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Yeah ... DearS is the closest thing I could immediately think of, and I did not hink it was very interesting either, tbh....
But to me the defining characteristic of Chobits was the question of what makes a human a human, an attempt to explore what many people today regard as the "grey area" between robotics and humans (sorta a 'la the character of Data from STtNG) and the "crossing of the mist" from the angle of both the robot itself and the human being.
To my mind a very strong counterpart to Chii in anime would actually be Nagato from the Suzumiya Haruhi series. The general theme of "emotionless" or emotionally stunted main characters (robots, aliens or just plain humans) slowly becoming more emotionally rich is a very common one.
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