Chobits – The Empty City (Vol. 2)

While Hideki studies for cram school he also learns many things about Chi. Some books have a strange effect on her, she requires charging, and keeping a chobits unit can be expensive! Chi decides to get a job to help out with the bills, but when her "good job" turns out to be in a peepshow, the shocking outcome will be more than anyone can handle! How will Chi's dark side affect their future? Amazon.com Maladroit, perennially broke 18-year-old Hideki frantically divides his time between his prep school studies and trying to make ends meet, without much success at either. His life really revolves around Chi, his Chobit, a super-powerful personal robot or "persocom." Realizing Hideki's part-time job in a pub isn't bringing enough money, Chi goes job-hunting--and ends working for the online skin show Live Cute Kitten Peeping Nyan Nyan. Horrified, Hideki sprints to her rescue. When the peep show manager touches Chi between her legs, a huge explosion occurs that sends Chi and every other persocom within range into catatonia. Chi gets a better job the next day as a hostess in a bakery. It's a typical tale of a well-intentioned nerd and a lovely android who enjoys being as submissive as a doormat, a genre that must seem less dated in Japan. (Rated 16 and older: nudity, sexual humor) --Charles Solomon