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This CRT is a collection of many proposed changes to most Monogatari profiles. As large as adding two new keys to a character, and as small as adding more justifications for current statistics. Also included is a clarification on a few things that I've had as "unwritten rules" for a while. At the end, I'll finish off with some changes that I considered but ultimately rejected for one reason or another, and any matches that might need to be removed.

Aberrations - Type 3 Conceptual Beings With A Weakness
Aberrations, also known as apparitions, oddities, yokai, and kaii, are supernatural beings within Monogatari. From this thread it was settled upon them being type 3 conceptual beings (as they're abstract and govern all reality), while having a weakness similar to type 4's (as they get altered by the perception of humans). To get this across, I'll add the following to the explanations section of the verse page:

Aberrations (also known as apparitions, oddities, yokai, and kaii) are supernatural beings within Monogatari. They exist because humans exist and behave as humans expect them to. If humanity's beliefs on them were to change, their forms would change too. If an aberration acts against its nature The Darkness will manifest and attempt to erase that aberration and any who witnessed it.

Anime Canonicity - Can An Ordinary Middle-Schooler Destroy A Bridge?
After discussion with people knowledgeable on the verse that aren't part of the wiki, I've come to the conclusion that the anime should be taken as secondary canon, as backup visuals for getting a better estimate for calcs, and that feats which come purely as anime-only visuals should be disregarded. An explanation, as follows, will be added to the "explanations" section of the verse page:

Monogatari's anime adaptation is extremely faithful to the novels. All the dialogue and narration is lifted from the novels, only cutting it down for brevity. But as anime is a visual medium, it often adds visuals that weren't described in the novels. At times these can be obviously surreal and absurd, but sometimes they're more contentious.

To stay faithful to the source material, the anime will be used as secondary canon. Visuals of events described in the novels can be used to get a better estimate for calculations, but purely visual feats that are absent from the novels should be disregarded.

Revised Pages

Tsubasa Hanekawa​
Hanekawa nobg
Tier: At least 10-B | 9-A | At least 9-A

Name:
Tsubasa Hanekawa

Origin: Monogatari

Gender: Female

Age: 18

Classification: Human | Aberration, Meddlecat, Sawarineko, Afflicting Cat, Black Hanekawa | Aberration, History Tiger, Tyrannical Tiger, Hysteric Tiger

Powers and Abilities: Empathic Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Creation, Multiple Personalities | All previous abilities (Black Hanekawa is an alternate personality of Hanekawa, she can temporarily switch to her normal personality while retaining the powers and statistics of the Meddlecat) plus Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Minor Memory Manipulation, Life Manipulation, Healing, and Regen Nullification with Energy Drain, Doesn't make any sound while walking, Resistance to Fire Manipulation (Able to withstand high temperatures due to being an aberratio) | Fire Manipulation (Burns down everything Hanekawa envies, her entire body is made of flames)

Attack Potency: At least Human level | Small Building level (Busted the side of a concrete building ope) | At least Small Building level (Her fires made Seishirou Shishirui flee the area, Black Hanekawa says her own power is nothing in compariso, created pillars of fire that made a hole in the ceiling)

Speed: At least Normal Human with Subsonic reactions (Collected a spoon and teacup faster than Koyomi's eyes could detect, caught a thrown teacup in midair) | Supersonic (Moved faster than Koyomi's eyes could detect multiple times, jumped above clouds this quickly) | At least Supersonic (Repeatedly outspeeds Black Hanekawa and is described by her as "super fast")

Lifting Strength: At least Regular Human | At least Peak Human (Could effortlessly lift and throw 2 adults with one arm) | At least Peak Human (Is physically far superior to Black Hanekawa)

Striking Strength: At least Human Class | Small Building Class | At least Small Building Class

Durability:
At least Human level | Small Building level | At least Small Building level

Stamina:
Presumably average | Likely very high (Says that physical fatigue isn't a problem due to being an aberratio letting her move using a different set of rules than a human) | Unknown

Range: Standard melee range | Standard melee range | Standard melee range, tens of meters with fire manipulation

Standard Equipment: None

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Despite not having any involvement in the field, has a level of expertise in aberrations that only experts should have, could predict and dodge an expert's attacks through sheer intellect, shown and stated to have exceptional intelligence for a high school student, has the top exam marks in Japan) | Likely Extraordinary Genius (Shares the memories and knowledge of Tsubasa Hanekawa) | Average

Weaknesses: None notable | When the source of her stress is relieved she reverts to Tsubasa Hanekawa | None notable

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

  • Heart Severance: Tsubasa Hanekawa subconsciously severs inconvenient memories and emotions. When she does this process for emotions, the severed emotions turn into aberrations embodying those emotions.
  • Energy Drain: Black Hanekawa passively drains strength and vitality on contact, healing wounds. This also stops Regenerationn, at least up to Low-Mid. Being knocked unconscious by the energy drain can cause one to lose their memory of the encounter.
Key: Tsubasa Hanekawa | Black Hanekawa | Kako
Koyomi Araragi​
Arararararararagi
Tier: 9-A

Name:
Koyomi Araragi

Origin: Monogatari

Gender: Male

Age: 17-18

Classification: Human, Vampire

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Shapeshifting, Immortality (Type 1, 2, and 3), Regenerationn (High-Mid, Mid-High over time), Enhanced Senses, Absorption, Healing (Vampire blood and saliva have healing properties), Cloth Manipulation, Adhesivity, possibly Corruption, Resistance to Death Manipulation (Vampires can recover from Kokorowatari's induced death through sheer Regenerationn)

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Notable Attacks/Techniques:

  • Enhanced Senses: Koyomi's vampirism enhances his eyesight, giving him an increased field of view, and being able to see fine detail on things in the distance with only a small amount of vampirism.
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Shinobu Oshino​
Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade
Tier: Varies. At least 9-A, possibly higher | At least Low 6-B, likely far higher

Name:
Shinobu Oshino, Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade

Origin: Monogatari

Gender: Female

Age: 599 years

Classification: Human, Vampire

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Shapeshifting, Matter Manipulation, Weapon Creation, Immortality (Types 1 and 3), Regenerationn (At least Low, her Regenerationn could be less than it was at full power, but it's at least strong enough to instantly heal a scrape), Enhanced Senses, Darkness Manipulation, Healing, Absorption, Creation, Cloth Manipulation, Time Manipulation, Portal Creation, Weight Manipulation, Life Manipulation and Regen Nullification with Energy Drain (Should be superior to a Meddlecat's energy drain, which can stop Low-Mid regen), Durability Negation, Death Manipulation, and Non-Physical Interaction with Kokorowatari sword (Can cut through any supernatural being and kill them with a single scratch, including ghosts and selectively tangible beings, useless otherwise, as it simply phases through targets without dealing any harm to them), Weapon Mastery, Body Control, Limited Mind Manipulation, Duplication (Created a second equally powerful copy of herself in Shinobu Figure), Adhesivity, Limited Flight (Created a weak pair of wings and flew at a slower speed than usual) possibly Resistance to Death Manipulation (Vampires can recover from Kokorowatari's induced death through sheer Regenerationn) | All previous abilities plus Regenerationn (At least Mid-High. Should be greater than or at least comparable to Seishirou Shishirui who can regenerate after being burnt to ashes), Telekinesis, Flight, Intangibility (As fog), Weather Manipulation, Corruption, Resistance to Death Manipulation (Vampires can recover from Kokorowatari's induced death through sheer Regenerationn), Poison Manipulation (Regenerates from Poison as it takes effect, or even before it does), and Fire Manipulation (Can regenerate from high temperatures to a normal one)

Attack Potency: Varies (Becomes more powerful as she sucks more of Koyomi's blood). At least Small Building level (Superior to Suruga Kanbaru and comparable to Tsubasa Hanekawa), possibly higher | At least Small Country level (Kiss-Shot Travelled all the way from Antarctica to Japan with a single jump, the recoil of which nearly destroyed the continent of Antarctica. The impact of her landing obliterated a lake. She emits powerful shockwaves just by laughing. Dragged clouds from the sea to cause rain. Extremely casually created a shrine and turned it to dust on a whim), likely far higher (All these feats are casual and the true extent of her powers when serious is unknown)

Speed: SuperHuman flight speed (Flew at a little over 119 kph), At least Supersonic otherwise (Easily broke the sound barrier when jumping over a thousand feet in the blink of an eye) | At least Hypersonic+ (She traveled all the way from Antarctica to Japan with a single jump, this was given a lower-bound through a calculation of mach 22.5. Casually blitzed Koyomi "So saying, Kissshot jumped lightly. The next instant after she jumped, she appeared right in front of me -- in a position with our legs crossed alternated." (Kizumonogatari, ch. 17), likely far higher (There's no timeframe for the jump, the mach 22.5 number just assumes she couldn't have left Earth during the jump)

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Range: Standard melee range normally, several meters with Kokorowatari, tens of meters via throwing swords | Standard melee range normally, several meters with Kokorowatari, much higher via throwing swords, shockwaves, shapeshifting etc

Standard Equipment: Demon sword Kokorowatari

Intelligence: Average normally, Genius when it comes to supernatural related things.

Weaknesses: While she is technically vulnerable to most vampire weaknesses, such as being weak to the sun, garlic, crosses, and the like, her Regenerationn overcomes and effectively nullifies them. Kokorowatari sword only works against supernatural beings, it cannot harm normal people or objects. Certain special rituals can prevent her from regenerating. Vampires and other aberrations slowly stop existing if they stop being observed and recalled, though this process would take almost a century to complete for Kiss-shot.

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

  • Regenerationn: As immortal beings, most injuries have little significance to vampires due to their intense Regenerationn skills. While the speed depends on the vampire, almost any injury can be healed within minutes. If a body part becomes decapitated, it will evaporate and begin to grow back from where it was cut off. In addition, application of vampire blood or saliva can also heal wounds on humans. Seishirou Shishirui, one of her minions, was able to regenerate himself from just a severed piece of his hand and later attempted suicide by jumping in front of sunlight only to regenerate later from nothingness, albeit it took him several centuries to recover fully. Kissshot being the most powerful vampire in the world should obviously have unparalleled regenerative abilities. Kiss-Shot is virtually immortal. An alternate-timeline version Kiss-Shot attempted suicide by burning herself in the sunlight, but her Regenerationn made her unable to die.
  • Shadow submergence: This ability allows vampires to go inside shadows. Once inside a shadow she is free from outside physical shocks and stimuli, the area within is supposedly however the vampire inside perceives it to be. Shinobu has a royal couch inside the shadow she resides in.
  • Ceiling walking: Vampires can stand and walk on ceilings as if they're on the floor. Shinobu sometimes does this in Araragi's room.
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Key: Quasi-Vampire form | Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade
Nadeko Sengoku​
Nadeko
Tier: At least 10-B physically, 9-A with Summoning

Name: Nadeko Sengoku

Origin: Monogatari

Gender: Female

Age: 14

Classification: Oddity, Snake Goddess

Powers and Abilities: Summoning (Can summon a hundred thousand snakes that she can use as weapons), Power Nullification (Snake poison halts Regenerationn, at least up to Low-Mid), Cloth Manipulation, Enhanced Senses (Can sense body heat), Time Manipulation (Kuchinawa/Mister Serpent can send characters to the past, but due to how time travel works, they're unable to change fate. Kuchinawa and Nadeko are one and the same.)

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Izuko Gaen​
Izuko Gaen
Tier: 9-A

Name:
Izuko Gaen

Origin: Monogatari

Gender: Female

Age: Unknown, at least 35

Classification: Human, Specialist

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Barrier Creation (Created a barrier around a park), Durability Negation, Death Manipulation, and Non-Physical Interaction with Kokorowatari sword, Healing and Resurrection with Yumewatari sword

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Notable Attacks/Techniques:

  • Kokorowatari Sword: Kokorowatari can cut through any supernatural being and kill them with a single scratch, including ghosts and selectively tangible beings, useless otherwise, as it simply phases through targets without dealing any harm to them.
  • Yumewatari Sword: Yumewatari reverses any damage dealt by Kokorowatari to supernatural beings when they're struck by it, including resurrecting them if they were killed by it, useless otherwise.
The Darkness​
Kurayami with voids
Tier: Unknow

Name:
The Darkness, Kurayami, The Balancer, The Neutral, The Eraser, Black hole

Origin: Monogatari

Gender: Inapplicable

Age: Unknown, at least millennia (Existed as long as aberrations have, if not longer, i.e. has existed for as long as humans have believed in things)

Classification: Unknown

Powers and Abilities: Immortality (Type 5 and 8, described as an anti-existence and a materialization of the rules that govern aberrations, should continue materializing as long as aberrations exist), Void Manipulation (Materializes as an invisible void which erases on contact), Nonexistent Physiology, Abstract Existence, possibly Teleportation (It suddenly appeared around a corner when chasing Araragi, Shinobu described it as appearing to teleport)

...{Unchanged profile information redacted}...
Yotsugi Ononoki​
Yotsugi
Tier: At least 9-A, likely higher

Name:
Yotsugi Ononoki

Origin: Monogatari

Gender: Female

Age: 127, resurrected 15 years ago, appears 12 years old

Classification: Aberration, Tsukumogami, Shikigami, Specialist

...{Unchanged profile information redacted}...

Speed: Supersonic (Easily killed an oddity which repeatedly tagged Hanekawa and Shinobu, broke the sound barrier when jumping, casually jumps this quickly)

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Changelog

  • Tsubasa Hanekawa
    • Split into three keys; human (Tsubasa Hanekawa), meddlecat (Black Hanekawa), and tiger (Kako)
    • Tsubasa Hanekawa has Memory Manipulation/Empathic Manipulation for being able to subconsciously sever inconvenient memories/emotions. [1] [2] [3]
    • Tsubasa Hanekawa has Creation for being able to turn her severed emotions into aberrations. [4] [5]
    • Tsubasa Hanekawa has Multiple Personalities for having Black Hanekawa as an alternate personality.
    • Black Hanekawa doesn't feel physical fatigue due to being an aberration; thus moving human bodies using a different set of rules than a human. [6]
    • Black Hanekawa can withstand high temperatures due to being an aberration. [7]
    • Black Hanekawa's energy drain can heal wounds. [8]
    • Black Hanekawa's existing power of "Doesn't make any sound while walking" now links to Stealth Mastery.
    • Kako is physically stronger than Black Hanekawa, with the latter saying she's nothing in comparison. [9]
    • Kako is faster than Black Hanekawa, with the latter calling Kako "super fast". [10]
    • Kako burns down everything Tsubasa Hanekawa envies. [11] [12] [13]
    • Kako's whole body is flames. [14]
  • Koyomi Araragi
    • His Regenerationn rating now mentions both his instant High-Mid regen and his longer-term Mid-High regen, which were both already described in his notable attacks/techniques.
    • His enhanced senses are now explained in his notable attacks/techniques, including how his enhanced eyesight expands his field of view and lets him see fine details. [15] [16]
    • Added immortality type 2 for staying alive with his heart destroyed and not regenerating. [17]
  • Shinobu Oshino
    • Under her notable attacks/techniques > shape shifting and matter generation, I added her feat of making a pistol for Koyomi in Koyomimonogatari. [18]
    • Under her notable attacks/techniques > mind searching, I added the feat of her using that technique to forget memories rather than remember them. [19] [20]
    • Since her time travel to the past in Kabuki was done by making a portal to another timeline, I gave her portal creation. [21]
    • Adding to her speed justification, that when she was shown breaking the sound barrier there, in the novels she jumped over a thousand feet in the blink of an eye. [22]
    • Added her limited flight in quasi-vampire form to her abilities and speed. [23] [24]
    • With Shinobu's jump speed being calculated, there's no more need for her lower-bound of Supersonic+. The higher bound of MHS is (as of now) being kept as it assumes a more reasonable timeframe (1 minute). The higher bound of MHS is being replaced with "far higher", since there's no timeframe it's unreasonable to assume one.
    • Her weakness section was overhauled due to learning more about how her weaknesses actually affect her. [25] [26]
    • As part of the weakness revamp, she was given resistance to Poison Manipulation from sheer Regenerationn. [27]
    • She was given resistance to Fire Manipulation from sheer Regenerationn. [28]
    • Adding her feat of turning her shrine to dust on a whim to her AP justification. [29]
    • As per the new statement on anime canonicity, her Fire Manipulation has been removed from her second key. She used this once in Kizu's anime adaptation and this attack wasn't mentioned in the novels.
  • Nadeko Sengoku
    • Given Enhanced Senses for being able to sense body heat. [30] [31]
    • More citations given for her having a hundred thousand snakes. [32] [33]
    • Since Kuchinawa can send people to the past, and Kuchinawa is Nadeko, Nadeko has Time Manipulation. [34] [35] [36] [37]
  • Izuko Gae
    • Descriptions of her swords were moved to notable attacks/techniques
    • Yumewatari's description was clarified to only heal wounds inflicted by Kokorowatari. [38]
  • The Darkness
    • Possibly has Teleportation, due to suddenly appearing around a corner, and being described as "seeming to teleport". [39] [40]
  • Yotsugi Ononoki
    • Added a supporting feat for her speed rating of her breaking the sound barrier. [41]
Rejected Changes
Any changes I considered coming into this revision project, but which I rejected for one reason or another.

  • Tsubasa Hanekawa
    • Tsubasa Hanekawa's rumored to be able to supply her times tables up to 500 without thinking. Since this is only a rumor and is never tested, and she already has other solid intellect feats, I decided not to add it to her profile. [42]
    • Black Hanekawa mentioned while standing atop of an apartment complex that if she really tried to jump she'd destroy the apartment under her. Since this is vague whether it's referring to destroying a small apartment (probably 9-A) or the entire complex (8-C), and since it was a mere statement and never shown, I can't confidently use this to upgrade her to 8-C. [43]
  • Koyomi Araragi
    • Being able to shapeshift, particularly into mist for intangibility, is described as a common vampire characteristic, and most vampires demonstrate it at one point or another. However, since Araragi had lots of trouble shapeshifting, only being able to shapeshift his arms into trees due to his affinity for plants, he probably doesn't have the skill necessary to shapeshift into mist. [44]
  • Shinobu Oshino
    • During Otorimonogatari, Kita-Shirahebi shrine was destroyed. Out of the three people there, Shinobu was the most likely one to have been able to do it (one has no other feats higher than 10-B, and one was surprised by it being destroyed), but it was never exactly clear that she did. On top of this, it's unclear if she was at baseline power or above it. All of this makes the feat hard to work with, so I'm not incorporating it. [45] [46] [47] [48] [49]
  • Kokorowatari
    • It turns out the mention of Kokorowatari being able to cut through any and all oddities was a rephrasing of it being a "blade for killing the kaii. Just the kaii" and being "An unparalleled sword in front of a kaii". However, the series seems to have multiple feats of it negating durability, Gaen at one point encounters a barrier that she can only destroy through the use of Kokorowatari. Araragi (who only has feats topping out at 10-B with this level of strength) threw Kokorowatari and it pierced Kako (a 9-A aberration). Even more impressively, Shinobu made 4 replicas of Kokorowatari in her child (9-A) form to challenge her full (Low 6-B) form. Given these feats of durability negation, I'm comfortable leaving it with Durability Negation, even though the original quote didn't exist.
Victories/Losses to Change
The only matches that needs to be reconsidered are Shinobu's victory against Aku (now that Shinobu's time travel only lets her travel to parallel universes) and her loss against Kenshiro (with her upper bound of MHS gone this speed unequal fight is possibly just a stomp).

EDIT 1: Upper bound of MHS for Shinobu's speed (assuming timeframe of 1 minute) has been changed to "far higher" (since assuming any particular timeframe for the jump seems unreasonable, but the almost an hour estimate from the calc is likely too long).

EDIT 2: As per the new statement on anime canonicity, Shinobu's Fire Manipulation has been removed from her second key. She used this once in Kizu's anime adaptation and this attack wasn't mentioned in the novels.

EDIT 3: I didn't realize Multiple Personalities was a power, gave it to Tsubasa Hanekawa.
 
12 hours? Better bump.
 
-BANLK- said:
Great work, though I am not sure what to feel about Koyomi's sister destroying a bridge.
In the novel that level of destruction wasn't described. I don't think it even mentioned the pavement cracking.

However in the novel she has other superhuman feats, but nothing highway-level.

Feats
Endurance: "Her record to date was from sixth grade, when she announced that she was going to take a walk around the neighborhood and didn't come home for three days -- she was found in Okinawa that time. Who takes a walk across the ocean? The police had to get involved, for Pete's sake"

AP: "In fact, I had witnesssed her putting her fist through a stucco wall like it was tofu. Afterward her arm had gotten stuck, and to free herself she'd bust down even more of the wall."

AP: "About a year ago, I'd witnessed her crashing through a steel girder at school with the same maneuver [tackling]. It was already pretty deteriorated, but still ― the scene flashed before my eyes."
 
TacticalNuke002 said:
Oi. Use better images for Hanekawa. And include her original long haired self too.
I'm shit at renders but got the best I could for them. I'm working on doing a render for Kako but wasn't planning any more for normal Hanekawa.

also I like striped Hanekawa > long haired Hanekawa
 
Edited in the following change (I used the wrong version of my draft to write the OP):

As per the new statement on anime canonicity, Shinobu's Fire Manipulation has been removed from her second key. She used this once in Kizu's anime adaptation and this attack wasn't mentioned in the novels.
 
I honestly really want to change the image for that page to The Horde considering that Split is an entire movie dedicated to that power.

And add Horde and some notable others to the list.
 
The changes have been applied. Thread's ready to close.
 
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