064 - Chobits vol. 7

064 - Chobits vol. 7

Author: We Appreciate Manga™ August 15, 2021 Duration: 55:04

Spoilers ahead as James and Will discuss the penultimate volume of the CLAMP manga, the one where we find out exactly who Chi a.k.a. Elda and her sister Chobit, Freya, really are.

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064: Chobits vol.7

Chapters 73 to 81

By CLAMP

Translation by Shirley Kubo

Lettering by John Clark

 

Synopsis:

Upset from the events of the previous volume, Minoru explains to Yuzuki that he loves her for herself and does not think of her as a replacement for his sister. Later, Chitose reveals to Hideki that Chi was originally named Elda, built alongside her identical sister, Freya. The two were the daughters that Chitose could never have and so she would act as their mother.

When Freya fell in love with her creator, Chitose's husband, the emotional stress destroyed her. Out of respect to her dying sister, Chi would take her sister's heart and reboot herself so that she would carry both her own and her Freya's soul. Chi herself would be able to find a soulmate, someone she can love but to avoid the mistake of falling in love with the wrong person again she would have no memory or contact with her creator and mother.

Chitose reveals that she wrote A City With No People to help Chi with her search for her soulmate. Hideki runs off to find Chi, while Chi decides that Hideki is her soulmate and activates her unique programming.

Topics:

  • Should Yuzuki have died?
  • Is Freya's love creepy?
  • Was it really luck that Hideki just so happened to find Chi?

Other references:

  • Angelic Layer

 

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