"Hitagi Crab, Part 2" ( ひたぎクラブ 其の弐, Hitagi Kurabu, Sono Ni) is the second episode of the Bakemonogatari anime series, first broadcast on July 10, 2009. It was directed by Tomoyuki Itamura, with screenply by Yukito Kizawa and storyboard by Nobuyuki Takeuchi. Under orders from Meme Oshino, Hitagi Senjougahara and Koyomi Araragi prepare for the ceremony that will open a channel of communication between Hitagi and the heavy stone crab. In this short but risky ceremony, Hitagi's past as a victim of certain circumstances is revealed as she takes on a god by herself.