History Fridge / Bakemonogatari

* After it's been made [[OfficialCouple official]] Senjogahara tells Araragi that if anyone other than her kills him, she will kill them and die after. At first glance you might think there is no way a 45Kg teenage princess is going to beat something like a Bakeneko, however keep in mind that Araragi has a ''MASSIVE'' case of ChronicHeroSyndrome (he, Franchise/SpiderMan, [[Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex Touma]] and [[Manga/XXXHolic Watanuki]] could form a bridge club), so much so that he will, and in fact has thrown himself to the wolves to save someone else, Senjogahara effecively gave him a will to live by virtue of not getting her hurt. -- Tropers/{{GXNext}}

* Why is Araragi constantly having to face these oddity related problems throughout the series? Simple Araragi has become an Oddity himself. First he became a super-powerful vampire, defeated two Blade and a Van Helsing knockoffs, as well as his own vampire master and then became a vampire remnant? What exactly is that? Then he spawns Ougi, whatever it is, died, went to Hell, came back, regained his vampire aspects again, spared Ougi, and finally causes a shift in reality that turns the world into a warped mirror type place, and changes it back with only a black mirror. Aspects of a vampire, an oddity hunter, both like Shinobu, subconsciously spawns an Oddity of his own, and alters reality, almost like a God. Odd creature here don't you think? Like an Oddity.

* ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' features Hitagi Senjogahara, a classmate of the protagonist's whose weight was stolen by a crab deity. While explaining the deity's nature, resident supernatural expert Meme Oshino mentions variant myths where the deity is instead a woman or a rabbit. The crab, rabbit, and woman are all examples of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_Moon#Pareidolia_and_other_things_on_the_moon lunar pareidolia]] from various parts of the world. A crab/woman/rabbit that steals weight? Reduced gravity on the moon, remember?--{{@/urutapu}}
* In Bakemonogatari Episode 1, Oshino initially accuses Senjougahara of putting up a front. This is put down in a matter of seconds, and would initially seem to be empty drama. However, when you take into account the Crab god's nature, this scene changes its meaning. Senjougahara claimed to have been afflicted by a relatively peaceful crab who normally afflicts "Stuck-up little girls". Senjougahara is the daughter of a wealthy executive, and was regarded as a princess in middle school, so she matches the profile, but apparently Oshino perceives that there's more to her case. One could assume the standard reason "Stuck-up little girls" encounter the crab is because they desire the superficial effects of it. Weighing almost nothing, being believed to be more "beautiful" than they currently are (Hanekawa's words), and being more desirable as a girlfriend (as sickly girls are noted to be). Thus, the reason for Oshino's suspicion becomes clear.

* After it's been made [[OfficialCouple official]] Senjogahara tells Araragi that if anyone other than her kills him, she will kill them and die after. At first glance you might think there is no way a 45Kg teenage princess is going to beat something like a Bakeneko, however keep in mind that Araragi has a ''MASSIVE'' case of ChronicHeroSyndrome (he, Franchise/SpiderMan, [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Touma]] and [[Manga/XXXHolic Watanuki]] could form a bridge club), so much so that he will, and in fact has thrown himself to the wolves to save someone else, Senjogahara effecively gave him a will to live by virtue of not getting her hurt. -- Tropers/{{GXNext}}

* The actions of the Araragi siblings makes a horrifying sort of sense when you consider their background and family. They are the children of not one, but two, police officers. Karen and Tsukihi's idea of not allowing injustice may come from how there older brother bullied them, but all three are products of their parent's actions, or even more disturbing, their inactions. These three are running wild and reckless, because of the example that their parents have made for them. In their eyes, their parents to them are the literal embodiments of justice, and authority, everything they do is right, and for the sake of all others. None of them have any proper, or correct understanding of what actual standards, and procedures that their parents are actually under, and their parents have never corrected them. There are multiple mentions of them but, only their mother is seen and that is only ONE TIME, in the entire series, and that was due to Hanekawa's circumstances, not their kids. Hence the reckless actions, and attitudes, of each and every one of them. Actions that have resulted in, Koyomi nearly getting killed multiple times, Tsukihi actually being killed at least once, Karen getting near fatally poisoned, a freeway overpass getting destroyed, both sisters, and Kanbaru all kidnapped at one point, and a mad Snake Goddess nearly killing all of them. Translation: they believe that their parents authority directly extends to them, and they are abusing it. They think it is their job to fight the good fight, to step in, and set everything right, but they often make it worse.

* Koyomi Araragi may indeed be a Death Seeker, and Good Samaratin rolled into one, which would would explain his reckless actions in dealing with the oddities and such, but, there is also another reason. He doesn't want to make a scene, or let another nasty scenario come about, like what happened with Sodachi Oikura. Why does he take on Black Hanekawa on his own? How long can she rampage until she gets herself killed by a SWAT Team or a Lynch Mob? Why does he take Senjogahara to Oshino? How long can she keep that problem under wraps? How many people can she really get away with threatening, before the pressure causes someone to snap? Why battle it out with Kanbaru intead of cutting off her arm. Kanbaru is the School Basketball Ace, a high profile spots star, with a rich and influential family, and a legion of fans. What kind of scene would that cause if she came back to school missing an arm? How does she explain that, to even her own family for that matter? Who would everyone else lash out at? Why does he battle the second curse snake on Nadeko's body after pulling it off of her? It is going to go after one of the kids that cursed her and probably kill them, what kind of scene will erupt about the fake curses and charms, when it is revealed that some actually are lethal? Koyomi learned from the Math Class scandal, that when a scene like that breaks out, it doesn't always end with the right thing being done, and the actual guilty party caught or punished. This destroyed his belief in Justice, justice can be overthrown by a simple majority vote, as Koyomi himself put it. That is why he tries to solve it quietly before it escalates.

!!Fridge Logic

** There is also the factor that Araragi was not a "full vampire" just yet. His shadow might have been one of the few human aspects remaining. Remember, later during that arc, Yotsugi later analyzes his flesh and confirms he is on the edge of changing. His shadow is probably one of the last things he would lose when he fully changed.

*** Actually no. In the Monogatari-verse, it's established that vampires don't cast shadows either. So if Araragi was vampiric enough not to be visible in a mirror, then by the logic of the Monogatari-verse, he also shouldn't have cast a shadow. Of course, there's always the possibility that Shinobu herself is the source of Araragi's shadow, since she's connected to him and stays in his shadow most of the time.

** You are trying to apply the laws of physics to fantastic and occult phenomena. Specifically, one Japanese author's depiction of a mostly western creature of folklore. This "logic" was doomed from the start.

* In ''Nisemonogatari'', the bee of ''Karen Bee'' and the phoenix of ''Tsuhiki Phoenix'' are [[spoiler: not really a bee and a phoenix, in keeping with the story's theme,]]

* In Bakemonogatari Episode 1, Oshino initially accuses Senjougahara of putting up a front. This is put down in a matter of seconds, and would initially seem to be empty drama. [[spoiler: However, when you take into account the Crab god's nature, this scene changes its meaning. Senjougahara claimed to have been afflicted by a relatively peaceful crab who normally afflicts "Stuck-up little girls". Senjougahara is the daughter of a wealthy executive, and was regarded as a princess in middle school, so she matches the profile, but apparently Oshino perceives that there's more to her case. One could assume the standard reason "Stuck-up little girls" encounter the crab is because they desire the superficial effects of it. Weighing almost nothing, being believed to be more "beautiful" than they currently are (Hanekawa's words), and being more desirable as a girlfriend (as sickly girls are noted to be)]]. Thus, the reason for Oshino's suspicion becomes clear.
* Hanekawa's headaches are a result of [[spoiler: Black Hanekawa, the embodiment of Hanekawa's stress over her unrequited love for Koyomi, taking over her body]]; they first manifest during a conversation in which Koyomi explains why he loves Senjogahara. In retrospect, it seems so obvious. -- Tropers/{{Taelor}}

** Similarly, the whole sequence in the second episode where she's naked or just in her underwear in front of Koyomi takes on new significance when you find out her backstory. [[spoiler:She was probably trying to see if he would take advantage of her after what happened with the cult leader, but Koyomi passed]].

** This is further augmented by [[spoiler: the last episode where Araragi is willing to die for Hanekawa's sake only to remember Senjogahara's threat. Only then does he actually try to fight back.]]

* The opening for ''Kabukimonogatari'' makes a lot more sense given the ending for ''Onimonogatari''. [[spoiler: Mayoi is wandering around the maze of signs, fulfilling her job as the Lost Cow, but she is then broken out of the maze and flies toward an [[IdiotHair ahoge]], similar how she would no longer be the Lost Cow just to stay with Arararagi...[[{{Catchphrase}} Excuse me, I stuttered.]]]]

* In the CD Drama of Bakemonogatari, Hyakumonogatari (who consists in the main cast of the series until that point discussing trivial things of their lifes), the parts 44 (Spring Vacation) and 45 (Golden Week), are very short. In the first, Koyomi says to Hanekawa he doesn't wants to talk much about that event, whereas in the later, is Hanekawa the one saying she prefers not to talk about the holiday. Why both refuse to do this? Easy, [[spoiler: because the events of Kizumonogatari (where Koyomi stopped being a human and had to deal with the Kiss-Shot incident) and Nekomonogatari: Kuro (where Hanekawa was possessed by the sawarineko due the stress who her foster family produced in her), happened during the Spring vacation and the Golden Week, respectively.]] Is understandable they didn't want to remember those experiences.

* After it's been made [[OfficialCouple official]] Senjogahara tells Araragi that if anyone other than her kills him, she will kill them and die after. At first glance you might think there is no way a 45Kg teenage princess is going to beat something like a Bakeneko, however keep in mind that Araragi has a ''MASSIVE'' case of ChronicHeroSyndrome (he, {{Spider-man}}, [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Touma]] and [[Manga/XXXHolic Watanuki]] could form a bridge club), so much so that he will, and in fact has thrown himself to the wolves to save someone else, Senjogahara effecively gave him a will to live by virtue of not getting her hurt. -- Tropers/{{GXNext}}

* In the three Kizumonogatari movies, we consistently see both Araragi and Kiss-Shot outside in what looks like daylight. Considering their both vampires, this should be impossible. But throughout the entire Monogatari series, we see the world the way Araragi sees it or remembers it, not necessarily how it actually is. We see the sky bright and the world well-lit because that's how Araragi's seeing the world, through the eyes of a vampire that are likely well-adapted for seeing well in the dark. This also explains why in the first and early in the second movie, he sees night scenes relatively normally even after becoming a vampire-- he's just been turned, so he's still not used to walking around at night like it's his daytime. By the time the third movie rolls around, He's gotten so used to seeing the night as his day, there are no "night" scenes at all in the film.

* In the CD Drama of Bakemonogatari, Hyakumonogatari (who consists in the main cast of the series until that point discussing trivial things of their lifes), the parts 44 (Spring Vacation) and 45 (Golden Week), are very short. In the first, Koyomi says to Hanekawa he doesn't wants to talk much about that event, whereas in the later, is Hanekawa the one saying she prefers not to talk about the holiday. Why both refuse to do this? Easy, [[spoiler: Easy, because the events of Kizumonogatari (where Koyomi stopped being a human and had to deal with the Kiss-Shot incident) and Nekomonogatari: Kuro (where Hanekawa was possessed by the sawarineko due the stress who her foster family produced in her), happened during the Spring vacation and the Golden Week, respectively.]] Is understandable they didn't want to remember those experiences.

* During "TsukiMonogatari: Yotsugi Doll", Koyomi realized during his bathtime that he can no longer cast a reflection, and thus calls Shinobu for help. Little bit of a plothole: How can Shinobu be summoned from Koyomi's shadow? If he can't cast a reflection, then by logic he can't cast a shadow either...

** During Koimonogatari, we discover that Kaiki isn't as much of a villain as we were led to believe. Which do you think is a more realistic villain; one who is villainous through and through, or one who occasionally goes against his villainous nature? As he himself said, the imposter is more real than the real thing.

** Then, the above all doesn't make sense until one remembers an offhand remark made by Kagenui herself, about how Kaiki prefers an imposter over the real thing, since the imposter would try even harder than the real thing to be real, making it more real. That meant that everything was his own kind of effort to be more real than the real thing, while looking like a villain the entire time. Add to that that Kaiki was always asking the question of which was better, the real or the imposter, and one realises that he chose this path after much pondering, intentionally being the bad guy. It does not excuse some of his actions, but suddenly Kaiki is a far more sympathetic character.

* After it's been made [[OfficialCouple official]] Senjogahara tells Araragi that if anyone other than her kills him, she will kill them and die after. At first glance you might think there is no way a 45Kg teenage princess is going to beat something like a Bakeneko, however keep in mind that Araragi has a ''MASSIVE'' case of ChronicHeroSyndrome (he, {{Spider-man}}, [[ToAruMajutsuNoIndex Touma]] and [[Manga/XXXHolic Watanuki]] could form a bridge club), so much so that he will, and in fact has thrown himself to the wolves to save someone else, Senjogahara effecively gave him a will to live by virtue of not getting her hurt. -- Tropers/{{GXNext}}

** Of course, then there is his arc, which in itself was mostly truth. Gaen was trying to stop him and he ignored her. However, if you think about it, Gaen was probably not trying to save the town, but rather save him. It was likely that she was aware of the middle school student that would probably harm/kill him, and was trying to get him out of town. One might ask why would she do such a thing, but when you think about it, her conditions were 3 million yen and cutting ties with him if he carried on. Since Kanbaru is the daughter of Gaen's sister and she herself is his senior, it means that such ties were probably valuable to him. Gaen would not have threatened him with something useless that he could sever easily. It meant that he claiming to feel refreshed and that Gaen was always his enemy was probably the lie, since he chose to cut such ties and carry on his job to save Nadeko.

** Of course, then there is his arc, which in itself was mostly truth. Gaen was trying to stop him and he ignored her. However, if you think about it, Gaen was probably not trying to save the town, but rather save him. It was likely that she was aware of the middle school student that would probably harm/kill him, and was trying to get him out of town. One might ask why would she do such a thing, but when you think about it, her conditions were 3 million yen and cutting ties with him if he carried on. Since Kanbaru is the daughter of Gaen's sister and she herself is his senior, it means that such ties were probably valuable to him. Gaen would not have threatened him with something useless that he could sever easily. It meant that he claiming to feel refreshed and that Gaen was always his enemy was probably the lie, since he chose to cut such ties rather than carry on his job and save Nadeko.