History Creator / NisioIsin

** Some of his works feature this. In the ''[[Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}} Monogatari]]'' series, the heroines who are afflicted by [[spoiler:(or directly are)]] the aberrations (who generally take the shape of the animals they represent) have this in a subtle way, varying from simple visual puns (like Senjougahara's staplers resembling a crab's pincers or [[spoiler: the huge bagpack and the twintails of Hachikuji, who resembles the shell and the eyes of a snail]]) to puns related to the Japanese language (Hanekawa, whose animal motif is a cat, wears glasses [[spoiler: (at least until Nisemonogatari)]] and girls wearing them in Japan are usually referred to as Meganekko; with "neko", the Japanese word for cat, found in the word, it would pun out to "[[MegaNeko big cat]]" from a literal standpoint).
** Taken up to eleven in ''Literature/{{Katanagatari}}'' with the [[HighlyVisibleNinja Maniwa ninjas]] (who have ostentatious and ridiculous, but at the same time cool, costumes mimicking the animals whom they represent) and ''Literature/JuniTaisenZodiacWar'' (where the fighters representing the EasternZodiac dress in ways resembling the animal they symbolize).

* ''LightNovel/JoJosBizarreAdventureOverHeaven''
* ''LightNovel/JuniTaisenZodiacWar''

** Some of his works feature this. In the ''[[LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}} Monogatari]]'' series, the heroines who are afflicted by [[spoiler:(or directly are)]] the aberrations (who generally take the shape of the animals they represent) have this in a subtle way, varying from simple visual puns (like Senjougahara's staplers resembling a crab's pincers or [[spoiler: the huge bagpack and the twintails of Hachikuji, who resembles the shell and the eyes of a snail]]) to puns related to the Japanese language (Hanekawa, whose animal motif is a cat, wears glasses [[spoiler: (at least until Nisemonogatari)]] and girls wearing them in Japan are usually referred to as Meganekko; with "neko", the Japanese word for cat, found in the word, it would pun out to "[[MegaNeko big cat]]" from a literal standpoint).
** Taken up to eleven in ''LightNovel/{{Katanagatari}}'' with the [[HighlyVisibleNinja Maniwa ninjas]] (who have ostentatious and ridiculous, but at the same time cool, costumes mimicking the animals whom they represent) and ''LightNovel/JuniTaisenZodiacWar'' (where the fighters representing the EasternZodiac dress in ways resembling the animal they symbolize).

* ''Cipher Academy''

* ''[[Literature/AnotherNote Death Note: Another Note]]''

* ''Literature/AnotherNote''

* ''Ningen''

* ''Bokyaku Tantei''
* ''Literature/PrettyBoyDetectiveClub''

* ''Series/TheMemorandumOfKyokoOkitegami''

* ''LightNovel/PrettyBoyDetectiveClub''

'''Nisio Isin''' (born 1981), stylized as '''[=NisiOisiN=]''' to emphasize the palindrome, is a writer, best known for his work on the ''Literature/{{Zaregoto}}'' and ''[[LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}} Monogatari]]'' series.

* ''LightNovel/{{Katanagatari}}''

* ''LightNovel/AnotherNote''

* ''[[Manga/CoolShockBT Cool Shock Old B.T.]]''

* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}''

'''Nisio Isin''' (born 1981), stylized as '''[=NisiOisiN=]''' to emphasize the palindrome, is a writer, best known for his work on the ''LightNovel/{{Zaregoto}}'' and ''[[LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}} Monogatari]]'' series.

* ''LightNovel/{{Zaregoto}}''

* ''[[Manga/MagicBoyBT Cool Shock Old B.T.]]''

* AnimalMotifs: Some of his works feature this. In the ''[[LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}} Monogatari]]'' series, the heroines who are afflicted by [[spoiler:(or directly are)]] the aberrations (who generally take the shape of the animals they represent) have this in a subtle way, varying from simple visual puns (like Senjougahara's staplers resembling a crab's pincers or [[spoiler: the huge bagpack and the twintails of Hachikuji, who resembles the shell and the eyes of a snail]]) to puns related to the Japanese language (Hanekawa, whose animal motif is a cat, wears glasses [[spoiler: (at least until Nisemonogatari)]] and girls wearing them in Japan are usually referred to as Meganekko; with "neko", the Japanese word for cat, found in the word, it would pun out to "[[MegaNeko big cat]]" from a literal standpoint).
** Taken UpToEleven in ''LightNovel/{{Katanagatari}}'' with the [[HighlyVisibleNinja Maniwa ninjas]] (who have ostentatious and ridiculous, but at the same time cool, costumes mimicking the animals whom they represent) and ''LightNovel/JuniTaisenZodiacWar'' (where the fighters representing the EasternZodiac dress in ways resembling the animal they symbolize).

* AnimalMotifs: Some of his works feature this. In the ''[[LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}} Monogatari]]'' series, the heroines who are afflicted by [[spoiler:(or directly are)]] the aberrations (who generally take the shape of the animals they represent) have this in a subtle way, varying from simple visual puns (like Senjougahara's staplers resembling a crab's pincers or [[spoiler: the huge bagpack and the twintails of Hachikuji, who resembles the shell and the eyes of a snail]]) to puns related to the Japanese language (Hanekawa, whose animal motif is a cat, wears glasses [[spoiler: (at least until Nisemonogatari)]] and girls wearing them in Japan are usually referred to as {{Meganekko}}; with "neko", the Japanese word for cat, found in the word, it would pun out to "[[MegaNeko big cat]]" from a literal standpoint).

* ''Kyouko Okitegami''

** Taken UpToEleven in ''LightNovel/{{Katanagatari}}'' with the [[HighlyVisibleNinja Maniwa ninjas]] (who have ostentatious and ridiculous, but at the same cool, costumes mimicking the animals whom they represent) and ''LightNovel/JuniTaisenZodiacWar'' (where the fighters representing the EasternZodiac dress in ways resembling the animal they symbolize).

''Henshin Gambo!'' (one-shot)

* ''Okitegami''

* ''Cool Shock Old B.T.''

* ''[[LightNovel/PrettyBoyDetectiveClub Pretty Boy]]'' series

* ''[[Anime/PrettyBoyDetectiveClub Pretty Boy]]'' series

* ''Pretty Boy'' series