Monogatari (series)/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]

* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: At the end of Episode 5, Hitagi notes that he has developed this in regards to people hounded by the supernatural. {{spoiler|She has no problems with this facet of him at all.}}

{{quote| '''Suruga:''' "Remember who you're supposed to save!"}}

** This also comes heavily into play in ''Kizumonogatari''. This is the reason why he gets involved in the nasty incident with Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade, namely, saving her from dying and getting turned into a vampire in the process.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: Spent a whole series doing [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]] with almost all other characters.

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Played with. Koyomi's an ex-vampire, although remnants of his powers still exist. This includes a [[Healing Factor|healing factor]], superhuman senses {{spoiler|and -- according [[The Smart Guy|to Tsubasa]] -- [[Vampires Are Sex Gods|possibly the seductive charm]], albeit unconsciously}}. Also, his powers are apparently strengthened by toeing the line of becoming a vampire again by letting Shinobu drink his blood. Unfortunately he apparently has kept the vampire's inability to swim.

* [[Something Else Also Rises]]: Koyomi's [[Idiot Hair]] tends to react like so.

** Even more apparent in episode 13 when he turns around to find Hitagi staring at him and it [[Luminescent Blush|turns red]].

* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: He's grown so used to this fact that Suruga's revelation {{spoiler|that she has a demon monkey arm grafted onto her arm}} doesn't faze him, but her admission that {{spoiler|she's a lesbian}} still leaves his jaw on the floor.

** Oshino does warn him in Kizumonogatari that after encountering an oddity, someone is more likely to attract more of them.

* [[Would Hit a Girl]]

* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: In the light novels and Vofan's corresponding illustrations, Hitagi had brown hair. In the anime it's [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|purple]].

* [[Animal Motifs]]: Her trusty stapler is meant to invoke a crab's claw.

* {{spoiler|[[Attempted Rape]] [[Rape As Backstory|as Backstory]]}}: {{spoiler|By one of the fake-cult scammers attached to her mother. Even though she escaped by attacking her assailant, it still traumatized her. Partly because her mother ''allowed'' it to happen.}}

* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: with Koyomi.

* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: She may call herself a [[Tsundere]], but she's more of a kuudere... and by "kuu" we mean "absolute zero".

** {{spoiler|[[Defrosting Ice Queen]]}}

* [[The Tease]]: One explanation for Hitagi's [[Ms. Fanservice|behavior in episode 2]].

** Don't forget the car ride in episode 12.

* [[Tin Man]]: A good 90% percent of her lines are delivered in complete deadpan with a total lack of expression, even when it's possible to tell from context that she's quite obviously feeling very emotional.

* [[Tsundere]]: Hitagi is a self-proclaimed one. Koyomi thinks she's more of a "[[Ice Queen|Tun]][[Incredibly Lame Pun|dra]]". Tsubasa seconds her self-description in Episode 9.

** Leaning ''way'' towards the "tsun" side, she's ''[[Yandere|terrifyingly]]'' direct, even when she starts trying to be less so. In fact, she's so ''tsun'' she's way in the middle of [[Kuudere]] territory.

* [[Verbal Tic]]: Has a tendency to [[Department of Redundancy Department|repeat a line several times]] due to [[No Social Skills|not being sure what the proper inflection should be]].

* [[Animal Motifs]]: Her biking shorts are a weird pun on the word monkey ("undershorts" being ''sarumata'', ''saru'' being "monkey").

* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]], or better yet, ''don't wish at all''.

* [[Bi the Way]]: Despite declaring herself a lesbian, she seems to have a number of lewd ideas involving Koyomi.

* {{spoiler|[[Deal With the Devil]]}}: {{spoiler|Subverted. Suruga has a devil's arm that will grant her three wishes by the ''spirit'' of the wish, not the letter -- the reason it turns out the way it does is because Suruga's true intents are considerably darker than the way she voices them.}}

** Suruga is very attached to her reputation as the biggest pervert in the show and will go to very extreme lengths to defend said reputation.

* [[Modesty Shorts]]: Her signature style in conjunction with her school uniform.

* [[Psycho Lesbian]]: {{spoiler|Suruga is ''dangerously'' in love with Hitagi.}}

** Double subversion. She's actually a perfectly pleasant person {{spoiler|even to Koyomi, her crush's boyfriend. But she unconsciously wishes that he would disappear, and when the sun goes down her demonic hand takes control over her and tries to grant her wish.}}

* [[Skirt Over Slacks]]: [[Rule of Three|Again with the biking shorts...]]

* [[Strange Girl]]: Suruga is... quite weird. OK, very weird.

* [[The Thing That Goes Doink]]: She lives in a gigantic Japanese mansion.

* [[Yaoi Fangirl]]: If it puts it into perspective, those millions of books in her room were all issues of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barazoku Barazoku]'' (which has been out of print since 2004, meaning she either started out young or she's been putting considerable effort into obtaining them...).

* [[Love Triangle]]: {{spoiler|Nadeko has a crush on Koyomi, causing her to reject the confession of a boy her age. Another girl that ''has a crush on him'' grows to resent her. ''They both give her death curses.''}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Her name is [[Alternate Character Reading|written with the same characters]] as the "nadeshiko" in [[Yamato Nadeshiko]], something [http://bambooxzx.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/bakemonogatari-renai-circulation/ punned on multiple times] in her [[Image Song]]/opening theme for her arc, "Ren'ai Circulation".

* [[Precocious Crush]]: To Koyomi.

* [[Third Person Person]]

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Or her goal, at least, according to her image song.

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* [[Animal Motifs]]: Like Suruga's, hers is of the more punny variety. Meganekko=Mega neko. There's also her [[Hair Decorations|hair ribbons]], which have little cat faces on them.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Senjougahara of all people appears to be terrified of her in ''Nisemonogatari'', though this probably has more to do with the possibility of her becoming a rival for Araragi's love than the alleged bullying.

* [[Bob Haircut]]: In ''Nisemonogatari''.

* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: {{spoiler|Has had a crush on Koyomi for a long time. The [[Love Hurts|second meddlesome cat incident happens because she knows it isn't requited]], him [[Clingy Jealous Girl|dating Hitagi]] and all. In the end, it's the meddlesome cat that [[Oblivious to Love|spits it out to him]].}}

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I don't know everything; just the things I know (''Nandemo shiranai wa yo, shitteru koto dake'')."

* {{spoiler|[[Catgirl]]}}: {{spoiler|When possessed, a damn hot (if somewhat creepy) one! Also gender bent in a sense because the cat uses the "ore" pronoun to reveal that the spirit is ''male''.}}

* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: Normally wouldn't merit a mention in an anime, but {{spoiler|listening to the Meddlesome Cat will reveal that ''he'' uses 'ore'}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: In spite of "If She Can't Have You," the Cat seemingly sets itself up to be drained by Shinobu rather than kill Koyomi.}}

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Sometimes, if she thinks it's worth it.

* [[Meganekko]]

* [[Ship Tease]]: Occasionally with Koyomi. He's even gone record saying he really does like her, just not as much as Hitagi.

* [[The Smart Guy|The Smart Gal]]

* [[Team Mom]]: Seems to play this role in regard to Koyomi and his sisters.

* [[Verbal Tic]]: {{spoiler|Replaces all ''na''s with ''nya''s while possessed.}}

=== Shinobu Oshino (Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade) ===

* [[Tsundere]]: Koyomi outright calls her one.

* [[Vapor Wear]]: Stepping through her assault on {{spoiler|Black Hanekawa}} in Episode 15 shows that the only thing she has on under that dress is a bandaid.

=== Karen Araragi ===

* {{spoiler|[[Good Thing You Can Heal]]}}

* [[Hair Decorations]]: A clip that looks like a fried egg, which matches her sister's.

* [[Hidden in Plain Sight]]: {{spoiler|The Phoenix is in hiding due to the Phoenix being constantly hunted, thus the Phoenix hides in plain sight by merging with a human fetus. Since the Phoenix is immortal, if the Phoenix's host dies of old age, the Phoenix just moves on, hides and merges in another baby human.}}

* [[Idiot Hair]]

** [[Badass Longcoat]]

* [[Con Man]]: And very proud of his job.

* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: He gives Karen a [[Hannibal Lecture]] about how much he loves money. Okay. What ''really'' drives it home is that he actually takes the time to pull out her wallet and pocket all the cash she's carrying.

* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Gave one to Karen.

A girl who follows Yodzuru around. Tacks her catchphrase "so I said photogenically" onto things. In later installments, she abandons this catchphrase and starts making sideways peace signs instead.

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* [[Bokukko]]

* [[Curtains Match the Windows]]: Turquoise eyes and hair.