Chobits, Vol. 2

Chobits has an unfortunate reputation for being a pornography, but that isn't the case at all. While I'd not let younger children read it, it isn't a porno. There's a bit of nudity and dirty jokes at times, but those moments are fleeting and serve as a bit of cheeky humor. If that isn't your thing, then this series might not be for you. The heart of the story lies with the main character Hideki and him learning, or fumbling if you want to be more accurate, about how to live in the city and student life and the mystery of the beautiful persocom Chii. Answering the question of where she came from and how she is different from other persocoms, which are human shaped computers, is what drives the story forward. Chii herself has a lot of charm and cuteness to her, as well as a naivete that makes each twist and turn of her story all the more interesting. With this series CLAMP crated a fascinating world filled to the brim with surprisingly deep philosophical questions of what it means to truly love someone. I would highly recommend it.

This is a great anime and the manga even better I was glad I had the option of getting the CLAMP collection books. Their are 2 book in total have 4 book in each so they are VERY BIG when they come in the mail. They were a lot cheaper then getting each individual book but if you like getting a bunch of smaller books so it more of a collection and having all the cool covers then this is not for you. But if you like the story and want them faster then its definitely for you.

This manga was very nice and well worth the price. I was glad to buy them in two omnibus books. I watched the anime first and loved it. This story was so nicely developed and delivered as a manga. Well done!

Book came in good condition/as described. I’ve had the 1st volume for years now. I bought it as a teenager and I’m just now finishing the manga in my 20’s. I’m very excited to start reading.

My 11yo (at the time) daughter started getting into manga. My wife thought this looked cute. Luckily, I had read this one before and was able to stop her before she gave it to our daughter. XD Great story, though!

Chobits is such a great series, and now the have the whole story combined into omnibus 1 and 2. Yes! I prefer carrying around one book to three. The second half of this series is even better than the first. It is well worth the read.

Again, great series! Would highly recommend this! I bought volume 1 and 2 at the same time because I knew I couldn't wait to read the whole series. Again, only concern is that the spine wrinkles but it does not harm the book at all. Please buy!

Great book and good read for teenagers or young adults.

As described

Onmisbaar voor het volgen van het gehele verhaal over Chobits. Het blijft wonderlijk voor ons Europese ogen dat het vier dames zijn die deze reeks hebben geschreven.

『ちょびっツ』英語版の第２巻です。第１巻と同じく、オリジナルの単行本と同じ大きさ、右扉、（ほぼ）同じ表紙。収録されているのも、予備校の清水先生が主人公・秀樹くんのアパートに無理矢理泊る話から、秀樹の少女型パソコン・ちぃが街中で他の人型パソコンの機能を一時的に停止させてしまう話までと同じです。 でも、微妙に編集方針が変わっています。日本語の擬音をなるべくそのまま残す方針はそのままですが、小さな字で英訳がついています。例えば、人型ノートパソコン・すももが持ち主の鞄によじ登る場面にある‘よじよじ’という擬音には、Wriggle Wriggleと訳がついていました。 台詞の英訳には唸らされるものがいくつもありました。日曜日、バイト先の女の子と公園でデート中、秀樹くんは例の天才少年・稔くんと出くわすのですが、その際、稔くんは、自分の連れの人型パソコン・柚姫について問われ、語ります。彼女は２年前に死んだ姉に似せて作ったのだと。 外見だけではなく、自分の憶えているだけの彼女の癖や好き嫌いも入力した、と。でも稔くんは続けます。「でも 柚姫はぼくがそうプロフラムしたから姉さんと同じように振る舞ってるだけだ」「分かってる はず なんだけどね」 この台詞の英訳が味わい深い。"But behind her actions was none of my sister's love. To Yuzuki, everything is just ones and zeros." （でも愛情はプロフラムのしようがない。柚姫はしょせんコンピュータだ）"But when she smiles at me... it's like... my sister never left."（だけど微笑みかけられると、まるで姉さんがそばにいるようだ） 『鉄腕アトム』のTVシリーズが現在、日米共同で制作中ですが、アトムは‘心’を持っているという設定について米国側からかなりつっこんだ問いかけがされたそうです。それはspiritのことかheartのことか、それともsoulかmindのことなのかと。私たちが‘こころ’の一言で済ませてしまっている概念は、英語というロジカルな言語では捉えにくいもののようです。 スピルバーグの『A.I.』が、いまひとつの話に終ってしまったのも、そのあたりのことと関わっているのかもしれません。しかし、英語版『ちょびっツ』は、この難ごとをうまくクリアしているように思いました。

This second omnibus of the Chobits manga contains the final four volumes of this great series. The omnibus begins with Hideki and his friends searching for the kidnaped Chi before anything bad happens to her. Once this crisis is resolved Chi returns to work at the Chiroru bakery where a mistake leads to revelations about why Yumi dislikes Persocoms so much. Later, with the government's Persocoms moving in on Chi, Hideki learns the truth about her past and Chi decides on the "person just for her". This omnibus is a great finish to a very good series. The main theme of the series, that love is love no matter who it is between, really comes to the fore and the plot has some nice developments. The artwork for the omnibus is as good as you would expect from a CLAMP series and the book includes a large number of full colour pages to show of the artwork in all its beauty. The revelations of the backstories for the various characters were very nicely handled with some nice emotional moments throughout the book. the tone of this half of the series is more serious than that of the first half as the story comes to a conclusion but there are still some minor humours moments courtesy of Sumomo who forms a nice little double act with the more serious Kotoko. The only real problem with the series is that the ending could be considered to be somewhat anticlimactic but it is still quite a sweet way to end the series and I do prefer it to the ending of the anime adaption. Overall Chobits has been a very enjoyable series and is definitely one of my favourite CLAMP series and probably ranks as one of my top ten manga overall.

Good product. It arrive in time. A wonderful reading! A classic manga by a female group. A must read. ++