![]() The show quickly starts to incorporate various magical girl genre staples, including: an evil organization bent on acquiring physical manifestations of spiritual concepts, the main character changing into various cutesy outfits so as to be able to fire various multicolored attacks in order to defeat said organization, simultaneous crushes on both the older, aloof lone wolf pretty boy and the younger, nice pseudo-prince pretty boy. This show stars a young girl named Amu who, over the course of the first three episodes, manages to acquire tiny representations of various aspects of her personality, both current and potential. If your favorite part of Rozen Maiden was the day in the life comedy, then you could potentially enjoy Peach Pit's other work, Shugo Chara. Take me as an example the show is in my top 10 favorite anime shows (granted I've only seen a total of 19 series, but since I've focused on finding only shows similar to Chobits, that's saying more than you'd think). While it's true that this is a very different type of show than Chobits, I still feel there are enough similar elements in it that will make fans feel at home. And by the end of the second season, you'll realize you care about every single one of them a lot more than you may have expected at first. A lot of work was done to make sure the viewer falls in love not with a single one of the bunch, but the whole group of them. While you'll likely not get the same attatchment to any one of the dolls like you would with Chii, that wasn't the goal. While I feel some of the dolls are more likable than others (Hina and Suiseiseki are my two favorites), they'll all find a way to captivate you in one way or another. In the second season were introduced to Kanaria, who is like a combination of Hinaichago and Suiseiseki's personalities. Souseiseki is a tomboy who generally seems to be the most reserved of the group and often has the most common sense. Much like the cyborgs of Gunslinger Girl, each of these girls has their own unique personality, Hinaichigo is the most innocent and childish of the bunch (and also the most reminiscent of Chii by the way), Suiseiseki is similar to Shinku in that she can be a bit bossy, but she also has a sensitive side that she allows to show far more often than Shinku. The others all end up befriending Jun and living with him, or regularly visit him. ![]() Over the course of the shows first two seasons you'll meet a total of seven different dolls, 2 of which play the part of main antagonists. It's good then, that she's not the only Rozen Maiden doll that comes into his life. ![]() A bit of a snob, Shinku is very, very far from innocent, often bossing Jun around and even calling him her servant on the regular. However, much like Ai from Video Girl Ai, Shinku's personality couldn't be any more different than Chii's. She's certainly no Persocom, but she still fits the bill as adorable non-human girl nicely. Upon winding her up, Jun finds that the doll can walk and talk like a regular human being. After following the directions of a strange order form for a doll, a case containing Shinku, a "Rozen Maiden" series doll mysteriously appears in his room. With that the girl(s) of Rozen Maiden is nothing like Chii. She still has a positive influence on his life, and he still changes his general outlook and personality because of her. Our lead character, Jun, still finds a mysterious non-human girl(s) who ends up living with him. While there is a love story involved in Rozen Maiden, it's a different one from what you're given in Chobits, but that's not a bad thing really.
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