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Chobits (Anime) add (All reviews)
Oct 14, 2012
It's your basic Perverted College Entrance Exam Failure meets Cute Robot... well, if you consider anything like that basic, because before this, I wouldn't have even thought of something like that. After watching this series from Episode 1-24 and an OVA episode, let me just say, this really made me laugh my butt off. For those who love those animes with those awkward bath house or tripping and falling on top of a girl by mistake moments, this show has plenty of that. Aside from those things, this show has a lot of feel-good moments in it too. As you may have read in the description, an ordinary guy happens to come across a robot in the trash, but it's brand new, so he decides to take it home. He powers her up, and that's where the long, yet wonderful story begins.

For those of you who have seen those "boy meets girl" animes, let me just say it isn't anything like that. The story is original as far as I know, and there is one major plot mixed in with other minor plots all throughout the series, so of course they have a fairly good conclusion to the show, only I won't be giving any spoilers any time soon, so watch and see. The minor stories range from taking baths, going to underwear stores, and getting trapped in a MMORPG. Lots of randomness, but all good.

Artwork was good. I didn't particularly find any qualities that girls find in men with the main guy, but Chi and the rest of the characters are a different story. All of the girl protagonists in the show are cute, and you'll be able to see why he has all those perverted fantasies about them. Along with the characters, the rest of the scenery is fairly well made.

I like all the voice actors in the show, they matched their characters perfectly, but the only thing that bugged the heck out of me was having to listen to Chi say "chi" all the time. It was cute at first, but then episode 2 was like "Yeah, so does she say anything else?", and then later on I was all like "Ok seriously, learn more words, this is really getting annoying.". Luckily it doesn't go like that for the whole series, or I really would have thought about muting the sound and switching on the subs, but to take Chi's place, Momo came into the picture. THAT'S when I switched to subs every time she would make an appearance.

Setting the artwork aside, the characters are all lovable, funny, and with the exception of Momo, there wasn't 1 character that I disliked. Hideki's perverted personality was what sealed the deal for me when I started watching this show cause I couldn't stop laughing at every awkward moment in the show. Chi is playful, cute, and without her, I have no idea what this show would be like. Rest of the minors fit in well with the story.

On a scale of 1-10, I'd give it a 9 for enjoyment, just because of those few "I can't stand it anymore, here comes the subs" moments. I liked the show a lot, like seriously, it was the first good anime I had to spend a full night awake watching. Hopefully this review was helpful to most of you.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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