Second season of the Monogatari Series, part 1/2. Contains the arcs Tsubasa Tiger, Mayoi Jiangshi, Nadeko Medusa, Shinobu Time, and Hitagi End, from the Nekomonogatari White, Kabukimonogatari, Otorimonogatari, Onimonogatari and Koimonogatari light novels, respectively. These stories take place after the end of the summer vacation when the apparition of the bee had left and the apparition of the phoenix avoided any consequences… Now that Koyomi Araragi and the girls were entering their new school terms, they were once again about to encounter supernatural beings…but this time, they may not be so easy to deal with. Tsubasa Hanekawa, Mayoi Hachikuji, Nadeko Sengoku, Shinobu Oshino, and finally Hitagi Senjougahara. The girls’ loneliness, their confessions, and their departures… 5 new “stories” begin now. (Source: Aniplex) Notes: Includes 3 recap episodes from the TV version (Ep. 6, 11, 16). The recap episodes were not included in the Blu-Ray version of the anime.
Japanese study overview
Monogatari Series: Second Season is a Japanese anime of 163,529 characters, with 7,057 unique words and 1,518 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is hard, 3.9 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 7,057 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 私I×492
- お前you×435
- 言うto say×372
- 撫子Natsuko×325
- 阿良々木Araragi×320
- 思うto think×306
- 僕I×284
- 俺I×258
- 羽川Ukawa×213
- 知るto know×192
- 怪異mystery×188
- 千石Sengoku×174
- 戦場ヶ原Senjōgahara×149
- 八九寺Hachikuji×95
- 貝木Kaiki×81
- 臥煙Gaen×71
- 月火Monday and Tuesday×55
- 予告編trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)×28
- 我が輩I×25
- お前様you×24