Anime Discussion Thread - Page 2680

Plot holes only exist when you think too hard! Akane is going to be the new head of Sybil System as desired by the 'brains'. It was often hinted her psycho-pass conditioning was excellent I believe she is one of the few that can remain unjudged. Makishima will accidentally die by Akane's hand to prove her new found powers after revealing nothing. Kagari would somehow reveal sybil system's true nature even after his death. The chief will be discarded as the 'brains' think they have grew unfit for the role or a more suitable (Akane) candidate has appeared. Kogami will become the new Makishima after converting to the dark side. Self-evolving governing system is born, utopia is achieved!

Plot holes only exist when you think too hard! Akane is going to be the new head of Sybil System as desired by the 'brains'. It was often hinted her psycho-pass conditioning was excellent I believe she is one of the few that can remain unjudged. Makishima will accidentally die by Akane's hand to prove her new found powers after revealing nothing. Kagari would somehow reveal sybil system's true nature even after his death. The chief will be discarded as the 'brains' think they have grew unfit for the role or a more suitable (Akane) candidate has appeared. Kogami will become the new Makishima after converting to the dark side. Self-evolving governing system is born, utopia is achieved!

Off model was immediately noticeable. For an anime that's been pretty good about keeping animation quality at a high level, it was just totally off.

Plot holes? The only one that I can see is Kogami walking out with a helmet on. It hasn't been definitively established in the series yet, but that whole shot where the focus is on the "face" of one of the blue security drones during the assignment transfer scene in the garage is highly suggestive that the drones could "see" what was going on and therefore report it to Chief. The only excuses that I could be seen given is either that (a) the chief caught wind of the plan ahead of time, (b) it was his psycho-pass she was tracking, (c) whoever storyboarded that entire scene fucked up and shouldn't have turned the camera (?) onto the drone or (d) it is a plot hole and for a show that's pretty watertight about its writing, it's kind of surprising and could be just a contrivance to highlight Akane shooting Kogami. And get Kogami in the hands of an actual gun.

Chief forcefully changing the Dominator in front of everyone is super fishy, yeah, but most likely everyone was too shocked to respond in time, and would probably given an excuse along the lines of "Oh hey, you know, I'm chief, so I get special privileges" or something like that afterwards during debriefing. Only Akane was level-headed enough to react to the situation correctly.

Which, btw, is why I'm loving Akane so much. She's developed as a character throughout the series and isn't just another "I'm a female character here solely for fanservice" character. She could have been, but I feel like she hasn't become one (yet). It's interesting to note that everytime we see a turning point in the plot/a revelation of Akane's development, it is punctuated by her having to shoot someone. From the hesitant, indecisive moment in the first episode (her starting point) to the traumatic encounter with Makashima and failure to fire that damn shotgun properly, (her faith in the system is questioned and tested) to the very decisive, split second decision she made in this week's episode (her resolve has strengthened as did her relationship with Kogami), we see Akane at her most emotionally vulnerable (or resolute) when she is with a gun. Guns are a central motif to Psycho-pass and that her successes are only shown when she is using a Dominator helps reinforce a central theme to Akane's character: her faith in the system. Even when the system is being manipulated against her (and the people she care about), she still has enough faith to be able to pull the trigger on Kogami and know that the shot being released by her will be a nonlethal one. When she attempted to go against her trust in the system and step outside of the law, it did nothing but result in hurt. Lots of it. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is also the first time we've seen Akane actually utilize the Dominator following her encounter with Makishima in the sewers.

On the revolver: It's been stressed a lot of times throughout the series that they have no access to projectile-based firearms and that those that are still around are relics of the past. Makishima's team used nailguns as their firearms...think about that. They couldn't even blackmarket a gun. The old android dude (don't remember his name) used a double barreled shotgun...that shit's primitive even by today's standards. I don't see this as a problem and it's pretty awesome that the firearm of choice is the revolver with all the police/cowboy/vigilante/bank robber associations/tropes that go with it.

On the sibyl system: I think that the sibyl system uses the brains as a method of processing power. It checks psychopasses using experiences that the brains possess and although it is apparent that the brains are cognitively aware of their situation, I thought that it was suggested in the previous episode that in the end, a computer still handled all the psychopass evaluations. Which is why Sibyl cannot force someone's psychopass to go up, because it's still an automated system. If that was the case, Sibyl would have been aware that Makishima existed and would have forced his number to an insanely high level on everyone's gun just to get rid of him. The chief-android-thing maybe is the only way for sibyl to exercise judgement on a micro level. But of course, everyone would freak the hell out and then it becomes a moot point to utilize it with any frequency. Also, because it's still human brains acting out chief, there is a good chance that "chief" allowed some inner emotions from one of the brains to interfere with rational thought and try to just get rid of Kogami because he was starting to become a pain in the ass.

Idk, those are my thoughts for this week's episode. Solid writing as always, good dialogue (or, as good as it was translated), and more KogamixAkane. Can't want for next week's episode and goddamn it Kogami , you made Akane cry.