Short stories from the Monogatari universe describe completely different—usually unrelated—events, sometimes spread far apart in time. Some of them cover plot events of little importance, while others add to it very effectively. All the stories were written by Nisio Isin himself and are canonical to the same extent as the main tales of the series. The stories were published in completely different places and always served as a kind of gratitude from the author: a gift for purchasing the anime, for going to the cinema, buying manga, or participating in contests. Fans of the cycle carefully collected all these stories into a single volume—one that is comparable in size to a full book. (c)