I read this back when I was somewhere between the ages of 12 and 14 because I had a friend who introduced me to the anime. We sat and watched the entire anime over the course of one very long night. Let's just say that the anime... awakened something within me, and then I bought the first volume of the manga and read it in one sitting. It was then confiscated from me by my mother and I decided not to buy the rest because they were too expensive (at the time) to risk spending money on if they were just going to be re-confiscated. Rated 5/5 for nostalgia. ( )

Let me tell you about this series. I love it.

It was mostly the characters that drew me in-they're all interesting and although very different. They're also very pleasing to the eye-no generic anime/manga character art here.

Now, I'm going to contrast it with another popular and well-known manga it's been compared to a lot, and which a lot of people think is very similar (it's not).

Chobits. In Chobits, like in DearS, there is a main female character who has no memory of prior events and is discovered by the main male character. That's one of the only 2 similarities I could find.

As far as Character Development goes, DearS has a lot more. The main male character is given a lot more backstory, spotlight, and motivations. This is actually the case for almost all the characters. In Chobits they just aren't fleshed out very well.

DearS is much, much funnier (I'm not claiming Chobits fails at humor or anything, there's just not a lot of it at all.)

Ren, for all her calling Takeya "master" Ren is a lot more independent and participates in the storyline more. Her relationships outside of the main character are developed more.



Other points-DearS are aliens, and as such are treated equally from the start (whether they like it or not), unlike in Chobits where one of the major themes is that Personocoms are not just servants, but emotionless robots/dolls. By not having to deal with the whole are-robots-the-same-as-people thing a lot more psychological and emotional issues are dealt with.

Anyway, just give DearS a try. Although I love both Chobits and DearS, I find DearS to be the best. Thank you for reading my tl;dr review ^_^ ( )