I've seen Chobits listed at least twice now, and 
I completely understand how people can dislike 
it. It doesn't move quickly and there are more 
than several very cliche things about it. (The 
music also isn't terribly stellar, even though I 
wouldn't call it "bad" per-se.)

But! I have to say I liked it as a theoretical 
example watching a developing mind. I liked 
seeing the learning process they put Chii 
through, and liked that they recognized how 
learning isn't always something exciting on the 
surface.

Another reason I liked Chobits was because it 
dealt with one of my favorite topics to ponder:
"What does it mean to be human?"  My only A++ 
psycology paper (amongst a horde of C's) was 
written on that topic, using the novel "Do 
Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" as a center 
point. (For those who don't know, this is the 
novel on which the movie "Blade Runner" was 
based.) In Chobits, was especially intrigued by 
the episode involving the man who married his 
persocon, how she degraded over time, and how 
people refused to recognize this as a legitamate 
loss for him. Refeused to recognize her as 
anything more than a machine, even though he saw 
and treated her as more. At what point are the 
electrical impulses in a human brain worth more 
than the ones in a "machine"?

Of course, disregarding that topic, it's rare for 
me to laugh as hard as I did at the episode where 
Hideki has to send Chii out to buy panties. ^_^

All said, Chobits will never be one of my *top* 
favorites. . . But I think it's really worth 
watching. However, it does need to be given more 
than only a couple episodes to "warm up". ^_^;

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac