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I just finished episode 8 of the Bakemonogatari series, and I'm slightly
confused about how Kanbaru was saved. If I'm not mistaken, Oshino states that
there are two ways to save Kanbaru:

  * Cutting off her arm
  * Somehow making the contract with the rainy devil unachievable and void

Clearly the second option was taken, but I'm not sure how the appearance of
Senjougahara and her subsequent actions made the contract void. It seems clear
to me that the "voidness" of the contract stems from the fact that Kanbaru
wasn't able to actually permanently kill Araragi. However, I'm not quite sure
how doing so would violate the terms of her contract in light of Senjouhara's
comment to the effect of "I would kill you if you killed Araragi". Is this
simply because there are also some other "terms" to the contract (e.g. Kanbaru
has to be alive) or is this perhaps because both her "conscious" (to be with
Senjougahara) and "unconscious" (to kill Araragi) wishes have to be taken into
account?


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How was Kanbaru's contract made void?


One way to explain this would be that it's impossible for the Rainy Devil
(possessed Kanbaru) to kill Araragi, and so the contract is automatically
impossible to complete. Had the Rainy Devil known that, it wouldn't've agreed
with such condition. But because it seems too simple and there are many things
hinting that this wasn't the deal breaker, here's another way to explain this:

The whole deal with the Rainy Devil is that it's a devious creature and will
try to fulfill its owner's wish as deviously as possible. Remember how the
first time Kanbaru wished to be faster than her classmates? Rainy Devil beat
'em up so they couldn't compete. Now guess what Kanbaru wished for concerning
Senjougahara.

Because Kanbaru wished to be close friends with Hitagi and then suddenly
Araragi appeared on the horizon, becoming Hitagi's boyfriend, the Rainy Devil
decided that in order to gain Senjougahara's love (and let's not forget
exactly how much Kanbaru prefers girls over boys), Araragi would have to be
removed from the picture. By death, of course, because it's Rainy _Devil_.

So after Senjougahara waltzed in on Rainy Devil and Araragi's one-sided battle
and explained that if Koyomi were to die, she'd never stop until Kanbaru, who
caused all this, was dead, which would make **Kanbaru's wish to become close
friends with Senjougahara impossible to be fullfilled by killing Koyomi**.


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After watching the episode, what I get is that there were 2 wishes:

  * Conscious one : Be with Senjougahara
  * Unconscious one : Kill Araragi

The plan was to make it such that the contract becomes void (meaning both of
the wishes cannot be fulfilled). They did it by making sure that,

  * unconscious wish doesn't come true by letting Araragi to be bitten by [Shinobu Oshino](http://bakemonogatari.wikia.com/wiki/Shinobu_Oshino). Shinobu sucks some of Araragi's blood, allowing him to make use of his vampire powers within a limited period of time. Her contribution barely helped him in subduing the Rainy Devil, but it was enough for him to survive for the entire ordeal before Senjougahara's intervention.

  * Senjougahara is involved in the act. After scolding Araragi for dealing with things without her knowledge, she confronts Kanbaru, telling her that she will not forgive anyone who would kill Araragi, making it impossible for the conscious wish too.


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