Monogatari Series: Second Season poster

Monogatari Series: Second Season

★ 8.6 4K votes 2013–2013 1 season · 26 episodes
Dialogue-drivenThe writing's voice is the main event.This show: 10/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10Stylized directionBold, signature formal choices.This show: 9/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 9/10SupernaturalGhosts, demons and powers beyond nature in our own world.This show: 8/10Witty banterRapid-fire verbal sparring.This show: 8/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 8/10ExperimentalFormally adventurous television that breaks the rules.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Kana HanazawaMiyuki SawashiroYôji UedaSaori HayamiKaori MizuhashiKen Narita
Starring
Kana HanazawaMiyuki SawashiroYôji UedaSaori HayamiKaori MizuhashiKen Narita
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
02505007501k

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About

"Endless conversations hiding real emotional wreckage underneath"

A follow-up to a supernatural high-school saga, this season sends former vampire Koyomi Araragi back into the lives of girls each haunted by a different otherworldly affliction. Structured as a set of loosely linked arcs, it trades big action for marathon conversations, moody visuals, and sudden bursts of striking animation. The pace is unhurried and talk-heavy, closer to a stylish stage play than typical anime, but beneath the wordplay and fan-service surface sits real melancholy, trauma, and tenderness. It rewards patience and close listening more than it rewards plot momentum.

Watch it for

the hypnotic marriage of rapid-fire dialogue, bold visual experimentation, and unexpectedly aching character studies.

Maybe skip if

you need fast plotting, since entire episodes are dominated by extended two-person conversations.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 1
8.611K264h 31m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Tsubasa Taigâ Sono Ichi8.0
41924 min
▶2Tsubasa Taigâ Sono Ni8.0
408—
▶3Tsubasa Taigâ Sono San8.1
40126 min
▶4Tsubasa Taigâ Sono Yon8.3
407—
▶5Tsubasa Taigâ Sono Go9.4
736—
▶6Sôshûhen I6.8
170—
▶7Mayoi Kyonshî Sono Ichi8.2
392—
▶8Mayoi Kyonshî Sono Ni8.4
395—
▶9Mayoi Kyonshî Sono San8.9
471—
▶10Mayoi Kyonshî Sono Yon9.3
580—
▶11Sôshûhen II6.5
154—
▶12Nadeko Medûsa Sono Ichi8.0
37325 min
▶13Nadeko Medûsa Sono Ni8.0
37126 min
▶14Nadeko Medûsa Sono San8.5
388—
▶15Nadeko Medûsa Sono Yon9.1
497—
▶16Sôshûhen III6.4
149—
▶17Shinobu Taimu Sono Ichi8.2
37024 min
▶18Shinobu Taimu Sono Ni8.5
380—
▶19Shinobu Taimu Sono San8.1
360—
▶20Shinobu Taimu Sono Yon9.3
53826 min
▶21Hitagi Endo Sono Ichi8.7
41924 min
▶22Hitagi Endo Sono Ni8.7
41524 min
▶23Hitagi Endo Sono San8.8
42224 min
▶24Hitagi Endo Sono Yon8.5
38924 min
▶25Hitagi Endo Sono Go9.0
453—
▶26Hitagi Endo Sono Roku9.8
93724 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Kana Hanazawa Nadeko Sengoku
Miyuki Sawashiro Suruga Kanbaru (2013)
Yôji Ueda Kuchinawa
Saori Hayami Yotsugi Ononoki
Kaori Mizuhashi Ougi Oshino
Ken Narita Sasayabu-sensei
Yasunori Matsumoto Mayoi Father
Shin'ichiro Miki Deishuu Kaiki
Fumihiko Tachiki Senjougahara Father
Satsuki Yukino Izuko Gaen

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