HANAMONOGATARI follows Suruga Kanbaru after Koyomi Araragi has graduated from high school.
Suruga is now a third-year student, and all of her upperclassmen friends have graduated. Rumors have spread that a mysterious devil has been solving peoples' problems. After investigating this rumor, Suruga is surprised to find her Rainy Devil arm has gone missing. Book #9 in the series.
One morning, Suruga Kanbaru hears a rumor of the Lord Devil that grants any wish. Suruga is worried that the identity of the Lord Devil is none other than herself because she made a wish on the Monkey's Paw. The item was left behind by her mother, and turned Suruga into a Rainy Devil and made her try to kill Koyomi Araragi.
In order to find out the identity of the Lord Devil, Suruga decides to meet the Lord Devil, but who she sees at the meeting spot is the most unexpected person: Rouka Numachi, Suruga's old archrival...
There are few authors in Japan who have reached the heights of success as NisiOisin. Born in 1981, Nisio dropped out of Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, to pursue a career in story-telling. Initially he had ambitions to be a comic artist, but when he realized his art was not up to snuff, he began to focus on his writing, eventually winning the 23rd Mephisto Prize, for Decapitation(Vertical) recognizing his talents as a mystery writer, at the age of 20. Since his debut in 2002 Nisio has penned more than 50 novels and a number of comics. And he has quickly become one of Japan's top selling author's in recent memory with more than 5 million units sold since 2009. In 2014, as in 2012, he was the top selling author in Japan (outselling Haruki Murakami by more than half a million units).
Nishio's works often cover themes of youth, but are framed in genres that are familiar to the masses. His works tend to mix mystery with comedy and touches or romance and/or the supernatural. He is a modern author in every sense, sometimes even experiementing with the Japanese language itself. Many of his works have been adapted into animated television series and films. His best known works are the Monogatari series and Katanagatari.
ISBN: 9781947194069
Author: Nisioisin
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 292
Published: 26 June 2018
Publisher: Vertical Inc
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (mm): 189 x 141 x 26
Weight (kg): 0.28
