Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (傷物語〈Ⅰ鉄血篇〉)

t r a g e d y

t r a g e d y

h i s t o r y

h i s t o r y

A monochrome fade

A monochrome fade

A monochrome fade

A monochrome fade

B L A C K

B L A C K

M O R E L I G H T !

M O R E L I G H T !

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B L A C K

this vampire story will end badly

this vampire story will end badly

it will end with everyone being unhappy

it will end with everyone being unhappy

Kizumonogatari

Tekketsu-hen

Based off of Kizumonogatari by Nisio Isin

March 25th

March 25th

R E D

R E D

Umm...

I-I didn't see anything...

Naoetsu Road

Naoetsu Road

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Ehehe...

I don't know what to say here.

For something meant to hide what you don't want seen, skirts are pretty low-security.

Maybe I should wear spats as a firewall after all, huh.

W-Who knows...

Well, I’ll be leaving now.

Hey, wait a sec!

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I’ve finally caught up with you.

You walk pretty fast,

Araragi-kun.

Araragi-kun

Araragi-kun

Huh?

Why do you know my name?

Eh? Well, of course I would.

We go to the same school.

Written with the 'a' from 'kanou'.

TL Note: Kanou means Possibility

a

a

Two 'ra's from the first character in "ii ko"

TL Note: Ii ko means Good Kid

ra

ra

ra ra

ra ra

And then the 'gi', the last character from "jumoku", Araragi-kun.

ra

And your first name is the word for calendar, "koyomi", right?

Koyomi

Koyomi

So it's Araragi Koyomi-kun.

Araragi Koyomi

Araragi Koyomi

And you're Hanekawa.

Hanekawa Tsubasa.

Hanekawa Tsubasa

Hanekawa Tsubasa

Wow!

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Amazing! You know the name of someone like me!

At the final test of the first semester of the second year,

in all subjects, physical education and visual arts included,

you got wrong only one question in the forms.

That's Hanekawa Tsubasa.

Eh? Hey, come on, now!

Why do you know that much?

Could it be that you're...

stalking me?

Ahaha...

Or maybe I'm just too paranoid.

No, not really.

I heard it from my alien friend.

Huh?

Araragi-kun, you have friends?

Ask about the alien part first!!

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Well, it's just...

You always leave the impression of a loner, living in solitude.

Well, like you said, I don't really have any friends.

And you are so famous that even people without friends know you.

Hey, quit it.

I don't really like these kinds of jokes.

Hey, Araragi-kun.

Hey, Araragi-kun.

Do you believe in vampires?

What about vampires?

Well, recently I've been hearing rumors.

Like there's a vampire in the city,

so you shouldn't go out alone at night.

That's a bit vague, sounds like a baseless rumor.

They say it’s a blonde-haired, beautiful woman — a vampire whose cold eyes could chill your spine.

But you can’t tell if she’s a vampire just off that, can you?

What if she’s just an ordinary person who stands out because of the blonde hair?

But... I heard that her blonde hair illuminated by street lights is almost dazzling

and she doesn't cast shadow.

However, if it happens at night...

Doesn’t it seem too much like a hoax, with a setting like a street light?

Yes, even I think it's a silly rumor.

But, if there are vampires, I’d like to meet them.

Let’s see, maybe meet them is not the thing. It just would be nice if such superhuman beings existed.

By superhuman beings, you mean like god?

It doesn’t have to be a god, though.

Otherwise, nothing would really come out of it, right?

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B L A C K

Oh, my bad, my bad.

Araragi-kun, unexpectedly you’re easy to talk with.

I got carried away, I feel like I told you something that makes no sense.

It is odd that you are easy to talk with, yet you don’t have friends.

Why don’t you make any?

To make friends... would lower my intensity as a human.

Eh?

I’m sorry, I don’t quite get what you mean.

Well, you see,

it’s kinda like this...

You see, if I had friends, I’d have to worry about them, right?

If my friends get hurt, even I would,

and if they were sad, then I too would be sad.

Putting it that way, these weak points build up.

And I'd grow even weaker as a person.

But, if your friends were to have fun, you'd have fun, and if they were happy, you'd be happy too.

Wouldn't the good points build up as well?

No, if my friends were having fun, I'd feel jealous, and if they were happy, I'd feel envious.

What a petty person you are.

Leave me alone.

Naoetsu Road

Naoetsu Road

I'm...

Hmm?

I'm going to head to the library now.

Wanna come with me?

Why?

What are you gonna do at the library?

Obviously, I'm going to study, what else?

Obviously, you say...

Sorry, but even without homework to do on break, I'm not praiseworthy enough to study on my own.

But...

Naoetsu Road

Naoetsu Road

You have exams next year, right?

Exams? What's that?

I doubt I'll even graduate.

I won't make it in time no matter what.

Hmm...

Araragi-kun.

Do you have a cellphone?

Of course I have at least a cellphone.

Can I borrow it?

Thanks, you can have it back.

Naoetsu Road

Naoetsu Road

I put my email and number in there.

Hanekawa Tsubasa

Hanekawa Tsubasa

Too bad!

You made a friend.

What's with her...?

Naoetsu Road

Naoetsu Road

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Thinking back

Thinking back

Thinking back

Thinking back

Thinking back

Thinking back

Thinking back

Thinking back

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B L A C K

Thinking back

Thinking back

B L A C K

B L A C K

Hanekawa Tsubasa

Hanekawa Tsubasa

Ye.

Ye shall aid me.

Can ye not hear me?

I am telling thee to aid me, am I not?

O-Oi.

Are you okay?

I-I'll get an ambulance righ-