Chobits

Chobits (ちょびっツ, Chobittsu)

Chobits (ちょびっツ, Chobittsu) is a Japanese manga created by the Japanese manga collective Clamp. It was published by Kodansha in Young Magazine from February 2001 to November 2002 and collected in eight bound volumes. Unlike most stories by Clamp, Chobits is a seinen series commonly mistaken for shōjo because of its strong romantic themes and flowery art style. Chobits was adapted as a 26-episode-long anime television series broadcast on TBS and Animax from April to September 2002. In addition, it has spawned a video game as well as various merchandise such as figurines, collectable cards, calendars, and artbooks.
The series tells the story of Hideki Motosuwa, who finds an abandoned persocom (パソコン, PasoKon), or personal computer (パーソナルコンピュータ pāsonaru konpyūta) with human form, that he names "Chi" after the only word it initially can speak. As the series progresses, they explore the mysteries of Chi's origin together and questions about the relationship between human beings and persocoms. The manga is set in the same universe as Angelic Layer, taking place a few years after the events of that story, and like Angelic Layer, it explores the relationship between human beings and electronic devices shaped like human beings. Chobits branches off as a crossover into many other stories in different ways, such as Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, xxxHolic and Kobato.

Summary:

The series centers on the life of Hideki Motosuwa, a held-back student attempting to qualify for university by studying at Seki prep school in Tokyo. Besides a girlfriend, he dreams of having a persocom (パソコン): an android used as a personal computer, which is expensive. On his way home one evening, he stumbles across a persocom in the form of a beautiful girl with long hair lying against a pile of trash bags, and he carries her home, not noticing a disk fell on the ground. Upon turning her on, she instantly regards Hideki with adoration. The only word the persocom seems capable of saying is "chi" (ちぃ, Chii), thus he names her that. Hideki assumes that there must be something wrong with her, and so the following morning he has his neighbor Hiromu Shinbo analyze her with his mobile persocom Sumomo. After Sumomo crashes during the attempt they conclude that she must be custom-built.
Shinbo introduces Hideki to Minoru Kokubunji, a twelve-year-old prodigy who specializes in the field of custom-built persocoms. Minoru's persocoms, including Yuzuki, a fairly exceptional custom-built persocom, are not able to analyze Chi either, and thus they conclude that she may be one of the Chobits, a legendary series of persocoms rumoured to have free will and emotions. Although this is a possibility, Minoru is confident that it is only rumour. Yuzuki also adds that she does not resemble any persocom model in any available database and so she must be custom made after all.
A major part of the plot involves Hideki attempting to teach Chi words, concepts, and appropriate behaviours, in between his crammed schedule of school and work. At the same time, Chi seems to be developing feelings for Hideki, at an emotional depth she is not supposed to possess, and Hideki struggles with his feelings for her. The need to figure out more about Chi and her mysterious functions and past becomes a pull for the characters in the series.
Hideki's feelings intensify for Chi whether she is a persocom or not, despite horrible experiences of his friends involving persocoms. Chi becomes aware of her purpose through a picture book series called A City with No People which she finds in a bookstore. The books speak about many different things involving human and persocom relationships: persocoms and their convenience as friends and lovers, how there are things that they cannot do and questioning whether a relationship between a persocom and a human is really one-sided. It also speaks about the Chobits series; that they are different from other persocoms, and what they are incapable doing unlike other persocoms. These picture books awaken Chi's other self, her sibling Freya who is aware of their past and helps Chi realize what she must do when she decides who her "person just for me" is. Together, Chi and Hideki explore the relationship between human beings and persocoms, as well as their friends' and their own.

My Review:

Great story.. It shows you how deep love can be.. No matter if he/she from different kind/status.. No matter if he/she have a dark past.. Love will conquer it all.
Ouh, yeah, one other thung, if you watch this anime or read the manga, it will make you want your own persocon.. What kind of persocon you want??

Source: Wikipedia, IDWS

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Ep. 01 "Chi Awakens" "Chii Mezameru" (ちぃ 目覚める)
Ep. 02  "Chi Goes Out" "Chii Dekakeru" (ちぃ 出かける)
Ep. 03 "Chi Learns" "Chii Oboeru" (ちぃ おぼえる)
Ep. 04 "Chi Goes on Errands" "Chii Otsukai" (ちぃ おつかい)
Ep. 05 "Chi Finds" "Chii Mitsukeru" (ちぃ 見つける)
Ep. 06  "Chi Weakens" "Chii Yowaru" (ちぃ 弱る)
Ep. 07  "Chi Works" "Chii Hataraku" (ちぃ 働く
Ep. 08 "Chi Bewildered" "Chii Tomadou" (ちぃ とまどう)
Ep. 8.5 "Shinbo and Sumomo Chat" "Shinbo·Sumomo Kataru" (新保·すもも 語る)
Ep. 09  "Chi Buys" "Chii Kau" (ちぃ 買う) 
Ep. 10  "Chi Meets" "Chii Deau" (ちぃ 出会う)
Ep. 11 "Chi Confirms" "Chii Tashikameru" (ちぃ 確かめる)
Ep. 12 "Chi Plays" "Chii Asobu" (ちい 遊ぶ)
Ep. 13 "Chi Goes to the Ocean" "Chii Umi Iku" (ちぃ 海いく)
Ep. 14 "Chi Entertains" "Chii Motenasu" (ちぃ もてなす)
Ep. 15 "Chi Doesn't Do Anything" "Chii Nanimo Shinai" (ちぃ 何もしない)
Ep. 16 "Chi Manages" "Chii Makanau" (ちぃ まかなう)
Ep. 16.5  "Minoru and Yuzuki Chat" "Minoru·Yuzuki Kataru" (稔·柚姫 語る)
Ep. 17 "Chi Helps" "Chii Tetsudau" (ちぃ 手伝う) 
Ep. 18 "Chi Disappears" "Chii Inaku Naru" (ちぃ いなくなる)
Ep. 19  "Chi Waits" "Chii Matsu" (ちぃ 待つ)
Ep. 20 "Chi Hopes" "Chii Motomeru" (ちぃ 求める)
Ep. 21 "Chi Answers" "Chii Kotaeru" (ちぃ 答える)
Ep. 22  "Chi Wears And Takes Off" "Chii Kite Nugu" (ちぃ 着てぬぐ)
Ep. 23 "Chi Decides" "Chii Kimeru" (ちぃ 決める)
Ep. 24 "The Person Only For Chi" "Chii Dake no Hito" (ちぃ だけの人)
Unaired Episodes
Ep. 24.5  "Hibiya and Kotoko Chat" "Hibiya·Kotoko Kataru" (日比谷·事子 語る)
Chobits OVA "Chibits: Sumomo and Kotoko Deliver" "Chiibittsu / Sumomo·Kotoko Todokeru" (ちびっツ / すもも·琴子 届ける)