure woman, a fake, a monster, and her relationship with her abusive family and the people around her.
Leaving behind the action oriented plots, in Nekomonogatari (White) not only Hanekawa but also the people who cross her path undergoes a remarkable evolution from their previous selves. It's not an exaggeration if we affirm that one of the greatest virtues of Nisio as a writer, and most likely the factor that distances him from fellow and generic authors, is his ability to create complex characters. I'm not mistaken when I state that Nekomonogatari (White) is where his prose takes a new level. The once aloof, detached and somewhat tsundere Senjougahara and the pure and unstable Hanekawa, through the brilliant scenes that depict their interactions, are now multilayered characters and reach a new and surprising level of humanity.
If Kizumonogatari is, at the end of the road, a story about how broken people can even in tragedy form bonds, and Nisemonogatari a tale about persons becoming fakes in order to exist, Nekomonogatari, while sticking to the previous premises, is a novel about how our flaws, that part that brings us closer to be failed creatures, allow us to embrace reality and get through our daily life. Being Hanekawa Tsubasa the embodiment of this, we understand that only by experiencing hatred, jealousy, envy, loneliness and getting hold of our flaws can we understand ourselves as human beings. Otherwise, as Hanekawa, we are nothing but monsters. Pure monsters.