Bakemonogatari is something that I would classify as being a sort of trippy show. Follows Arararagi (oops I stuttered) Araragi as he runs into all these different oddities and ghosts.
Basically the show can be broken up into five diferent sections, which makes it easy to stop watching and then pick it up again. The downside to this is there is no sense of guilt or desire to return to watching the show once you stop. The main character isn't completely what I'd call bland but he isn't that I would call exciting either. The show is rather carried by the side characters who an episode after their thread tend to disappear.
Another thing that can be considered a turn off is the unnumbered cuts in this show where they give you a nice colored screen with some text to look at. I'm still not completely certain of the purpose of these slides. However it is my belief it is used in a way to help the viewer get a feeling of involvement as an investigator of sorts, but this connection never really happened for me. Instead I wondered whether they were just ready to get the show out. The consistency of this type of thing leads me to believe it is purposeful though.
This show is fairly enjoyable, but it is not the most compelling of tales. It's pretty easy to drop it and that makes sense considering all the main characters are just shrouded in masks. So i'm going to have to rank this show as a 6. I like the art and the idea, but its slow. And if its slow then what am I watching for?
