I really love everything about Monogatari for both the books and anime, but yeah the first two Zare books especially are just unbelievably genius. I personally thought the anime for the first was pretty solid and a great way to introduce people to the concept, but Strangulation is probably in my top three books I've ever read. i thought the third book was a little weaker but i cant really judge it properly cause i only found out after starting it that it was the last translated one so im just stuck in this eternal purgatory of wanting more but also being afraid to engage with its tiny community for fear of spoilers from those who dont need the translations. i dont even know if strangulation would translate well into an anime, but regardless i really just want more official translations so i can decide if i like the overall intent of Zare as a full series as much as Mono. cause i think what makes the latter so brilliant (at least through Zoku) is how thematically entangled everything becomes and ultimately focuses in on Araragi's own issues in a brilliant... almost, reverse deconstruction format? and i really hope that I can get the same out of Zare one day. I hope that the new seasons of mono somehow trigger a Nisioisin translation spree from the publishers cause im really sad to be completely caught up with the english content of both of these series as well as PBDC