Around midnight, under a lonely street lamp in a provincial town in Japan, lies a white woman, a blonde, alone, robbed of all four limbs, yet undead. Indeed, a rumor's been circulating among the local girls that a vampire has come to their backwater, of all places.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Koyomi Araragi, who prefers to avoid having friends because they'd lower his “intensity as a human,&quot; is naturally skeptical. Yet it is to him that the bloodsucking demon, a concept “dated twice over,&quot; beckons on the first day of spring break as he makes his way home with a fresh loot of morally compromising periodicals.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Always disarmingly candid, often hilariously playful, and sometimes devastatingly moving,<i>KIZUMONOGATARI: Wound Tale</i> is the perfect gateway into the world of author NISIOISIN, the bestselling young novelist in Japan today. The prequel to<i>BAKEMONOGATARI</i> (“Monster Tale&quot;), this is where the legendary <i>MONOGATARI</i> series, whose anime adaptations have enjoyed international popularity and critical acclaim, begins. A theatrical feature based on<i>KIZUMONOGATARI</i> is due to be released in Japan in January 2016.