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Old 2015-11-07, 16:50   Link #8
Shikijin
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Originally Posted by Vallen Chaos Valiant View Post
In the Monogatari world, metaphors have power. Hanekawa has the intellects of a supervillain, but by dying her hair she "disguised herself as an ordinary person".

And this, has the very real effects of suppressing her own supernatural intellect.
It's not a matter of intellect. It is something touched upon in Neko White. Basically, Hanekawa normally sees no evil, and always look for the best in people. To be able to see the worst case, to see things so twisted, she needed to be whole.
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