Chobits 20th Anniversary Edition

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 <cite>xxxHOLiC</cite> and <cite>Magic Knight Rayearth</cite>, 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.

Hideki still doesn’t know much about persocoms—the latest and greatest in humanoid computer technology—but he’s trying his best to teach Chi, the seemingly broken persocom he found in the trash. As Hideki spends more time with Chi, and sees the different kinds of relationships humans have with persocoms, he begins to see that, when it comes to love, the line between man and machine is more blurred than he thought. Meanwhile, Chi’s feelings for Hideki intensify, and she begins to unlock the secrets of her past—secrets that may be better left forgotten…

The more people Hideki talks to, the more he learns just how gray and complicated the line between humans and persocoms is. From his former boss, Ueda, to his coworker, Yumi, and his friend, Minoru, Hideki discovers that persocoms are so much more than convenient pieces of technology. With Chi missing, and her past just as mysterious as ever, Hideki finds himself questioning what Chi really is to him—a question he’ll have to answer before it’s too late.

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?