So the new and reformed Arararagi, after being taught a lesson by Kanbaru, decides to lay off the molesting habits. But Hackuji is actually disappointed, which makes you think what the hell she's been wanting this many years as a ghost. Of course, Arararagi is offended that the only thing that defines him is a pervert. He is a self sacrificing pervert, after all.
And he goes back and finds Ms. "It should be illegal for me to touch a sharp object" sharpening pencils. Apparently they must have taken away her staplers so she's creating a weapon. There's a brief and random zoom in of his crotch-- that is obviously the very moment he lost his boner, or perhaps gained one. You can never tell with him.
However, Hitagi does hold the monopoly on malice (That I would disagree) and decides for once to start pointing those pencils at the right people. No Dark Night magic tricks eh? I gotta wonder what goes through her minds sometimes. Is it "kill, kill, kill, Arararagi, kill, kill, kill arararagi, arararagi, kill" in roughtly that order? We have no idea but I actually see a opportunity for character development that will make me find a reason to give a damn about her. Though, that will be an uphill struggle.
Hitagi's bascially not one to really associate with other people. She's always been a lone wolf until Arararagi came along, and initally she just saw him for amusement and curiosity. And here she wants to take on this evil jackass by herself, because that's how she rolls but this isn't going to be the case this time. Perhaps Arararagi's undying will to help everybody, and her in this case is going to make her realize about human relations a bit more. After all, who else comes up with bizzare declarations of love like that. Even she can't keep a straight face to that.
And so we end up with some drama at the end, and oh shit Karen's gone. It was a perfect place to conclude the episode, and to top it off we also have Shinobu teasing Arararagi again. Some things are done as gestures, after all. Officially, it's an order but deep down she really does want to help... or maybe. That's just how we humans interact-- in terms of gestures and symbols. Some like Hitagi would rather throw away the formalities, but for society to work these things have to stay around. Rules and laws suck, but they are needed.
Also, the visuals were top notch, unbecoming of this franchise, and I can honestly say for once that I enjoyed every moment of this episode, Hitagi or not. Thus, of all the 21 episodes I've seen of this series this episode for me was far and above anything I've previously seen.
Thus for the first time for this series, I rate it a
10/10
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I didn't realize that Hachikuji was tsundering about Koyomi's harassment. I thought she genuinely didn't like it. But it looks like we will get to see more of Koyomi's pedophile nature that we all know of. And, it looks like Koyomi's tsundere level is still quite low, seeing as Sinobu had to explain that she was obviously tsundering. And I just can't get enough of her Ka Ka laugh XD. So much win. And as usual, I just love the interaction between Koyomi and Senjougahara. Even though Senjougahara usually dominates the mood, Koyomi can really pack a punch when he means it. And there is nothing more sweet that seeing Senjougahara's dere side.
Something is said about them in Nekomonogatari, I forget if it was Black or White. If you want more specifics you should probably ask in the light novel thread.
