Officially the second part of MONOGATARI’s second arc, KABUKI dives into the past of one of the MONOGATARI’s first heorines - Mayoi Hachikuji. With an animated series by SONY, KABUKIMONOGATARI is a must read for BAKE fans, and a must for fans of Japanese YA fiction.

A few months after he first met Mayoi Hachikuji (BAKEMONOGATARI), Araragi set out to deliver something to the young lady. Unable to find her, Araragi gives up and heads home and realizes that he has not done any of his summer assignments even though today is the last day of summer break. With help from Shinobu, Koyomi travels back to the past so that he can finish them, but instead, they end up traveling back a full eleven years!

The current date is May 13th. It is the day before that Mother’s Day when Mayoi left to go see her mother. Koyomi realizes that he has an opportunity to save Mayoi! But is he aware of what may result when you change the past like that…