Bakemonogatari: Monster Tale, Vol. 22

化物語 [Bakemonogatari] #22

by NisiOisiN, Oh! Great (Illustrator), VOFAN (Character Design)

Superata l’ultima battaglia, per Koyomi è finalmente giunto il momento dell’appuntamento con Hitagi. Sotto un cielo di stelle che sembrano voler cadere da un momento all’altro, la ragazza gli comunica i sentimenti che prova... Come si concluderà la vicenda iniziata col loro bizzarro incontro?

Genres: Manga

Kindle Edition

First published May 17, 2023

About the author

Nisio Isin (西尾維新 Nishio Ishin), frequently written as NisiOisiN to emphasize that his pen name is a palindrome, is a Japanese novelist and manga writer. He attended and left Ritsumeikan University without graduating. In 2002, he debuted with the novel Kubikiri Cycle, which earned him the 23rd Mephisto Award at twenty years of age.

He currently works with Kodansha on Pandora, the Kodansha Box magazine, and Faust, a literary magazine containing the works of other young authors who similarly take influence from light novels and otaku culture. He was also publishing a twelve volume series over twelve months for the Kodansha Box line; Ryusui Seiryoin was matching this output, and the Kodansha Box website stated that this is the first time in the world two authors have done twelve volume monthly novel series simultaneously from the same publisher.

In February, 2008, his novel Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases was released in English by Viz Media. Del Rey Manga has already released the first volume in his Zaregoto series. His Bakemonogatari, Nisemonogatari and Katanagatari novels have been adapted into anime series. Nekomonogatari (Kuro) has been adapted into an anime TV movie, and Kizumonogatari will be release in theaters this year. Monogatari Series: Second Season, adapted from 6 books in Monogatari Series will air in July 2013. Another of his works, Medaka Box (manga), has been adapted into a two-season anime series.

Reviews

[Radiantbeni · Rating 5 out of 5]

FINAL VOLUME OMG I'M FINALLY FREE

[Szoruj · Rating 1 out of 5]

Art got considerably worse. It's still excellent, don't get me wrong, but you can literally see frames copied from the previous volumes (not for retrospection).
The ending is disappointing, a few pages of maudlin nothing. But then... the straight-up paedo fan service. If somehow you went through questionable scenes in previous volumes, you might want to gauge your eyeballs out. At least I wanted. I absolutely regret every minute of time spent with this series, and I didn't finish the last volume. It ruined a worsening experience.
Edit: I kept reading through the series, because the initial volumes were excellent, and I enjoyed OVAs. I should've sticked to those.

[Bell Potter · Rating 1 out of 5]

(Aviso: lectura hecha en ejemplar en español, publicado en México. La presente nota se modificará cuando se dé de alta en GR la edición correspondiente).

[Camille Crak · Rating 4 out of 5]

La série est terminée et j'ai l'impression d'avoir riennnnn pigé aux trucs. Mais par contre dans ce tome là lhypersexualisation des gamines c'est NOWAY omg !

[Marie Michel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ich kann nicht glauben, dass es vorbei ist😭😭
Ich hoffe so sehr, dass weitere Manga Adaptionen veröffentlicht werden. Der Manga hat mir viel besser gefallen, wie der Anime :(