History YMMV / Chobits

* JustHereForGodzilla: During the series' heyday in the 2000s, most people were invested in the series because of Chii and the [[CostumePorn pretty outfits]] she wears in official art, with rarely any discussion about the plot of any of the other characters. She was a very popular subject for fanart and cosplay as a result.

* JustHereForGodzilla: During the series' heyday in the 2000s, most people were invested in the series because of Chii and the [[CostumePorn pretty outfits]] she wears in official art. She was a very popular subject for fanart and cosplay as a result.

** Chi's relationship with Hideki is played up as being "pure" and "innocent", but Chi is still heavily dependent on Hideki for many things and is as naive as a child. More often than not, they're more like [[WifeHusbandry Father and Daughter]] than anything else.

** One of the biggest bones of contention with this series is that it has no idea what it wants to ''be''. The story ricochets from funny to serious to romantic so many times that the story eventually collapses under its own weight. And don't get started on the anime ''ending''.

** Chi's relationship with Hideki is played up as being "pure" and "innocent", but Chi is still heavily dependent on Hideki for many things and is as naive as a child. More often than not, they're more like [[IncestIsRelative Father]] [[WifeHusbandry and Daughter]] than anything else.

** If you're disturbed by incest, then pretty much everything to do with [[spoiler: Freya]] ends up being incredibly unsettling. While the series does play up how tragic her circumstances are, it's still a touch disturbing to hear a young girl talk seriously about [[spoiler: falling in love romantically with her "daddy", especially since she seems to think that he might have loved her back if only he wasn't in love with her "mummy".]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite the cutesy art style and the fact that it was by the creators of ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', the series is primarily [[{{Seinen}} aimed at an adult male audience]] and has a fair amount of {{Fanservice}} and mature themes. Barnes and Noble even put a "Not appropriate for children" label right above the Buy button on the listings for both the omnibus collections on their website.

* JustHereForGodzilla: During the series' heyday in the 2000s, most fans were mainly invested in the series for Chii and the [[CostumePorn pretty outfits]] she wears in official art. She was a very popular subject for fanart and cosplay as a result.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: One of the biggest bones of contention with this series is that it has no idea what it wants to ''be''. The story ricochets from funny to serious to romantic so many times that the story eventually collapses under its own weight. And don't get started on the anime ''ending''.
** in particular, the story idea of a society where personal computers take the form of humanoid, often sexualized, androids is rife with potential for social commentary and exploration of our relationship to technology and how it affects relationships between people. The series does explore this somewhat early on, particularly with the subplots surrounding Takako and Yumi, but ultimately the series is disappointingly non-critical of the implications that come from persocoms, and its romance angle leads to a bit of an iffy conclusion.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The anime to the manga. The anime adds a lot of lightweight filler subplots and messes up the original chronology. Also, the mystery of Chi's reset button, or the program she had that was such a threat to Persocoms is never properly explained, and she has a cheesy fake death sequence that makes no sense.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite the cutesy art style and the fact that it was by the creators of ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', the series is primarily [[{{Seinen}} aimed at an adult male audience]] and has a fair amount of {{Fanservice}}. Barnes and Noble even put a "Not appropriate for children" label right above the Buy button on the listings for both the omnibus collections on their website.

* {{Adorkable}}: His awkwardness and silly shenanigans when dealing with Chii makes him all the more endearing.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: In the end you could interpret the series' message as being basically "Love is love" taken to a bit of an extreme. The Manga series makes it clear by the end that Persocoms, even Chi, are still not truly "alive", and even the most state of the art of them are just following programming, yet the series is a romance featuring several human/persocom pairings, almost all treated as perfectly normal and healthy. The Anime ending fixes this somewhat by having Chi's program grant all persocoms full sapience though.

** in particular, the story idea of a society where personal computers take the form of humanoid, often sexualized, androids is rife with potential for social commentary and exploration of our relationship to technology and how it affects relationships between people. The series does explore this somewhat early on, particularly with the subplots surrounding Takako and Yumi, but ultimately the series is disappointingly non-critical of the implications that come from persocoms, and its romance angle leads to a bit of an [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop iffy conclusion]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite the cutesy art style and the fact that it was by the creators of ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', the series is primarily [[{{Seinen}} aimed at an adult male audience]], as well as being fairly risque and having a decent amount of nudity. Barnes and Noble even put a "Not appropriate for children" label right above the Buy button on the listings for both the omnibus collections on their website.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite the cutesy art style and the fact that it was by the creators of ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', the series is fairly risque and has a decent amount of nudity. Barnes and Noble even put a "Not appropriate for children" label right above the Buy button on the listings for both the omnibus collections on their website.

** Saying that a persocom is "just following programming" is a poor way judge their sapience or personhood, though. Every conscious being has to have some kind of framework that defines the parameters for their behavior, be it lines of code in a program or a sequence of genes on a DNA molecule that causes a brain to develop in a specific way. Would you say that a human isn't truly alive and/or sapient just because it could be shown that the neural networks in their brain responded in a predictable manner to certain kinds of input? Of course not. The manga tries to imply that there is something special about humanity, some kind of soul or essence or animating force, but that's ridiculous.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Despite the cutesy art style and the fact that it was by the creators of Cardcaptor Sakura, the series is fairly risque and has a decent amount of nudity. Barnes and Noble even put a "Not appropriate for children" label right above the Buy button on the listings for both the omnibus collections on their website.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: In the end you could interpret the series' message as being basically "Love is love" taken to a bit of an extreme. The series makes it clear by the end that Persocoms, even Chi, are still not truly "alive", and even the most state of the art of them are just following programming, yet the series is a romance featuring several human/persocom pairings, almost all treated as perfectly normal and healthy.

** in particular, the story idea of a society where personal computers take the form of humanoid, often sexualized, androids is rife with potential for social commentary and exploration of our relationship to technology and how it affects relationships between people. The series does explore this somewhat early on, particularly with the subplots surrounding Takako and Yumi, but ultimately the series is disappointingly non-critical of the implications that come from persocoms, and its romance angle leads to a bit of an [{FamilyUnfriendlyAesop iffy conclusion]].

* EarWorm: ''Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh yeah. Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh yeah. Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Let me be with you.''
%%* {{Expy}}: Many to [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio Pinocchio]]
%%** Chii is Pinocchio.
%%** Hideki is Geppetto.
%%** Shinbo is The Talking Cricket/Jiminy Cricket.
%%** Zima & Dita are the The Fox/Honest John and The Cat/Gideon.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The anime to the manga. The anime adds a lot of lightweight filler subplots and messes up the original chronology. Also, the mystery of Chi's reset button, or the program she had that was such a threat to Persocoms is never properly explained, and she has a cheesy fake death sequence that makes no sense.

* FandomBerserkButton: Referring to Freya as "Dark Chi(i)" (though she was called that a lot before her actual name was revealed) gets some fans riled up.

** Chi looks sixteen, acts like she's eight years old, and has NoNudityTaboo. It makes every moment of her nudity that much more awkward.

** The OP, from the same group (Round Table ft. Nino) that did the Welcome to the NHK! OP.

* CultClassic: Was once one of Clamps most popular works that eventually fell into obscurity over the years. There's still a nostalgic fanbase that remembers its unusual charm.
* EarWorm: ''Doo doo do doo yeah. Doo doo do doo yeah. Doo doo do doo Let me be with you.''

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The ED sounds like Music/{{Queen}} led by a small Japanese girl.
** Also the OP, from the same group (Round Table ft. Nino) that did the Welcome to the NHK! OP.

* {{Expy}}: Many to [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio Pinocchio]]
** Chii is Pinocchio.
** Hideki is Geppetto.
** Shinbo is The Talking Cricket/Jiminy Cricket.
** Zima & Dita are the The Fox/Honest John and The Cat/Gideon.

* FandomBerserkButton: Referring to Freya as "Dark Chi(i)" (though she was called that a lot before her actual name was revealed) gets some fans riled up. Also, the Chi[=/=]Chii debate can be an issue for some.