OTORIMONOGATARI: Decoy Tale

I feel conflicted about Nadeko. She's a perfectly decent character, but I absolutely hate her as a person, mostly for the reasons various characters outline in this book. But I just can't get enough of how much is going on between the lines in this volume.The most glaringly obvious element of this book would be the lowercase i's, and though they seem heavy-handed at first, they mean more than you might think - Nisio sprinkled the clues in fairly cleverly, so if you pay close attention, you may not only see the twist coming, but you might also glimpse the overarching plot that dominates the rest of the series. In retrospect, knowing where this series goes, the structuring of which stories are told when is quite brilliant on Nisio's part.Getting back to this book, though, Nadeko's special style of narration worked wonders for the story, making it easier to appreciate her character (albeit not her personality) and the themes of the story. Heck, it even made me think more deeply about the nature of aberrations. Even if you don't like Nadeko, this is a quality addition to the series, even if Nisio didn't originally plan for it to run this long.Though there were a few typos. One character had a lowercase i where it didn't belong, and another character had her name misspelled once. How uncharacteristic of Vertical. Hopefully, this won't become a regular occurrence.At any rate, next is the story that broke me so hard I couldn't bring myself to watch anime for a week after I finished its anime adaptation. I'm looking forward to it.

The corruption of Nadeko had a truly amazing buildup, Second Season is going very well thus far. Bless Vertical

Nadeko has always been my favorite character and it's great to see her get character development.

WATCH AND READ MONOGATARI

Good book

Crossing the halfway point of the Monogatari series second season, Nisioisin's arching plot starts to become apparent. In this volume, we are (re)introduced to another narrator, Nadeko Sengoku. Nadeko is still haunted by the curse placed on her several volumes ago, in more ways than one. After the God of Kitashirahebi shrine calls on her to help him, Nadeko goes on a quest, hoping to return some peace to her life.I love that Isin decided to make Nadeko the Narrator for this volume. Nadeko was always the odd one out in the original series, being more of a foil to all the other girls than an active character in her own right. While other characters to varying degrees created their own problems, attempted to overcome them, and made witty banter with Araragi along the way, Nadeko was a quiet, innocent victim, illustrating that not every problem is something you 'just save yourself' from. It was a good thematic lesson, but it didn't gather her fans the way Shinobu or Senjogahara did. This volume gives us the look into her head her character needed.For the writing itself, Otori is easily the most stylized of all the previous volumes. I don't want to spoil too much, but Isin and Ransom express her personality with some interesting prose choices. Overall, the plot was good, but in need of more follow up in the future volumes. Which reminds me, Onimonogatari is just around the corner!

They did a great job translating these books. The author makes tons of puns and word play in the japanese version and I think the english translator really did a good job capturing the same feel and sentiment as the original.Book itself was great, more of the monogatari series. Fans can expect the same quality and details as the previous ones.

Excelente!

La historia, como siempre, es extraordinaria, el arte es hermoso; la edición en sí es una maravilla. Seas o no fan de Monogatari, te va a parecer interesante ésta saga de novelas ¡pero ojo! pocos pueden aguantar su narrativa y su estructura.Como todas las novelas, está en inglés.

piccolo manga molto piacevole da leggere, peccato per il servizio un po' lento

Exploring Nadeko's character this way was brilliant. Really tackles the forced cuteness in Japan, and Nadeko makes a great villain