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Chobits, Vol. 6

Chobits, Vol. 6

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: An Incredibly Cute Series
Review: As a huge anime fan, this is one of the series that I've read and loved, and what a way for CLAMP to finish off this hilariously cute book. Sure, there were a few scenes I'd rather not speak of, but somehow, that brought Hideki and Chii even closer. ^-^;;

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Finale of Chobits
Review: First off, lets start with the graphic novel itself and not the story (don't want to give any spoilers out yet... =P). Unlike the previous volumes of Chobits, this last one includes 7 extra colour pages in the front. Amazon has kindly included 5 of the pretty coloured-pages so do check it out if you are curious by "search inside this book". A nice treat for anyone that loves Chobits and would like to see some original manga artwork by Clamp.

Back to the actual point of the review, the content of the last volume of Chobits. All Chobits' fans *cries* as this is the last one. ... It was nice to have this graphic novel devoted only to Chi, Hideki, Chitose Hibiya, Zima, and Dita. None of Hideki's other friends are in this volume. I suppose the side-character's stories have been finished or up to the reader's imagination.

In any case, I enjoyed reading this volume as I picked up a lot more 'history' of Chobits' origin compared to the anime series. In my opinion, the anime series never really did explain if Chobits existed or not and the intimate questions between our beloved Chi and Hideki. Chobits is a myth created by owners/masters that dream of there persocoms being able to think for themselves (A.I. - Artificial Intelligence, whoa kinda worries and reminds me of Animatrix...). Sadly, the truth is learned that Chi like every other persocom is just that. She is not an AI but she is uniquely different compared to the rest of her kind. Hideki obviously knows about it but does not wish to know her full potential of how special she really is, all he cares about is her being alright! *aww* ^_^

I have to say this even though Hideki and Chi makes a cute couple, Zima and Dita are the sexies couple in this manga. =P hee hee

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Another Great Manga By CLAMP
Review: I am a big manga fan and at the age of 12 trust me it isnt easy getting money to get your manga but i try anyways i have over 36 complete manga collections and it was hard for me to find more manga that was ok for my age. My friend told me to check out the 16+ section to see what i could find and at first i was real freaked out about what i WOULD find but i took a look and saw Chobits the first thing that caught my eye was the cover a picture of a cute person like character on a swing it was soo adorable so i gave it a look and at first i regreted it but i continued reading it and it was one of the best manga books i have read now i own the whole set and im still looking for another manga series to go crazy over Basicly what im saying is not just for Chobits but for any manga that is rated over your age just take a look at it if you think your too young for that type of manga put it down and take another look around. =3

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Chobits - not CLAMP's best (by far)
Review: I have a love-hate relationship with Chobits. Or, to be more accurate, I hate myself for being visually attracted to it. The drawings have a... linear purity that's always appealed to me. Check out Card Captor Sakura for a similar art-style of which I'm fond. Add the long-flowing hair and the ribbon-laced dresses, and I can't help but look.

I could, however, do without seeing blank-eyed Chii wearing nothing but underpants.

Hideki's professor walking around with her shirt half unbuttoned is fine. These are women (I'll consider miss. computer Freya as a woman because, programmed or not, emotionally and physically she's female) who understand their sexuality. Anime and manga don't have nearly enough of that kind of women-- at least without them not being some form or another of pure malice. So yay to Chobits for that!

It's the child-porn feeling that kills me. That and the other forms of uneven balance of power.

And Ohkawa *needs* to learn to build if not better, then at least *more* dialogue. The repetition must stop! Words and phrases are needlessly said time and time again, as are small variations of it. Yeah, we know Chii is wondering about her 'atashi dake no hito' (loosely, 'the only person for me.') We get the idea that the Big Computer in Black is sympathetic to Chii's happiness. Don't rub it in. Geez. Underestimating the reader much? I'd complain that Mokona's artistic talent is being wasted with Ohkawa-- oh, the beautiful things she could draw! But I get the feeling that over the years they've molded to each other's styles. Ohkawa writes things into the scripts that lets Mokona draw the characters in as many fluffy outfits as she likes, and Ohkawa gets a vehicle for her long-drawn out series.

Not to mention that Clamp needs to break out of the parody-yet-not-parody form of series that they so love. They've done it, amongst others, with Magic Knight Rayearth, 20 Mensou ni Onegai, Duklyon, Clamp Campus Detectives, Card Captor Sakura. And with Chobits. They take the stereotype of a particular manga genre (mahou shoujo, benevolent thief, etc) and poke a little fun at it. But then they're incapable of breaking *out* of the genre laws.

Oh, and the endings. Why are all your endings like this? (well, not all-- notable exceptions include Tokyo Babylon and slightly different version includes Magic Knights Rayearth.) Why must the Happy Couple embrace at the end? You construct these interesting characters and storylines, all of which get abandoned in the end in favor of the cloyingly lovey-dovey romantic pair. We know that either a) you believe that love is an ultimate and superior emotion, or b) you think it sells well. If it's A, get a creative theme already, or if it's B, I'm packing my figurative bags.

Because by suggesting that the solution to all of the character's is love-- or, just as bad, suggesting that their problems all stem from lack of love-- is downright demeaning. Chobits suffers particularly from this. Here you have Chii, computer extraordinaire. She runs on a self-learning program (like a human) instead of an OS, and she can stop all others computers from functioning. Her powers are not to be trifled with. If I were Chii, I'd be grappling with self-identity dilemmas (I'm a computer. Do I have feelings? Where do I stand in relation to humans? Why work for them) and try to understand my skills (neat! what can I do with this?).

Chii doesn't seem to even think these things over. Instead, she thinks of love in the most basic terms. She feels more like a child than an adult. Every thought has to be ponderously laid out. For all that Chii is meant to learn from experience, she's apparently incapable of figuring things out for herself. If it weren't for her ghost-sister Chii would probably be still trying to puzzle out why she feels so lonely.

[What's more this... slow process of revelation as far as love goes is a CLAMP staple. Witness Kohaku and Subaru go through the same process! With Subaru at least it makes sense. For a reserved, somewhat conservative boy it's only natural it'd take time and a major shock before he came to realize something he was in denial over. With Kohaku and Chii it seems to me that they don't have the emotional maturity for that kind of love.]

The other women, too, all they have on the brain is love. Once their issues with men is solved they drop out of the storyline because anybody who's happily paired up already is of no interest to the reader. We only want to know about the singles, damnit!

And that's why I laugh when people suggest Chobits is secretly a radical feminist work underlining the problems of an increasingly-computer based society. It may have started out that way. The themes of a computer's capability for human emotions and whether or not humans falling in love with computers was a psychological disease or only natural were interesting. But it all ends too easily, too cloyingly, and, let me harp on this again, there is so much more to life than finding your One True Love.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Same great artwork but not a great ending...
Review: I have finally gotten this last book and was kind of expecting a little more out of the ending. You find out everything about Chi (Elda and her sister, Freia) as they were in the past, and that Hideki loves her and all that... I guess it was a happy ending, if thats what you're looking for. It was weak, other than that. It happens really fast and is just like any of the other steriotypical girly manga that I try to stay away from...At least you get about 4 pages of colored art in the front...

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not a strong ending
Review: I think the conclusion isn't as strong as it could have been but it was still a satisfying read.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Must-Have Series!
Review: I would recommend this series to everyone and anyone! It can make you laugh, cry and can scare you too! Its a really fun series to read! Also, the animation is great!! It was made for people with an open mind and it can really make you think about the way the world is today. It will keep you on your toes!! Oh, did I mention how cute Chi is?!? In my opinion, I think CLAMP did a great job on this series! Well, I Could go on and on about all the great things aboput Chobits, but I suggest that you read it yourself!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: :D
Review: if i am not mistaken, this should be the last book to the chobists series, well, i read it in chiense and its a nice happy ending :D

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Chobits Vol. 6
Review: Parents: This is porno; not a comic book. Do not let your kids order it. It states that it is suitable for older teens 16+.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Answered Questions
Review: The biggest drawback of the Chobits series is that it shifts gears very early, and those of us who liked the first couple of volumes are put off by the last few volumes because of their large differences.

Chobits started out as a funny little story about a techno-dunce who just got a free persocom, a human like female computer, and has no idea how to use it. We laughed as the techno-dunce, Hideki, tried to understand his friends as they tried to help him get his persocom running. Hideki was awkward, confused, and often embarrased, and Chi, the computer, was cute and mysterious.

This stuff is put way off to the side at the beginning of volume three, to make room for more mystery, drama, romance, and suspense. Many people may be disappointed in how each volume contains less and less humor.

The thing is, what humor there is in the later volumes is the exact same humor we've seen in the earlier volumes.

But wait! Of course, Chobits is more than humor. There are some things to keep you going. Hideki is very easy to identify with for the average teen-aged boy, techno-savy and techno-idiot alike. And there is plenty of romance and mystery, although I do miss the comedy.

About Volume 6: The main purpose of this volume is to answer questions. We find out what Yumi's problem is with persocoms, and what her problem is with Ueda. We find out what one of the odd things about Chi's programming is, and we find out exactly who those mysterious people in black are, although their motives are still a bit fuzzy. All in all, Volume 6 moves the story along nicely.

Chobits is a good story full of mystery and romance, and contains trace amounts of humor.


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