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In the end of Nekomonogatari (Kuro), Araragi states that Hanekawa doesn't
remember any of the events of Golden Week. (This is also shown in the
corresponding recap episode in Monogatari Series Second Season.) However, in
the Monogatari Series Second Season, during the Tsubasa Tiger arc, Hanekawa
seems to know of the existence of Black Hanekawa:

  * In the voice-over in the first episode, she makes some allusions to having been a cat. (I don't remember what exactly she said, but I can dig that up later if I have time.

  * In episode 4 she comes to the conclusion that she must have been possessed by Black Hanekawa after noticing dirt in her nails (and moreover comments that this time, there were no warning headaches).

When does Hanekawa realise that she had been possessed by Black Hanekawa? Does
this have anything to do with the episode prior to the school festival (not in
the sense that this was actually an episode of the anime, but in that this was
an instance of her being possessed) that was alluded to once or twice?


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Why does Hanekawa know about Black Hanekawa?


Some details in the ONA for Bakemonogatari suggest a potential answer. In
episode 13, Hanekawa states that she has no memory of Golden Week beyond the
burial of the cat (or slightly earlier). **So she can notice such gaps in her
memory.** Hanekawa comes to Araragi for help after growing cat ears (which
came after her headaches). It's possible she also remembers that.

**Hanekawa probably at least knows that _something_ is up.** Moreover, Araragi
states that he has no idea how much of the events of "Tsubasa Cat" Hanekawa
remembers, but that he won't ask for now because he wants to let her come to
terms with her feelings.

In "Tsubasa Song", Araragi says (own emphasis, quotes from a fan translation):

> . . . it was twice that a cat had rampaged—on Golden Week and **just a
> couple of days ago** . . .

Moreover, we have this:

> And that’s why I ended up seeing nightmares **not once but twice** —said
> Hanekawa, as if telling herself that rather than me.

And later, Hanekawa tells Araragi:

> I don’t want to shut myself out anymore, and as it is, if I don’t
> demonstrate more of my individuality, then one day I may fall prey to the
> cat again.

Araragi probably hasn't asked Hanekawa about the events of a few days ago, but
Hanekawa knows about both possessions. **So it looks like Hanekawa got
suspicious and asked someone what happened during these two periods.**

It's possible that she remembers bits of the second possession or even finally
remembered the first possession. But in "Tsubasa Tiger", Hanekawa comes to the
conclusion that she must have been possessed at night via indirect evidence
and not memory. So memory loss can be linked to possessions. **Thus, it seems
unlikely she remembers _everything_ at this point prior to the end of "Tsubasa
Tiger.** (It's possible that she does remember everything once she accepts her
repressed emotions, but that comes _after_ the period discussed in this
question.)


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