While I don’t think this is the greatest sci-fi out there, I think it is a good choice in that I hadn’t been considering it at all. But you are right, just because something isn’t a space opera or similar, doesn’t mean it isn’t sci-fi. Chobits absolutely would fall in that bucket.
Chobits is technically sci-fi although it’s more on the fantastic/romcom side of sci-fi.
Raison d’etre still randomly chooses to live in my head for days at a time. And Sumomo is still one of the best mascot characters ever.
While I don’t think this is the greatest sci-fi out there, I think it is a good choice in that I hadn’t been considering it at all. But you are right, just because something isn’t a space opera or similar, doesn’t mean it isn’t sci-fi. Chobits absolutely would fall in that bucket.