059 - Chobits vol. 2

059 - Chobits vol. 2

Author: We Appreciate Manga™ July 10, 2021 Duration: 57:27

Explicit content ahead, talk about peep shows and pin up models. Also expect James to mispronounce Yumi's name, a lot! Why is that even possible? Skip plot summary @4:29

059: Chobits vol. 2

Chapters 13 to  24

By CLAMP

Translation by Shirley Kubo

With Lettering by John Clark

Explicit content ahead, talk about peep shows and pin up models. Also expect James to mispronounce Yumi's name, a lot! Why is that even possible? Skip plot summary @4:29

 

Plot Summary

Shimizu leaves in the morning and Hideki's landlady, Chitose Hibiya, who had given Chi several outfits, takes Chi to her room. After giving Chi a dress that she claims was hers, Chitose tells her to find a person just for her. Meanwhile Hideki's coworker, Yumi Oumura, asks him on a date. After reading the next volume of A City With No People, Chi hears a voice calling her; inside her mind she sees a version of herself that echoes Chitose's words. Seeing that Hideki is broke, Chi sets out to find a job, only to be tricked into doing a peep show. The owner asks Chi to touch her vagina and Chi refuses, since that is the location of her reset switch. At the same time, Hideki learns that his friend Shimbo and Shimizu are in a romantic relationship, and that Chi is in a peep show. Hideki rushes over to find that Chi has fled and the persocoms of the city have disconnected. Chi topples into his arms

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