Suruga Kanbaru
An underclassman with the arm of a monkey.
Suruga Kanbaru is a character in the Monogatari series. She is an underclassman of protagonist Koyomi Araragi. She is afflicted by an oddity: the arm of a monkey. Her story arc involves dealing with this oddity, which grants her supernatural strength but also threatens her control.
Quick Facts
- Role
- Underclassman
- Oddity type
- Arm of a monkey
Lore & Background
Suruga Kanbaru is introduced as an underclassman to Koyomi Araragi. She is one of the girls afflicted by oddities that Koyomi finds himself involved with. Her oddity is symbolically represented by the arm of a monkey. The oddities in the series feed on human emotions and often take forms symbolically represented by animals. Koyomi relies on supernatural guidance from Meme Oshino and later from Shinobu to deal with these apparitions. The series primarily focuses on relationships and conversations between its characters, making heavy use of Nisio Isin's signature wordplay and metahumor.
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