Post by Hana on May 29, 2005 12:09:38 GMT -5
I have just finished reading the Chobits manga, and I have become temporarily obsessed with the series. Why is Hana obsessed?
First of all....YUMI-SAMA!!!!
okay, but more seriously, it's because CLAMP really surprised me in Chobits by all the philosophy that went into it. So why not create a thread to analyze other anime philosophy and themes just like we would in an Literature class? (I've always advocated that lots of manga are better texts to analyze and have much more meaning than the crappy Great Expectations and other core books we're forced to read)
let's start with Chobits!
First off, CLAMP tackles the age old question "What is Love?" It's probably the most complicated human emotion ever to be analyzed. Chobits asks the question, is it possible to love a computer that looks and acts human? Can the computer have emotions as well, when all of its thoughts are programmed, and its memory can be easily erased?
The series was incredibly deep, and I have yet to fully comprehend CLAMP's message on the question "What is Love?" I need to read the series again, so I will post more on CLAMP's message later (however, anyone else is welcome to post regarding CLAMP's philosophy on Love in Chobits)
Chobits has a more concrete message also. I believe CLAMP is giving a warning to anime otakus, at least in the first four volumes. To do this, CLAMP made Chobits sort of an alleghory. I shall list as much symbolism as I possibly can:
SPOILERS!*
Chii = any anime bishojo/bishonen
Minoru Kokobunji = mature anime otaku who has been through his phase of anime girl fetishes
Hideki Motosuwa = one who is new to anime, and is falling in love with their perfections
The series "A City With No People" = the Chobits manga
"A City With No People" is its own alleghory based on the life of Hideki and Chii. Hideki and Chii read it, and later find out that it is based on their own life. That's like a manga reader reading Chobits, and in reality, Chobits is a parable of the anime otaku.
Minoru Kokubunji was one who had previous experience, so he gives all prospective otakus a warning, "Don't fall in love with her [them], she'll only make you cry." He realized that although persocoms look and act human, there's nothing in there, because it's all programming, and they can never return your love in the same way. Same for anime girls. They are just drawings and ideas of a mangaka, and an otaku would never be able to hold an anime girl and have his love returned*
Yes...I like to analyze these kinds of things. But it's the philosophy of manga/anime that got me interested in them in the first place, so meh =P
See, I think Chobits would be a great book to read for English. It's certainly a greater work of art than frikkin Scarlet Letter...
Comment on these philosophies, or post philosophies of other anime. I'll probably post some philosophical message of Shaman King later.
First of all....YUMI-SAMA!!!!
okay, but more seriously, it's because CLAMP really surprised me in Chobits by all the philosophy that went into it. So why not create a thread to analyze other anime philosophy and themes just like we would in an Literature class? (I've always advocated that lots of manga are better texts to analyze and have much more meaning than the crappy Great Expectations and other core books we're forced to read)
let's start with Chobits!
First off, CLAMP tackles the age old question "What is Love?" It's probably the most complicated human emotion ever to be analyzed. Chobits asks the question, is it possible to love a computer that looks and acts human? Can the computer have emotions as well, when all of its thoughts are programmed, and its memory can be easily erased?
The series was incredibly deep, and I have yet to fully comprehend CLAMP's message on the question "What is Love?" I need to read the series again, so I will post more on CLAMP's message later (however, anyone else is welcome to post regarding CLAMP's philosophy on Love in Chobits)
Chobits has a more concrete message also. I believe CLAMP is giving a warning to anime otakus, at least in the first four volumes. To do this, CLAMP made Chobits sort of an alleghory. I shall list as much symbolism as I possibly can:
SPOILERS!*
Chii = any anime bishojo/bishonen
Minoru Kokobunji = mature anime otaku who has been through his phase of anime girl fetishes
Hideki Motosuwa = one who is new to anime, and is falling in love with their perfections
The series "A City With No People" = the Chobits manga
"A City With No People" is its own alleghory based on the life of Hideki and Chii. Hideki and Chii read it, and later find out that it is based on their own life. That's like a manga reader reading Chobits, and in reality, Chobits is a parable of the anime otaku.
Minoru Kokubunji was one who had previous experience, so he gives all prospective otakus a warning, "Don't fall in love with her [them], she'll only make you cry." He realized that although persocoms look and act human, there's nothing in there, because it's all programming, and they can never return your love in the same way. Same for anime girls. They are just drawings and ideas of a mangaka, and an otaku would never be able to hold an anime girl and have his love returned*
Yes...I like to analyze these kinds of things. But it's the philosophy of manga/anime that got me interested in them in the first place, so meh =P
See, I think Chobits would be a great book to read for English. It's certainly a greater work of art than frikkin Scarlet Letter...
Comment on these philosophies, or post philosophies of other anime. I'll probably post some philosophical message of Shaman King later.
