List of Monogatari novels

Cover of the first light novel volume of Bakemonogatari, featuring Hitagi Senjougahara, published by Kodansha on November 2, 2006

Monogatari is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Vofan. The plot centers around Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student who survives a vampire attack and subsequently finds himself helping girls involved with a variety of apparitions, ghosts, beasts, spirits, and other supernatural phenomena.

The series began as three short stories serialized in Kodansha's Mephisto magazine between the September 2005 and May 2006 issues, which were later collected in a light novel volume published in Japan on November 2, 2006. Kodansha released 29 volumes in the series under its Kodansha Box imprint. Each of the 29 entries in the series share the common title suffix -monogatari (物語, lit. "story"). In 2015, Vertical licensed the novel series for English release.[1] The company began its paperback line with Kizumonogatari on December 15, 2015,[2] and later released the Bakemonogatari novels in three volumes: the first in December 2016, the second in February 2017, and the third in April 2017.[3] As of December 2020, the novels in the series up to Zoku Owarimonogatari have been translated.[4]

Nisio Isin has also penned a number of short short stories[a] and other related works set in the same fictional universe.

  1. ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (February 15, 2015). "Vertical Adds Kizumonogatari Novel, Seraph of the End Novels, Ninja Slayer Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "KIZUMONOGATARI". Kodansha Comics. Kodansha USA. Archived from the original on February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "BAKEMONOGATARI". Kodansha Comics. Kodansha USA. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference en Zoku was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ 「〈物語〉シリーズ」西尾維新の短々編公開、YOASOBI「UNDEAD」の配信も開始 [‘Monogatari’ series: a short short story by Nisio Isin is released, and YOASOBI's ‘UNDEAD’ is now available.]. Natalie. July 1, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024.


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