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In the first episode of _Bakmonogatari_ , Araragi revealed to Senjogahara that
he was once a vampire and that he retained the regeneration ability after
being cured.

In Episode 3 _Mayoi Maimai - Part 1_ , Araragi is looking at Hachikuji after
she comes back. His eyes go red and he says something about normally being
able to read names at his current distance but with Hachikuji he can't. This
leads him to ask Senjogahara about characters appearing in Hachikuji name.

I am wondering what powers Araragi still has after being cured of his
vampirism?


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What powers does Araragi have after he was cured?


[Potentially incomplete answer. I have only watched the anime and read
"Tsubasa Song", and I suspect that there would be more information in the
light novels. Some referencing from the [Wikia
entry](http://bakemonogatari.wikia.com/wiki/Koyomi_Araragi) for Araragi, since
I needed something to jog my memory.]

Through-out the series, we see a couple different traits that were presumably
acquired as a result of having become a vampire:

  * Firstly, Araragi has various **healing powers**. For instance, even after being attacked by staplers in the beginning of _Bakemonogatari_ , it seems that his mouth was able to heal very quickly. Moreover, in _Nekomonogatari Black_ , he heals Hanekawa's wound with some of his blood.

  * In the Hachikuji arc, Araragi reads Hachikuji's name off of her bag. I don't remember the scene very well, but Senjougahara is unable to see the name. Araragi is not aware -- at that point in time -- that Senjougahara is unable to see Hachikuji. Rather (per a discussion on [TV Tropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/LightNovel/Bakemonogatari) that I read -- see "one dialogue, two conversations" -- and my memory of the scene), he assumes that he was able to read the name because of some **enhanced vampiric vision**.

  * In Nisemonogatari, we see Araragi being hesitant to spar with his sisters. This is because he doesn't want to harm them because of the **super-human strength** he has acquired.

  * Later, Araragi removes some of the poison that has been making Karen feverish. However, it's not clear if this is just a vampire ability or a result of the fact that given that the fever is supernaturally generated, he can remove some of it. _Without more information, I would assume that it's probably the latter._

Most definitely at least during the events of _Bakemonogatari_ in the in-
universe chronology, if not after it, Araragi has a conversation with Meme
Oshino (or possibly with Shinobu -- I don't remember which).

> He is told that he has the option of becoming entirely human again, provided
> that he does not feed Shinobu his blood. Moreover, in
> ["Tsukimonogatari"](http://bakemonogatari.wikia.com/wiki/Tsukimonogatari),
> we see that Araragi is slowly becoming a vampire -- he can't see his
> reflection anymore, and Shinobu closes the blinds in his room to prevent him
> from contacting sunlight.

The above suggests that the exact abilities Araragi has _are dependent on how
much blood Shinobu has been allowed to suck from him_ \-- we see, for
instance, in "Suruga Monkey", that Araragi preemptively lets Shinobu suck
blood from him to ensure that he won't straight-out die from being attacked by
Kanbaru. Furthermore, Araragi's exact abilities eventually change.

But in any case, _normally speaking_ (i.e. when he hasn't let Shinobu suck a
lot of his blood), Araragi's abilities seem to essentially be slight
improvements of normal human physical abilities (of sight, strength, healing),
and nothing more than that. For instance, unlike Shinobu:

> Araragi is incapable of time-travelling alone -- it's Shinobu who creates a
> portal to the past in "Mayoi Jiangshi" -- and we never see him travel at
> really high speeds when he is "normal" (whereas Shinobu presumably did when
> she escaped with a man to Antarctica).


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