This year's 32nd issue of Kodansha 's Weekly Shōnen Magazine revealed on Wednesday that Oh! great 's manga adaptation of NisiOisin 's Bakemonogatari novels will enter its climax in the next issue on July 17.

Vertical will begin releasing the series in English in October, and it describes the story:

One day, high-school student Koyomi Araragi catches a girl named Hitagi Senjougahara when she trips. But—much to his surprise—she doesn't weigh anything. At all. She says an encounter with a so-called “crab” took away all her weight … Monsters have been here since the beginning. Always. Everywhere.

The manga launched in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in March 2018, and the fifth compiled book volume shipped on April 17. The sixth compiled book volume will ship on July 17.

Oh! great is known for creating the series Air Gear , Junk Story - Tetsukuzu Monogatari and Tenjho Tenge , which later inspired anime. He also worked on the story and art for numerous manga such as Burn Up! , Five, Himiko-Den , Majin -Devil- , Naked Star and Silky Whip . Additionally, he worked on end card illustrations for the anime series Arakawa under the Bridge x Bridge and Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches .

The novel series began with the two-volume Bakemonogatari story in 2006, and it served as the basis for the first anime adaptation of the novels in 2009. The novel series' "final season" ended with Zoku Owarimonogatari in September 2014, but it featured a teaser for "Monogatari Series, Next Season Tsugimonogatari." Four "Off Season" novels — Orokamonogatari , Wazamonogatari , Nademonogatari , and Musubimonogatari — shipped in October 2015, January 2016, July 2016, and on January 2017, respectively. The novel series' new "Monster Season" launched with the Shinobumonogatari novel in July.

Aniplex of America is releasing the anime adaptations of the Monogatari Series in North America. The most recent anime in the franchise, Zoku Owarimonogatari , premiered in November.