Orokamonogatari

Orokamonogatari
Novel Information
Release	October 5, 2015
ISBN	978-4-06-283889-4
Pages	304
Cover	Yotsugi Ononoki
Novel Guide
Previous	Zokuowarimonogatari
Next	Wazamonogatari

Orokamonogatari (愚物語) is the fourteenth part of the Monogatari series. It is the nineteenth book overall, and contains the stories Sodachi Fiasco (そだちフィアスコ), Suruga Bonehead (するがボーンヘッド), and Tsukihi Undo (つきひアンドゥ). It is the first book in the Off Season of the series.

Etymology

The title is portmanteau of two terms:

• 愚物 (orokamono: fool, trick, "bonehead" - the latter one is meaning a stupid person)
• 物語 (monogatari: legend, story, tale)

Publisher's Summary

Yotsugi Ononoki, the shinigami girl assigned to watch over Koyomi Araragi. This dead tsukumogami girl faces a challenge, but what exactly is that do-or-die struggle with her life on the line? As the "story" grows, it keeps on running, ever burning bright!

These are the modern-day oddities! Oddities! Oddities!

Youth is going back and forth between pain and peace.

Promotion

An official microsite for the release of Orokamonogatari was opened on the website of Kodansha BOX. The site contains sound clips of notable female characters in the series insulting Koyomi, from Hitagi in Bakemonogatari to Ougi Oshino in Owarimonogatari, as well as the publisher's summary for Orokamonogatari and Owarimonogatari.

A related contest was also opened, giving away a Shinobu Oshino T-shirt autographed by Nisio Isin to one follower of Nisio Isin's official Twitter account (@nisioisin_info) who tweeted and/or shared on Facebook one of fifty sound clips from the female cast of the Monogatari series.

External Links

• Official site (in Japanese)