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Bakemonogatari: Monster Tale

Bakemonogatari

2006, Light novel, 2 vol, 88%

Recommended by 98 Decapitation fans on AniList. Both have Meta, Philosophy.

The first part of the Monogatari Series. There’s a girl at their school who is always ill. She routinely arrives late, leaves early, or doesn’t show up at all, and skips gym as a matter of course. She’s pretty, and the boys take to whispering that she’s a cloistered princess.…

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About Decapitation: Kubikiri Cycle

2002, Light novel, 1 vol, 84%

A dropout from an elite Houston-based program for teens is on a visit to a private island. Its mistress, virtually marooned there, surrounds herself with geniuses, especially of the young and female kind—one of whom ends up headless one fine morning.

(Source: Kodansha USA)

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