

This text from the Chobits title screen looks to me like a Japanese-English
[ambigram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambigram).

> An ambigram is an art form that may be read as one or more words not only in
> its form as presented, but also from another viewpoint, direction, or
> orientation. The words readable in the other viewpoint, direction or
> orientation may be the same or different from the original words.
> [[Source]](http://dictionary.sensagent.com/ambigram/en-en/)

In Japanese, it's the title **ちょびっツ** , but if you look for an English word it
looks very much like **STUDY**.

![ちょびっツ Chobits](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Jqjog.png)

I'm wondering if there's any evidence that this is intentional. The font on
the characters seems to make it more obvious, by making **ち** look more like
an **S** , for example. Maybe this is subliminal messaging to encourage
viewers to study more?

**For those who don't see it:**

  * **ち** looks pretty close to an **S** , but the one above looks especially like [this one](http://www.fontriver.com/i/fonts/zig_zag_zeg/zigzagzeg_specimen.jpg)
  * **ょ** looks like [a small **t**](http://images.clipartpanda.com/lower-case-t-clipart-lowercase_T_white.png) if you remove the small loop
  * **び** obviously looks like a **U**
  * **っ** looks like the **D** in [this TRON-like font](http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e83/scarletguard/Fonts/TronLegacyCreditFontExample2.jpg)
  * **ツ** looks like [this y](http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1d56a/index.htm) but a bit more curved and with a thicker "double strike"


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Does the Chobits title "ちょびっツ" intentionally look like the word "STUDY"?


I'm going to say no, because:

  * It does not even remotely look like "STUDY" to me, and I can only barely see how you're coming up with that if I squint.
  * Some googling strongly suggests that nobody on the Japanese internet or the English internet besides you has ever made this observation.
  * While I do not know the exact font used here, it looks like a fairly orthodox ["POP" font](http://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/shotai-other.html) (or perhaps you'd call it a rounded/ _marumoji_ font), with little to suggest that it was specifically fiddled with to make it look like the word "STUDY".


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Chobits is a mix of the words "a little" (chobito) and "bits" (bitsu). I am
fairly certain the relevance to English ends there.


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