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ちょびっツ [Chobits] #7-8

Chobits 20th Anniversary Edition Vol. 4

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After seeing all the different kinds of relationships that humans can have with persocoms, Hideki realizes that Chi is so much more to him than just a fancy piece of computer technology. Hideki finally learns the secrets behind Chi’s mysterious past, as well as the great power that she possesses—a power that poses a threat to all persocoms. With the fate of all persocoms lying in the balance, Hideki must finally answer: what does Chi mean to him, and can the two of them find happiness together?

336 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2002

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Ōkawa 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.

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Profile Image for Vivian Lu.
Author 1 book12 followers
November 24, 2022
I finally finished this series, and it left a bad taste in my mouth. Firstly, I didn't like how this entire volume was pushing Hideki to admit his feelings; readers get it - he is already in love, and there's a time crunch for him to realize it, but it feels forced. Then, we have a lot of nasty things going on. The elder robot daughter falls in love with her father and confesses her feelings. In the end, Freya dies of a broken heart. Mom knows that the elder daughter is in love with the father and decides a younger sister will fix things. Before Freya dies of a broken heart, she transfers her memories to the younger sister so that she can live on because, according to the younger sister, her memories don't matter since she hasn't found 'that' someone special. This pisses me off because, literally, romantic love is more important than familial? Romantic love is the only love that matter!? What message is this manga trying to spread? I was curious about the special power of Chobits. My understanding is that if they aren't loved back, they take all the robots down with them because it signals that it's impossible for robots to find love. Once again, this pisses me off because Chi literally falls for the first nice guy who stuck by her and puts all the pressure on him. Sometimes the one you love doesn't love you back, so what is the parent teaching the children when they decide to take the world down with them because love isn't reciprocated? I obviously have too many strong opinions about this stupid manga. I still love Clamp's artwork, and the fashion is stunning. The color pages are gorgeous, as usual. I'll admit that Clamp does have some iffy stories, but the mystery always keeps me reading till the end. I should end this rant, but I just remembered something else. Chi can't have sex. If someone touches her pussy, her system will be rebooted, and all her memories will be lost. Can one still love a robot you cannot have sex with? That is the big question! It's one thing to love a robot. However, it's a whole different ordeal to love someone who you can never have sexual intercourse with...?? Do you see my frustration? I did not like this final volume at all. All the reveals were terrible. It's nice to know that robots can love robots. They also did mention that love isn't about having babies, but the stress of romantic love being the be-all and end-all left a sour taste in my mouth. I need to stop...
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Profile Image for Francis.
346 reviews
June 5, 2016
Genial¡¡¡ un final un tanto edulcorado pero muy original y tierno¡¡¡
Si queréis leer un anime futurista con toques románticos y unas teorías extravagantes sobre las relaciones con los ordenadores... esta es vuestra historia¡¡
Un clásico de Clamp al que he tardado mucho en darle una oportunidad¡¡
Su edición integral en cuatro volúmenes es una verdadera maravilla¡¡¡
A leer y disfrutar¡¡¡
Profile Image for PEACHPREACH.
37 reviews1 follower
November 18, 2025
I was scared that this would be just straight up gooner bait but it was actually so peak. Some things weren’t entirely cleared at the end but I’m willing to look past that.

4,5 stars
Profile Image for Emi.
883 reviews21 followers
March 22, 2021
Me ha vuelto a gustar mucho la historia. Tuve que deshacerme de mi edición francesa porque estaba en mal estado, así que he vuelto a leerla ahora que me he comprado la edición de Norma. Supongo que cada uno verá cosas diferentes, para mi trata sobre el amor y la soledad: "Encontrar a la persona solo para ti" todo gira alrededor de eso. Me parece bonito y algo triste, aunque también me ha hecho reír muchísimo. Y Sumomo es una monada!

Para mi es de lo mejor que han hecho las Clamp (y además la han terminado ¬¬U)
Profile Image for Anna Malonson.
11 reviews
January 27, 2025
I was so worried how they were going to wrap up the ending of this book because it seemed like they extended the disappearance of Chi a little much, and the backstory of Freya that you couldn't really tell what was happening till it was explained.

I did think it was weird that Chi's sister, Freya had to give up her life because she fell in love with her creator which is her father. That storyline could have been adjusted somehow. I also did not get the point of the two characters (I forgot their names) who were on the towers being super seductive toward each other. They did not add anything really to the plot.

I believe it is very strong for Hideki to give up having children and a wife to be with Chi (who is a robot with human emotions) forever. I think he realized this after hearing the shop owner's story about falling in love with his persocom, who sadly got hit by a car and was not able to recover. While reading the book, I recognize Chi as an innocent individual, even sometimes forgetting she is a persocom, but in reality, she is just that. I can see this concept happening today, especially with the rollout of AI, the movie "Her", and certain dolls. It is a tale of forbidden love, innocence, and attachment to material things that take on a real-life quality.
In conclusion, it is a sad but good series, the art is beautifully drawn, and I love Chi's outfits.
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Profile Image for K.
1,147 reviews
October 18, 2023
CLAMP is known for pushing the extremes of love. Almost making this a Greek tragedy, but with a semi happy ending.

Eros, sexual love.
Philos, warm affection or friendship.
Agapē, unconditional.

Etc etc. The series explores the different kinds of happiness people can have and the different kinds of love and relationships people can have, not only with persocoms (not named robots because they’re capable of breaking the three laws of robotics), but with each other (humans).



I feel like the ending could’ve been greatly improved. Even rereading this 20 years later, Freya being born first with Chi being her twin sister, with a secret program capable of destroying persocoms ability to feel happiness via recognizing who they care about, is too abrupt. Down to Freya's mom not trying to fix anything in her programing and simply making Chi to try and fix her daughter by not making her lonely.

The twist with Freya NOT being programmed to NOT fall in love with her own creators, was a good Greek tragedy twist but it felt kind of lazy. Given all the hints and sexual innuendos you would think the twist would be something about rape or a secret villain! Nope, The sister just fell in love with her creator and couldn’t fall out of love. Kinda bad planning on the dads part. If you are the god of persocoms how does this even happen. Even down to making sure the Chobits couldn’t have sex without the risk of losing what’s most important to them, their memories. Is the reason for that to ensure they aren't sexualized and used only for sex? No one in the series used theirs for sex, so it wasn't even wise from a narrative stand point. Even the guy married to a persocom commented that "some" people do that and getting nervous.

The series leaves an ache in you because the ending isn’t very satisfactory. It touches on how you can still love someone without needing to have sex with them, or even having kids with them, but it also shows it through a lens of it not being healthy, bordering on obsessing over your partner rather than truly loving them. Showing that Chi loves Hideki because he was there, and he stayed, and he taught her to talk. And he loves her cause she is there and...sweet to him. They are misfits together but Hideki had more options.

Hideki admits he loves Chi and will stay with her, even if he can’t have sex with her (something he was still pretty nervous to even contemplate or attempt) and doesn't care about that caveat as much as Freya and Chi feared. But this also glosses over how hard the next 10 years of their relationship will be as she begins to break down or eventually becomes non-operational like other persocoms we have seen. Chobits are never mentioned to be future proof, and Chi will look 16 forever. But Hideki says he doesn’t care and is prepared for that fate.

Dita and Zima finally round out the relationship bingo card by being two persocoms to fall in love.

The series ends presumably with Chi allowing other persocoms the ability to love via her power or simply giving them the continued ability by simply not releasing the virus.

Truly a classic robot scifi drama. Wish they could have explored the three laws of robotics more, and hinted better about Freya. The whole series ends with a near calamity if Chi doesn't get her way, and when she does, it just...ends.

5/5 cause it made me feel emotions and made me mentally struggle in a good way. I get tired of art that's just pretty with no story. Wish it was better but hey nostalgia.
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Profile Image for Tiffany Seward.
348 reviews4 followers
April 28, 2026
Manga | Love| Technology

• Plot:
Chobits 20th Anniversary Edition Vol 4 wraps up the entire series, consisting of the last 2 volumes in one book, along with a few full illustrations. Several characters address what their persocoms/AI bots/machines mean to them, and the question of finding that special someone or something drives the plot.

• What I Liked:
I'm glad I didn't give up and completed this entire series. Many times, I wanted to give up reading this in the earlier volumes because the main male character is somewhat of a horny teenager who at least tries to resist and suppress his urges. But, in this volume, he's a bit more mature. It was great seeing the full background story of how Chi was created, the author behind the book, "A City Without People", and character development with one of Hideki's friends who has a custom persocom built in the likeness of his dead sister.

• What Didn’t Work for Me:
I could go without the weird private part groping scenes with Chi, and also the excessive groping of each other from the government persocoms who are in love. Chi's twin chobit background story is a little unsettling, but it explains some of the gaps that happen in the story.

• Themes / Ideas:
finding your special someone, attachment to machines/robots/AI, etc.

• Who I’d Recommend It To:
Those interested in machines/robots and AI, and those seeking their special someone.

• Overall Thoughts:
This book saids it's for 16+ year olds on the back of it but, I feel like this series should be for adults. There's definitely sketchy stuff that goes on in earlier parts of this series, and sometimes it's a little unnerving to see Chi being servile, like a pet, when it was stated she is built and resembles a pre-teen. I'd like to think Chi is a young adult robot, not a pre-teen. If you're more interested in the connection between people and technology that assists them, it's better than if you're a weirdo who likes lolis. I'm glad we see some scenes of the manager in this volume because he's one of the other characters I liked reading about. Chi isn't as advanced in language as I thought she would be by the end of the series, and she seems solely focused on her special someone. Anyways, it was an interesting read with a decent ending.
Profile Image for Joldettori.
96 reviews
August 18, 2024
Whyyyy this ending?! As it is a story about finding the one for you, the one you can love even though they are artificial, human, flawed or not, just love them through all. A journey of accepting that and finding true love. Which means it is clear Chi will love our mc and that eventually he will realize she is the one for him too. So far so good with this final volume. You got me there. Moreover, the dad, the creator of all, programmed the daughters with a special program (to make em search for true love because they deserve to be loved fully). Ok that seems cute right? But no. He kind of srews them over tbh. Having a physical relationship is not the main focus of love, but also part of it. Nonetheless he programmed only his 2 daughters (out of every single one he created) with their power buttons in their hoeha's... So if their true love wants to have a physical relationship, the daughter will forget them after the act.... And moreover he programmed his daughters so that none but their true love can touch that power button. So actually he designed them so that no one, not even their true love (because that is the sacrifice expected of them otherwise memory reset) can never be intimate with the daughters. That is such a dad middlefinger move tbh lol. And honestly i think it is a bit naive to think their relationship will work out if you expect the teenage kid to be a virgin all life... It is such a weak ending after a strong build-up
Profile Image for Paula Gimenez.
286 reviews4 followers
October 5, 2022
Agg estoy un poco decepcionada :(
Me gustó, me gustó mucho este manga y la pienso releer, pero hay cosas muy importantes en la historia que siento que no se explicaron bien (o no las entendí).
Al final no sé por qué Chi era tan especial, qué tenía de diferente en su programación como para poder hacer las cosas de las que es capaz. Tampoco entendí qué iba a pasar si no encontraba a la persona solo para ella, o mejor dicho cómo es que iba a a pasar lo que podía pasar (?
Tampoco me gustaron los personajes que pensé que eran villanos, siento que no aportaron nada a la historia, aunque esto es porque nos faltó saber más de ellos.
En fin, fue un gran manga, pero me da pena que justo en el final tuviese cosas que no me convencieran
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47 reviews17 followers
February 25, 2025
5 stars all around for the nostalgia of it, but I think if I was reading this series for the first time today it would not be the case. The pacing of the plot is off, with none of the conflicts ever *really* feeling like the stakes have been upped. The Dita/Zima plot (for example) added very little imho, other than the opportunity to draw sexy goth robots who were in love - it could be argued that they were important because added an additional layer to the "love comes in many forms" message, but there were definitely other ways to do it. Hideki's final choice of "cAn YoU lOvE hEr WiThOuT hAvInG sEx wOoOoOo" just made me roll my eyes. Maybe I'm just a product of my time and my life, but c'mon CLAMP! Besides......mouths exist 👁️👄👁️
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Profile Image for Taylor Lee.
243 reviews2 followers
August 20, 2023
Hideki willingly choose to die a virgin 🫡

The explanation for Chi’s “powers” and what they do was confusing and not satisfying.

I don’t understand how Persocoms not being able to separate “special things from other things” would help them avoid a broken heart and cause them to destroy the world. I feel like being able to separate those feelings would prevent them from heartbreak…right?

I really like Chi’s origin story…other than her sister falling in love with their dad. That’s super gross.

Would love a sequel story on if Hideki and Chi are still together or not considering that Hideki will age whereas Chi won’t.
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Profile Image for Tiffany.
327 reviews3 followers
July 12, 2021
The fact that a young guy who loves -that-, or at least just looking at -that- in magazines and stuff, would have a girl even if she couldn't do -that-? It's a pretty story. One that could inspire hope for many people. I may have gone through these four books too fast. Next time I won't just inhale them, I'll make myself go slower to appreciate more of what's in them because the artwork is beautiful.
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535 reviews5 followers
June 23, 2023
CLAMP never fails to be off-the-walls and I respect that about them. I don’t know if the Power Switch situation was supposed to make me laugh but it sure did, they really said “this will NOT be happening”. Also Hibaya-san is clearly the best character in this series she has had to deal with a LOT. A fun series to read, I always enjoy speculative fiction and I am not taking it too seriously.
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191 reviews1 follower
March 8, 2026
.::A Wonderful Experience::.

I enjoyed exploring the spectrum and complexity of humans interacting with VI/AI. As well as seeing these examples through the lense of humans and persocoms.

What does it mean to be human? What are the ethics of giving consciousness to inanimate objects? Who creates life and who is left responsible for that life? All these questions wrapped in a shojo bow.
Profile Image for Emerson.
223 reviews6 followers
January 6, 2022
This has become my 2nd favorite of CLAMP's works that I've read. This story was wonderful and hopeful and I loved the dynamics between all the characters and the exploration of the different forms love can take.
Profile Image for Elaireal.
23 reviews
August 7, 2022
The final book in the anniversary collection, it had a lovely ending and with a great moral, of that this is a great romance story for those who feel different from others. But I feel tricked for never getting the information about the potential power for Chi.
Profile Image for joan.
417 reviews9 followers
August 13, 2023
for a female mangaka, this is a bit male-gazey. but i refuse to miss out details on the CLAMP universe so i had to finish this. anything for tsubasa
Profile Image for Houston.
74 reviews
October 14, 2023
I prefer the first two volumes, which are mainly just goofy manga shenanigans, but these last two volumes are still very good.
Profile Image for Tomasz.
732 reviews1,057 followers
April 7, 2026
Strasznie naciągane i na siłę, pewnie gdyby nie nostalgia i masa wspomnień, to oceniłbym jeszcze niżej. Nie sprawdza się do czytanie w 2026 roku, niestety.
Profile Image for Marina Bonini.
708 reviews14 followers
November 29, 2022
Finalmente descubrimos el origen de Chi, y su triste historia, Chi que en realidad es Elda, tuvo una hermana gemela llamada Freya. Ambas fueron creadas por un científico que trabajaba en una fábirca de juguetes para su esposa, porque no podían tener hijos y las criaron como a sus hijas. Pero Freya sufriendo por amor, ya que se enamoró de su creador, colapsó su sistema y se apagó, llevando a Elda/Chi a reiniciarse y formatearse para olvidar el dolor. Sus padres la dejaron, por pedido de ella, abandonada en la calle donde Hideki la encontró.
Además llegan unos enemigos que quieren destruir a Chi, porque tiene un poder especial conferido por su padre/creador y Hideki intentará salvarla.
Además entenderemos porque Chi es un chobit y porque no son robots, ya que su creador no quiso que tuvieran que cumplir las tres leyes de la robótica (si si si, las de Asimov).

Amé este final, y esta referencia a Asimov me hizo muy pero muy feliz.

Si les gustan los mangas y la ciencia ficción, leanla.

Mi puntaje: 4 Marinas

Profile Image for Pepa.
192 reviews12 followers
May 4, 2020
Este volumen, a pesar de ser el último y el desenlace de la historia es el que menos me ha gustado de los cuatro, los demás me han gustado mas, el final ha sido muy ñoño, creo que ha dejado parte de las historias de los demás personajes a medias.... y que queréis que os diga, que los humanos somos humanos y los "ordenadores antropomórficos" son ordenadores antropomórficos, sé que es ficción, pero mi mente aún no esta preparada, si, lo sé, la culpa es mía ;)
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325 reviews18 followers
December 29, 2018
ME MUERO, PUEDE SER MÁS BONITO TODO, HE PETADO MI STORIES DE FOTOS AY
Estoy llorando vale
Profile Image for Marichu.
26 reviews1 follower
June 26, 2021
Amazing!

Such a great ending to this beautiful story. Very romantic and powerful. It would love to see what persocoms are capable of when unleashed 😂
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