Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Chobits" in English language version.
I even went and bought the real version of the book that was made after the shows release and read parts of it to my daughter before bed.
"Whereas the manga version of Chobits concentrates more on Hideki's point of view, with him finding out Chii's secrets, the anime is Chii, Chii, and nothing but Chii. Now, if it were more about Chii finding out facets of her personality, basically a retelling of the manga from her point of view rather than Hideki's, this would be fine. Instead, three-fourths of the series is devoted to watching Chii do cute little things.
I even went and bought the real version of the book that was made after the shows release and read parts of it to my daughter before bed.