Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season Episode 5 Discussion (2024)

Softhenic03

… as it was seeing Sengoku going after Meek Nadeko as meekly at the library, only to fail in her attempt lol, and pretty badly at that. But hey, glad that wasn’t afterlife when Sengoku was seeing her own self helping her out. A proper goodbye to the flirty self if anything. Though they gotta need to deal with God Nadeko fast, or more like, actually the most safe but not sane self, Meek Nadeko. By the way, that was the most cute declaration about killing someone of all such decelerations ever made in the history xD

IzanaSolos

Ey now. We got a new Ononoki fit. Kinda digging it ngl. Fit aside, loved the whole scene with the two eating respected food, well it was really just Ononoki eating. You could hear that instrumental Renai Circulation in the back lols. In the bookstore though, the real sh*t begins with Sengoku getting played with by the Meek version. Thankfully, Nise version Sengoku saves the day with once again the instrumental Renai Circulation playing in the back lol. Your sacrifice will not be forgotten Nise Senogku.

Finally making it onto the second floor though, we just see hella basically fully naked Sengoku's all thanks to the goddess Senogku mass-produced her own shikigami by photocopying our girl. Ononoki makes quick work of them though, using that Unlimited Rule Book and there she finally is.

Do think this arc would wrap up next episode. So let's see what this final battle has in store for us.

MuNaRi

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Aversa

Anyway they finally found the snake girl the question now is how are they going to stop her from doing her thing.

Mcsuper

This setup for the fight against God Nadeko in the library was very fun and creative, despite tackling a pretty simple idea, which is accepting one's past and moving forward. I also am really enjoying the increased screentime for Yotsugi, new appearance and all, and her helping out the characters that needed some assistance. She makes a good partner. The mass-produced Nadekos was a really clever idea by God Nadeko, as she used the library battlefield to her advantage. I was also glad to hear Renai Circulation and Mousou Express as part of the soundtrack, since that feels very nostalgic, plus it's fitting for the arc. The next episode should be the finale to this arc, and I'm hoping for a nice pay-off to what has been quite a fun arc so far.

hai_X_is

Love the visuals with the Pokemon reference, on the parking area spelling Araragi, and the Hachikuji license plate.

I'm a bit curious about that one board game with Ononoki motifs though. Could make out it was a game of telephone but couldn't read or make out the rest.

I guess we have one more episode for Nadeko 's story to wrap up. Hopefully Wrath Nadeko is a bit more happy with the new haircut.

watsym

Love the final shot, after Ononoki said it with a posed look, of God Nadeko spinning on a mountain of books as she laughs menaically with dead or incapacited (or lucky?) bloomers hand-bra Nadeko's everywhere around the rubble of books.

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Brief appearance of Kiss-Shot in this episode. She didn't actually appear. I know that Shinobu (Or Kiss-Shot) will probably be in a later episode of this season but I wonder if Araragi will make an appearance.

Current Nadeko had a near-death experience in the bookstore. Looks like she pulled out the Flirty Nadeko paper at the last minute or it came out by itself. Either way, Flirty Nadeko's sacrifice wasn't in vain.

They thought they got rid of Meek Nadeko. But there were a hundred of them upstairs. And they're all topless?! o_O Tbh, a shikigami creating a hundred other shikigami by using the copy machine is simply ingenious lol.

I don't think I fully understood Nadeko's plan to take down god Nadeko. She decided to modify Wrath Nadeko's hair. Making the hair shorter will probably make her even more pissed off. But in the end, Ononoki destroyed the floor to reveal the final boss or what? And then Nadeko will summon even more pissed off Wrath Nadeko and let them duke it out. That's what I think will happen.

Can't wait for the showdown. Too bad it's probably going to be the last episode of Nadeko Draw. I liked this story.

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And Nadeko ended up being separated from Ononoki and got caught in God Nadeko’s trap making use of a swimsuit clad Meek Nadeko, was not expecting a falling bookshelf I gotta say lol, but thankfully she was saved by Flirty Nadeko’s sacrifice, I found this to be a very touching moment, especially with the slower version of the Renai Circulation ost, makes me sad to see the other Nadekos perish like that, including the Meek Nadeko used as a decoy, but in the end all of them have to be dealt with someway. And wow, now this is Nadekotopia lol, so many topless bloomers wearing Nadekos, I guess copying a piece of paper 100 times is one way to make an army, although they don’t seem to do much.

And at the end we witnessed Ononoki pull out the unlimited rule book to blast a path to God Nadeko, even bringing back the “posed look” line which I’ve missed, and since the plan is to make use of Wrath Nadeko by cutting her hair, I’m thinking they’re gonna make God Nadeko think that Wrath Nadeko is the actual one, it would make for a good distraction so the real Nadeko can go in for the kill, but we’ll figure out what happens next time which I’m guessing is the final episode of this Nadeko arc, it’s been a great one, honestly among the funnest of the whole series.

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Meta_Yoshi

The Pokemon reference was a surprise, but an excellent one at that. Same goes for another version of Renai Circulation playing in the background during one of Yotusgi and Nadeko's conversations. It's such a good tune to listen to!

The pair are making good progress now. Nadeko did have a close moment, but Flirty Nadeko came out to save her from any harm while also having an important talk with the real Nadeko. After that, Yotsugi unleashed her unlimited rulebook attack, visually as impressive as ever, which not only took down the endless copies of Meek Nadekos, but it also finally opened up a route to meet with God Nadeko at last. I look forward to seeing how this battle will turn out, hopefully with Wrath Nadeko making an appearance.

Chuckiemuffin

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there are other details as well.

Jony_

▫Pure f*cking Nademonogatari. 🚬

Yorrick

I'm in love with Ononoki's outfit, she looks so funky, which contrasts hilariously with her personality.

The car park scene was directing perfection. My god, the shots, the details, the mousou express melody, all so artistic and beautiful. Shaft is really at an all-time high.

The rescue was heartwarming, Nadeko's shikigami did care about her after all. It think this shows so well how deep down, Nadeko didn't actually change all that much. Every part of her was always there, she just didn't know how to deal with them. The shikigamis are all versions of herself that compensated for her inner turmoil. The fact that she literally figures out how "deal with them" during this arc is just so wonderful. I believe when Nadeko said: "I won't draw you empty next time" it meant that she now realized that she isn't just who she pretends to be and what others perceive her as. Learning to have empathy for your past selves is a beautiful theme and the talk between the two really did it justice.

Finally, the last scene gave me chills. There's still something deeply disturbing about the Snake God and her demeanor. I love her, but what she symbolizes is so dark. This arc is delivering like hell so far, I have high hopes for the stand-off.

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Toooooooooohru

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