''Monogatari'' is a Japanese

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series written by

Nisio Isin , stylized as NISIOISIN to emphasize the palindrome, is a pseudonymous Japanese novelist, manga author, and screenplay writer. Nisio debuted in 2002 with the novel ''The Beheading Cycle'' (the first in his '' Zaregoto'' series), which earned hi ...

and illustrated by Vofan. The plot centers around Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student who survives a

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attack and subsequently finds himself helping girls involved with a variety of apparitions, ghosts, beasts, spirits, and other supernatural phenomena. T‌he series began as three short stories serialized in

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's ''Mephisto'' magazine between the September 2005 and May 2006 issues, which were later collected in a light novel volume published in Japan on November 2, 2006. Kodansha released 29 volumes in the series under its

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. Each of the 29 entries in the series share the common title suffix . T‌he novels are licensed in North America by

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, which began publishing its English paperback release of the series in December 2015 with the prequel arc ''Kizumonogatari''. Nisio Isin has also penned a number of short short stories and other related works set in the same fictional universe.

Volume lists

Japanese volume list

English volume list

Audiobook

The English audiobook version of ''Kizumonogatari'' was released on May 25, 2016 by

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with narration done by Keith Silverstein, Eric Kimerer, and Cristina Vee. The audiobook for ''Nekomonogatari (White)'' was released on April 9, 2019 with narration done by Cristina Vee, Eric Kimerer, and Erica Mendez. The audiobook for the three volumes of ''Bakemonogatari'' were released on March 24, 2020 with narration done by Eric Kimerer, Cristina Vee, Erica Mendez, and Keith Silverstein. The Japanese

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versions of the entire series have starting release by

via

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since February 17, 2021. Each novel features narration by the voice actors/actresses of the anime adaptation.

List of short short stories

''Mazemonogatari''

is a collection of short stories featuring characters from Nisio Isin's other works. Twelve of these stories were first distributed in Japanese cinemas during the Japanese theatrical releases of ''

Kizumonogatari is a Japanese anime film trilogy directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and Tatsuya Oishi and produced by Shaft. Together, the films are an adaptation of the 2008 light novel of the same name, which is the second entry in the ''Monogatari'' series writ ...

Part 1: Tekketsu'', ''Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu'' and ''Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu''. A collected volume of these stories, alongside three previously unpublished ones, was published by

on February 6, 2019. ()

Other related works

*, released on August 4, 2009. * - Ōgi's challenge to the readers published as part of the serialization of ''Ōgi Formula'' in ''Bessatsu Shonen Magazine'', October 2013 issue, released on September 9, 2013. *, published in , released on September 20, 2013. *, illustrated by Hiroki Haritama and published in , released on October 30, 2013. *, illustrated by

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, published in and the August 2014 issue of ''

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'', released on January 31, 2014, and June 28, 2014, respectively, and included in the Blu-ray and DVD volume 2 of ''Koimonogatari'', released on July 23, 2014. *, published in the , released on August 26, 2014. *, included in the special edition of volume 12 of '' March Comes in like a Lion'', released on September 29, 2016. *, released on February 22, 2023, as part of the celebration of Nisio Isin's 20-year career.

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References

External links

Official ''Monogatari'' series page
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