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ちょびっツ [Chobits] #5-6
Chobits 20th Anniversary Edition Vol. 3
If you've never experienced this unique, cute sci-fi romance about what it means to be human, now's your chance! One of the biggest hits from CLAMP, creators of xxxHOLiC and Magic Knight Rayearth, returns in a definitive, hardcover premium collector's edition, featuring a large size, premium paper, color pages, and more.
After moving from the countryside into the big city, poor college student Hideki Motosuwa finds himself down on his luck. All he wants is a good job, a girlfriend, and his very own "persocom" - the latest and greatest in humanoid computer technology. Hideki's luck changes one night when he finds Chi - an adorable, but seemingly broken, persocom thrown out in a pile of trash. After taking her home, Hideki discovers that Chi is more responsibility than he expected - and that there's much more to his cute new persocom than meets the eye.
After moving from the countryside into the big city, poor college student Hideki Motosuwa finds himself down on his luck. All he wants is a good job, a girlfriend, and his very own "persocom" - the latest and greatest in humanoid computer technology. Hideki's luck changes one night when he finds Chi - an adorable, but seemingly broken, persocom thrown out in a pile of trash. After taking her home, Hideki discovers that Chi is more responsibility than he expected - and that there's much more to his cute new persocom than meets the eye.
376 pages, Hardcover
First published July 2, 2012
About the author
Clamp
768 books3,182 followersŌkawa Nanase 大川七瀬
[born: 2 May 1967; Ōsaka, bloodtype: A]
Mokona Apapa もこなあぱぱ
[born: 16 Jun 1968, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
Nekoi Mick 猫井みっく
[born: 21 Jan 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: O]
Igarashi Satsuki 五十嵐さつき
[born: 8 Feb 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
CLAMP originally began in 1989 as a twelve-member dōjinshi circle, but by 1990, the circle had diminished from twelve to seven. Of the remaining seven, Tamayo Akiyama, Sei Nanao, and Leeza Sei left the group during the production of the RG Veda manga. Other former members of CLAMP also included Soushi Hishika, O-Kyon, Kazue Nakamori, Yuzuru Inoue and Shinya Ōmi. Currently, there are four members in the group.
In 2004, CLAMP's 15th anniversary as a mangaka group, the members changed their names from Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi to Ageha Ohkawa, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi and Satsuki Igarashi (her name is pronounced the same, but written with different characters) respectively. The August 2004 issue of Newtype USA, a magazine specializing in events of the anime and manga subcultures, reported that the members of CLAMP simply wanted to try out new names. In a later interview with Ohkawa, it was revealed that initially Mokona wanted to drop her surname because it sounded too immature for her liking, while Nekoi disliked people commenting that her name was the same as Mick Jagger's. Ohkawa and Igarashi, wanting to go with the flow of Nekoi's and Mokona's name changes, changed their names as well.
In 2006, they made their first USA public debut at Anime Expo in Anaheim, California. They were well received at the convention, with 6,000 fans in attendance at their panel.
[born: 2 May 1967; Ōsaka, bloodtype: A]
Mokona Apapa もこなあぱぱ
[born: 16 Jun 1968, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
Nekoi Mick 猫井みっく
[born: 21 Jan 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: O]
Igarashi Satsuki 五十嵐さつき
[born: 8 Feb 1969, Kyōto; bloodtype: A]
CLAMP originally began in 1989 as a twelve-member dōjinshi circle, but by 1990, the circle had diminished from twelve to seven. Of the remaining seven, Tamayo Akiyama, Sei Nanao, and Leeza Sei left the group during the production of the RG Veda manga. Other former members of CLAMP also included Soushi Hishika, O-Kyon, Kazue Nakamori, Yuzuru Inoue and Shinya Ōmi. Currently, there are four members in the group.
In 2004, CLAMP's 15th anniversary as a mangaka group, the members changed their names from Nanase Ohkawa, Mokona Apapa, Mick Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi to Ageha Ohkawa, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi and Satsuki Igarashi (her name is pronounced the same, but written with different characters) respectively. The August 2004 issue of Newtype USA, a magazine specializing in events of the anime and manga subcultures, reported that the members of CLAMP simply wanted to try out new names. In a later interview with Ohkawa, it was revealed that initially Mokona wanted to drop her surname because it sounded too immature for her liking, while Nekoi disliked people commenting that her name was the same as Mick Jagger's. Ohkawa and Igarashi, wanting to go with the flow of Nekoi's and Mokona's name changes, changed their names as well.
In 2006, they made their first USA public debut at Anime Expo in Anaheim, California. They were well received at the convention, with 6,000 fans in attendance at their panel.
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March 31, 2026
Pomijając już problematyczność wielu aspektów, ta historia ma tyle dziur i nielogiczności już na fundamentalnym poziomie, że trudno czytać z przyjemnością.
May 9, 2016
La era tecnológica ha alcanzado niveles de desarrollo insospechados. Los hombres han creado robots con capacidades casi humanas y forma antropomórfica. Puede un joven enamorarse de un robot que no tiene memoria y ha olvidado totalmente su pasado¡¡¡
Chii es una Chobits con capacidades superiores que la va a convertir en el objeto de deseo de muchas personas.
Hideki es el estudiante que la encuentra y le enseñará qué es vivir, ella va a descubrir cosas inimaginables y nos va a mostrar su mayor secreto¡¡¡
Una historia de ciencia ficción, amor y misterio que os asombrará y os mantendrá expectantes durante toda su lectura¡¡¡
Una dura critica a la ciencia ficción y al avance de la tecnología... cómo el hombre juega a ser dios y hasta dónde puede ser capaz de llegar¡¡¡
No lo dejeis pasar..
Norma ha recopilado esta colección en cuatro nuevos volúmenes... una pasada¡¡¡
Chii es una Chobits con capacidades superiores que la va a convertir en el objeto de deseo de muchas personas.
Hideki es el estudiante que la encuentra y le enseñará qué es vivir, ella va a descubrir cosas inimaginables y nos va a mostrar su mayor secreto¡¡¡
Una historia de ciencia ficción, amor y misterio que os asombrará y os mantendrá expectantes durante toda su lectura¡¡¡
Una dura critica a la ciencia ficción y al avance de la tecnología... cómo el hombre juega a ser dios y hasta dónde puede ser capaz de llegar¡¡¡
No lo dejeis pasar..
Norma ha recopilado esta colección en cuatro nuevos volúmenes... una pasada¡¡¡
October 8, 2023
A little slower than the others.
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Chi = Elda
Yumi the teenager is super annoying, and says Hideki is like a big brother to her since she has a crush on like a 35 year old man when she isn’t even out of high school, sigh.
The baker’s wife also used to be named Yumi, this causes some minor drama that does get resolved.
Tokyopop did a better job translating the funeral scene in my opinion. “don’t lump her in with the others, she is not an ‘it’”.
Zima and Dita get their reveal, they are Government persocoms, one designed to be the national data bank and the other designed to be the security system for it. Minoru’s persocom gets injured trying to hack Zima
The themes in this book carried over with Dragonfly and Minoru trying to confirm that Chi is a Chobits. With love and drama being the center of it with how people treat one another and misunderstand each other’s intentions and emotions.
Chi gets rings for her and Hideki. Hideki comes to realize that he does consider her a living being, at least he begins to acknowledge that his emotions are not the equivalent of caring for a toaster.
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Chi = Elda
Yumi the teenager is super annoying, and says Hideki is like a big brother to her since she has a crush on like a 35 year old man when she isn’t even out of high school, sigh.
The baker’s wife also used to be named Yumi, this causes some minor drama that does get resolved.
Tokyopop did a better job translating the funeral scene in my opinion. “don’t lump her in with the others, she is not an ‘it’”.
Zima and Dita get their reveal, they are Government persocoms, one designed to be the national data bank and the other designed to be the security system for it. Minoru’s persocom gets injured trying to hack Zima
The themes in this book carried over with Dragonfly and Minoru trying to confirm that Chi is a Chobits. With love and drama being the center of it with how people treat one another and misunderstand each other’s intentions and emotions.
Chi gets rings for her and Hideki. Hideki comes to realize that he does consider her a living being, at least he begins to acknowledge that his emotions are not the equivalent of caring for a toaster.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 4, 2022
No saben cuánto me está gustando y sorprendiendo este manga. En este tomo lo que más me sorprendió fue todo lo referente al romance. Se trata de una manera muy madura, planteando posibilidades con los ordenadores que pueden ser ilógicas en la realidad, pero te las cuentan de manera que no podés no empatizar y estar de acuerdo.
Es difícil de explicar, pero siento que si lo que pasa en esta historia ocurriera en la realidad, no podría estar de acuerdo, mi moral me jugaría en contra.
Lo único que me tiene un poco confundida son los personajes que pensé que eran villanos. Ahora no sé qué son y solo queda un tomo :/
Van 4 estrellas solo porque sí hay algunas cosas que me veía venir, y porque espero no mucho, MUCHÍSIMO del final
Es difícil de explicar, pero siento que si lo que pasa en esta historia ocurriera en la realidad, no podría estar de acuerdo, mi moral me jugaría en contra.
Lo único que me tiene un poco confundida son los personajes que pensé que eran villanos. Ahora no sé qué son y solo queda un tomo :/
Van 4 estrellas solo porque sí hay algunas cosas que me veía venir, y porque espero no mucho, MUCHÍSIMO del final
August 13, 2023
4.5/5 ⭐️
CLAMP did Yumi’s character so well. She represents the reader’s opinion of persocom’s and their relationship to humans. Naturally the reader would be more against humans having a close personal relationship with persocoms, but for the story to work the readers needs to root for Chi. Watching Yumi’s opinion slowly change to accepting and understanding personal relationships with persocoms causes the reader’s opinion to also change thus causing them to have more investment in Chi and her relationship with Hideki.
I’m worried about how this will all end. I have so many questions and it doesn’t seem like they will all be answered and everything will wrap nicely considering how much of the story is left.
CLAMP did Yumi’s character so well. She represents the reader’s opinion of persocom’s and their relationship to humans. Naturally the reader would be more against humans having a close personal relationship with persocoms, but for the story to work the readers needs to root for Chi. Watching Yumi’s opinion slowly change to accepting and understanding personal relationships with persocoms causes the reader’s opinion to also change thus causing them to have more investment in Chi and her relationship with Hideki.
I’m worried about how this will all end. I have so many questions and it doesn’t seem like they will all be answered and everything will wrap nicely considering how much of the story is left.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 9, 2022
It took forever for my library app to finally have this next volume available. It took so long that I kind of forgot how the last one ended. Anyways, it’s not Clamp without a noticeable age gap romance. It’s not Clamp without blatant and subtly blatant sexual undertones. It’s not Clamp without the stunning art and beautiful outfits. I literally had a printed picture taped to my wall back in the day of Chi in pink. Honestly, the emotions are there along with existentialism. I’m intrigued by the mystery. So, I’ll definitely read on. I’m curious so I’ll ignore certain questionable stuff. ~3.8/5
August 24, 2024
Chobits Volume 3 explores our favorite Baker's pass. It's tragic one where we learn about his wife and what she was and what happened to her. All of it was just sad as hell. I also really loved the relationship here with Chi and her trying her best to make everyone happy. She's adorable. Her past seems equally as sad, and I expect it to get worse here. Overall fantastic volume, and they do a great job linking what humanity is, real vs robot, and they do it really well.
December 7, 2021
If I know CLAMP I know the ending is gonna kill me one way or another.
I'm honestly surprised at how much I love this series. It's the one I've avoided the longest of CLAMP's popular catalogue since the way people have described it to me never seemed appealing. But this has been such an enjoyable ride. It depends on the ending, but this might be my 2nd favorite series of theirs.
I'm honestly surprised at how much I love this series. It's the one I've avoided the longest of CLAMP's popular catalogue since the way people have described it to me never seemed appealing. But this has been such an enjoyable ride. It depends on the ending, but this might be my 2nd favorite series of theirs.
August 7, 2022
I like how the side characters backstories are explained in this book and you get a feel for the world and how humans and robots co-exist. The internal conflicts in the two main characters I liked as well because it's very believable and likely that someone in that situation would think that.
November 10, 2022
Chi and Yumi are so cute! They must be protected at all costs! LOL
July 17, 2025
This was a good set of chapters for character development. Excited to see how the story will grow!
March 6, 2026
.::A Wonderful Experience::.
June 7, 2026
I have the feeling that the main mystery is not really close to a solution but there's only one volume remaining.
June 21, 2026
Reread
I just love this story. You have to read it. It is a story about love in th most unexpected places.
I just love this story. You have to read it. It is a story about love in th most unexpected places.
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July 3, 2026Had to start instantly!
September 24, 2024
Yumi ..... Girl run you are being GROOMED
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 30, 2023
Hideki and Minoru use all the tricks they know to find who kidnapped Chi. They’re sent a cryptic photo that turns out to be a map of a neighborhood of Tokyo, and the search leads them to the house of a user named Dragonfly who posts on the same forums as Minoru. He has Chi plugged into several other persocoms, but the attempt to break her defenses backfires, and he ends up strung up by wires. Hideki takes the man’s laptop persocom as proof that he kidnapped Chi, and Dragonfly becomes fairly cooperative. Hideki and Chi return to the bakery, and they are unknowingly followed and observed by Yumi, a girl who used to work there and was in love with the bakery’s owner, Ueda. After running away and being chased down by Hideki, she tearfully reveals that Ueda used fo be married to a persocom, and the thought of him comparing their relationships makes her distraught.
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November 29, 2022
En el tercer volumen, Hideki continua angustiado porque no encuentra a Chi, cuando le llega un archivo adjunto con un mapa cuyo significado desconoce, al mismo tiempo en otra parte de Tokio, Yoshiyuki conecta a Chi a un montón de cables tratando de recuperar su memoria borrada.
Hideki usando el mapa comienza a buscar a Chi y la rescata de manos de su secuestrador, que no pudo acceder a su memoria. Vuelven a vivir juntos, y Hideki sigue tratando de averiguar más sobre el origen y el pasado de Chi y acerca de que son los chobits.
Me tiene atrapada esta historia, yo también quiero saber que es un Chobit y de donde viene Chi.
Mi Puntaje: 4 Marinas
Hideki usando el mapa comienza a buscar a Chi y la rescata de manos de su secuestrador, que no pudo acceder a su memoria. Vuelven a vivir juntos, y Hideki sigue tratando de averiguar más sobre el origen y el pasado de Chi y acerca de que son los chobits.
Me tiene atrapada esta historia, yo también quiero saber que es un Chobit y de donde viene Chi.
Mi Puntaje: 4 Marinas
October 22, 2022
Really enjoyed how it’s continued the story and who Chi really is and is having Hideki figure out if persocoms can have real human emotions and the people can love them. It also has both of the mini computers and how they’re super cute, and have differing personalities. Enjoyed that they were in it a lot more. Curious to see what the landlord is hiding though…
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 25, 2021
Loving it
The story keeps getting better and little by little it uncovers Chi's origins, I can't wait to get the full story. Plus, the theme about persocoms and human relationships is really cool, it gives the story a deeper meaning and makes you question a bunch of things.
The story keeps getting better and little by little it uncovers Chi's origins, I can't wait to get the full story. Plus, the theme about persocoms and human relationships is really cool, it gives the story a deeper meaning and makes you question a bunch of things.
July 6, 2018
NECESITO EL ÚLTIMO VOLUMEN, CHII ES MARAVILLOSA Y NECESITO QUE HIDEKI LE DIGA YA QUE LA QUIEREEEEEEEEEEEEE
April 30, 2020
Blade runner, sigo pensando lo mismo, cuando termine con el cuarto volumen, hablamos, bueno..., nos leemos.
June 4, 2025
Even though these are pretty thick books, I'm flying through them. I remember Chobits from a long time ago, so some things are new to my memory but some things I do remember. I can't wait to finish.
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