Review of Bakemonogatari

Monogatari, it can be difficult to describe what this story (or set of them) offers or contains. For this reason, and because I like to let people discover the characters and surprises by themselves and not by a couple of lines of text, I am going to limit myself to leaving an overview of what I think this product offers. . It could be said that the first impression it gives is "style over substance", because the work in the animation and the staging of the anime is really incredible and quite original, in an industry in which we are used to that the plans orthe narrative is pretty "standard" 90% of the time. However, with the passage of the episodes and the seasons (which are MANY I am telling you) you realize that this story has much more to offer than just a series of beautiful shots and animation. Monogatari is not a shonen, it is not a harem, it is not a romantic comedy, it is not a thriller, it is not horror, it is not psychological, it is not a slice of life, but it contains all that and more, and most importantly, it works perfectly and conforms to the universe of the series.
With well-built characters (mostly), a somewhat confusing plot at the beginning but rich in depth, an animation higher than average and some shots that will leave you impressed, there is only one BUT that could make you decide not to see this and I will explain it. in the end.
It turns out that the author, apparently, has a "fetish" with little girls, of course this is my impression, but I have my reasons. In the course of the anime you will probably find yourself (sometimes) the protagonist having "questionable behaviors" towards some characters that "biologically" would give the impression of girls 10 years or younger (and some are). Of course this, in the general plane, is nothing more than anecdotal in the series, but it could be "annoying" for certain people and it is the only point against that I have with the entire universe of monogatari series.
PS: I really recommend that you watch it in broadcast order. Actually the final result when joining the pieces of the mysteries and questions in the order that I indicate them, is much greater to see it in the "chronological order" where the mental exercise and the surprise are null.