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KIZUMONOGATARI

Wound Tale

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KIZUMONOGATARI

By: NISIOISIN
Narrated by: Keith Silverstein, Eric Kimerer, Cristina Vee
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Summary

 Around midnight, under a lonely street lamp in a provincial town in Japan, lies a white woman, a blonde, alone, robbed of all four limbs, yet undead. Indeed, a rumor's been circulating among the local girls that a vampire has come to their backwater, of all places.

Koyomi Araragi, who prefers to avoid having friends because they'd lower his “intensity as a human," is naturally skeptical. Yet it is to him that the bloodsucking demon, a concept “dated twice over," beckons on the first day of spring break as he makes his way home with a fresh loot of morally compromising periodicals.

Always disarmingly candid, often hilariously playful, and sometimes devastatingly moving, KIZUMONOGATARI: Wound Tale is the perfect gateway into the world of author NISIOISIN, the bestselling young novelist in Japan today. The prequel to BAKEMONOGATARI (“Monster Tale"), this is where the legendary MONOGATARI series, whose anime adaptations have enjoyed international popularity and critical acclaim, begins. A theatrical feature based on KIZUMONOGATARI is due to be released in Japan in January 2016. Dystopian Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy
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“A great prose voice, strong central narrative, and endless thematic echoes make this a rich experience for Monogatari fans and likely a fun one even for newcomers.” – Anime News Network

“Kizumonogatari keeps your eyes glued to the page by intertwining the normal with the paranormal. . . . For the most part, the English translation of Kizumonogatari does a great job in capturing the tone and style of the original. The characters are still fun, quirky, and just as animated as they were in show supported by strong dialogue.” – Japanator.com
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the monogatari series has always been interesting especially in anime version. so I was surprised to see an audio book version and really enjoyed it. I hope that the rest of the series comes out in audio book format as well.

I look forward to seeing the movie.

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Listened to this with my audible trail not expecting much but it blowed me away. It's really good.

Spot on.

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Where does KIZUMONOGATARI rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

One of the better audios in a while

What did you like best about this story?

As I'm still waiting to see the final part of the Anime this was an fantastic way to find out what happens to all. As future stories in the series never explain the why or what happens to Kiss Shot

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

I felt all captured the voice for the roles especially as there is no dubbed Anime version they have left their imprint on the roles

Any additional comments?

I know it isn't likely but I really hope this series continues to be transferred into audio book.

excellent work by all the crew and cast

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Hell yes.
After feeling pretty meh about the first Kizu film, I wanted to know if it’s worth investing in further...now I just want to buy all the books instead because holy cow I loved it.
With the initial setup of the story I figured it was just going to be ok at most, pretty standard but enjoyable. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! Part of me is tempted to even say flawless. The story is constantly ramping up, character relationships are so interesting, and much like the story steadily and organically build as it progresses and can safely say I’ve never heard such a detailed description of panties in my life
One franchise I always thought wouldn’t work as an English translation outside of a written format was Monogatari. God damn was I wrong. The voice acting from Keith, Eric and Cristina is absolutely perfection, each of them bringing distinct voices to each of the characters they play, despite voicing multiple characters (which I admit I was very skeptical about), clearly fantastic direction by Tony as well!

Really wish more of the books were adapted into this format, but now I’ve got to get to a point where I can listen to Neko without spoilers

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I've been holding off on checking out the monogatari series for a few years now especially the animated series due to my poor reading speed and the speedy dialogue it seems to have.

I immediately picked up this title once I saw it and I sincerely wish there were more of the books in the series available on audible.

Loved it!

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