Nisemonogatari, Part 2: Fake Tale (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

Nisemonogatari, Part 2: Fake Tale (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

Originally planned to be the series' conclusion, 'final' chapter 'Tsukihi Phoenix' invites us back to the seemingly eventless country burg where supernatural afflictions abound and characters change their trademark hairstyles at the drop of a hat. Rest assured, dear reader, that the story continued

Nisemonogatari, Part 1: Fake Tale (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

Unlike ne'er-do-well former vampire Araragi, his two younger sisters Karen and Tsukihi, who attend a private junior high, are little balls of energy and charisma that their peers look up to. That the 'ka' in Karen and 'hi' in Tsukihi are both written with the character for 'fire' isn't the only

Owarimonogatari, Part 1: End Tale (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

Bakemonogatari, Part 2: Monster Tale (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

Bakemono, literally -altered thing, - which translates as -monster.- Monogatari, literally -thing narrated, - which translates as -tale.- Combined into a neologism by he of the reversible nom de plume, they yield BAKEMONOGATARI, the monster tale that kicked off a series whose anime adaptations have

Koyomimonogatari, Part 2: Calendar Tale (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

In this latter half of Calendar Tale, a set of journeys into the past that have been revisiting the 'case files' feel of the series' origins starts to catch up to the present moment until we are violently spliced back into the overarching plot, just in time for the final quartet that is the End

Onimonogatari: Demon Tale (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

Koimonogatari: Love Tale (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

Koyomimonogatari, Part 1: Calendar Tale (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

Presented in two parts with covers that will form a diptych, Calendar Tale, narrated by our titular hero, sends us to various earlier points in the story where certain events had yet to occur--when, for instance, the shady 'expert' Oshino was still in town, and the ex-legendary vampire Shinobu

Owarimonogatari, Part 2: End Tale (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

From the best selling novel series comes the latest book of the final season of the Monogatari Series. When an old flame who gave up on life and chose to go up in flames--because he wanted to leave you but couldn't--comes crawling back after four hundred years, you might not appreciate it,

Nekomonogatari (White): Cat Tale (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

Bakemonogatari, Part 3: Monster Tale (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

A class president among class presidents, a bespectacled model student who soars to the top of honors lists without fail, Tsubasa Hanekawa also happens to be a decent human being. True, she does have a habit of making single-minded assumptions, but they come from a good place and turn out to be

Owarimonogatari, Part 3: End Tale (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

From the best selling novel series comes the latest book of the final season of the Monogatari Series. During his third year in high school, Koyomi Araragi is introduced to a transfer student named Ougi Oshino Ougi tells Koyomi that there is something odd about Naoestu High School... a secret room

Tsukimonogatari: Possession Tale (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

Launching the third or 'Final Season' of the international cult-hit series, Possession Tale returns the narrator's headset back to high school senior and amateur savior Koyomi Araragi, who used to eschew friendship once upon a time because it'd lower his 'intensity as a human'--a loner's misgiving

Katanagatari, 2: Sword Tale (Nisioisin)(Pevná vazba)

Swordless 'swordsman' Shichika and self-described 'schemer' Togame are on a quest to obtain twelve peculiar masterpiece blades. Introducing narrative curveballs that break up the structure and modulate the tempo, this hardcover edition, featuring a gatefold color insert, beautiful interior art, and

Kizumonogatari: Wound Tale (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

Around midnight, under a lonely street lamp in a provincial town in Japan, lies a white woman, a blonde, alone, robbed of all four limbs, yet undead. Indeed, a rumor's been circulating among the local girls that a vampire has come to their backwater, of all places. Koyomi Araragi, who prefers to

Hanamonogatari: Flower Tale (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

Our sorry hero, his reformed girlfriend, and the amnesiac class president have all graduated from their high school out in the boondocks, and self-described Sapphist and ex-basketball ace Kanbaru, retired by reason of an 'injury,' is starting her senior year and the narrator of this volume--her

Nekomonogatari (Black): Cat Tale (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

Following up on the high note of family ties on which the previous installment concluded, but preceding it chronologically, we find Araragi and his little sister Tsukihi, the heroine of the last volume, in full sibling rivalry mode as they bicker about love. The conversation that cannot end unfolds

Bakemonogatari (Manga), Volume 1 (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

Otorimonogatari: Decoy Tale (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

A certain middle school girl has a fondness for hats, which serve as a line of defense against eye contact along with the overlong bangs she's worn ever since she was little. Speaking in fits and starts when she doesn't fall completely silent, her go-to line is 'I'm sorry,' and she's given to

Zoku Owarimonogatari: End Tale (Cont.) (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

Just when we thought the darkness menacing the town had been identified, named, and tamed, clear and unclear mysteries of seasons past looming or surfacing, then resolving, not without tears, not without bittersweetness, of course, but satisfyingly, in a tripartite finale, all loose ends tied up

Katanagatari, 4: Sword Tale (Nisioisin)(Pevná vazba)

Basis of the hit anime, KATANAGATARI (Sword Tale) is Musashi for the new generation Swordless 'swordsman' Shichika and self-described 'schemer' Togame are on a quest to obtain twelve peculiar masterpiece blades. Unveiling the truth about the legendary katanas and their creator as part of a

Bakemonogatari (Manga), Volume 3 (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

From the best selling novel series by renowned author NISIOISIN, comes the manga adaptation of the Monogatari Series! Artwork by Oh!great. Mayoi Hachikuji: A grade schooler who meets Koyomi Araragi and a 'Lost Snail' who can never arrive at her destination. 'I'll bring her to her mother's safe and

Imperfect Girl, 1 (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

Legendary novelist NISIOISIN partners up with Mitsuru Hattori in this three volume graphic novel adaptation of one of his mystery novels... 'Looking back on it now, I realize that incident is what turned me into the novelist I am today.'An author is someone who creates tales, but an aspiring author

Imperfect Girl, 3 (Nisioisin)(Paperback)

Legendary novelist NISIOISIN partners up with Mitsuru Hattori (SANKAREA) in this three volume graphic novel adaptation of one of his more recent mystery novels. An aspiring novelist witnesses a tragic death, but that is only the beginning of what will become a string of tramatic events involving a