“Araragi solves mysteries and helps friends in supernatural short stories, uncovering his town's secrets.”
Koyomimonogatari
暦物語
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Synopsis
Araragi solves mysteries and helps friends in supernatural short stories, uncovering his town's secrets.
Whether it is investigating stone shrines, tracking rumors, or simply playing hide and seek, Koyomi Araragi is always there to fulfill the requests of his friends from both the human and supernatural worlds. In this series of short stories, Koyomi helps each of the girls in his cohort solve a mystery or kill some time, all while slowly unraveling the truth about his town and its many supernatural occurrences.
What people say
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Derived from 35 sampled reviews
What 35 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.74 · some divergence
5.3 pts
Recommenders 7.6 · others 2.3
↓ 0.57
Running avg · Mar 2016 → Jan 2026
- 9 “Overall definitely not one of the best monogatari anime series and while all but the last two episodes don’t really do much for the series they are all entertaining and fun to watch. Plus it’s the...”
- 9 “Koyomimonogatari is what it's advertised to be: A collection of short stories revolving around Araragi and his group of friends. The stories themselves take place in each month of Araragi's senior...”
- 8 “8.5/10. Short and humorous half-episodes. It follow the general, fun monogatari formula; the plots are episodically and aren’t too complex. It’s just a bunch of stories. Watch it for more of what...”
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- Format 12 × 12′ eps × min
- Total runtime 2h 24m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2016 – Mar 2016
- Source Ona media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-10933 catalog
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- Aniplex of America Licensor