

Hachikuji does not react at all when Araragi discloses to her that he is in
fact a vampire. Vampires are very powerful and dangerous kais in the
_Monogatari_ universe.

The picture below is the exact frame when she learns this, in _Nisemonogatari_
(Karen Bee) episode 1:

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/o2YcWl.png)

Why does she not react at all and also never touch this topic further in the
series?


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Why isn't Hachikuji surprised by the fact that Araragi is a vampire?


First off, it's unclear whether or not this truly was the first she had heard
that he was a vampire. My Japanese isn't good enough to tell if this is a
fault in the subtitles, but he seems to introduce it on the premise that he
had probably told her already, and her response seems fairly neutral as to
whether or not he actually had. However, in the case that he hadn't, she still
has plenty of grounds on which to be less than shocked:

In Mayoi Maimai, although the severity of the wounds may just be anime-
original visual flair, she inflicts several serious scratches and bites on him
which are shown to then rapidly heal. Although she does not remark on this,
she may on some level have recognized that he had supernatural powers of
regeneration.

In Tsubasa Cat, she recounts that she (correctly) thought she recognized
Shinobu at a Mister Donut, without having ever actually met her before, and
that she figured that Oshino Meme would not have let her wander the town. This
implies that Araragi had definitely mentioned her and some of the
circumstances surrounding her to Hachikuji in prior conversations which
occurred off screen. Depending on how much of the circumstances he revealed,
it may have been possible to infer more or less the full picture of what
happened between them, but if nothing else she knew that he was in some way
involved with a vampire. (Furthermore, when he later recruits her to search
for Shinobu, she expresses no reservations about attempting to make contact
with a vampire.)

Lastly, regarding why vampirism would not be inherently alarming, recall that
knowledge of aberrations is far from widespread, and not conferred
automatically to aberrations themselves. Anything Hachikuji would have heard
about aberration lore would be from Araragi himself, and there's no indication
that in-universe vampire _legends_ are any different (or even more cohesive)
in some way that would clearly place them on top of the figurative food chain.


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