This story is an all around good manga...

It has a good story.... Has good art....

Interesting theory on the characters... definantly reccomend to someone who is looking for something good to read.

I should mentioned I read all 88 chapters in 5 hours.... It was pretty good...

A really strange sci-fi romance, though not surprising since it's a CLAMP story. A a female robot goes through a massive identity crisis while the male lead falls in love with her. It's not as perverted as many other series with similar ideas, and contains a lot more morality as well. The main characters are really cute and the story flows well without dragging.

This manga had the cutest costumes for Chi---which kept me reading until the end. There were some adorable interactions as well, but overall this manga just had a hint of ecchi that didn't suit my taste. The love the guy had for Chi moved me to tears, I'll admit that.

... Last updated on March 7th, 2014, 7:31pm

Chobits Was my Very First Manga Series and I Absolutely Love it! I am super glad that I choose this as my First!! The Only thing I didn't like was the ending manly because I really didn't want it to end haha <3 <3 if I could I would give a 15 I love the artwork as well!

Overall, I enjoyed reading this series. One thing, though, that constantly annoyed me was Hideki's complete lack of knowledge concerning technology, and it made it difficult to identify with his character. Otherwise, I would recommend it to someone else.

Well, first let me give some background information. Years ago I read in an anime/manga magazine a quick review of clamp's work. The best rated mangas were Tokyo Babylon, (the inconclusive) X/1999, and Chobits. At that time I have read and seen the anime of X, they were similar. Later I bought the Chobits anime, which was a let down for me since it seemed like the anime did not concluded anything important, or otherwise said it was like the full story was not told (like another manga-to-anime conversion, without the manga ending).

Well... I was so wrong!! The anime is like the manga. The reason for the fillers there were that... actually there is very little story to talk about. Now let me clarify it, maybe it was the magazine rating what biased me, but in comparison to X or Tokyo Babylon... Chobits is lacking something.

Now, if you think that a complete Clamp manga should have at least beautiful drawings and a sign of Clamp's philosophy (if you are happhy with it, go for it), then by all means Chobits is a Clamp's masterpiece. Otherwise it is not, it is a good manga but again, seems like empty. It is worth reading since the main concept in debate (human-robot relations) is interesting.

CLAMP has always been one of my favorite mangaka group. Their plots may seem ordinary at the beginning but the way that they touch the subjects make everything turn upside down. Their love, as a concept, has always been different than regular shojou, their honour has always been different than the regular Japanese understanding. Chobits is such an art work that touches the subject of love in a whole different level. It does not only criticizes the devaluation of love in the new world in which people are living a sort of happiness in slavery with their persocons but it also touches upon an ages old, and nearly against human instinct, subject...sex. the "unconditional" love is portrayed in an epic way when Hideki's love for porn and the place where Chi's switch creates the irony of what most people consider as love...

the plot is well thought and deeply considered. It has a philosophy and a criticism. Its deep in a sensual way. It borders the human taboos and basic instinct of all living creatures. freedom of heart over the slavery of body...

epic indeed...

I'm not a big fan of CLAMP for the their overtly idealistic romance plots and picture-perfect girls. Although "Chobits" still contains the things I previously mentioned, its themes are not only heart-warming, but also reaches a level of depth and maturity that I think some other CLAMP mangas lack. I especially love the little unexpected twist in the end, and I still sometimes wonder what Hideki and Chi's lives are like after the story.

surprisingly, I enjoyed the anime more than the manga. Usually, if there's both an anime and a manga version, I enjoy the manga more because the storyline typically has greater detail and depth. The manga felt flat, despite it being nice to look at and having very cute characters.

Deeply psychological and contains more moral codes in the usual sci-fi romance. Touching and sweet, without overemphazing on mush and WAFF. Good story to read if you got a couple hours to kill.