“With this monster, jokes are bad. Even vampires can’t compare to him.” Koёmi Araragi asks his friend Hamukái Maniko for advice about her breakup with her boyfriend. At the same time, Koёmi himself receives a farewell letter from Sengzёgahara Hitagi—with words of apology. Concluding that all these feuds are the work of some kind of oddity, Koёmi turns to an expert in oddities—Oshino Ogi. (с)