
Hitagi Crab
Yeah, i know it’s late. It only needs 5 eps of Bakemonogatari to produce a new legacy in history of anime, Senjougahara Fascination !!! I’m proud to tell that, me myself has already fallen into Senjoughara Fascination itself.
Now, who is this Senjougahara? Why can she hynotized many of anime fans out there?
Warning, article below may contain spoilers!!!
Senjougahara Hitagi (戦場ヶ原 ひたぎ) is the main heroine from Bakemonogatari series. Bakemonogatari is a 2 volume novel created by Nisio Isin, and now being made into a 15-episode anime by SHAFT. Hitagi first appear in Hitagi Crab Chapter, as the main heroine that being cursed become a weightless girl by a crab she met. Because of that, she avoided everyone else, and threathen them if they found out her secret. It was Araragi Koyomi that breaks the curse for her.
Why is she so fascinating? Because she is not like any character that ever been made into anime before. She claim herself as a tsundere, but she is nowhere near tsundere character. She is direct (very direct) in voicing her thought. Everything she did is so extreme (like how she threathen Araragi with a stapler in his mouth or a pen ready to poke into his eye) Is she a Yandere? Not exactly. She is not like someone that can laughing happily while her partner is hurt. And she can give a damn fanservice where no one expected it.
Araragi plays a part into shaping Senjougahara unique character. As he is a perfect partner for receiving Senjougahara’s verbal abusing. I never seen any of conversation between them (intense yet so interesting and funny) bored me.
Senjougahara: “Did I shock you?”
Araragi: “You look like you’re ready to kill someone when you do that.”
Senjougahara: “When I kill someone, it’ll be you Araragi. I’ve decided to make you my first victim. I wont pick anyone beside you. I’ll promise that.”
Araragi: “I dont want any of that twisted love.”
Senjougahara: “Isnt it romantic? If I kill you, I’ll be the one closest to you when you die.”
Araragi: “I dont want it. I prefer to be kill by anyone but you. I rather be killed in anyway other than how you kill me.”
Senjougahara: “Why? Do you hate me so much? When anyone else kill you, i’ll kill that person. I’ll have to keep my promise.”
That is just a part on many interesting conversation (more like verbal war) between Senjougahara and Araragi. That kind of conversation has held me captive inside Senjougahara Fascination. Why Senjougahara Fascination? Not Senjougahara Moe? or SenjougaharaDere? Find out the answer in eps 5 of Bakemonogatari.
At last but not least, hope SHAFT will make the prequel and sequel of Bakemogatari. It’ll be nice to see more Senjougahara in the sequel of Bakemonogatari. As maybe she’ll become one of the most influencing girl character in anime history. SENJOUGAHARA FASCINATION !!!

Hitagi Crab
