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Past the debatable style Shaft usually use, I really can't see Higanbana done by Shaft: Shaft MO for Bakemonogatari is mainly focused on style shift midway and emphasis on wordplay and others things.
Higanbana mood and storytelling is much more conventional, the likes of Another, Shiki etc.
Really, using Bakemonogatari doesn't work at all, because Higanbana does -not- put any emphasis on word play, gags or witty discussions whatsoever.
In fact, the whole deal would be extremely distracting and would kill the mood: the series adaptation should not rely on text whatsoever, but simply with ambiant mood, BGM and characters anguish, the likes Shaft absolutely doesn't do, except to "some extent" with Madoka Magica.
Conventional adaptations can fleshen the original source, depending how it is done, and recent series I have mentioned did the trick well without using any artificial tricks. Heck, even Higurashi had a remotely fine adaptation for Onikakushi, keeping the pressure and tension high, even though they bypassed Keiichi's anguish/unsure feelings regarding "if it is the same Rena he knew".
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