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*** Bonus points if you notice how well Senjougahara and Hanekawa connect with each other in later stories despite having seemingly very little common ground: if Senjougahara can deal quite well with Araragi, she can do the same with Hanekawa exactly because she's dealing with a pretty similar character.
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** It's a pretty logical outcome, actually. Araragi and Hanekawa have disturbingly similar characters, it's downplayed a lot at first but as stories go it becomes more and more evident. They have similar strong points, similar flaws, similarly shaped crisis events that made them as they are, etc. And as similar characters go, there's usually very little space for romance in such couples. It's repeatedly shown they understand each other way too easy yet both can't take a step in situations tied to their flaws (like both not being able to ask each other out, even if providing very different reasons as to why). Senjougahara fits a lot better precisely because she's quite different - and able to cover for Araragi's flaws as much as he can for hers.
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** It's alarming to realize that, if things had proceeded according to the stated plan, it all would have been jeopardized when Araragi showed up. This was Senjougahara's one job, the one element Kaiki couldn't set up on his own, and she completely dropped the ball by failing to keep him away from the scene when the plan absolutely required it. Worse, because Kaiki orchestrated things so neither teen would mention his involvement to the other, we never see this snafu addressed or explained. Did she try and keep him from going and he went anyway? Did Kaiki make that request of her establishing his "fake" plan knowing Araragi would inevitably appear in any scenario? We're never given the opportunity to learn.
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** You have to actually not pay attention to the characters, and what exactly they are in this series to not really notice how wrong that is. Hachikuji is a specific type of ghost, that only a select type of people can see, oh and she is actually 22 years old, technically an adult. Those who can see his moments with her, would also know her true age too. Issues concerning Yotsugi are creepy for a completely different reason. Yotsugi is in essence, a reanimated corpse, and has been, for 15 years. According to her story she was 12 when she died as a human. Then the Occult Research Club got a hold of her corpse, and revived her as a doll-like tsukumogami shikigami, as a "project" of theirs, in college. Of which Kaiki himself, was also a part of, both the club and the project. That alone is creepy for a whole other reason, and separate discussion. (I hope they got an A for it. Otherwise that will come off as even more depressing.) Technically, her body is at least 27 years old. Her mind, if it is still even remotely human, would be a 15 year old teenage girl. This is also a separate, and highly debatable topic as well given her interactions in the series. Shinobu is a roughly 600 year old vampire, who can easily change her form to an older teenager/young adult simply by drinking Araragi's blood, which she did at one point. Araragi, is only 17, this is a pedo situation, but he is not the offender in these situations, the 3 older inhuman girls are. At worst he is sexually harassing 3 adult females, and they don't seem to really reject it either, as all 3 later admit to real romantic feelings for him too. But as you stated, this is played for laughs. As for Hanekawa, knowing his history, and bond with her, this can be up for a lot of interpretation by anyone.
Are you referring to the Not Quite the Right Thing entry? Yeah that doesn't seem quite accurate. Check out the Fridge page, Logic and Horror sections for another view on that. Follow things through logically, and most of the females in the cast, would either be dead, or transformed into monsters/ abberations/oddities, if not for Araragi's actions. Hachikuji, and a few others being exceptions. Also there is a bit of disparity between the Light Novels, the Manga, and the Anime, in some cases more details, and different details are revealed in the Manga, and Light Novels, compared to the Anime. Again it seem more likely that Kaiki, is just in Denial, Hypocrisy, and Jealousy, all of which seem to be degrees that border on Insane Troll Logic. Given that he is also conman who deals in Blatant Lies too... Further reinforced by given how much he knows of the all the other characters in the series, like how Tsukihi Araragi was an oddity, how long, and to what degree has he been spying on them all? So he would know full well the true nature of Araragi's relationships.
Are you referring to the Not Quite the Right Thing entry? Yeah that doesn't seem quite accurate. Check out the Fridge page, Logic and Horror sections for another view on that. Follow things through logically, and most of the females in the cast, would either be dead, or transformed into monsters/ abberations/oddities, if not for Araragi's actions. Hachikuji, and a few others being exceptions. Also there is a bit of disparity between the Light Novels, the Manga, and the Anime, in some cases more details, and different details are revealed in the Manga, and Light Novels, compared to the Anime. Again it seem more likely that Kaiki, is just in Denial, Hypocrisy, and Jealousy, all of which seem to be degrees that border on Insane Troll Logic. Given that he is also conman who deals in Blatant Lies too... Further reinforced by given how much he knows of the all the other characters in the series, like how Tsukihi Araragi was an oddity, how long, and to what degree has he been spying on them all? So he would know full well the true nature of Araragi's relationships.
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*** Did they ever point out that her "creepy perfection" can count as a flaw? It's loopholey, but still.
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** Koyomi's paedophilic tendencies are in full display for dear viewers each time he meets Hachikuji, that one time he kissed Shinobu in Onimonogatari (while she was in her child form) just to get her to shut up, that time he wanted to trick Yotsugi to kiss him (again, in Onimonogatari) and him getting hot for seeing child!Hanekawa. You have to actually not pay attention when he goes full pedo-mode. Of course, this is played for laughs and in the Light Novels is kind of a running joke that Araragi denies being a lolicon. About him making things worse, while most problems the girls face aren't his fault, it's his involvement that generates more stress for them and for the people around him. But you can read why Koyomi's actions make things worse the more he gets involved in the main page, so there's that
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** Araragi considered Hanekawa "too perfect" for him, fearing he couldn't live up to her standards or act on her level. Meme, Episode, and Shinobu all independently remarked how creepy it is that she apparently has no flaws. Neko White reveals their hunches were correct: Hanekawa cuts away all her negative emotions like stress and envy, which eventually hit breaking points and manifest as aberrations.
