Chobits - Persocom (Vol. 1) - With Series Box
The latest series from the female artists' studio Clamp (X,Cardcaptor Sakura) is another tale about a geeky guy who meets a lovely,  submissive female android, in theHand Maid May/Steel Angel Kurumimold. Maladroit 18-year-old Hideki Motosuwa leaves his family's farm in Hokkaido  to attend prep school in Tokyo. Hideki is a pleasant, somewhat hysterical  character who falls in love with every girl he sees. When he arrives in the  city, he discovers Persocoms (female robots), but can't afford one. He  conveniently finds a very cute one in a trash heap, but she can only say "Chi."  Hideki's neighbor Hiromu and his whiz-kid friend Minoru say Chi may be a Chobit,  a super-Persocom they thought was just an urban legend. Chi is blank-faced and  utterly passive, and American audiences may wonder why women artists would  continue this sexist genre. (Rated 16 and older: nudity, sexual humor, tobacco  use)--Charles Solomon