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In "Hitagi Rendezvous", Araragi speaks to Ononoki after Senjougahara proposes
a date for the next day. Ononoki is shown reading something while lying on
Araragi's bed.

[![Ononoki with cover of
volume](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AsD3e.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AsD3e.jpg)

Do we know what she is reading? Does it correspond to any work that exists in
real life? I tried Googling アガジソ, which I believe to be the correct order of
the katakana on the cover and spine, but there weren't any results that made
sense to me. (It makes more sense for the katakana on the cover to be read
right to left than for the identical string of katakana on the spine to be
read bottom to top.)


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What is Yotsugi Ononoki reading in "Hitagi Rendezvous"?


> Do we know what she is reading?

You're correct, she is reading アガジソ ( _Agajiso_ ) magazine. No doubt about
that.

> Does it correspond to any work that exists in real life?

Just like you, I googled アガジソ and there's no obvious result if it's a real
magazine or not (no official site, no Wikipedia link, etc). However, it's
interesting that it's sometimes referred in 2channel (Japanese BBS) on
unrelated topics:

  * [Since there's a free time, should we talk? (part 8436)](http://toro.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/mental/1331710869/l100)

> 951 ：優しい名無しさん：2012/03/14(水) 21:30:35.84 ID:JVhZ/yD/  
>  サッカー飽きた (I'm bored with soccer)  
>  マガジソよむお (Let's read Magazine)
>
> 958 ：優しい名無しさん：2012/03/14(水) 21:31:40.53 ID:dTAPK6Vg  
>  >>950  
>  こんばんは～  
>  >>951  
>  **アガジソ読めお** ( **Let's read Agajiso** )

  * [How to earn money by resale (part 1903)](http://anago.2ch.sc/test/read.cgi/yahoo/1476896724/)

> 937 ：名無しさん（新規）：2016/10/28(金) 10:39:23.84 ID:7o+oUknk0.net  
>  週間ザンテー 週間シャンプ **週間アガジソ** (Weekly Sunday Weekly Jump **Weekly Agajiso** )  
>  どうぞ (Go ahead)

Last but not least, [the site](http://ameblo.jp/junsb/entry-11971901707.html)
that [Senshin mentioned on the
comment](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/41849/what-is-yotsugi-
ononoki-reading-in-hitagi-rendezvous#comment56520_41849) also has this caption
on the image:

> アガジソ（マガジン？）  
>  Agajiso (Magazine?)

Apparently, there's a magazine called... [_Weekly Shonen
Magazine_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_Sh%C5%8Dnen_Magazine)
(週間少年マガジン)

It's a Japanese word play involving similar kana substitution.

[code]

    アガジソ (A -ga-ji-so)
    マガジン (Ma-ga-ji- n)
    
[/code]

In this case:

  * マ (ma) and ア (a) have the same top stroke and similar voicing (ending in -a)
  * ソ (so) and ン (n) are almost identical, and it's a popular character pair to be substituted

The conclusion is, **no, there's no _Agajiso_ magazine, but it seems to be a
parody of _Magazine_ magazine**.

* * *

Even Google seems to know the reference... googling `週間アガジソ` (Weekly Agajiso)
shown the result for `週間マガジン` (Weekly Magazine) instead


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I'm sure the manga she's reading is Bishounen Tanteidan/Pretty Boy Detective
Club, written by the same author of Monogatari light novel series, Nisio Isin.
I don't know the exact name of the magazine that appears there, but Bishonen
series it has been serialized in different magazines so.. that seems it's
publicity or just a nice reference.![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZUATw.jpg)


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