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hellsing



Joined: 19 Oct 2003
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 9:23 pm Reply with quote
I recently finished chobits vol4 and I noticed that the story that hideki's old manager/or boss told about him and his persocom was very deep when he got married to his persocom then his persocom lost memory every day and then saved him from a car crash only to have herself shredded.

I was on the verge of crying Crying or Very sad .

What are your opinions on what happened?
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littlegreenwolf



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 9:28 pm Reply with quote
I was crying if that tells you anything. Chobits is good in getting people to think, if the people want to. Personally, I would find it wrong to have a robot as your partner, but if you've already fallen in love with it, you just can't help it. >.> So I guess I wouldn't hold it against a person for falling in love with a robot. Anime cry It was so sad.
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Hellomojo



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2003 11:37 pm Reply with quote
Yes that sequence was quite emotional and beautifully done. it was either a masterpiece or really bad tough. the visual really was done perfectly. The thing I was unsure of was if Mr. Ueda's voice was that of a bad actor or a baker who cried so much he was too empty to feel any more emotion. superb.
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Craeyst Raygal



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 5:09 am Reply with quote
Your second assessment is quite right, hellomojo. Ueda, at that point, was more or less a shell of who he was. He does smile a lot, but its very much the same pained smile that we saw Spike Spiegal wear throughout Cowboy Bebop. spoiler[ When we see the broadcast where Ueda is being mobbed by the press, who are at that time hounding him about marrying a persocom as if it were some bizarre fetish, we learn that his wife's name was Yumi and that he wouldn't ever love anyone as much as her. This, of course, shattered Yumi (the Yumi that Hideki works with) who had strong feelings for Ueda and thus birthed he persocom inferiority complex]

So, yeah, for being a light-hearted "harem/romantic-comedy" series, Chobits really tugs at one's heartstrings.
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hellsing



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 11:52 am Reply with quote
[quote="Craeyst Raygal"]Your second assessment is quite right, hellomojo. Ueda, at that point, was more or less a shell of who he was. He does smile a lot, but its very much the same pained smile that we saw Spike Spiegal wear throughout Cowboy Bebop.

Spike has the same smile as ueda?
I didn't know that what do both of their smiles look like?
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Kalium



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 1:15 pm Reply with quote
Emotional content is what matters here.
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hellsing



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2003 1:41 pm Reply with quote
Kalium wrote:
Emotional content is what matters here.


I see what you mean.

l Wink
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