Bakemonogatari, and the Monogatari series as a whole, is a very unique beast.  The anime spends as much time playing word games as it does going through its actual plot, and you may be surprised to learn that this is not just in its adaptation.  The first novel in the series, Kizumonogatari spends the first chapter talking around a vampire instead of about them, making play-on-words and constant asides rather than actually detailing the character the narrator is supposed to, dancing around the subject until they finally give in… The following chapter.

And this is basically the essence of this series.  Well, if you ignore the random outings into very yikes uncomfortable sexual scenarios and bouts with supernatural beasts.