Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen

After helping revive the legendary vampire Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade, Koyomi Araragi has become a vampire himself and her servant. Kiss-shot is certain she can turn him back into a human, but only once regaining her full power.

Araragi has hunted down the three vampire hunters that defeated Kiss-shot and retrieved her limbs to return her to full strength. However, now that Araragi has almost accomplished what he’s been fighting for this whole time, he has to consider if this is what he really wants. Once he revives this powerful immortal vampire, there is no telling what she might do, and there would be no way of stopping her.

But there is more to the story that Araragi doesn’t understand. If a newborn vampire like him could defeat the hunters, how did they overpower Kiss-shot? Can he trust her to turn him back to a human? And how is that even possible in the first place?

Araragi is at his limit but he must come to a decision, and it may not be possible to resolve this situation without doing something he’ll regret…

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Oshino, Shinobu Main

Sakamoto, Maaya Japanese

Araragi, Koyomi Main

Kamiya, Hiroshi Japanese

Hanekawa, Tsubasa Main

Horie, Yui Japanese

Oshino, Meme Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Guillotinecutter Supporting

Shishirui, Seishirou Supporting

Iwakami, Atsuhiro Producer

Kubota, Mitsutoshi Producer

Matsushita, Takuya Producer

Matsunaga, Kousuke Producer

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Apr 19, 2026

NealTenshio

Recommended

When you're a Monogatari Series fan, it's hard not to be a fan. Especially when you're on this third Kizumonogatari movie which tells a lot of the backstory to the Bakemonogatari series. I am very much satisfied with this third movie. The only thing I didn't like was the trip to get here. The first movie was horrible. I don't know who decided to split Kizumonogatari into three movies instead of just doing a series. People (that have never seen any of the series before) who watched this with me were conflicted. But me, already having been a fan of the series, understood everything. The ... characters do what you would expect of the characters and they are as charming as ever, them in all their good and their flaws. Of course, Kizumonogatari is the events that lead up to Bakemonogatari. Unfortunately, Kizumonogatari lacked a lot of the atmosphere that you would expect from something like Bakemonogatari. The artstyle fails to give it what it deserves, because I'm sure Bakemonogatari fans have long awaited the dark, gruesome, intense, serious, and myserterious feel that was always hinted about Kizumonogatari. Kizumonogatari was a bit more straightforward than I would have liked. But I'm glad that the characters still have their identities. And the events that happen reflect the choices of the characters. Despite the flaws made by some of the meta choices in making this movie, the story of Kizumonogatari itself is one that is difficult to get wrong, because it is a story that builds up and speaks volumes to who these characters are. And it's hard to hate these characters, because they are unwaveringly themselves.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Mar 27, 2025

outiskimsedir

Mixed Feelings

Well... I don't know how to react to this anime.

It was both weird and interesting.
It was both beautiful and disturbing.
It had a deep theme and was also absurd.
That's it...

Do I regret watching it?
Hmm... Not really.
Was it an anime I should definitely watch?
... Meh~ I don't know to be honest...
Did I like it?
A little, maybe...
I can say that it was an unusual plot for me...
It wasn't that bad but it wasn't that good either, I guess I can say. (Relativity)

In general, the characters, drawings, animation style and dialogues were interesting...

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Apr 11, 2023

akk05

Not Recommended

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TLDR;
-Animation looks really weird
-Fights are random and anticlimactic
-Terrible ending
-Hanekawa

There was a lot wrong with this movie series, and it reached an all-time low with this final movie. So first of all, the CGI. The animators use a really weird combination of live action scenes, traditional anime style, and objects that for some reason are neither anime-style or live action. That, combined with the blatant CGI gives everything a really clunky and bizarre feel, especially the fights, which also were pretty bad. The fights all felt very random, each in their own way. It felt like someone came up with the villains and then told the ... animators to do the rest. The action (aside from the CGI) felt very anticlimactic and lame, despite the interesting concept. Add the CGI, and it just makes things worse. For example, the final fight of the series. What were they even going for? Comedy? Action? Suspense? An emotional moment? Shock factor? As the fight progresses, each of these themes is presented at random points for seemingly no reason. While it is possible to balance comedy and action, or shock factor and suspense, etc, this fight does not even come close to it. It was a mess of emotions and themes that ultimately provided for a ridiculous fight without so much as a satisfying end. Speaking of which, the end was also terrible. It's almost like they wrote season 1 before the prequel movies and had to come up with a reason for why Araragi was part-vampire. Oh wait, that's exactly what they did. They act like they provided a happy ending to the arc, but really if you look past what they're trying to force on you it's very obvious that the ending is a lot more depressing than it seems. Not only is it depressing, it's also very uncharacteristic of Araragi, which is probably because the writers didn't realize how messed up the ending actually is. Finally, Hanekawa. They pretty much changed her from a collected, mild-mannered girl into an overly-flirtatious and outgoing character...for some fanservice scenes? In the first season, it becomes known that Hanekawa has a crush on Araragi. Initially, one would be surprised, because Hanekawa shows 0 romantic/sexual interest in Araragi. But after watching five minutes of the first movie, you could tell immediately.

All in all, this movie series was no where near as well done or enjoyable as the first season Bakemonogatari, and was quite a disappointment.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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