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« on: October 31, 2005, 11:28:00 pm »
Hey there. Since TC finished it's first season, it has gone pretty quiet lately. I figured that since it's over, it's time that we do a bit of rigorous analysis of the series. Feel free to ask questions, write comments, or provide counter arguments. Now, for the first topic...
Tsubasa Chronicle: Chobits no Kororo or Hearts of the Persocoms
***Warning - May contain spoilers of Tsubasa Chronicle (anime and manga), Chobits, and Clover***
One of the fun things TC has done was bring back some of our old favorite characters from various Clamp classic. This was explained through the idea that people with the same soul/heart can exist in many worlds. For example, Sakura from TC and Sakura from Card Captor Sakura would have the same soul. They are different, because they grew up in different worlds, but the core of their nature is the same.
This brings us to an interesting problem. On a few occasions, we've come across several characters from Chobits, a story a young man and his Persocom (equivalent to an android). In particular, we've seen Chii in the first episode, and Sumomo and Kotoko in the last half of TC.
Because of their appearance in another world (in which case we assume that they have organic bodies), would it be logical to assume that they have souls? If they do, would it follow that their non-human counterparts (Persocoms) also have souls? This is actually a really complex debate concerning Chobits; whether or not the perfect persocom can be thought of as human, with true emotions of love.
If TC is considered cannon throughout the Clamp universe, we can almost be certain that if someone has a soul in one world, then that person would share the same soul if that person existed in another world (even in a non-human body).
Which brings us to another question. Does Chii, Sumomo, and Kotoko have souls in the TC plotline? It is implied that Fye was Chii's creator (if you've read the manga, this turns out to be actually the case). Now we really can't be sure if TC-Chii has a soul at all. But then, how do we explain Chii's existence in TC and Chobits? Do they have the same soul? Or is it possible that Chii was created in both worlds under the same cosmic influence (hitsuzen?).
This applies to Sumomo and Kotoko as well. We can't be absolutely sure that Sumomo and Kotoko are human (they're huge and highly disproportionate, which makes them really really scary in my opinion). Through this reasoning, it is just as likely that the Persocom characters don't have souls at all.
Let's throw another wrench into the mix. Oruha hails from Clover, a manga series that Clamp released. In Clover, Oruha is clearly human (or close to) and indeed has a soul. However, Oruha in the world of Oto is not human. In fact, she doesn't even have a body. She's simply artificial intelligence built into a really cool video game. We might infer from this that Oruha from Oto does indeed have a soul. In fact, she has the same soul as Oruha from Clover.
With this, we might also say that Chii from Chobits indeed has a soul, along with Sumomo and Kotoko.
Sorry if this feels long. It didn't come out as smoothly as I originally intended. Anyway, I would love to hear your ideas and such, especially if you find holes in my reasoning and would like to provide a counterclaim.
One little extra thing I want to throw in: Are Kudan souls/have souls? The reappearance of Masayoshi's Kudan seems to point to yes...
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