Ayase of Yoasobi Shares Yotsugi Song, Short Story From Monogatari Author

Ayase of Yoasobi posted a short story that Nisio Isin, the author of the Bakemonogatari series, wrote for him. The short story is “Yotsugi Song,” and the story features Yotsugi asking Koyomi to form a band with her.

Yotsugi Song is only in Japanese and you’ll have to zoom into the picture to read it. It starts with Yotsugi busting into Koyomi’s room with various instruments, asking him if he wants to form a band with her. In a meta joke, they discuss the fact that Yotsugi’s on the cover of the Yoasobi single “Undead.” To make up for it, Yotsugi lets Koyomi be the guitar while she’s in charge of both drums and vocals. It ends with Koyomi asking her for a left handed guitar and she tells him to quit with his hero worship of left handed people.

In Ayase’s Tweet, he states that the gift from Nisio Isin is an unbelievable treasure, as he’s a huge fan of Bakemonogatari and the other entries in the series. He then goes on to state that “Music is undead,” or that music will never die. This is a reference to “Undead,” which is the theme for the Off & Monster Season of the Monogatari anime. Yotsugi is the character on the cover of the single as well.

In the press release for “Undead,” Ayase stated that he always says Bakemonogatari is his favorite anime because of his strong attachment to the Monogatari series. In his late teens, he even wrote a song about Hitagi Senjougahara, the heroine of Monogatari. Monogatari is a series of light novels and anime that follow Koyomi Araragi, a high school student who briefly became a vampire during spring break. Due to his experience and connections with the supernatural, he helps various girls around town and school who have been afflicted with oddities.

You can watch Monogatari Series Off & Monster Season on Crunchyroll.