This is the details page for the manga "Chobits". Here you can see what the manga is about and what the main characters are. You can also read the manga.

Plot synopsis:

The story centers on the life of Hideki Motosuwa, a repeat student attempting to qualify for university by studying at the Seki prep school in Tokyo. Besides a girlfriend, the other thing he dreams of having is a Persocom. A Persocom is an android used as a personal computer; however, they are expensive, and Hideki has no money. On his way home one evening, he stumbles across an android in the form of a beautiful girl with long blonde hair lying against a pile of trash bags. He first thinks this to be a murder but, realizing she is an android, he carries her home. Upon turning it on, she instantly regards Hideki with adoration. The only word she seems capable of saying is "chi", and thus he names her Chi. Although Chi does not appear to have any programs installed in her, Hideki's friend's friend Kokubunji Minoru surmises that she must have some sort of learning program installed, judging from her behavior.

Main characters:

Hideki Motosuwa
A down-on-his-luck farm boy from Hokkaido who has moved to Tokyo after failing his college entrance exams. Having grown up isolated out in the country, Hideki knows little about persocoms and is awkward around others. Despite this, he is kind-hearted and does his best to take care of and teach Chi. When he's not attending prep school in preparation to retake his college entrance exams, Hideki works at the Japanese pub Yorokonde.


Chii
Chi is a sweet and innocent persocom that Hideki found in a garbage pile. Chi has some form of memory protection hiding her inner workings, but she appears to have little software installed besides a learning program. Chi learns by imitating Hideki and reading, but she sometimes ends up in trouble thanks to her childlike nature. Chi's origins are a mystery.


Shimbo Horimu
Hideki's easygoing neighbor and friend. The same age as Hideki, Shinbo also attends the same prep school. He helps Hideki get accustomed to city life and persocom ownership. Shinbo is the owner of the mobile persocom Sumomo, and is also friends with Minoru, whom he met through an Internet persocom user forum.


Minoru
A boy from a wealthy family who builds custom persocoms as a hobby. Despite his young age, Minoru is an expert on persocoms. He offers advice to Hideki about persocoms, and also uses his contacts in the Internet persocom user community to discover clues about Chi's mysterious past.

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