Review of the light novel Nisemonogatari Volume 1 by Nisioisin
LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
TITLE: Nisemonogatari (The Monogatari Series)
AKA: Monogagatari, 偽物語 上
AUTHOR: Nisioisin
ILLUSTRATOR: VOFAN
PUBLISHER (English): Vertical
RELEASE DATE (English): June 27, 2017
PURCHASE (Amazon.com): http://amzn.to/2oBVecc
PURCHASE (Book Depository): https://www.bookdepository.com/Nisemonogatari-1-Nisioisin/9781942993988/?a_aid=jrstone
PUBLISHER (Japan): Kodansha
RELEASE DATE (Japan): September 2, 2008
VOLUMES RELEASED (Japan to Date): 23 (most recent released July 20, 2017)
ANIME SERIES: 94 episodes + 3 movies (14 volumes adapted to date)
The light novel featured in this review is the official English release and was purchased with my own money. All opinions are my own and were not paid for.
From the back cover:
Unlike ne’er-do-well former vampire Araragi, his two younger sisters Karen and Tsukihi, who attend a private junior high, are little balls of energy and charisma that their peers look up to. That the “ka” in Karen and “hi” in Tsukihi are both written with the character for “fire” isn’t the only reason they’ve come to be known as the Fire Sisters.
Karen is the brawn and Tsukihi the brains of a vigilantism that the pair sees not merely as defending justice but as justice itself. They can’t encounter a harmful fad without trying to hunt down a specific source that had a motive for spreading it. In their big brother’s humble opinion, there is something fake and precarious about it all.
In this first of two parts, the immediate sequel to the legendary BAKEMONOGATARI plunges us into the middle of summer vacation in the mostly peaceful rural town where the series is set. As our hero and narrator can say from experience, however, teenagers with too much free time on their hands can get stung pretty badly.