Do you ever watch something with a heavy heart because the show you're watching is so good, that you wish you had written it yourself, and now feel sad that it already exists, unavailable for you to create as your own? I recently began watching Bakemonogatari, and that is how the direction and writing of the show makes me feel.
I'll never probably never get the chance to be a screenwriter or a director. I dabbled a little in directing before and it was really fun, but the fact of the matter is I'm not really in a position to do it again, but this show resonates with me on a level I've only enjoyed a few times before. The irregular cuts, the murakami-like writing, the clean feeling that the art gives off. I never realised I'd have such trouble putting it into words, more so than I usually do.
Bakemonogatari has seemed to be a bit of a hipster anime to me. I saw a lot of people singing it's praises yet I was cynical. I'm usually cynical, it's not a trait I enjoy about myself, and I was wrong to be cynical about this show, it's up there with some of the best anime I've ever seen. Or at least it is so far, I'm on episode 6, and it could all go downhill from here.
The main character Koyomi has a lot of personality, and I like that after sitting through a lot of shows lately with your typical Mary Sue protaganists. He's not a pleasant guy, he punched a little girl in the Mayoi Snail arc, but he's entertaining and an interesting narrator. I'm going to start the Suruga Monkey arc later tonight, and at this rate I'll finish Bakemonogatari and watch the sequels.
Should I be giving a rating here? I don't know how to write short blogs. It's really good man, I don't know.
