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Plot Synopsis

Based off the shounen manga by Clamp, "Chobits" is set in the near future where persocoms (human-like computers) are common in the world. Cue in your average nice guy Motosuwa Hideki, 18 years old, a retester and a virgin at that~ He sets off to Tokyo to study at a prep school in order to get into college and on the way finds an abandoned persocom in the trash pile. Reasoning that he's reducing industrial waste, Hideki brings the the persocom back and switches her on.... At first it may seem like another boy meets mysterious girl kind of story, but Chobits goes much deeper that your average shounen story. The storyline explores some of the more mature aspects of an imminent future with machines replacing humans, of love, friendship, and what it really means to be "alive." Though even with it's mature themes, the overall look of Chobits is lighthearted at best. The comedy is very funny, though a bit ecchi at times it's done tastefully enough that anyone can enjoy it! All in all, Chobits plays out as a well written and thoroughly enjoyable love story.

Story & Characters

If you have seen or read the "dears" manga or anime than you will instantly recognize chobits, it is very similar to the "dears" series, im not sure which came first, but i should look it up lol, chobits is a cute story about a female "persecom" which is a "computer" which very closely resembles a human, persecoms are built to be attractive *wink*, anyway she was thrown out by her previous owner and is found by the main character "hideki" and thats when the fun starts, this is a romantic comedy, i very much enjoyed watching this anime, it was very entertaining, i laughed alot watching this, there are alot of dramatic parts, and twists and turns in the story line, but the story unfolds very nicely, and of course there is alot of humor along the way ^^, hideki is 18 years old, at the top of his... uhm... prime, and theres alot of temptation around if ya know what i mean, well, you all know how romantic comedys are, alot of nose bleeds ^^ i highly recomend this if you like a nice story, alot of humor, and of course chicks , i give the "chobits" story an 8

Rating

8 (good)

Art

the art in this show is very new anime type style, drawings look new, clear and crisp, movements are very realistic and the details are nice, the scenery looks good, and the characters are awsomely drawn, i did not see any art mistakes at all, there are some cool special effects drawings in parts of the show to, which are pretty well done, the womens eyes in the show i noticed were drawn differently, in the fact that you cannot really see a pupil, its like a shaded circle, which i thought was kind of cool, and kind of creepy at the same time Oo, but all in all the art in the show is drawn pretty good, i give the art a 7

Rating

7 (above average)

Sound

the sound in this anime is surprisingly good, my favorite is the intro song, i downloaded it in mp3 format right after i watched this series, yeah... i sat down and watched the whole series in one day on dvd lol, i couldnt stop watching it, anyways, the music in the show is pretty darn good, like when dramatic stuff is happening, cant say much for sound effects since there are really no battles at all, but the day to day things they do sound normal and there are no difformaties or anything like that, the sound is just like any other anime when it comes to footstep sound effects and things like that, it all sounds pretty normal. i also give sound a 7

Rating

7 (above average)

Presentation

the presentation is exceptionally well, the story hooks you in right away, with all the un-answered misteries right when you end the first episode, you just have to watch more, and because it is so funny it makes you want to watch it even more, mind you, this anime is for people who like romance stuff, because it is most definetely a romance, i wouldent expect to see some harley biker watching this or something Oo, this show was very enjoyable to watch, it keeps you laughing throughout most of it, its just like a sitcom, in the fact that hideki gets trapped in all these inescapable situations and he has to freak his way out of them, lol there is almost no action in this show and by action i mean like... fight scenes etc. so its not for the kind of people who like only fighting animes, originality, since i dont know if dears or chobits came first, so i cant really say if chobits is original or not, but lets just splice the two together and say these shows are pretty original in my opinion. i give the presentation of chobits a 7 ^^

Rating

7 (above average)

Final Verdict

7.33 (above average)

Reviewed by fhantum, 3y 3wk ago