Just when we thought the darkness menacing the town had been identified,
named, and tamed, clear and unclear mysteries of seasons past looming or
surfacing, then resolving, not without tears, not without
bittersweetness, of course, but satisfyingly, in a tripartite finale,
all loose ends tied up into, or at least with, a bow...
The End Tale continues--if only for one last time, in a bonus stage for
the ages, as our softie of a protagonist who wished for all parties
involved, including himself, maturely enough, to end up happy, sees his
reflected image freeze in a mirror and regretfully, regrettably, reaches
for it to find himself through the looking glass.
In an alternate reality where bits of the world have been flipped
around, the hero comes face to face with the hidden side(s) of familiar
faces, along with author NISIOISIN, whose bravura attempt to reimagine
character possibilities concludes, with signature flair, the MONOGATARI
series proper--thank you for reading.