Nisemonogatari – 08

/ Tsuki

Episode 08 –

…. If someone was able to keep on a straight face during the entire episode, that person deserves some kudos or something. Because seriously, this episode was the most outrageously wacky anime episode I’ve seen in a long, long time. Nisemonogatari sure as hell didn’t wimp out of the fanservice here, going all out with it’s incest vibes and crazy toothbrush action, all resulting in a ridiculously absurd, cringeworthy, hilarious plot.

This epiosde was really daring in the sense that it threw cultural conventions out the window, and went all out with incest vibes in a way I never could have imagined. The toothbrush scene was a huge part of that, and was ridiculously weird in every single way imaginable. In a way, the scene was a form of “dark humor”, where the comedy is derived from a subject matter that is considered taboo. In this case, the incest vibes came from the erotic presentation of Karen to her brother, and god damn was that nuts. I do believe the original light novel story had this scene too, but SHAFT sure didn’t hold back in animating it in the most crazy of fashions. The icing on the cake was Karen requesting another “brushing”, which just got my eyes rolling.

But seriously speaking, this was by far the most strangely entertaining episode of Nisemonogatari so far. My personal feelings about this episode are actually rather mixed. Incest themes isn’t exactly something new in anime, but Nisemonogatari has performed the most eccentric, intriguing, memorable interpretation of the overused trope. It was a really fun interpretation, yet at the same time is rather uncomfortable to think about. After all, when you sit down and think about it, you realize that “holy @#%$, Koyomi might have actually sexually assaulted his younger sister”.

I guess there’s at least one aspect to this series that’s a noticeable improvement over Bakemonogatari; the animation is by far more consistent and superior. The story is still being padded too much with fanservice, but Nisemonogatari somehow still remains strangely entrancing with it’s crazy levels of trippy dialogue with quirky animation.

Overall Enjoyment: O_o;;

Screenshots are later in the post.


5 thoughts on “Nisemonogatari – 08”

    • …I believe that’s the proper reaction to have :3

      But seriously, this will probably be the most memorable episode out of all of 2012. I seriously can’t imagine how any other anime could top the craziness to this episode.

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    • Lol, yea the story is nuts.

      But like I mentioned in the post, I do believe that this could be a critique of social norms in Japan, and if you think about it in that way, then the setup makes some sense.

      Then again, I guess we can just say our ridiculous director Shinbo has his preferences when it comes to animated content. He sure as hell loves his fanservice, no matter how kinky.

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