Monogatari Series - Q & A

[ellifeedn]

How is it known the boy was killed? It could have been the girl.

[Edge Meltdown]

im curious... so after bakemonogatari series ends which one will come after? is it going to be kizumonogatari or nisemonogatari (are they gonna do it in chronological order?)

[Azuma Denton]

Originally Posted by DMC3alpha

im curious... so after bakemonogatari series ends which one will come after? is it going to be kizumonogatari or nisemonogatari (are they gonna do it in chronological order?)

2nd season is not confirmed until now...

[Miyuki-ism]

If I had to take a guess, it'd be Kizumonogatari.

[Haak]

What was all the radio talk about in episode 13? Did it actually have some significance?

[freakonboard]

^
The novel author is well known for using wordplay.

[Haak]

Oh okay, so he just wanted to show off his mad skillz. A bit dissapointed now. I thought it had some hidden meaning to actual story.

[Raiga]

Originally Posted by Haak

Oh okay, so he just wanted to show off his mad skillz. A bit dissapointed now. I thought it had some hidden meaning to actual story.

You never know...

(I actually don't know if it does, but seemingly irrelevant conversations have turned out to have significance in past arcs. We'll have to wait and see)

[Miyuki-ism]

I really like those conversations, It's one of the things I like about Bake. They go off on an tangent sometimes without even me realizing it until Koyomi or someone lese points it out.

[Zetsubo]

Originally Posted by Haak

Oh okay, so he just wanted to show off his mad skillz. A bit dissapointed now. I thought it had some hidden meaning to actual story.

Not really... any good piece of literature ought to have something of a "pointless conversation".

It brings realisim to the work.

If you think about real life not every conversation you have is about "specifics".

Some of your conversations has to be about why you think you cant fit eleven clowns into the boot of a compact car.

Small talk... is something that makes good literature snappy, when it is done properly.

You guys are just thinking too hard.

[freakonboard]

Originally Posted by Haak

Oh okay, so he just wanted to show off his mad skillz. A bit dissapointed now. I thought it had some hidden meaning to actual story.

One can think optimistically like the wordplays made the novel more unique.

You know, the title of the novel is also somewhat interesting.

[Bangirasu]

Is known the day of emission of episode 14?

[freakonboard]

^
The broadcast date is still TBA.

[Miyuki-ism]

Shouldn't it be this month? I think that was just a rumour.

But knowing SHAFT we'll be waiting until December.

[CELESTRIAL-HARDRAVE]

I read through all the pages and this one didnt seem to be covered.

The random cuts that cut away to saying " BLACK " " RED " and " WHITE " what do these mean exactly ? i figuered they were different from the " missing scene " cut aways and actully ment something. the closest thing i could come to conculsion was it represented time passing or some what. Black is a short amount of time, while red is a scene jump or some what. Am i on the right track ?

[Pocari_Sweat]

I think those were actual cut scenes that will get fixed up on the DVDs.

[Raiga]

Nah, not all of them, especially considering most lasted for a split second; hardly worth inserting the extra two or three frames of animation. Some, perhaps, will be replaced on DVD, but I think the majority were just by way of scene transition. SHAFT-isms, essentially.

If you want to try to find a pattern, though, go ahead. There might actually be one, who knows?

[freakonboard]

Yep, some of those aka/kuro cards are intended, as shown by DVDs/BDs.
Shaft/Shinbo's works usually have an avant-garde approach to presenting.

[neshru]

Originally Posted by CELESTRIAL-HARDRAVE

The random cuts that cut away to saying " BLACK " " RED " and " WHITE " what do these mean exactly ? i figuered they were different from the " missing scene " cut aways and actully ment something. the closest thing i could come to conculsion was it represented time passing or some what. Black is a short amount of time, while red is a scene jump or some what. Am i on the right track ?

That could be so, but it could be just that people at SHAFT love to be random, as you can see from some of their previous works too.

[CELESTRIAL-HARDRAVE]

Originally Posted by Raiga

Nah, not all of them, especially considering most lasted for a split second; hardly worth inserting the extra two or three frames of animation. Some, perhaps, will be replaced on DVD, but I think the majority were just by way of scene transition. SHAFT-isms, essentially.

If you want to try to find a pattern, though, go ahead. There might actually be one, who knows?

its possible it could be random as SHAFT loves to do with their production, but im fairly certain theres a pattern involved, the " white " cuts as far as i remember only appeared in the more later eps ( around 9 onwards ) while " black " was extremely common and im pretty sure represents a small amount of time passing that we dont need to see, such a short convo ( pause ) then another conversation. And red was mostly when massive time gaps or scene jumps.

anyone seem to notice a pattern ?