The essential episodes of Chobits

Watch these 15 in order and you've got Chobits — each pick states its reason.

1. 01

   S01E01 · Pilot · April 2, 2002 · 24m

   Chii Awakens7.5

   Hideki has moved to the city from the country to enrol in Prep School in order to pass the college entrance exam. In the city, Hideki is amazed by the mobile computer units called Persocoms that almost everyone has. If only they weren't so expensive! Walking one night he comes across a cute persocon just lying in the trash and decides he should do his part for the environment and recycle her as his own.

2. 02

   S01E07 · Top rated · May 14, 2002 · 24m

   Chii Works7.8

   With Hideki broke, Chii decides that she wants to find a job to get money to give to Hideki. Hideki has little objection, but stipulates that Chii must find a "good job" to work at. Unfortunately for Chii, someone with a very bad job for Chii, finds her while she's out and tells her the job he has on offer is a "very good job."

3. 03

   S01E10 · Top rated · June 4, 2002 · 24m

   Chii Buys7.3

   Chii decides to use her money to buy the sequel to the book "A City with No People" and a porno magazine for Hideki, who learns from Shinbo that Persocoms need bathing. Since he doesn't have money to buy bathing software for Chii, he has to teach Chii how to bathe. Hideki asks Minoru for help, and when they meet, Minoru shows him a picture that appears to be Chii. The picture came from an untraceable email. At the public baths, after some awkward, unsuccessful attempts to instruct Chii on how to bathe herself, Hideki eventually finds a way to avoid the task when he meets his landlady, who helps bathe Chii.

4. 04

   S01E11 · Top rated · June 11, 2002 · 24m

   Chii Meets7.3

   Hideki gets a date with Yumi. While he's out, Chii reads the sequel of her book, which awakens a part of her memory. As a result, she meets a mysterious girl who looks exactly like her, named Freya, who seems to know everything about Chii's past that Chii does not.

5. 05

   S01E15 · Top rated · July 9, 2002 · 24m

   Chii Entertains7.3

   On a hot summer night, Ms. Shimizu pays a surprise visit to Hideki and Chii, and wants to STAY OVER(!!) Is Hideki going to have his first night of passion, or is there some other reason?

6. 06

   S01E16 · Season 1 peak · July 16, 2002 · 24m

   Chii Doesn't Do Anything8.0

   Hideki discovered that Shinbo and Ms. Shimizu on the street hugging each other. The next day, Shinbo and Ms. Shimizu aren't at class. And then Sumomo is left in Hideki's care! Could something be up with those two? And isn't Ms. Shimizu married?

7. 07

   S01E17 · Top rated · July 23, 2002 · 24m

   Chii Provides7.3

   Hideki's in trouble grade-wise, so Ms. Shimizu advises he prepare for a practice exam. Hideki gets ready for studying, but loses his wallet. Chii tries to help him out by cooking for him.

8. 08

   S01E18 · Top rated · July 30, 2002 · 24m

   Minoru and Yuzuki Chat7.3

   Minoru and Yuzuki tried to find what Chi really is and search for clues about the creator of the Chobits picture. Yuzuki reviews with Minoru what they know about Chi, and the only thing they can conclude with the information they have is that Chi is not a normal Persocom. This episode is another recap of the events that have happened so far in the series.

9. 09

   S01E19 · Top rated · August 6, 2002 · 24m

   Chii Helps7.3

   Ms. Hibiya is cleaning the apartments, and Hideki and Chii offer to help her. When Hideki goes to clean the electronics room, Sumomo accidentally falls onto some wires and gets electrocuted. Ms Hibiya then reveals that she used to build Persocoms, and she repairs Sumomo.

10. 10

    S01E20 · Top rated · August 13, 2002 · 24m

    Chii Disappears8.0

    While Chii is on her way to work, she notices the third part of the book series "A City With No People" on the shelf of a bookstore. While she flips through the pages, she is grabbed from behind and is kidnapped. Hideki comes home from prep school and returns to find Chii missing.

11. 11

    S01E21 · Top rated · August 20, 2002 · 24m

    Chii Waits7.3

    Chii is still in the hands of her abductor as Hideki searches for her. After he talks to Mr. Ueda about Chii missing work, they decide to search for Chii together, and Mr. Ueda talks about his marriage to his last Persocom.

12. 12

    S01E22 · Top rated · August 27, 2002 · 24m

    Chii Wants7.3

    Chii is still missing, and Hideki is enlisting as much help as he can to find her. A strange e-mail image gets sent to him and Shinbo from an untraceable email address. It turns out that this is a map for the house of Chii's abductor, Dragonfly, and he is carrying out research to find out what Chii is.

13. 13

    S01E23 · Top rated · September 3, 2002 · 24m

    Chii Answers7.3

    Hideki and Chii help Shinbo move out of the apartment to live with Ms. Shimizu (who is now married to him). Then they arrive at Minoru's house, where he is trying to find information on Chobits. Minoru, who has not been sleeping enough, passes out, and Yuzuki (Minoru's custom-made Persocom) decides to try to hack the Chobits database herself.

14. 14

    S01E24 · Top rated · September 10, 2002 · 24m

    Chii Wears And Takes Off7.3

    Hideki takes Chii to work. There, Chii changes into the wrong uniform. Ueda tells her it's the wrong one, but before she goes to change, Yumi sees her wearing it from outside the shop and runs away crying. As it turns out, Yumi used to work at the store, and that had been her uniform. When Yumi was working for Mr. Ueda, the two had started falling in love, but when Yumi learned about Mr. Ueda's previous marriage to a Persocom, she concluded that he believed Persocoms to be superior to humans, so she quit her job at his bakery and broke off the relationship.

15. 15

    S01E26 · Series finale · September 24, 2002 · 24m

    The Person Only For Chii6.7

    Following the events from the previous episode, Hideki responds to Chii he also loves her. At this point, something triggers in Chii, and she flies out of the apartment window and onto the roof of the building. Zima and Dita, two advanced Persocoms who had been observing from a distance, wait nearby intending to stop Chii from launching her supposed hidden program that they fear will destroy all Persocoms.