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After several episodes of Hideki helping Chi to adjust to the real world [[Hilarity Ensues|with comic results]], the plot shifts in a more serious direction when it is implied that Chi may be developing feelings for Hideki. But is it actual feelings, or just programming? Hideki, despite his constant reminders to himself that she is only a machine, seems to have some degree of affection for her. He also learns that Persocoms can have unexpected effects on humans, hearing one story from his cram school teacher Takako Shimizu, {{spoiler|whose husband rejected her in favor of his Persocom}}, his {{spoiler|up-to-then}} housemate and best friend Shinbo {{spoiler|eloping with said teacher out of sympathy}}, and another from baker Hiroyasu Ueda, {{spoiler|who was the first to wed a Persocom}}. This happens despite having been warned by Minoru Kokubunji, a Persocom expert, "not to fall in love" with her. Meanwhile, Chi's backstory begins to gradually unravel... and Hideki finds that ''he may be falling in love with Chi...''

 

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* [[Abridged Series]]: [[Chobits Abridged|Yup, there is one]]: [http://www.youtube.com/user/TheShinboWay See it here.]

* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Hideki. Very, very much (In the anime much more than in the manga).

* [[Arc Words]]: "A person just for me..."

* [[Artificial Gravity]]: Chi weighs significantly less when she's turned on, and it can't be entirely explained by the difference between dead-weight and live-weight.

** She ''floats'' at one point.

* [[Beach Episode]]

* [[Berserk Button]]: If you harm Chi, Hideki {{spoiler|and Freya (while possessing Chi)}} will kick your ass. Badmouth Chi and Hideki will be very angry.

** If you illegally try to access Zima, Dita will fry your brain. ''Literally''.

** Only like that in the anime, in the manga {{spoiler|her program just isn't executed}} which sounds more plausible regarding {{spoiler|Zima already having feelings for Dita before that incident.}}

* [[Broken Bird]]: Poor Takako has the tragic part down, but unlike most examples, she hides it behind her chipper demeanor. At least in class.

* [[Call a Rabbit a Smeerp]]: To an extent. "Persocom" is simply the Japanese equivalent of the abbreviation "PC", but the English translation uses "Persocom" to exclusively refer to android-computers.

* {{spoiler|[[Can't Have Sex Ever]]}}: {{spoiler|Chi's reset button is ''down there.''}}

** {{spoiler|This is especially true with Hideki in the manga. In the final chapter, Freya informs him that if he and Chi ever became one, Chi will be rebooted and all of Chi's memories of Hideki will be erased completely.}}

** {{spoiler|In the manga only. In the anime, it's a case of [[If It's You It's Okay]] with ''The Person Just For Me''.}}

* [[Child Prodigy]]: Minoru.

* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Again, Hideki ''is'' a pervert but doesn't really want to be one.

* [[Chosen One]]: ''The One Just For Me'' who can bring a new age to the Persocoms, either happiness or something dreadful.

** [[The Chooser of the One]]: The ''Me'' is ''Chi''.

* [[Costume Porn]]: Chi's outfits, especially in the artbooks.

* [[Cute Mute]]: Chi, who initially can't talk.

* [[The Cutie]]: Chi is unbelievably adorable. She's so adorable that [[Cuteness Overload|you may die of cuteness]].

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Kotoko

* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: This happens to Hideki quite a bit. He comments that it's because he's used to living on a farm where the only ones to overhear him are cows.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Ueda's wife and {{spoiler|her robo-Alzheimer's/dementia...}}

* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: {{spoiler|Shinbo}} just kept pushing the issue. He wouldn't let it go no matter how much Takako reminded him of the barriers between them.

* [[Flipping the Table]]: Hideki once did this when he was frustrated with his homework.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: Many clues about what happens in the second half of the series are actually more apparent after one sees the ending and then rewatches the earlier episodes. {{spoiler|Miss Shimizu asks Hideki if it's more fun being with a Persocom than a human just one episode before it's revealed her husband has rejected her for the one they bought.}}

* [[Genki Girl]]: Sumomo, with shades of [[Cloudcuckoolander]] as well.

{{quote|'''Sumomo:''' Sumomo is programmed to '''dance''' when on standby!}}

* [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger]]: Chi points at people and things she learns. No one minds because she's too gosh darn cute.

* [[Glomp]]: Chi does this a lot, especially at the start.

* [[Grail in the Garbage]]: What gets the whole plot going.

* [[Gratuitous English]]: In at least one [["On the Next..."]] in the Japanese version (with a strange, slurred Japanese accent that sounds like it's maybe trying to be an Italian accent). Though given the context, it might just be Hideki studying English.

{{quote|'''Hideki''': The word "parasol" is Italian. <ref>Actually, it's French. The Italian word is "parasole".</ref>}}

* [[Hadaka Apron]]: Episode 16.

* [[Hot for Teacher]]: {{spoiler|Shinbo eventually marries his cram school teacher.}}

* [[I Have the High Ground]]: Zima and Dita. Chi also does this herself on numerous occasions.

* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: Having no memories also means she has [[No Nudity Taboo]]. Also she wears a [[Naked Apron]] without having any idea what it means, because she thinks it would make Hideki happy.

* [[Little Miss Snarker]]: Kotoko, a snarky loli ''robot''.

* [[Magical Girlfriend]]

* [[Meido]]

* [[Nice Guy]]: Hideki, sort of. He's friendly and mild mannered but being a [[Large Ham]] scares some people off. He's only overtly bothered by his girlfriend-less virgin status when other characters talk about how tragic it is that "such a good guy can't find himself a girlfriend".

* [[Nosebleed]]: Hideki is a frequent sufferer of these in the anime.

* [[Older Than They Look]]: Hiroyasu Ueda.

* [[Ordinary High School Student]]: Hideki's a guy with a part time job, cram school classes, and a [[Magical Girlfriend]] robot who designated him her [[Chosen One]].

* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: When Chi and Dark Chi see each other during the story, they are wearing various fancy dresses, especially on Dark Chi's part. Even more appear in the [[Omake]] artwork.

* [[Power Glows]]: Chii begins glowing brightly whenever she is levitating, doing intense introspection, and especially when she is threatened in any way. If she is glowing while looking at you angrily, it is already [[Oh Crap|too late to run away]].

* [[Pretty in Mink]]: One of Dark Chi's dresses, at least in the manga.

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: With an odd habit of flying around of its own volition (in the manga.)

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Sumomo and Kotoko definitely have this going on.

** ''The Town With No People'''s premise is humans replacing the other humans in their lives with Persocoms. That's why its called' the town with no people'.

* [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]]: Debated -- one robot explicitly states in the manga that {{spoiler|even the Chobits of legend do not "feel" because they are only machines, after all.}} But she [[Wild Mass Guessing|could be lying...]]

** Also Chi mimicking Hideki's body language and mannerisms, and repeating words she hears, usually the obscene or embarrassing ones.

*** This is an ''[[Porn Stash|okazu]]''. Is she an ''okazu'' too?

* [[Sexy Mentor]]: Takako Shimizu, of the Hot Schoolteacher type.

* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Chi, to a degree, because she is entirely dependent on Hideki to relearn what she forgot.

* [[Show Within a Show]]: ''A City Without People'', a manga drawn by {{spoiler|Chitose}} [[Hanging a Lampshade]] on all of the problems that Persocoms are causing and [[Foreshadowing]] key plot points.

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Chi or Chii? Doesn't help that both are basically official, the former for the manga and the latter for the anime.

* [[Super Prototype]]: {{spoiler|Elda and Freya}}

* [[Third Person Person]]: Sumomo and Chi both do this.

* [["Three Laws"-Compliant]]: Averted, mentioned a little near the ending:

Ah... my husband didn't want them to be bound by the [["Three Laws"-Compliant|Three Laws of Robotics]]. }}

** Flat out inverted with Kojima (AKA Dragonfly). Not only does she telepathically restrain him with the cables attached to her (which would have been pushing the absolute limits of tolerance for a "Three Laws Compliant" robot), but she then proceeds to ''knock him unconscious'', ruining his house in the process and spraying shards of broken glass everywhere.

* [[Trauma Swing]]

* [[Twist Ending]]: The last anime episode uses a viewer's knowledge of the manga ending to create shocking, then moving twists. Unlike the filler, the last episode ''was'' written by [[CLAMP|Ohkawa]] herself however.

* [[Unusual Ears]]: Persocoms have odd metal constructs around the ear area that contain various cables; this is the only visual difference they have from humans. The newest models that go on sale about midway through the story have normal human-like ears, however.

* [[Verbal Tic Name]]: Chi.

* [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]]: Chi has to figure out what love means before she can choose "the one for me and only me".

* [[What Measure Is a Humanoid?]]: "WILL YOU STOP TALKING ABOUT HER LIKE SHE'S A MACHINE?! CHI HAS A NAME! [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|DON'T LUMP HER IN WITH ALL THE REST!!]]" {{spoiler|Originally said by Ueda, when asked about his deceased wife. Hideki did not mean to quote Ueda's words on purpose and only realized it after he said them and also [[Ironic Echo|understood the implications of these words]].}}

* [[You ALL Share My Story]]: Let's plot it out shall we?

** Hideki finds Chi in the trash.

** And Hideki is doing cram school with Takako and Shinbo, and learning about Persocom obsession on the side.

** Finally, Minoru is searching for Chi's background.

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Kotoko wears them in addition to [[Twin Tails]]. She's also the only known Persocom to snark at her owner.

 

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