Forum - View topicJason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Special Guest Edition: Chobits
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Asterisk-CGY
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Boy is Chobits DEEEP.
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Melanchthon
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First! Don't Date Robots! (This message brought to you by the Space Pope)
It's easy to go all Freudian on Chobits. But I agree with the author in rejecting Deppey's claim that “No growing boy in his right mind would ever entertain such a fantasy.” I look at like this. Japan has a very paternalistic culture, and with the middle class norms of the salaryman and the housewife and such. However, while these norms are ingrained into the culture, the truth is the ongoing economic collapse has destroyed most traditional lifetime employment jobs, and a lot of young Japanese men are struggling finacally. Add the ongoing marriage strike to the mix (The Economist had a great article about it a couple weeks ago (With a bonus quote from Ishihara)) and there is a segment of the male population that has nil marriage chances. I see Hideki as symbolizing that male fear. And Chii symbolizes stability, she offers a safe harbor, long term relationship, which is far more important that any sex act. (Also, the relationship is a pantomime of the traditional paternalistic model, but that's a different story). /Very good article, by the way |
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Anymouse
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I do think some underestimate how rarefied geek sexuality has become. It is not surprising, considering that almost all of my fellow Geology students were unaware of the existence of Furries or Lolicon.
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Hazumu-san
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Wow! There has been a lot of thought put into the discourse on this thread. After reading the very well written article, my head was already swimming. After reading the thread, I think I need a breather. I was all so interesting and very thought provoking. I'm going to end up with chobits dreams tonight, (I just hope I'm not Chii).
I remember posting a thread on this long long ago. Although, it was just about the question of falling in love someone that isn't human... but I digress. After reading all of this doesn't it mean that Hideki is a variant of hikikomori? |
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Gilles Poitras
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One thing to remember when discussing the view of human relations and sexuality in Chobit is that there are several interpersonal relations depicted other than that of Hideki and Chi. Not all are celibate, some are far from it.
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lebrel
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Yes, that's what I'm saying too. I though Deppey's article, although interesting in spots, went waaaay off the mark with the "Chobits must be for girls because boys would never want to read about a relationship without sex" argument. The man had obviously never heard of moe. |
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The_Grey_Otaku
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As is often the case, I'm late to the party with regards to having watched this series, with the result being it's tough to follow up on some of the questions I had regarding the series.
Hence my having read this review. First off, thanks for a thorough and very thoughtful commentary on the series. Your insights actually made me think slightly better of Chobits, but to be honest, I was still disappointed overall. I think my problem with the series comes down to its almost "bi-polar" nature. On the one hand, it attempts to deal with some pretty deep issues with regards to human interactions and relationships, yet on the other hand is riddled with juvenile humour. And the fact that one of the most critical threads of the plot is never addressed (what exactly *was* that program that lay dormant inside Chi?) really bothered me. I'll give Chobits credit for it's message of acceptance and tolerance, but I think it really missed an opportunity to be much more than it ended up being. |
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