Back in 2015, a friend of mine recommended me to watch an anime called Bakemonogatari, the first entry of the Monogatari series. He said that Bakemonogatari is just the beginning of the Monogatari series, and there are a lot of sequels for Bakemonogatari, such as Nisemonogatari and Monogatari Second Season. 

Bakemonogatari itself only has 15 episodes, which is something that doesn't take a lot of effort to finish. But he also said that to finish watching the rest of the Monogatari series, which is available at the time this post is written, it would take me 89 episodes or 37 hours in total.

"No way. That's too much effort for me to finish an anime series."

Several months passed by, and I bumped myself to Bakemonogatari again. By the time I bumped into Bakemonogatari for the second time, I had already forgotten that a friend of mine used to recommend it to me. Since curiosity got the best of me, I decided to watch the first episode of Bakemonogatari.

The first impression that I get when I watched a few episodes of Bakemonogatari is that I don't know what the hell is actually happening. I was completely clueless and I can't understand the plot at all.

A part of me said to drop the anime, but another part of me said that I should stick with it and see what happens next. I decided that I will stick into watching a few more episodes of Bakemonogatari to see if things would get less confusing. 

I found myself finishing first arc of Bakemonogatari, the Hitagi Crab arc. Then, I continued to watch the second arc, the Mayoi Snail arc. After finishing the Mayoi Snail arc, I continued to watch the next arc of Bakemonogatari. I finished one arc after another; I was completely addicted to this anime to the point where I can't stop clicking the next episode button. 

Without realization, I finished the first installment of the Monogatari series, Bakemonogatari. Then, I proceed to watch the next installment, the Nekomonogatari. I completely forgotten about time and, to my surprise, I already finished watching Nekomonogatari. After that, I continued to watch Nisemonogatari. By this point, I don't know how many hours did I spent to finish the Monogatari series. I just wanted to know how the Monogatari series ended. 

I kept on going until I finally finished watching Koyomimonogatari, the recently released Monogatari anime. I often question myself on how I managed to get myself addicted to the Monogatari series and until now, I still don't know the answer for that question.

To summarize my experience of watching the Monogatari series in a sentence, it would be:

"A great series with interesting dialogues, thought-provoking story line, and well executed comedic moments to keep the viewers entertained."

If you come across the Monogatari series and decided to check it out, then I strongly recommend you to watch it. I can assure you, you won't be disappointed to the very end. An advice that I could give you is probably to take it slow, there's no need to rush the series. If you do decided to check it out, the this guide might be a great help for you:

You can watch the Monogatari series on Crunchyroll.