>>334486437
Bakemonogatari and the monogatari series are, in fact, different series

there are 2 bakemonogataris, the standalone bakemonogatari where its a simple short story and sanejougahara is a fun quirky character and top tier

Then there's the monogatari series as a whole where shinobu exists and blatantly replaced hitagi's role as main girl and best girl while hitagi's rewritten or more specifically written to be not written about, written OFF.

shes a regret the author clearly regreted making her, as shown by i can rant for so long about why monogatari would improve if she was written entirely out of the story as if she never existed