The story centers on the life of Hideki Motosuwa, a repeat student attempting to qualify for university by studying at Seki prep school in Tokyo. 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 humans and electronic devices shaped like humans. As the series progresses, together they explore the mysteries of Chi's origin and questions about the relationships between humans and persocoms. The series tells the story of Hideki Motosuwa, who finds an abandoned Persocom, or personal computer with human form, that he names Chi after the only word she initially can speak.

In addition, it has spawned a video game as well as various merchandise, such as figurines, collectible cards, calendars, desktop decoration CD-ROMS and artbooks. Unlike most stories by CLAMP, Chobits is a seinen series, specifically of the 'magical girlfriend' variety, using robotics and computers as a subplot, though it is commonly mistaken for shojo because of its strong, romantic themes and flowery art style.Ĭhobits was adapted as a 26-episode-long anime television series broadcast on TBS and Animax from April to September 2002.

It was published by Kodansha in Young Magazine from February 2001 to November 2002 and collected into eight bound volumes. ちょびっツ ( Chobittsu, Chobits) is a Japanese manga created by CLAMP. Tatsuya Ono, Yuichi Sekido, Tetsuo Gensho

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