[Raymondjram]

Originally Posted by ThereminVox

That was glorious. If the whole arc is anything like this, with all the verbal dancing, and the slow reveals of hidden motives, then this will be the topper on a really good season.

Spoiler for Comparison to the novels:

These verbal dances as written by Nisio Isin are what made all of the Monogatari light novels so interesting. Those who have read some of the original novels understand what this means. Yet as we begin watching how SHAFT animates these novels, we see that most of the important (and no so important but still relative) dialogues was edited out, especially in the two stories that had Koyomi and Shinobu in them (Kabuki and Oni), so those who only watch the anime did not know the special relationship between them as told in the novels..

Since we see that Deisu Kaiki is the main star in this story, SHAFT may have to animate most or all of his dialogues to guarantee the success of this anime. I do hope so!