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Summary: We are the knights who say 'chi'!!
Review: "Chi-Knight One": Put simply, this book is f---ing incredible. The art is up to usual CLAMP standards, and the storyline is distinctly different. It is far from the odd, arcane ramblings of "X/1999", or the girliness of "CardCaptor Sakura"- it's more like the thinking man's "Love Hina". It's got the usual "omfg i tuched a gurl in a place", but also has an interesting storyline involving Persocoms, human-like computers. I'd recommend it to anyone mature enough to handle some nudity and adult situations.And now on to "chi knight 2" This is cool! I like the way they turn her on, it turned me on, Mwahahahahahahahaha! Seriously though, This manga is cool and filled with hot anime babes.Chi is hot!-Chi- P.S. I also enjoyed the thought provoking commentary on the future of computers. I mean someday will we really go too far?
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Summary: "Don't fall in love with her... She'll just make you cry."
Review: The ladies of CLAMP are known for two types of manga. The first is "average schoolgirl becomes magical girl, saves world," such as their most successful work to date, Cardcaptor Sakura. The other is "prettyboys with windswept hair swordfight between bouts of angst," such as X/1999. Chobits, set in real world Tokyo sometime in the near future, is something different. It has - dare I say it? - themes. Protagonist Hideki Motosuwa is a typical college student. He's forthright and reliable, but struggles with his studies, has a lousy job, and secretly owns an enormous collection of pornography. His greatest shortcoming is a seeming addiction to porn, which is played - perhaps overplayed - for laughs in this first volume of the manga. While he's surrounded by beautiful and personable women, he becomes tongue-tied and paralyzed around them, often unable to do more than blush and silently obsess over the size of their chest. Fortunately, these women are amazingly forgiving. None of them are shocked or offended when they find a dirty magazine on his floor, or a video on his TV. Instead, they perform a philosophical shrug and assume an amused "boys will be boys" attitude. One night, Hideki finds a small girl lying unconscious in a dumpster. He panics until he notices her unusual ears, which identify her as a "persocom." Persocoms are the home computers of the future, humanoid robots designed to be physically perfect and programmed to fulfill whatever their owners desire. Persocoms, despite their appearance, are not intelligent, and don't have feelings, although a well-programmed one can fake both. In short, they're not people, but sophisticated tools. Charmingly, the world of Chobits also has "laptop" persocoms - five inch miniature versions - and persocom PDAs the size of a key chain charm. Astonished to find such an expensive piece of hardware, Hideki takes the snow-haired, amber-eyed persocom home. When he activates her, all she can say is "Chii," and that becomes her name. Chii has no memory, and apparently no operating system. She is sweetly childlike, quick to smile and eagerly imitating everything she sees - including the poses in Hideki's ample collection of porn. There are several scenes in this first volume in which Hideki scrambles to eliminate some new cache she's discovered; fortunately, this sort of thing becomes less frequent and obnoxious in later volumes. This sudden change in Hideki's everyday behavior begins to speak to the themes of Chobits. Here is a young man who surrounds himself with images of imaginary, idealized, willing women, who suddenly finds himself in possession of an idealized, arguably imaginary woman. Left alone with his magazines, Chii could have become a doll. But confronted with the reality of her, Hideki's instinct is to treat Chii like an actual person. Moreover, when he finds she has the capability to learn through observation and imitation, he begins to teach her as if she were a younger sister. Hideki does not mold Chii into what he wants her to be, as most men do with their persocoms. Instead, he fosters her individuality and self-worth. Persocoms appear to have had a profound impact on society. "A City With No People," an eerily symbolic children's book read by Chii, seems to refer to them when it says, "Being with 'them' is fun. More fun than being with people. Nobody comes outside anymore." Hideki's friends are troubled by Chii. His teacher, upon meeting her, murmurs, "Are all persocoms that cute? No wonder so many people would rather live with persocoms than real people." His coworker tells him, "My sister has (a persocom) shaped like a guy... I had one like that before. It's just... I got really sad." Most tellingly, a young persocom engineer warns, "No matter how cute she is, no matter how human she seems... Don't fall in love with her. She'll just make you cry." Mere character study is often not enough to interest readers, so CLAMP quickly stirs in the mystery. Who made Chii, and why was she in that dumpster? Why can she run without an OS installed? Why can she, unlike most persocoms, learn rather than rely on reprogramming? Near the conclusion of this volume, a discovery implies that Chii may be better off leaving her past forgotten. Although Chobits is often laugh-out-loud funny, the parts I appreciate the most are those that resonate with the themes CLAMP is exploring in the work. Hideki is a commentary on men who pursue the company of the imaginary "ideal" women in pornography and Japanese "dating sim" games instead of flesh-and-blood women. That this is explored through a cute robot girl, compelling that very male audience to read Chobits, is deviously ingenious. Meanwhile, Chii - so heartbreakingly earnest in her attempts to comprehend the world and herself, naively fumbling into painful comprehension of human relationships, sexuality, and her own identity - puts those male readers into the shoes of a young girl reaching maturity in a world obsessed with appearance. Chii makes me smile. She also makes me cry. I can count on one hand the number of manga characters that regularly have that effect on me. Chobits is a strong character piece written as a metaphorical comment on society. As a series, I give Chobits four stars. It's not a timeless work of art, but it *IS* very good. This volume gets only three because the art and storytelling are still settling in, which results in some rougher drawings and an irritating superabundance of "fan service." By volume two, both are up to snuff. Be aware that Chobits contains mature content. This volume includes language and partial nudity.
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Summary: Why was the main characters name changed from Chii to Chi?
Review: Chobits already has a very large english speaking fanbase due to the popularity of the fansubbed anime and manga. Because of this I was astonished to see that Tokyopop, the publisher of this translated manga, decided to change the main characters name from Chii to Chi. Apparently this misspelling has been made so that the name would not sound so alien to westerners, but I am sure this decision will irritate the existing fans who have grown to love Chii as Chii. New readers of this manga will of cource not even know this, unless they decide to watch the anime series or turn out to the internet to find more information on Chobits. After watching all the anime series and reading the fansubbed manga, I was looking forward to also bying the translated manga series. But the changing the name of my beloved Chii and in addition changing the original sweet cover artwork to a teenage male tageted metallic art will keep me from buying these. Chobits is although a great manga, and I will recommend this to anyone who enjoys a romantic tale with cute characters and a good progressing storyline.
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Summary: CLAMP DOES IT AGAIN!
Review: CLAMP managed to capture the attention of the audience with their new series, Chobits. CLAMP is best known for their clever storylines, lovable characters and beautiful artwork. Chobits is their greatest work yet! Despite the fact that it's been published in a male magazine, this appeals to everyone of all ages. Although there are some sexual themes, it's rather minor and it's nothing to really fuss over about. In this manga, the story follows Hideki (a ronin) and his persocon Chii. Hideki mistakenly finds Chii from the dumps one day and brings her home only to find that she may be "defective." To his surprise, she works but the only thing she seems to say is "Chii". That's when he sets out to find out what happened to her and why is she even moving around (b/c Persocon's can't work w/o an OS). He finds out that she may be a persocon of the legendary "Chobits". And so... their adventure begins!
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Summary: A great comic book
Review: This was a great comic book, funny and very interesting. Clamp really outdone themselves, but it doesn't look like Clamps work at all. The story line is great, about a Prosocom that falls in love with a human named Hideki. Hideki is a typical 19 year-old that is quiet a .... He finds a Prosocom named "Chii" in a garbage dump, and takes it for himself. But the problem is, is that Chii is very mysterious. It has many firewalls blocking some kind of information in her soul. It is able to learn quick and can walk on its on free will. She might also be a very human machine called a Chobit. A "Chobit" is a computer (Prosocom) that can live on its own, mostly was built by some person and not a factory. This book I would strongly suggest that anybody that would read this must be over the age of 14. This book has alot of "non-childish" things. But an overall saying of this comic was that it was great!
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Summary: Great Buy
Review: I borrowed this book from a friend and absolutely adored it. I imidiatly finished it and ordered Chobits 2. It is a great story and there is nothing like the wonderful art that we always get from Clamp!
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Summary: Wonderful manga
Review: Very funny manga about a 19 yr old named Hideki. He's your basic slacker dropped out of high school, broke, minimum wage job ect. he really wants a persocom(a "female" computer) but of course they are expensive.. While going home he finds one in a pile of garbage!! very funny yet has some adult scenes and language used but one of the best mangas i have read!
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Summary: Something new from CLAMP
Review: Just when you think that CLAMP has dished out all their best manga, when you think that all creativity must have been squeezed out of them due to their other titles hogging it all, they throw Chobits at you. At first, I was skeptical. I mean, an unlucky teen who has no real life staggers across a Chi, the coolest thing in robot-girl techonology and suddenly his life turns around? Haven't I seen this before? But once I delved more into the story, I was surprised to find there was more to it than meets the eye. There are many hilarious scenes in where Chi tries to learn how to act more "real" or human. It's a constant struggle between the two main characters to stay incognito because Chi is no normal robot. Yes, inside all the (mature) comical scenes, there are more serious ones. So far, it's been foreshadowing and nothing more, but it's quite enough to leave you hanging and wanting to know more about Chi's origin. Overall, I think any manga fan would enjoy this one, but I recommend you pay attention to the "16+" rating on the back. Some people may find it offensive, but I personally don't think it's that big of a deal. Some of the more...immature jokes that made me laugh are a sign of the great translation job done on the series. Definitely something you would want to look out for. Read Chobits and CLAMP will surprise you once again with their remarkable story-telling. This is manga that everyone should at least look into.
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Summary: NOT for kids or anyone under 18, IMHO
Review: I opened the first book in the book store and shut it immediately. Disgusting! But if you are into that stuff...and can get past the first page...then maybe you can judge for yourself.
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Summary: Yay! CLAMP is still #1!
Review: When I bought Chobits, I knew it was great. I had read the japanese version, and I wanted to see how good the english version one was. I was surprised that it was as good as the original. The translations were great, and Tokyopop left the japanese sounds in and everything!
I have to say, CLAMP is better at doing Shounen manga, than shoujo, and this proves it. The innuendo (Chi, jumping on Hideki naked) and the humor ("WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" "I'm checking for her tags!") Not to mention the excellent art. I give this one a 5 for originality, great art, humor, and an all around good time! I do recommend this manga for kiddies ages 15+ though. Just to be safe. :)
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