<p><a href="http://n8chan.blog114.fc2.com/blog-entry-51.html" rel="nofollow">Japanese boards</a> read instead IICHIKO KAWAKITA and are not sure either, but the only trail they got that quotes both words is Kawakita Hideya (河北秀也), an art director out of the Tokyo University of Arts known for making beautiful art designs for a design company called "iichiko".</p>

<p>Another source: <a href="http://www.logsoku.com/r/2ch.net/anime/1254234423/" rel="nofollow">http://www.logsoku.com/r/2ch.net/anime/1254234423/</a></p>

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2015-08-29T19:46:20.230Z
It would be great if you can cite the source of this claim.
nhahtdh
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2015-08-29T18:08:36.930Z
2015-09-05T01:39:17.303Z
2015-09-05T01:39:17.303Z
user6391
<p>Hunch:</p>

<p>Could of been a sponsor who wanted to utilize subliminal messaging: <a href="http://kawakaviation.com/" rel="nofollow">http://kawakaviation.com/</a></p>

<p>An animator (or maybe I should say setting designer) got drunk and wanted to incorporate his Mayan horoscope somehow: <a href="http://weeklyhoroscope.com/features/asst/Mayan/Caunac.php?Haab=Mac" rel="nofollow">http://weeklyhoroscope.com/features/asst/Mayan/Caunac.php?Haab=Mac</a></p>

<p>Or it could mean absolutely nothing and it was a design element that wasn't totally intentional.</p>

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2014-03-08T04:42:20.893Z
Except this very frame is shown a suspiciously great number of times throughout the scene. *And* the show is known for hidden symbolism and subtle references.
Hakase
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2014-03-08T05:34:22.467Z
Yeah there's a another fence behind them with the repeating element of the first fence but it's not like it's repeated throughout the episode or even the series. If you google "Bakemonogatari Episode 12 Kawak" you might find other boards freaking out over it with no real defined answer - except for maybe an alternative reading of "Chiko Kawaii" which doesn't really make sense to me.
Velda
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2014-03-08T04:22:59.373Z
2014-03-08T04:22:59.373Z
Velda
<p>In the episode 12 of the first Bakemonogatari season, there's a fence with an interesting pattern which seemingly has the word "KAWAK" in it:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/1bbPI.jpg" alt=""></p>

<p>In the first episode of the second Monogatari season we see the same place:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/fKS15.jpg" alt=""></p>

<p>And another angle:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/3pSfY.jpg" alt=""></p>

<p>Looks like the words "CHICO" and "KAWAKITA"!</p>

<p>With the whole show stuffed with symbolism, subtle references and hidden messages, could this mean something?</p>

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2014-09-22T14:31:56.073Z
This is a likely to be a reference to [Koichi Kawakita](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Kawakita).
кяαzєя
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2014-03-20T21:01:22.820Z
It loos like the part of the left says "CHICO" and the right part (which is a bit cut off, says "KAWAKITA").
кяαzєя
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2014-03-02T06:13:17.650Z
Interesting observation - I definitely agree that there's something written in the fence there, but I'm not sure it's "KAWAK". It looks like there might be some additional letters trailing off to the lower right.
senshin
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2014-03-02T12:57:31.287Z
There's this "NISIOISIN" palindrome thing, so that's what I saw.
Hakase
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2014-03-08T13:23:56.560Z
Maybe a reference to Kawasaki?
Dimitri mx
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What is up with the pattern on the fence?
# What is up with the pattern on the fence?
Posted by: username_0 on 2014-03-02
In the episode 12 of the first Bakemonogatari season, there's a fence with an interesting pattern which seemingly has the word "KAWAK" in it:

![](https://i.sstatic.net/1bbPI.jpg)

In the first episode of the second Monogatari season we see the same place:

![](https://i.sstatic.net/fKS15.jpg)

And another angle:

![](https://i.sstatic.net/3pSfY.jpg)

Looks like the words "CHICO" and "KAWAKITA"!

With the whole show stuffed with symbolism, subtle references and hidden messages, could this mean something?
**Tags:** monogatari-series
> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Interesting observation - I definitely agree that there's something written in the fence there, but I'm not sure it's "KAWAK". It looks like there might be some additional letters trailing off to the lower right.  
> **username_0**: There's this "NISIOISIN" palindrome thing, so that's what I saw.  
> **username_3**: Maybe a reference to Kawasaki?  
> **username_1**: It loos like the part of the left says "CHICO" and the right part (which is a bit cut off, says "KAWAKITA").  
> **username_1**: This is a likely to be a reference to [Koichi Kawakita](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koichi_Kawakita).  
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## 2 answers
### Answer by username_4 on 2015-08-29. Score: 5
[Japanese boards](http://n8chan.blog114.fc2.com/blog-entry-51.html) read instead IICHIKO KAWAKITA and are not sure either, but the only trail they got that quotes both words is Kawakita Hideya (河北秀也), an art director out of the Tokyo University of Arts known for making beautiful art designs for a design company called "iichiko".

Another source: <http://www.logsoku.com/r/2ch.net/anime/1254234423/>
> **Comments:**
> **username_5** (2015-08-29): It would be great if you can cite the source of this claim.  
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### Answer by username_6 on 2014-03-08. Score: -2
Hunch:

Could of been a sponsor who wanted to utilize subliminal messaging: <http://kawakaviation.com/>

An animator (or maybe I should say setting designer) got drunk and wanted to incorporate his Mayan horoscope somehow: <http://weeklyhoroscope.com/features/asst/Mayan/Caunac.php?Haab=Mac>

Or it could mean absolutely nothing and it was a design element that wasn't totally intentional.
> **Comments:**
> **username_0** (2014-03-08): Except this very frame is shown a suspiciously great number of times throughout the scene. *And* the show is known for hidden symbolism and subtle references.  
> **username_6** (2014-03-08): Yeah there's a another fence behind them with the repeating element of the first fence but it's not like it's repeated throughout the episode or even the series. If you google "Bakemonogatari Episode 12 Kawak" you might find other boards freaking out over it with no real defined answer - except for maybe an alternative reading of "Chiko Kawaii" which doesn't really make sense to me.  
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