Bakemonogatari Reference Notes

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Bakemonogatari Reference List:

Episode 1

Koyomi: Is that what you call 'Equivalent exchange'!?
Hitagi: Copper, 40g; Zinc, 25g; Nickel, 15g; Hiding Embarrassment, 5g and Spite, 97kg.

Episode 2

Koyomi: Are you a traveler from the future?

Episode 3

Hitagi: I'll fulfill whatever your wish is. Whether it's world conquest, or eternal life, or to defeat the Saiyans that are coming to earth.
Koyomi: Are you saying you're more powerful than Shen Long?!
Hitagi: Of course.

Koyomi: Liking little sisters is a fantasy of guys who don't have any.

Hitagi: When I get serious, I transform.

[To be updated later, but there are references to Yaoi and BL]

Novel Stuff:

Hitagi: Float like a butterfly, sting like a butterfly
[Muhammad Ali. One of many times Hitagi purposely mangles a popular phrase...]

もしも僕がルパン三世だったら、手首の骨を外して手錠など手袋のように脱いでしまうのだが、無論、ルパン三世ならぬただの高校三年生であるところの僕には、そんな器用な真似はできない。
[Will translate later, but Koyomi mentions Lupin III]

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Box Cutter, stapler, sharpened HB pencils, compass, tri-color ballpoint pens, mechanical pencils, crazy glue, erasers, paperclips, card clips, Gachakku (ガチャック) [Something that works as an alternative to staples that binds up to 60 pages together, without doing damage to them. Is there an English word for this?], permanent markers, safety pins, fountain pens, white out, scissors, cellophane tape, sewing set, pen knife, isosceles triangle ruler, 30 cm ruler, protractor, liquid glue, chisel assortment, paint, paperweights, india ink.