Monogatari SS 11 (Recapmonogatari 2)
Well, I figured they were going to divide Bake into two for the sake of leaving one recap episode for Nise, but I didn't expect them to divide them up this way. I thought it would make the most sense to divide them up the same way as the novels (one episode for Hitagi Crab, Mayoi Maimai and Suruga Monkey, and another for Nadeko Snake and Tsubasa Cat), but instead they covered the first four arcs in a single episode. So I guess they're dividing it up in the same way as the original anime - one recap for the TV episodes and one for the OVA episodes.
...Which means, I guess, that the next recap will be entirely devoted to Tsubasa Cat. That's two whole recap episodes out of four devoted to Hanekawa, folks! I guess it fits, though. She does seem to get a disproportionate amount of focus sometimes, that girl.
Anyway, this episode basically played out as "the Senjougahara story". Almost the entire first half of the episode was spent on Senjougahara's own arc, there was a fair amount of Senjougahara focus in the other arcs (the confession scene from the end of Mayoi's and her timely intervention at the end of Kanbaru's both stood out as quite prominent), and then they even tied it up with the stargazing scene from the beginning of Tsubasa Cat, like in the original anime's TV broadcast.
Overall, it felt significantly more of a rush than the previous recap episode for obvious reasons, but it was still nicely-paced, nicely-presented, nicely-narrated, and generally a pleasure to watch. A nice refresher.
Now bring on Otorimonogatari! I honestly have no idea what to expect from this next arc; all I know is that it focuses around Nadeko, which is interesting in and of itself. She's had by far the least focus of any heroine in the series so far, barely appearing outside of her own arc, so it will be interesting to see more of her.
