The 物 (mono) kanji is shared between them.

物語 ( monogatari: legend, story or tale).

化物 ( bakemono: monster, ghost, goblin, apparition or phantom).

The audiobook for all three volumes released on March 24, 2020. īakemonogatari is the third installment of the series to receive an English audiobook after Kizumonogatari and Nekomonogatari White. Ī manga adaptation of the novel was announced, it will be published on the 15th issue of the Weekly Shonen Magazine this March 14, 2018.

announced the English translation of Bakemonogatari, it was released in three volumes in December 2016, February 2017, and April 2017, respectively. It was also re-released as three e-books with new covers illustrated by VOFAN, with the first released on July 1, 2016, while the second and third were released on July 8, 2016.

The first and second books overall, they contain the stories Hitagi Crab (ひたぎクラブ), Mayoi Mai Mai (Snail) (まよいマイマイ), Suruga Monkey (するがモンキー), Nadeko Snake (なでこスネイク), and Tsubasa Cat (つばさキャット). It was originally split into two volumes. Bakemonogatari (化物語) or BAKEMONOGATARI: Monster Tale in the English publication, is the first part of the Monogatari series.

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