CHOBITS takes place in a not-too-distant future when personal computers in humanoid form are all the rage. Perpetually broke Hideki can’t afford one, but he is lucky enough to stumble upon a discarded “persocom” lying in the trash while walking home from work one night. Seizing the opportunity, he takes her home and activates her, but she has no memory. He attempts to train her and seeks assistance from a twelve-year old programming genius, who suspects that she may be one of a rumored new model of supercomputer called CHOBITS.