The need to figure out more about Chi and her mysterious functions, as well as her past becomes a stressing pull for the characters in the series. Hideki also struggles with his feelings towards her. At the same time, Chi seems to be developing feelings for Hideki, which she is not supposed to possess. Yuzuki also adds that Chi does not resemble any persocom model in any available database, furthering the notion that she is custom made.Ī major part of the plot involves Hideki attempting to teach Chi words, concepts, and appropriate behaviour in between his crammed schedule of school and work. Although this could be a possibility, Minoru is confident that it is only a rumour. Minoru's persocoms (dressed as scantily-clad maids), as well as Yuzuki,(a more personally, and fairly exceptional custom persocom) unable to analyze Chi as well thus they conclude that she may be one of the 'Chobits', a legendary series of persocoms rumoured to have free will and emotions.

After Chi somehow short-circuts Sumomo, Shinbo introduces Hideki to Minoru Kokubunji, a twelve-year-old genius who specializes in the field of custom made persocoms. Hideki assumes that there must be something wrong with her, and so the following morning his neighbour, Hiromu Shinbo tries to analyze her with his mobile persocom, Sumomo. The only word the persocom seems capable of saying is 'chi' thus he names her Chi. Upon starting her up, she instantly regards Hideki with adoration. On his way home from work one evening, he stumbles across a persocom in the form of a beautiful girl with long hair lying against a pile of trash, and carries her home. Besides a girlfriend, he dreams of having a persocom (パーソコン, pāsokon), an android used as a personal computer and assistant of sorts which are quite expensive. The story centres on the life of Hideki Motosuwa, a repeat student attempting to qualify for university by studying at Seki Prep-School in Tokyo.

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