化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari] Quotes

“I don't know everything, I just know what I know.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“Just so you know, Araragi-kun, I hate romantic comedies where it is obvious the two will get together at the end but lukewarm developments keep them at an in-between more-than-friends-less-than-lovers state chapter after chapter just to keep the story going.”

“...I see.”

“Incidentally, I also hate sports manga where each match takes an entire year and yet you know they are going to win in the end. I also hate battle manga where it is clear they will defeat the final boss and bring peace to the world, but the battles with weaker enemies go on forever.”

“I think you just covered every shounen manga and shoujo manga in existence.”

- Senjougahara Hitagi & Araragi Koyomi”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“I heard that you could help me.”

“Me? That’s impossible,” said Oshino in a joking tone of voice. “Only you can help yourself, ojou-chan.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“These are my feelings. My thoughts. My memories. I will take them back. I should never have lost them.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“It has been said since ancient times that you are influenced by those around you and I feel myself growing as a human just by being around you, Araragi-senpai. I guess this is what it means to follow in someone’s example.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“Words can hurt, you know."
"Then call the word police.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“高校生,マウンテンバイク. 中学生, バタフライナイフ. 小学生, スカートめくり.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“I had never thought that having someone who would get angry for me would be so reassuring”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“You do not want to end up fussing over problems you cannot solve to the point of overlooking problems you can solve.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“I am rather conflicted. Not trying at all would preserve my pride better than if I tried and failed.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“Even if no darkness in the world could not be illuminated, darkness would still exist.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“It is said that knowledge is power.

However, merely knowing left us utterly powerless.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“Oh my, look at this! I thought somebody had left a dead dog lying
on a park bench, and it was just you, Araragi-kun.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“Drinking alcohol decreases the distance between us and gods. It'll help you relax a little, anyway."

"...I'm underage.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“You can't blame everything on vampires! Who cares if they're trendy right now!”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“I'm saying, you need to stop acting like a victim”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“My abusive words are filled with forty grams of copper, twenty five grams of zinc, fifteen grams of nickel, five grams of embarrassment and ninety seven kilograms of spite.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“Oshino Meme, you say... it certainly sounds like a moe name."
"Don't get your expectations too high. He's a thirty-plus year old man."
"I see. But he must have been a moe character when he was young.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“This book might seem like three stories centered on Oddities…but it’s not. These are three stories I wrote because I wanted to write an enjoyable novel filled with silly conversations.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“Perhaps we should see it as that author or story having the power to give the reader that kind of misunderstanding.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“Come on, Araragi-senpai, you know perfectly well why. Or are you giving me a chance to show off? I was stalking you, so of course I’d located your home address.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“We all had our hidden sides and our unhidden sides.

And those two sides were one and the same, like a Mobius strip”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“It seems obvious but, my parents' death really did affect me. So I closed off my heart. But
it's not like I could just tell everyone around me to treat me nicely just because I had closed off my heart.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“I was jealous of you and I completely gave up on Senjougaharasenpai. And I was dumbfounded. What was I thinking, 'healing
Senjougahara-senpai', 'letting go'. Those were all lies. That was all
just my ego. 'If I was fine with it then it was fine the way it was'. Did
I think that Senjougahara-senpai would praise me for that? I was
stupid. I was such a hypocrite. But, even still, I wanted
Senjougahara-senpai to be kind to me like she used to. I didn't care
if it as my ego or whatever, I just wanted to be by her side.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“What’s wrong with it? If I kill you, that means I will be the closest person to you when you draw your last breath. Isn’t it romantic?”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“Being killed by one who loves you enough to kill you sounds like the best possible death to me.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“As they say, when the cat’s away, the mice will play.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“If you refuse me, I will kill you and then run away.”

“That’s just a normal murder! You need to die too!”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“Oh, are you perhaps worried about that ridiculous theory that says people are more likely to fall into a romantic relationship in
dangerous situations while ignoring human reasoning and giving no thought to the fact that extremely dangerous situations have a
way of revealing the true nature of one’s comrades?”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]

“After all, time was equally kind to everyone.

It was so kind it was cruel.”
― NisiOisiN, 化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari]