Manabeth

The Chan family thought all their financial troubles were solved when Mrs. Chan invented a walking, talking robot. However, shortly before Mrs. Chan could sell the robot (dubbed "Manabeth" by the youngest child) Nara Chan went and messed everything up. Nara, the middle child in the Chan family, got sick of Manabeth stealing all the attention, and decided to send the robot off on an impossible task. However, when she realized her mistake and went to go get it back, she didn't realize it was the start of a long adventure that would take her to new places both great and small, and that she would meet people both strange and wonderful.