Yay peace peace. First I would like to dedicate this review to mods of anilist. Im grateful for to whoever thought of splitting the entries and doing so despite the complaints of others. Keep up the great work Now onward to the review Spoilers for all of the anime Sodachi Fiasco: This is the a rather interesting one. Not only for how its the longest in this novel but its about a character that didnt have that many episodes in the anime. When she did first appear she was mostly a tool for Araragi and Ougis developments and nothing more. I found her character intriguing because of of that role she played. The first girl Araragi ever met with problems that he failed to save twice and forget about. She not only indirectly sparked his sense of justice but also destroyed it. But other than that we left her relatively quickly compared to the other girls in the show and she was shown again briefly in Zoku Owarimonogatari. And then this came along. The story is about Sodachis journey out of the hikikomori lifestyle and back into society. Her first step is a new normal highschool with new normal classmates. As we know Sodachi is anything but normal and her chapter reflects that. Before we even get to the high school theres already parts of her hating Araragi 3 pages filled with I hate him followed by why she came to hate him. She then dives into self hatred though not looking for pity but stating it as an all known fact. She tends to do this a lot where she goes on and on about others but casually slips insults to herself for a bit to show that she does know is a bag of issues. But shes trying. Just in the wrong way. Every action she does take upon the views of others seems so random to even the reader because of her inner thoughts. Shes so busy thinking and pondering on those thoughts that other people are an after thought to her. Or rather she cant understand people. This is her fools tale of that. Her failure to understand the positives of people but her genius to at least understand their flaws. In her class a classmate is being totally isolated. So much so that shes invisible or nonexistent to others. Being the selfish girl Sodachi is she tries to take this as an opportunity to befriend someone. She fails many times before chasing her down the hallway. Way to go Sodachi I believe in you. However the actual details of why this is happening to her are very vague and confusing. Thats because in Sodachis eyes she not only could care less but she doesnt understand it herself with that awful ability to understand others. It becomes this really fun read of her classmates talking to Sodachi and trying to keep things the way they are but Sodachi could care less. In fact she actually ruins their goodwill many times with her curiousness. She got friends as a bride to not meddle but she was so shocked by this change she accidentally ruined it. She kept meddling so much that she even followed one of her classmates to her cram school and stole a phone from someone. Even knowing her thoughts its still wild to think she actually thought this was a good idea that calling her a fool is the correct word. But also the wrong one. Shes a genius in how she solved this drama so quickly and easily without any read understanding of it. I wont spoil how she did it but its pretty laughable when you read it. In the end she doesnt exactly improved in my eyes but she sticks true to her foolish self. I hope later on she can find friends one day. Sodachi Fiasco: 80/100 Suruga Bonehead: Despite being the one I was most excited for it was the one that most disappointed me. I love the characters of Kanberu and Ougi which will be explained later when I read the Second and Final season novels and their conversations here are a delight. So whats the problem then? Wel the plot of it really only works if you understand Japanese and its culture. See Nisio Isin loves his wordplay but its based of Japanese wordplay. I never found a problem in this because the anime can still be enjoyed without knowing his wordplay and the official english novels translate them so well that the wordplay is explained really well. But you see this novel and the novels in Monster and Off season havent been translated yet and I can see why with this. The wordplay is so complex that it involves all of Japans writing systems to even guess what the riddle could be. I struggled reading through because I have almost no background knowledge. Though you can argue that its my fault for not knowing Japanese and reading a fan translation. Which you would be correct thats my fault but I cant see how anyone could translate this well enough to an English speaking audience. However the parts that arent about that are still pretty fun and give great development to Kanberus character. Suruga Bonehead: 78/100 Tsukihi Undo: Not going to lie this was by far the best part of this novel. Its so random yet fits in theme of this novel so well that its an absolutely joy. It is basically a short story about Ononokis cover as a doll finally being blown by Tsukihi by seeing Ononoki enjoying some ice cream. It dissolves into Ononoki fooling her that shes a magical girl sent here to stop evil monsters from attacking Which we also learn that Araragis favourite anime is Precure series. It works all too well when Tsukihi wants to see an anime fight in real lifea nd Ononoki has to figure this all out before anyone finds out. Its interesting to see that Ononokis genius and what makes her a fool is her human side to connect to others. If she fully commit to being a doll she wont have to been caught but she wants to be human. She wants to enjoy her ice cream damn it and no darkness will take that away from her. We also get some Sengoku development of her enjoying lifes difficulties and being happy with that. I wont say too much since this was is more of a blast reading than me trying to explain to it. Just know that its fun as hell and you read this novel. Tsukihi Undo: 85/100 In conclusion: This novel technically has no need to exist. The series wrapped in a really nice place solving every plot thread it had. But just like the author I love this story not for its story but characters. More Monogatari is something I will always love to see since its just a lot of fun. If you were completely satisfied with the anime or the final season no need to read these. But if you want even more Monogatari then read these away as well. Im going to read them and then review them all since I love this series too damn much Have a good day and keep trying to enjoy life Kishbokai P.S. Please Shaft make more Monogatari Wazamonogatari review https://anilist.co/review/16864