Mar 11, 2011
When I was 14 years old, I really liked Chobits, granted I'd only seen the first 8 episodes of it. Now 20, I've decided to finish the series off, and it's the only thing that I've been so frustrated over I've felt the need to give a proper review.
For the uninitiated, Chobits is what happens when you take the thematic idea behind 'I DATED A ROBOT' short from Futurama and spread it out over 26 episodes, mix in a little harem comedy and then sprinkle with broken sci-fi.
It begins pleasantly enough - possibly because of lolrobots and naughty switches - as a fairly entertaining comedy.
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Hideki Motosuwa is a fairly likeable MC and played brilliantly by Tomokazu Sugita, trying to educate his newly found, mentally underdeveloped robot girl in a robot girl world. This may sound like an entirely cliched premise, and the more you watch of the series the more you realise IT IS, but for the first half it works well enough for you not to notice that you're being entertained by the same masturbation joke time and time again.
Where Chobits falls flat is in its attempt at developing the characters and story (in particular, Sumomo's evolution from cheery chibi to insufferable retard). There are too many wall bangers to list in a review without giving away some crucial spoilers, but I can safely say that inconclusive is the best word to describe the series as a whole. Many characters don't even seem to have a viable function, and others by their actions seem to completely contradict any backstory they've been given.
However, if you can discard the disjointed ending (I couldn't), there's some fun to be had and some genuinely enjoyable comedy/romance to be sifted out from under the rubble.
And plenty of fanservice, if you're into that sort of thing, you sick pervert.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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