Spoiler tag that please . Some people havent watched the show . It is generally stated that him and shinobu are a Half Assed Human and a Half Assed Vampire . BUT . Kabukimonogatari Spoiler Mayoi Jiangshi spoilers When they are in the alt present after the world is destroyed , when they goto the shrine , Araragi cant touch the tailsman used to purify the grounds and Shinobu says that it isnt something an apparition can touch . Furthermore . Tsukimonogatari spoilers In Tsukimonogatari it is explicitly stated that he is ' at his limit to pretend to be a human ' by Ononoki . So from that we are basiclly hit with confirmation that he isnt human and hasnt been , hes only been pretending to be human . And Kagenui says if he turns into an immortal apparition any more than he is now she will have to kill him . Again clearly stateing that he isnt human . Yes the people in his life have treated him like a human , Oshino did and Kagenui did in Nise and neither Senjou or Hanekawa see him as a monster , but the facts remain that he is indeed not human . Its basiclly all been 1 big deception . they have hinted at it for a long time so you could pick up on it sooner , but Kabukimonogatari gave the big hints about it . Araragi is still a Vampire , just one whose power is restricted due to Kizu .