Kizumonogatari Part 3: Cold-Blooded

Summary

Koyomi and Kiss-shot finally restore her to full vampire form, but a horrifying event leads Koyomi to despair. Tsubasa intervenes, and Koyomi faces a final confrontation with Kiss-shot, resulting in an unconventional solution to save them both.

Synopsis

In Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu, Koyomi Araragi and Meme Oshino successfully restore Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade to her original powerful form. Koyomi anticipates Kiss-Shot will then return him to his human state. However, before this happens they spend time together. Afterwards, Koyomi discovers Kiss-shot has killed Guillotine Cutter and eaten his body, leaving him horrified. The revelation that Kiss-Shot will resume hunting humans and even the possibility of him becoming a hunter himself, sends Koyomi into deep despair to the point of wanting to die. Tsubasa Hanekawa appears, however, and convinces him to live, and comforts him, giving him strength to face Kiss-Shot. A fierce battle ensues in the Tokyo Olympic stadium, with both beings repeatedly regenerating after maiming each other. Koyomi manages to weaken Kiss-Shot by draining her blood. But Tsubasa realizes Kiss-Shot actually wants to die, a consequence of her inability to save a previous minion, due to her fear of death. Kiss-Shot desperately asks Koyomi to end her life. Instead, he seeks Meme's help. Meme presents a drastic solution: to leave both Kiss-Shot and Koyomi in a state that is partially vampire and partially human, rendering Kiss-Shot too weak to hunt. Despite Kiss-Shot's objections, Koyomi chooses this option. The following day Koyomi explains to Tsubasa that he has become mostly human again, although with residual vampire characteristics. Kiss-Shot's appearance changes to that of a child and she can now only survive by regularly feeding on Koyomi's blood.

Characters

Shinobu Oshino

Shinobu is a girl who lives with Meme in an abandoned building. She loves donuts from "Mister Donut." She was named Shinobu by Meme at the beginning of Hitagi Crab, suggesting her kanji name Shinobu (忍), having "heart" (心) under "blade" (刃), matches with her original personality. >! She appears to be an eight-year-old girl, but she was originally a beautiful vampire who had lived for more than 500 years. At the end of events of Koyomi Vamp, after Koyomi realizes that having saved his master from a certain death, leaded to a future where she will kill humans (the "portable food" she calls them) to ensure her survival, Koyomi revolts against Kissshot in a bloody battle to death, where Kissshot chooses not to use her full powers (in order to have a proper battle with her servant). Later on the battle it is revealed that she pretended to turn Koyomi into a human again, by letting herself be killed by Koyomi. After the shocking revelation, he cannot bring himself to kill his master who was giving her life for his, and who cared for him at the point of risking her life to save his (from sunburn) at the beginning of Spring's Break. But to prevent herself from eating more humans, Koyomi asked for help to Oshino Meme, who in the end tells that as a happy ending won't be possible for everyone, then everyone will have an unhappy ending! While Koyomi himself cannot return to be a fully human, Kissshot Acerolaorion Heartunderblade was left in a weakened condition (where she is no longer able to eat humans, and needs her servant's blood to survive) with no powers or traces of her original personality and therefore have to abandon her "Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade" (キスショット・アセロラオリオン・ハートアンダーブレード) name. >! >! Ever since "Tsubasa Cat" where she starts living in Araragi's shadow, she no longer needs to suck his blood on a regular basis in order to stay alive. She forms a physical connection with Araragi where they can feel each others emotions and senses. It is also later revealed that she can gain strength into an "evolved" form after sucking Araragi's blood more than the usual dosage, she does this in order to fight for Araragi when he confronts Yotsugi and Yozuru. >! >! In Mayoi Jiangshi, in the alternate timeline, Shinobu went berserk when Koyomi was killed by Black Hanekawa, feeling that she was somewhat responsible for his death, so she swore to destroy the world and created the Jiangshi that has been swarming the town. It seems that she truly cares about Koyomi and when she saw Koyomi was alive in the alternate timeline, she started weeping blood. In the end, Araragi simply states that he will die together with Shinobu. >! >! Her father named her Lola, however she went by the name Acerola. >! She is eventually adopted by Araragi and Hitagi after their honeymoon trip.

Koyomi Araragi

Age: 18 Height: 165 cm Weight: 55 kg Koyomi Araragi is a third year high school student who survived a vampire attack during spring break and barely regained his human life in the time that followed as a boy with remnants of vampiric traits. He can see in the dark, his eyes turn red when he gets angry, and he heals incredibly fast. As a result, he questions his lifespan. He remains scared of morning sunlight despite the fact that it no longer has any negative effects on him. Koyomi is a laid-back person whose only real friend at school is Tsubasa Hanekawa. He's a poor student, close to failing every class except math. It is revealed through conversations that he's quite knowledgeable with anime; a fact even noted by Nadeko Sengoku once. Although he is shown to be attracted to the other girls, he turns their advances down due to his loyalty to Hitagi. Other characters seems to speculate that Koyomi is a lolicon, particularly Mayoi and Hitagi, with Hitagi thinking that Nadeko is a "threat" to her. He is very noble, which is why Hitagi is attracted to him. He is willing to help others at the cost of his own life. As such, the female characters he has helped are quite attached to him. He feels most comfortable talking to Mayoi, Shinobu and, from the Second Season on, to Yotsugi about his problems. Koyomi is the only person who thinks that his family relationship is bad, with Karen and Tsukihi thinking otherwise. His parents were revealed to be police officers. His personality is portrayed more clearly in the novels, where his inner thoughts show him to be much more perverted and intelligent than the anime leads one to believe. Due to events prior to

Tsubasa Hanekawa

Hair: Long/short black hair Eyes: Dark-colored Skin: Fair complexion Height: 158 cm Favorite phrase/slogan: "I don't know everything, I just know what I know." (何でもは知らないわよ。知ってることだけ。, Nandemo wa shiranaiwa yo. Shitteru koto dake.) She styles her hair into two braids and ties them with a hair ribbon that has a cat design. She is always seen dressed in the uniform of Naoetsu Private High School, even outside of school days, and is rarely seen on any other type of clothing, except for a set of sleepwear which she wore during Tsubasa Cat Arc. Hanekawa Tsubasa is Araragi's classmate and the class president. Araragi describes her as "the class president of all class presidents." The reason Tsubasa and Hitagi cut their hair short is because they learned Araragi likes it short. Hanekawa currently lives with her stepfather and stepmother. Hanekawa Family's Past >! Her biological mother was 17 years old when she got pregnant, the biological father is unknown because she apparently had many lovers. Before she gave birth to Tsubasa, she married another man who was a "workaholic." Right after giving birth, Tsubasa's biological mother commited suicide. The workaholic stepfather, unable to raise a child, remarried again to a woman who is Tsubasa's current mother. The workaholic father soon died from overwork and the current mother married another man who is now Tsubasa's current father. Hanekawa Story's overview in Nekomonogatari/Bakemonogatari >! Prior to the beginning of Bakemonogatari Hanekawa was possessed by a bakeneko (mischievous spirit of a dead cat) during Golden Week due to stress over her family (see Nekomonogatari: Kuro). The matter was eventually resolved with the help of Shinobu at the cost of some of Hanekawa's memories, but the problem emerged again right before the school festival because of different stress. Araragi was told by Hanekawa's bakeneko form that she has feelings for him. >! >! In "Tsubasa Tiger" (Nekomonogatari: Shiro), on her way to school, she met a tiger spirit which spoke to her. Soon buildings important to Hanekawa began to mysteriously burn down and "Black Hanekawa" (her bakeneko form) began to take over her body every time she slept. The inevitable showdown was afoot and led to some surprising events. >! >! "Tsubasa Tiger" is written from the perspective of Hanekawa rather than Araragi.

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