Ill flat out say it because I can express my emotions a little better than Ononoki but the entire first 3rd of Tsukimonogatari was awful for obvious reasons. Maybe the Nuance Proposition works here as well as it is obvious that awful things are noticeable. Maybe Araragi should not employ that trait of his that annoys me. I did like the connection of having someones life in your hands with hair to what Shinobu does napping on his head and makes the fluff at the beginning flow but even if I understand it doesnt mean I like it. Hell I even wiped the entire moment of the anime portion from my brain and was shocked that this is how it started. But really even this start isnt as bad as the other low points of Monogatari because if I made it through other entries I should tolerate Araragi at this point right? Maybe I should just take a look at myself in the reflection and just admit that Ive grown accustomed to his ways? It wouldve be as fun to read if Araragi was boring right? I am being too cold thinking this way or is that just from him holding up a skirt for too long? He said with a posed look. I havent read any Short Stories in a while honestly I am itching for more. But the Yotsugi related one is after a mentioned moments later in this Season so I cannot go for it. Also the other Heroine story that I have left is the prologue to one of the post anime arcs and since it was published in advance I could indulge but I am stubborn and will refuse to until I get to Wazamonogatari whenever that is. The placement of course is also very interesting as Araragi learns here at Kanbaru runs in the morning to set up for him finding her in Hanamonogatari the 4th arc of Second Season. Then we have the connection to the 5th arc of Second Season more directly with Yotsugi involved here like with Onimonogatari and the theme of this was centered around onioniichans vampirism anyways so it works. And finally the fact that Araragi had to take notes of money and turn them into coins to get the prize that he wanted is similar to Kaiki where he dispensed the 10k notes inside the place where Araragis sisters and Geans daughter end up but its the coin that really gets him the prize in the 6th arc of Second Season Koimonogatari. Whether this tale gets the cosign from me or all these reviews are just tangential to begin with or it is a sin for the score that I give it I have selfawareness of my lack of awakeness while reading. For those of you who need a quick math lesson: SOH CAH TOA Sine = Opposite/Hypotenuse Cosine = Adjacent/Hypotenuse Tangent = Opposite/Adjacent sinx = cos90 x sin2x + cos2x = 1 tangent = y/x Just as Tadatsuru is the villain of this tale and Yozuru is the closest to an ally now they couldve been opposite and were in the past with Nisemonogatari. Sine and Cosine are really opposites of each other even if they are adjacent as one cannot exist without the other to form a 90 degree angle since as Yozuru is up in the clouds while Tadatsuru is down in the ground. Even if Yotsugi picked the side that is adjacent to her it wasnt without overstepping on her opposite. Because both an expert on dead immortals and an expert on alive immortals plus their doubles gives you one whole sum. But surprisingly tangent or Ononoki is made from y over x and not x over y. She may be dead alive a doll not human not a person not a living being not a part of the natural world but maybe not a murderer as well.