#2 Chobits
a tale as old as time: a roninsei finds a robot in the trash and activates her by pressing the switch in her pussy, kickstarting a beautiful ecchi story full of learning and adventure. its fun for the whole family!
in all seriousness, chobits is a lot less of an insane porno adventure and a lot more a fairly normal slice of life where our boy hideki goes to class, goes to work, cleans his home, has to do laundry, has to go shopping, is completely and totally broke, and meets people with various life problems that range from dead robot wife to eloping with their teacher whose husband forgot she existed. this is all supplemented with the existance of everyones favorite animecore heroine, chii, who is a beautiful newborn absolutely normal robot having to learn basic facts of life like what words are and that you should probably wear underwear.
in the background a fairly typical clamp plot unfolds, taking over the plot only in the last few episodes when its time to put a bow on this entire experience and call it complete. its a show you can enjoy if you like clamp or can earnestly laugh at ecchi jokes, but the fact its shockingly good natured makes me go easy on it. the relationship between chii and hideki is quite unbalanced and questionably romantic (like clamp loves them, ha ha. ha. ha.), but at the end of the day that imbalance is never exploited and hidekis good nature is only emphasized as the show goes on.
"its a show you can watch if it seems like a show you would want to watch" - nikola oiyum, 2025