Psycho-Pass 2

I really liked the first season of Psycho Pass. It had everything I wanted in a cyberpunk crime Anime, from the atmosphere to the characters to the setting. So, after the announcement of Season 2, I was really excited. But, after hearing it would be only 11 episodes, I was worried, since I thought it'd be rushed and would be of less quality than the first season. Unfortunately, I was right. I'll move on to my review.

... Story:-
This season takes place a couple of years after the events of Pyscho Pass. We are introduced to Akane's new team in the MWPSB, along with some familiar faces. After a brief introduction, we are thrust right into the action, where we at the end see the main antagonist of this season.

I'll be honest, as far as the story is concerned, it was disappointing. The story's really similar to the first season, but never as interesting. With the introduction of the new antagonist, Kamui Kirito, I expected something different. Story is the same old ''Person wrecks havoc in the city, MWPSB must stop him at all costs''. There are a few twists and turns throughout the series that legitimately surprise me, but those really didn't save the story from being a mess, with plot holes and nonsensical things happening just for the sake of progressing the plot. It's a shame, since it was really good in the beginning, building up the tension with each subsequent episode. The series reached its peak at Episode 6, which was really intense and even had me shaking in my boots. But, the Anime ended in a really bad way, which I didn't enjoy one bit. It left me with more questions than answers.

Art and Sound:-
Definitely the best part of Pyscho Pass 2. It's just as good as the previous season, if not better. Characters are designed brilliantly, though I still can't get used to Akane's odd eyelashes(they creep me out, man!). The detail in the city, lighting and other such intricate little things just make it better to look at. And as usual, the Dominators look badass no matter how many times I see them being used.

The sound department is also great. The Opening ''Enigmatic feeling'' though not as good as the Opening of Psycho Pass 1, is still great to hear. The ending ''Fallen'' is amazing though, best ED I've heard in a long time. It's even on my playlist now. The rest of the sounds for the Anime just get the job done and are nothing special.

Character:-
Out of the main cast, Akane is the only one who got a decent amount of character development. We see her troubled, on the brink of getting her crystal clear Psycho Pass getting coloured on a few occasions. Rest of the old cast hardly has any development, Ginoza in particular. Really was sad that he barely had anything to do in the Anime, considering he was one of my favourite characters in Psycho Pass 1.

We also have a few new characters. The new officer, Shimotsuki, who works alongside Akane. Bluntly put, she's a flat out bitch. I didn't liker her from the beginning. She thinks highly of herself and believes she is right all the time. She even looks down on Akane's methods to handling various situations, and she doesn't even have much of a backstory. There's also the new enforcer, Togane Sakuya. I liked him a lot. He provided the season's most entertaining aspects. Sadly, he wasn't used the way I would've liked, in the end.

As for the main antagonist Kamui Kirito, there really isn't much to say about him. He doesn't have the charisma or panache that Makishima possessed. He's just a plain old villain trying to destroy the Sibyl System. He had his moments, some of which were actually quite good, but in the end, he hardly left an impression on me, hence was forgettable.
Overall, the set of characters in this season are severely underwhelming and not memorable.

Enjoyment and Overall:-
It was an okay season. It had spectacular highs and excruciating lows. It's not close to as good as the first season of Psycho Pass. But it still warrants a watch, even if it's just for the sake of watching it in order to see the movie. I really hope the movie makes more sense and ties all the loose ends together.

As a preface, this "review" focuses a lot more on the differences and relations between the first and second season, and not so much on this season as its own thing. At the same time, these are my thoughts on why I think a follow-up can never be as good as the first season (it's a long read).
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I want to start this off by saying that I absolutely love the original Psycho-Pass. The journey into the human psyche, the dark mood looming over the story itself, and the intense development seen in all the characters all contribute to what’s come to be one of my ... personal favorites of all time. In the same vein, Makishima is one of my favorite antagonists, because he feels like such a real character, especially when it comes to anime in general. His motivations are far beyond that of “just being evil”, and the sort of intelligent personality he presents is as enjoyable as ever. Then there is the society itself, or rather, Sibyl. As a concept, this is a really awesome sci-fi society, and even in execution, it works surprisingly well. This is, I think, largely because of how Sibyl interacts with Makishima.

If we momentarily remove Makishima (and any others like him) from the equation, what we’re left with would pretty much be an episodic detective-series, focusing on tracking down individual criminals. This is not necessarily bad, but it lacks the same overarching feeling of grandeur and darkness as with a mastermind connecting each case. However, it technically isn’t possible, because of the way Sibyl works. It could be interesting, and definitely gruesome, but ultimately, I feel like it’d severely lack in terms of writing.

Enter Makishima - the criminally asymptomatic. The entire system is now thrown into chaos. How do you deal with a problem like this, when you are so reliant on the system to do things for you? Should you circumvent the system to remove the threat, even if it means you may slip into darkness yourself? These are all questions asked by Psycho-Pass, and they make for very interesting story and characters.

Then comes Psycho-Pass 2, a sequel I think many of us wanted, because who doesn’t want more of their favorite series?, but at the same time something we dreaded, as a sequel would pose quite a few issues in terms of writing. The biggest one, and the one I’m focusing on here, is the fact that they’ve written themselves into a corner, of sorts. It’s not a corner in the sense that they need to do something drastic to get out, but rather that the only way forward is further into the same corner. To clarify, I’m talking about the fact that the original series leaves very little to work with in terms of a sequel.

When you create such a massive world in fiction, you place upon yourself a responsibility to stick to the rules that you have created. In Psycho-Pass, the highest “rule” of all is how Sibyl works, and what it does. If you really think about it, how many (good) scenarios can you come up with, that’s not too similar to that of the original series? Because Sibyl is nearly omnipotent, it creates this setting where only those unable to be judged, in one way or another, are able to act as worthwhile antagonists, which leaves little in terms of variation. What this means, is that we have to ask ourselves “are we okay with such a similar setup, or will it simply be too much of the same?”.

With Kamui being the antagonist in Psycho-Pass 2, they’ve succumbed to the fact that this is the only way, but have tried to change it up by changing the very way Kamui functions, in contrast to Makishima. Instead of being able to remain at a constantly low crime-coefficient, Kamui is outright unable to even be detected by the system itself. While this, together with the way he operates on his “missions”, still provides a good story, we’re once again forced to ask ourselves if continuing this series is truly a good idea.

When it comes to the story itself, I want to quote reddit user /u/Redcrimson who I feel really captured the feeling of this season, to an extent.

“It's grimdark for its own sake, with twists that undermine its own narrative, and exists just to be violent and shocking with no greater resonance with the thematic throughlines or characters established in S1.”

While my opinions on this season may not perfectly align with his, the points he makes are undeniably accurate. When watching this second season, you’ll quickly notice that there are a lot more (gory) deaths spread out everywhere in the show, and as a result, we viewers will (most likely) become sort of desensitized to the deaths of characters, because we simply see it way too much. This, I think, is a huge step back from the first season, where every death got, at least from me, almost the same “oh shit” reaction. The deformation, into the explosion, and the remaining characters taking their time to really take in what had just happened. It all felt really well done, and now that there’s death around every corner, it has simply lost that feeling.

Not only is this a bad thing because we don’t care as much about characters dying in general, but it also affects our view of characters directly. Notable mention of Kamui here. Having a character as calm and collected as Kamui, suddenly killing an entire room full of people (albeit not without reason) does not make me fear him as a character. I’m not on the edge of my seat in every one of his scenes, hoping he doesn’t snap and kill the others with him. I think, when a character makes every kill symbolic - actually meaningful in some way - it gives this almost fearful feeling towards that character. Not because he’s scary, but because it makes you fear for the others, I guess.

However, this season does offer a few new things, even if they don’t drastically impact the general gist of the story. Examples here are Tougane and his backstory, Shimotsuki’s rivalry with Akane going too far, and so on. These all add an extra level of tension to the writing, which I think is pretty needed, what with the aforementioned issues. In the same manner, I think the upcoming movie may end up good, since it supposedly doesn’t involve Sibyl in the same way. Though at the same time, it’s hard not to think that maybe that should’ve just been the second season to begin with.

In the end, I want to say that even with all this, I don’t really think this is a bad season. I definitely think it could’ve been skipped, in favor of the movie, which actually changes things up, and there are a lot of things I think they’ve done much worse (the overly tense writing, too dark for the sake of being dark, and some characters), and it’s not going to be anywhere near as good as the first season was, but if you’re a fan of Psycho-Pass as a whole, I think you’ll still very much enjoy the second season.

The future dark Utopian premise we got introduced to on the hands of Psycho-pass gets one step further ahead and deeper into its incomprehensible beautiful display of human Morales , Psychology and life.



-PP introduced us to a world and the idea of humans getting judged and their fate was decided by a collection of algorithms through a complex competent brain circuit system called Sybil , where the only oddity in the system rises when people find out methods to escape rightful judgement and act freely with will based actions , things get interesting and we figure out sybil isnt as good as we expected it ... to be and would undoubtedly cause future dilemmas.


PP2 handles the oddities in the sybil system in a deeper form , it presents to us a new oddity which is '' what if an individual cannot be judged by Sibyl at all '' and not just finding ways to escape rightful judgement from sybil as season 1 presented it , and believe me you will not be disappointed , this is actually Thee shit.

The characters are quite interesting and due to the time gap we were locked in , we observe a completely different:
Akane, while she becomes a more stable ,competent , rational and powerful detective.
And Ginoza is less stressful and more fluent and easy going.
Other characters from the old season might not appear or are just simply the same.
The new crew of characters are what truly raises the bar of the second season , they enter the show with deep pasts and top notch relation to the story is observed.
The only drawback is that we never had the chance to see them develop clearly and elegantly.

The art is the same as season 1 , dark and edgy.

The sounds in Psycho-pass never fail to deliver the viewer eargasms , or at least for my style , The opening an ending song have suspenseful music and meaningful thoughtful lyrics regarding the show and are brilliantly meshed with the episodes , an episode might be ending having the ending song in the background brilliantly sweeping you away nicely from the show's episode.

I personally never thought PP2 would be as good as it actually turned out to be , i had low expectations and low hopes for it to succeed as its predecessor just based on the sole fact of that the quintessence of the show was brilliantly exhibited by the 1st season. But i was blown away by how the show advanced and i have no complaints whatsoever except i felt everything was rushed and contempt which made it more effective and meaningful but short.

Thank You

Warning: This has some minor spoilers from the first season and this season. Be careful. You've been warned.

"What colour am I?"

Psycho Pass, One of my faviroute anime's of all time. I loved the first season and as you see on my list I gave the first season a straight 10! Now the show has returned but this time its not gonna be by Production I.G., the makers of the first which sucks. Instead by TOHO animation, the good news is that a movie is coming soon and thats by Production I.G. (Yay) This meant that the script and animation was gonna be different, which was ... bad but shockingly this turned out well... The story was as good and more fucked up whereas the animation....well it got dumbed down which was dissapointing. The characters and developements are good but some characters are left out. And the soundtrack is just amazing as usual.

Story and Characters: 8/10
I gotta hand it to TOHO at first this seemed like S1 with a few changes but instead later on the story progesses and gets more fucked up as we find out more. At first this just seemed like some special but as it progesses it just gets better, like trust me don"t drop this on its first episode 9(Not saying it was bad.)

This story takes place a year and a half later after the first one and this time Akane is more calm and has the behaviour like Kougami, it isn't boring in any way but she feels like this MC you can seriously trust. At times we might see glimpses of her either being her old clumsy-self when she started or she gets glimpses of Kougami which help calm her down. This is very intresting and shows that Akane hasn't fully changed.

So we have a new villain called Kirito and is he evil and loved to hate like Mikishama. Abso-fucking-lutely, He's a more screwed up version of Mikishima, he's not in anyway better but a good replacement. Kirito is a mysterious killer who's a master in drugs and knows ways of making people's psycho passes clear by using well drugs. Remember kids, winners don't do drugs *winks*, now back to Kirito, we later find out things about him that just make the story so much more tense, he's a smartass, he knows what he's doing and that is how he is as good as Mikishima.

So the gang has to take down this fool before he does more crazy shiz. This is a very intresting plot, We're also introduced to 3 new characters, I'll give some brief stuff about them, first off we have Sakuya, this guy is pretty much Kougami but the evil version, she wants to turn Akane into an enforcer and finds pretty smart ways of attempts of doing this. Then you have Mika, a bitch, she calls everyone either junior, dumb or just an enforcer whn she dosen't know what everyone has been through, she easily hatable and you want her to die badly. Then you have Hinkawa, shy but smart, he's only in the story to help out with the twists which makes him pretty dissapointing.

Art: 5/10
I'm dissapointed in the art here, in the first season we had BUUUTIFUL animation with so much detail, and now we have this meh and average animation, It's not a huge dissapointment but it just sucks that this was more bad.

Sound: 8/10
The soundtrack here is so well done and so memroble. The OP is just orgasms to your ears while the ED is this haunting tune. Easily some of the best openings and endings of this season.

Enjoyment: 8/10
The enjoyment here comes from the tense action scenes with a lot of killing, the plotwists here you will not see coming, like seriously, there are a bunch which will make you just drop your jaw.

Overall: 8/10
If you enjoyed the first season of this you'll definitly enjoy this. A movie is coming soon and a 3rd season? We're not really sure. The ending here is pretty good and wraps everything up in a nice little bowtie, it really makes it worth watching the show. This is probably my 3rd faviroute show this season.

Rating: My hue has turned pitch black from how tense this was.

TLDR; Solid show, does not live up to first season.

Psycho Pass 2 has me feeling conflicted. As much as I adored the first season, and still enjoyed this one, I'm feeling quite empty about it afterwards. I'm not left with that same feeling of shock and awe like after season 1, and the biggest issue for me is obvious: characters.

I loved the cast of season 1; Kogami (absent in PP2) and Akane were an excellent dynamic duo of complex characters. Instead, Akane doesn't truly have that same counterpart. The complexity of Shogo Makishima is replaced with a promising-but-falls-short Kirito Kamui, who, although seems to be ... an intriguing antagonist, can't find a proper place in the anime. The development of enforcers is completely lackluster as well; there is no new development in characters like Ginoza, and big bad Togane feels awfully tacked on as a surprise antagonist (as well as Misako). Enforcers like Sho Hinakawa show tremendous potential as character, but receive little to no screen time in each episode. They more serve as plot advancement devices instead of characters. Shimotsuki also feels awfully tacked on in the advancement of enforcer Togane. These reasons all tend to leave me feeling disconnected from the characters and therefore the show.

Everything else, in all honesty, is great to perfect. The unravelling of the grand scheme is excellent, although leaves more to be desired, particularly Sibyl's end resolutions feeling very rushed. Art is beautiful and sound is magnificent. "Enigmatic Feeling" is perhaps coming close in my favorite OPs, and the outro is well done as well. Characters and dominators look aesthetically stunning, animation is fluid, and character artwork is unique. The characters themselves, despite my enjoyment of Akane as a protagonist, are the downfall of this season.

Story: 8
Art: 9
Sound: 10
Character: 5
Enjoyment: 8
Overall: 7. PP2 features beautiful animation and intriguing story which is subsequently thrashed by severe voids in the characters. A fun, but somewhat less memorable installment, especially compared to its predecessor.

The first season of Psycho-Pass was a real treat for the eyes and the mind, as it encouraged its watcher to ponder questions of morality as well as who really was the "good guys". The follow up to the hit series is no longer penned by Urobuchi, but is the sequel still able to stand up on its own two feet? This is a mostly spoiler free review, and I will not talk much about the main antagonist due to the high spoiler content.


The series begins in a similar vein to the original just a year and a half later, it reintroduces the main ... characters and the rules of the Sibyl System as well as the Dominator, and shows us the new characters for this season. Right away we are introduced to the integral question of Psycho-Pass 2, "What Color?'. Anyone familiar with the Sibyl System knows that this a particularly intriguing question, as color is everything in this world. Those that lack the proper color are killed or are sent away to facilities to be rehabilitated, where they wish they were dead. This bleak overtone characterizes the Psycho-Pass series as a whole, and continues to the second season. This season also has a significant more amount of bloodshed, as in the first season it was a real treat to get to see someone active lethal eliminator mode, in the the sequel people are firing thar lazer every episode. The antagonist of this season is very similar to Makishima in his behind the scene operations as well as his "transparency". I wish they could have fleshed out another type of problem with the Sibyl system instead of going with a very similar plot. The secondary antagonist is actually much more interesting than the main "bad guy", and the reveal of what he truly is as well as his actions is kind of shocking to see. The second plot has an overarching theme of science and advancements that have gone too far, and that just because it may be possible to do something doesn't always mean it should be done, and the moral and physical consequences could be disastrous. The story was not as strong as the first and relied heavily on similar themes, but it had high notes specifically during the middle arc of the show where the action and the mystery really picked up.

The art of the series once again looks wonderful, but appears slightly more bleak this time, possibly to match the darker tone as well as the accompanying bloodshed. The art of the opening was kind of jarring to watch, and I found myself skipping the opening because its just images repeated over and over. A contrast from the first series, where i thoroughly enjoyed both openings and the endings.

The characters are Psycho Pass are quite good for the most part, with some exceptions. Akane is back as the lead protagonist, and its nice to see her grow without Kogami helping her out. She still clings to her clear hue and strong sense of morality and justice in the first season, still refusing to activate that Dominator when its in Lethal mode. She shows off her skills as a detective and is pushed to the breaking point several times, but always manages to keep her cool and work towards a morally right decision. She seems to be cracking a bit, as she has picked up a smoking habit, but otherwise its the a more mature Akane we saw at the end of the first series.
However her partner Shimotsuki, who fans of the original will recognize from an earlier arc and the final episode, does not fare as well. I'm going to be frank, she is one of the most annoying characters I've seen in a while. All she does is question Akane and whine for the whole series, and treats her enforcers like crap. She does have some great intuition about one of the villains, but in the end just manages getting herself drawn up into something she can't handle until Akane has to rescue her ungrateful ass. One of the new enforcers Togane is introduced as a competent enforcer who performs well in the field, and is trusted by Akane. It pains me to say that Ginoza's presence is greatly diminished, as his fall from grace in the first season made him an interesting character to watch, and I wanted to see more of his adjustment as an Enforcer.

I enjoyed watching the second season of Psycho Pass, but it was a very different mindset from the first, which seemed much more thought out and meticulous. I was put off by the first episode, but found that the season recovered and the middle arc was easily the best part of the show, as the ending was a little lackluster after the big reveal. Psycho Pass 2 is a solid series, but unfortunately does not hold a candle to its first series. Its a fun show to watch that will make you think and try to shock you with excessive imagery, both doesn't really try to break through the bar that was set by the first series

Psycho pass 2 receives a lot of negative reviews and though some may be too critical, they are based in truth. Like the first season, it follows akane and her duties as inspector of squad 1. The problems i find that arise within the second season are uninteresting characters, an unlikely plot and what feels like to me, as a rather stalled continuation of this beloved series of mine.

Firstly, Kogami is NOT in this season and though extremely disappointing to me and many others, makes sense, especially when you consider the plot of the show is not destroying the sibyl system(which would make ... sense for kogami to be there). Though we miss kogami, the show's problems have nothing to do with his absense, we just think it does cause we love him so much. The plot itself involves a new threat, in the guise of a mysterious man named Kamui, who poses similar threats of undermining the sibyl system much like Shogo makishima did.

However, psycho pass 2 relies heavily on this type of character. Kamui(in a unique way) is like Shogi(in the sense the sibyl system does not read him) and though the two do not share any of the same philosophy, they are the same antagonist, the only difference was that Shogo was well rounded and understandable and well liked where as Kamui, like many of the new characters, are not very well rounded and do not have the same sort of "pizzaz" as the characters from season 1. Other characters are added, such as Mika, a new inspector who poses an interesting personality conflict with Akane yet comes off as rather pretentious and annoying and by the 4th or 5th episode you wish she would just shut the fuck up instead of constantly posing as a hindrance to akane. Also, two enforcers are added, Sho, a introverted enforcer, who though is likable and clearly a good person, is not well rounded and has almost no back story(spare a rather forced set of dialogue by a character that has nothing to do with him) The other is a rather generic and unique Kogami(in the sense he is a badass detective like kogami but unique that he shares almost no characters traits with kogami) Unlike Kogami as well, who developed over the series, Sakuya does not develop at all. Chalk it up to 11 episodes or bad writing but that's the case. Akane herself seems rather boring and dull at times but for the most part, is the same person from season 1( so either you liked her or you didn't) Gino is still around but the interesting character from season 1 has almost no purpose as an enforcer other than to just be around and i think that we miss his importance from season 1. We are again introduced to Joji, who i feel becomes much more important and a rather important character though at the same time, the plot does not call for him at all & was probably only added for the element of having a new character(or one that can be further explored, which he is).

The plot, like the characters, suffers. In 11 episodes it serves to do little to deviate itself from the main plot of the first season, which was to bring the sibyl system down. However, unlike the first season, it starts off rather complicated and all over the place but does a good job of tying everything together, though it could have done a much better starting off. It also misses that cast of antagonists who added drama and tension to the show as well as progressed the plot. Instead, the other antagonist(and there is arguably only 1 more) is hardly an antagonist while the others are flat characters with no likability at all.

However, all that being said, if you liked the first season, you will like this one. It still has a rather interesting plot, at least one interesting enough that it's hard to predict what will happen and who will do what. The sound and art is just as good as the first one and do not let Kogami's absence throw you off too much because the second season in now way ends the possibilities of the show, and along with the movie soon to come, i predict another season or two, a season with Kogami.

With a dystopian setting comes a down-with-the-system plot. This is true for a lot of cases. It is not that it is the end-all and be-all of all dystopian fiction. It is that if you want to move forward and present things in an uber-philosophical manner, this is the way to go. Psycho-Pass is no exception. And it incorporates this not once but twice (and with the possibility of a third time.)

Let’s cut to the chase. Psycho-Pass 2 is not as spectacular as it aspired to be although it tries (desperately). I can’t say I was disappointed either as I didn’t have high expectations for ... it. I was definitely brought in by the hype but the first season reminded me of how any follow-up can fall short (especially when the first season fell short itself).

A lot of viewers say that the second season is a carbon copy of the first. Not all of that is true. Like I said, dystopian settings don’t have much to go around with. When it wants to have a brooding and thoughtful tone (everything Psycho-Pass aims to be), the choices are limited. I can forgive the second season for having the same themes as the first simply because of Kamui.

Kamui may seem unoriginal at first. He and Makishima have the same goals about society. However, Kamui sets off having more drive and resolve to bring down Sibyl (or at least change it or know about its nature) although it kind of flipped over towards the end. Although not as charismatic as Makishima, he presents legit questions regarding the system. Somehow, I find him more likable than Makishima who only flaunted his educated humanist ass to put off other characters (and viewers). But both are unique in their own way and there is no reason to compare them.

Akane in this season is not as challenged as she was in the previous. If I were to say something nice about her, it would be that her development was decent enough, giving her more self-understanding and the ability to think outside the box. But that’s just it. So much potential is wasted for our beloved protagonist.

The same is true for the rest of the characters. In the end, they were nothing more than mere accessories the whole series can do without. They provided enough amusement the series can do well without. For instance, Ginoza, who received the full brunt of character development in the first season, was put in the backseat and casually thrown out the window. The characters relationships were not outlined and explored to their full extent as much as they tried to bring them out and the story never did anything to address this lack of trajectory.

Despite all its faults, the story provides enough twists to keep me watching when, to be honest, it was 80% all talk. It didn’t need all the blood and gun service and car chases to mask the lack of action. This leads me to conclude that the animation never did anything to make things better. I guess it can’t be helped.

I hoped that it would be smarter than the first season as I hoped that the first season would be smart. It aspired, tried, but never did it transcend itself. I sit here, pondering over the many things that could have made the whole series better. Psycho-Pass 2 gave only so much that in return I can give it a “good enough”.

The world of psycho pass is a cyber-punk dystopian future police society which is based on a mass surveillance ‘big brother’ like Sibyl system with its ruthless crime and mind control system. Since this spoiler free review has been written with the assumption that the reader is familiar with the world of Psycho-Pass, it will not delve too deeply on the background or the world.

Psycho-Pass 2 picks up 1.5 years after the events of the first season. Akane Tsunemori, the protagonist who (much like the director of the show) was an unimpressive rookie in the first season is no longer the same scared greenhorn, but ... has become a polished and talented inspector exuberating the kind of self-confidence and poise that only comes with experience and knowledge.

Apart from the main character, only a few characters return from the first season, such as Ginoza (the former inspector who became an enforcer in the first season after a spike in his psycho-pass level), Shion Karanomori (the analyst) and jouji Saiga. Unfortunately, not much depth or thought seems to have been put into the characters. Even the returning characters disappoint, as in the case of Ginoza whose character was very well developed in the first season, but is just a bland and sometimes annoying distraction in the second season. This is just one reason why P-P 2 falls short of its predecessor, which had a far more compelling character development and exposition, especially in the form of Shougo Makishima and Shinya Kougami.

Like the first season, P-P 2 relies a lot on keeping the audience glued through shock-factor and mystery, egging the viewers by keeping them in the dark until the end. But unlike the first season which also focused on character development, the rivalry of the Makishima and Kougami (which many have compared with that of L and Kira, Tenma and Johan etc), and psuedo-intellectual/philosophical themes, the second season has little else to offer. Just like Makishima in the first season, Kamui (the ‘antagonist’ or rather ‘anti-hero’) of the second season questions and challenges the very foundation of the sibyl system and the societal order. And like the first season, the second one promotes the Hegelian dialectics and progress through synthesis of opposing ideas/forces.

Of course the thematic nuances differ a bit; the ‘Sibyl System’, which at one point is compared to the Benthamite panopticon penitentiary (a system where one watchman can observe and control all inmates through a central tower), judges and passes orders for putting down or executing people simply based on their ‘psycho-pass’ levels (which is a combination of emotional/mental state, personality and the probability of exhibiting criminal/delinquent behaviour). Such omnipotent and omnipresent yet flawed construct with a God-complex raises some difficult questions, such as who will judge the God? Is Sibyl really that perfect that it cannot be judged on the same grounds that it judges individuals?

Psycho-pass was a show heavily influenced by works preceding it, particularly the dystopian science fiction works of Oshii Mamorou. The ideas explored by it were by no means unique or original; similar themes have already been explored before in numerous Books, TV shows, movies and anime. Psycho-Pass 2 does not break free of the influences or the limitations set by the first series. In fact, one of the downsides of the second season is that at times it seems to be following the footsteps of its predecessor too faithfully in some respects, while overlooking some of the winning traits of the original. At times it turns into a pale copy of the original.

Art and Music are more of the same. Action sequences, however, have suffered a great dip in quality.

Overall, Psycho-Pass 2 is fairly entertaining. Not great. Not bad. But something in the middle.

This was most certainly a difficult and frustrating season to get through, with many disappointments not by the story, but by your own standards of what you expect and want to happen. It never fully answers your questions, and all in all I believe this season didn't quite live up to its predecessor. It answered only enough to keep you interested, but still left you frustrated with a feeling of confusion and emptiness, much unlike the first season, which, although it left questions unanswered, gave a sort of satisfaction that this one did not provide. Character-wise, I'd say it was sub-par at best. Unlike the ... first season, which provided adequate development of every one of its characters, this season really only focused on a select few while the rest had to watch from the sidelines. Even the characters it did develop were not done very well. Akane Tsunemori and Kirito Kamui were the only two that really developed at all. The other two (Tougane and Shimotsuki) were really only sloppily thrown together last second. Now obviously this is not the kind of show that was meant to leave you happy and smiling, but overall I feel the story is what really pulled it together. It really kept you guessing as to what would happen next, and never giving you the satisfaction of being correct. The only thing that dragged it down is the ending, which left you feeling unresolved with no way to fix it. All in all I'd say this was a good show that did very well considering its episode count was half that of the first season, but it didn't quite make it to the same level.

I have to admit, I went into this with not the best expectations, iv heard that it does not live up to the first Psycho-Pass and the story was worse in comparison. However, I came out of watching this series with a substantial amount of enjoyment. I can understand why people think this series is in-superior to its predecessor, there are some questions that it kind of forgets to answer, ones that were left at the end of the first Psycho-Pass. Also the ending is (I thought) a little rushed, I would have liked to seen maybe one more episode to draw it out. This ... series kind of takes a different turn than what I expected going in.

HOWEVER, the story it went down was very intriguing to say the least. The whole time it kept me guessing until the end, their were many cliffhangers throughout and I liked most of the new characters and how they justified a lot of the characters intentions. You could believe and understand their motives.

I would say when watching this keep an open mind try not to compare the two series to much, although (understandable) their will be times where you have to. I would recommend this, especially to people who like investigations

psycho-pass2
the second season is,,,not bad
but the first was better

some bad things on this season

1-where is kougami,, him and makishima was the best thing on the anime
"makishima is dead" and what about kougami
why we didn't saw him ???
and what happen to him after the time skip "year and half"
... before i watch first episode of s2 i was waiting to see kougami
and what happen to him but i didn't ...!

2- the end of s2 precisely what akane was doing i don't like it

3-shimotsuki mika new character , i don't like her
and she is something is not important she is kind of like ginoza in first season
but she didn't do any thing important on this season


the good things

1- the season 2 show us more about kasei
we now know about her past and who is she now
and we know more about the system

2- tougane sakuya new character, how he was born and his real job
and kasei is his mother ! , all of this makes the season 2 better

3- kamui kirito new character he is the new main criminal
sibyl system didn't detect him ! , after we know how is that
it is something new for the anime

4-hinakawa shou new character he is something that
season1 missed it we didn't find characters who can work whit computers

The first season of Psycho-Pass, hands down, is my favourite anime of all time. The plot was magnificent, the characters where unique and managed to be likeable in their own unique ways. So of course, when I heard there would be a second season, I was excited. I was all aboard the Psycho Pass 2 hype train. I drew a ton of art, I listened to the leaked opening on repeat, I even cut class to watch the first episode because I was that excited. So how did it fare compared to the first season?

The second season of Psycho-Pass had a great start. Episode 1 ... was exciting, action packed, and left me excited for what the second season would deliver. Would I see Kougami again? How would the first season be referenced? Will we get more exploration for characters like Ginoza, Kunizuka, Shimotsuki, or Karanamori? What about the new characters, like Shisui, Togane, Hinakawa, and of course Kamui Kirito?

To say the least, I was disappointed. While it was nice to see Shion and Yayoi's relationship carried from the first season, I was really disappointed there wasn't really much exploration of their characters. Same with Ginoza! I mean, it's not as bad for him, we did get a few scenes that showed how much he'd changed from his season one self, but it was pretty underwhelming for an anime that had initially reeled me in with it's character development. As for the new characters, Hinakawa is about as fleshed out as Karanamori or Kunizuka, which is a shame because he had the potential to become a really neat character. I can't say that Shisui didn't get a lot of screen time, but I really don't like the path the writers went with her. It didn't make sense how easily she fell for Kirito. It was nice to see a female character kick ass and get in on the action, but in the end she was just a pawn for Kirito. Which transitions nicely into how Kirito's character is played out.

Kirito is... interesting, to say the least. The idea of someone who couldn't be read by Sibyl seems to me like a carbon copy of Season 1's Makishima. I feel like the writers didn't really know if they wanted him to be a hero or a villain. I mean, in the end, we see the good motives he had but, do you really expect me to forget the part where he shot up a whole building with his men?

Togane seemed to be a villain from the start. They tried to make him seem as suspicious as possible. But to counter that, they also made him similar to Kougami. In the end though, he was pretty much the perfect villain, with his high crime coefficient, and his killing of Akane's grandmother for... no... real... reason. That's another problem with Psycho-Pass 2. It's all over the place.

I really was curious to see how they'd handle cramming a season of an anime like Psycho-Pass into 11 episodes. Props for the writers for making things seem ABSOLUTELY FUCKING ALL OVER THE PLACE! Really, what even was up with the story arcs? I mean.. there was the "shooting naked people" arc, the "subway raid" arc, and who could forget the "Evil Flappy Bird" arc!

Overall, when Psycho-Pass 2 tried to be like the first season, that was when it was best. I really think it would be better with Urobuchi taking the front wheel.

Here's to seeing what the movie has in store!

I'm probably going to receive a lot of hate and criticism for this, but please spare the hate until AFTER you've read this review. Also, please forgive my bad grammar during this review as English is not my first language even though I speak it so well. I aim to do a simple review with a little complex vocabulary so it remains easy to read and understand by everyone.(contains spoilers, so be wary of reading before finishing it.)

Psycho-pass 2, is the sequel to the first season of Psycho-pass 1 which is set in an advanced, systematic future where humans have things called crime coefficients and ... A mental I.D. called a Psycho-Pass. I won't delve much deeper into it so I'll assume everyone has seen the first season.

Now the main point and the audience'ss failure to enjoy this season was the lack of Kogami. Kogami Shinya, who was the main character of Psycho-pass 1 had been expected to return after the end of season 1 where he *SPOILER*killed Makshima Shogo, myself included. This built up high expectations of this season which, unfortunately, didn't happen. That caused the rating of the show to overall decrease by fans and even dropping the series. Regardless of this, Psycho-pass 2 is VERY MUCH INDEED a well done sequel.

ART [9/10]

Let's talk about the art and animation. Since this was more of a revenue sequel rather than a immediate sequel, the studio that originally worked on Psycho-pass, production I.G., has given the main production to Tatsunoko Production which obviously means we're going to have a lesser animation art style from the greatness of season 1's. Thank goodness it didn't turn out that way much. The art style remained the same, the animation felt like it had some forced scenes at certain times and wasn't as good the first few episodes, but eventually that problem was fixed and it was almost like watching the first one.

Sound [9/10]

Not Much to say about the sound, since they reused the OST and added some tracks I think? The opening song sounded fantastic and felt a little like the first opening of the first season. The ending was amazing, as expected of EGOIST.

Story [9/10]

Now, while it wasn't as amazing as the first, here's the story part of Psycho-pass 2, the one urobutcher didn't write but someone else did. You've got the PSBC Investigation division with a few new members and even a new unknow villian, sounds like it's going to turn out just like the first season right? No. The whole way this season is done goes against the values and ideals of the first season, with the preventing of crimes from going unpunished,to the killing of people to maintain justice. While in this season, the main theme is asking us "What color?" as in what psycho-pass reading do you have? or what is the color of your soul? It leaves it to the viewer to come up with his/her own view of what the theme means. In all honesty that was really well done and a brilliant idea, many others could agree on. The only real issue with the story is that it didn't have as much to it as the first psycho-pass because it was purely character development that helped this time around.

Character [10/10]

Now here is where the REAL goodness comes from that surpasses psycho-pass 1's quality. All the way from the physical and mental states of characters, their origins, and even their ideals are what really surprised me this time around in psycho-pass 2.
THE PSBCDF
First of all, Akane Tsunemori. Akane is the head inspector of division 1 of the PSBCDF where she formerly was a subordinate of Ginoza, who is now an enforcer. She has taken on the role of Kogami and has made reckless decisions, excellent deductions, as well as perfectly tracking down and understanding the state not only her enemy is in, but also her colleagues. She has developed very well in this season other than in the end where she (SPOILER) decided to trust in Sibyl's actions and to arrest Kamui Kirito, whom we'll talk about in a bit. Togane Sakuya and Mika Shimotsuki, two rookies who joined the PSBCDF and are under direct supervision of akane, have their own side story in which Mika has discovered that togane Sakuya is in fact, the son of togane misako, who is a member of sibyl and the PSBCDF chief(one of them at least). Mika is probably the most hated character in Psycho-pass, being spectacle and overall a bitch towards akane and most of everyone in the PSBC, save Yayoi. We soon later find out that she actually has insecurities about her psycho-pass becoming worse and she forces herself to work with sibyl just to maintain clear. and sakuya togane, as people would say, has a mother complex and his job is to make people's minds pitch black. There isn't much else to talk about other than the inspector who was made "clear" by kamui, and Saiga Jouji who makes people's hues worse just from talking to him which is neato.
The Kamui Faction and SIBYL
Kirito kamui, an antagonist to the sibyl system, who has the minds of a 100+ people put into him which prevents him from being judged by the sibyl system is most possibly the best type of antagonist that came into psycho-pass since makshima shogo. While he is the antagonist, he plays a role that makes him look like the good guy and the PSBCDF the bad guys, meaning that he has a whole faction to help him achieve his objectives and judge sibyl. He never intended to escape unharmed or alive after he proved that sibyl was able to be judged, he just wanted a system that was truly capable of judging correctly which meant judging itself rather than just judging others. So he forcibly caused it to develop and have the ability to judge groups as one coefficient. That in perspective was a big improvement to an antagonist compared to makshima shougo, who just aimed to mess around and know the truth. The dialogue seemed more what actual inspectors would say and it felt more natural so it felt easier to understand and see what they were trying to do this time around.

Enjoyment [10/10]

Psycho-Pass 2 did have it's issues and little problems there and here, but it wasn't enough to break my high enjoyment of it, especially during the gory/psychological scenes during it.

Overall [9/10]

All-in-All Psycho Pass 2 wasn't the greatest of sequels out there, but it isn't as bad as one would think considering the main character isn't the same badass we all know and love, and that you should watch this with the expectations of how sibyl and akane will turn out rather than how kogami would show up. Is this worth watching before the movie? hell yes, this season is mostly a set-up for the movie so for sure it is what you should watch before the movie. Thank you for reading my review and I hope you might have changed your mind and thought a little better about Psycho-pass 2, if you haven't, please comment on my profile what you thought was bad about this season and I'll be willing to discuss it with anyone :).

TLDR: Still good, but missing some elements from PP1

Should you watch this if you've watched the first one? It may not be necessary, but I feel like the hole for wanting more that I had in my heart has been filled.

The art and sound were very consistent with the first season. The animation quality is superb; the character's design is beautiful and the scenery (and imagery) presented is nice to look at. 9/10 for art. The OP and ED are some of the best for fall 2014. I listened to both for each episode and greatly enjoyed it. All the other music fits nice ... with what is being illustrated. 9/10 for sound.

The characters continuing from last season held up, but were dragged back by the less engaging Togane and Mika. Kirito was a great villain (not as fun to watch as Makeshima), and made up for that a bit, but the new characters weren't up to par with the Ginoza and Kogami sidestories from the first season. 6/10

The story wasn't too riveting and felt off, somehow. It was ok overall, but what was missing was the sidelined characters in place of an uninteresting Mika + Togane route. It felt like it didn't lead to anything and didn't surpass my expectations. 5/10

I still greatly enjoyed this, my second favorite show for thursday's in fall 2014 (Shigatsu 2 stronk). Every episode was consistent from the start. Where other series' may start worse and snowball into something fantastic, PP2 starts at about 75% intensity and stays there; this, of course, means that it doesn't pick up hard near the end. 7/10

Overall, I'd give it an 72/100, or 7/10. Not great, still good, but missing those key characters from PP1. If you've watched the first season, this is a must watch.

As a pretty big fan of the original Psycho-Pass, I came into Psycho-Pass 2 wondering how they would continue the story since the former ended so well. After watching the finale, I couldn't help but be a bit disappointed in the overall dip in quality, but Psycho-Pass 2 was none the less a welcome, albeit somewhat unnecessary, edition to the franchise.

The story resumes a bit after the end of the first season, but now Akane has matured and gained a greater understanding of how things work, in particular the Sibyl system. We're also introduced to a new colorful assortment of characters, most notably the shady ... yet noir-cool Sakuya Tougane, the essentially copy and paste of Makishima villain Kirito Kamui, and the ever-so-hated and quite irritating junior inspector Mika Shimotsuki.

If there's one thing that bugged me more than everything else, it would be just how similar this season was to the first. You might think that's a good thing, but when you have essentially the same villain with similar goals and methods, similar plot, and a similar ending, you'd feel a bit cheesed as well. Not that this was anime breaking or anything, but this coupled with a few other flaws that I"ll explain later make at least nothing it useful.

Art wise, Psycho-Pass 2 remains one of the best out there. A lot of people noticed some style changes from the first season that seem to work against this new season. This is mostly having to do with worse camera angels, less of a focus on detail, and a lighter color template. But honestly, these things will only bug you if you're the most nit picky of person. This season still has far better art and animation than most other animes out there.

As for sound, there is nothing really spectacular here, but there also wasn't much in the 1st season as well. The best tracks play in the most intense moments of the anime, but otherwise Psycho-Pass 2 is usually pretty quiet. What Psycho-Pass 2 does do incredible, along with the 1st season, is their sound effects. Whether that be the blasts from the Dominators or the cries of the judged, there is no dip in quality whatsoever in this aspect.

Characters. Oh boy. Another problem I had with the season. As I said earlier, we're introduced to a myriad of new characters, but this came at the cost of essentially ignoring the original characters for the entirety of this season --- Besides Akane of course. The biggest, and probably biggest problem most had with the show, was the complete and utter absence of Kogami. Though this wasn't a HUGE problem with me, as there were at least some dream cameos of him throughout, it's understandable why he wouldn't be in this season; What with how the 1st season ended and all. We're also getting a movie later on which will have Kogami back where he belongs.

As much as the new cast of characters seemed interesting (enough), I also would have liked some further development for the original characters like Yayoi and Ginoza. I barely understand why Ginoza was even considered a Main this season since he barely got any lines. The development and backstory we got for some of the new characters like Sakuya and Mika, however, was pretty impressive for just 11 episodes. Akane remained largely the same from start to finish, but she had already matured greatly from the first season anyway.

Delving a bit more into the story, there's just no way this season can compare to the first. Makishima was a great villain, and this new Kirito kid felt like a bad copy and paste of him. Makishima had a set goal, while at the end of Psycho-Pass 2, I'm not even sure what Kirito wanted exactly, besides questioning everyone "What Color?". The first season I found myself questioning many of my morals, and this season just left me wondering what goals a lot of the characters had. So although the story and presentation and Psycho-Pass 2 is a far cry from the first, Psycho-Pass 2 still manages to hold a more meaningful and captivating story than a lot of other top-name animes out there. It's by no means bad, but there is definitely a drop in quality.

Overall, Psycho-Pass 2 can't hold a candle to the first season, but it definitely holds a bright and powerful lantern to most other animes in the same genre. Ultimately, this felt like a filler arc for whatever else is to come in the Psycho-Pass series, but one of the best pseudo-filler arcs you'll ever see. If you're a Psycho-Pass fan, you have no good reason to not watch this. Will you be disappointed by it? Slightly, at least, but as long as you don't come in expecting a masterpiece above the first season, this should satisfy any and all Psycho-Pass fans.

Psycho-Pass 2 is really good. I found it more enjoyable than season 1 because the first half of season 1 was more of an introduction. The second half turned into the chase and the actual plot. What I loved about the second season is that it is far more darker that the first. There is far more death, blood, and so forth which made it extremely enjoyable. The plot itself was really good, but I feel that something that was lacking in season 2 was the characters. I absolutely despised certain characters. I actually wished death upon them. Either way, season 2 is really enjoyable ... because of the amount of mystery in it. It made its cliff hangers really well, always having you want to come back. Overall, season 2 did a great job.

Psycho-Pass 2 has an ability to keep you wanting to watch the next episode. While I often see a lot of complaints about the story, I honestly didn't have an issue with it until the very end. Yeah, it mimics a lot of the same things from the first season so it might come out as stale, like the main villain having a psycho-pass that can't be read, but his true motives and the like remain hidden and there are more moving parts within these 11 episodes.


The pacing is wonderful right until the last episode when things go a little out of whack. Each plot ... twist and reveal is done at the perfect time. You just think you know whats going to happen next when they toss you a complete curveball, and not one from left field, but one that you kind of see in your peripheral but brush aside until it's right in front of you.

The characters though, are not very compelling. Akane, while as a character is awesome, is not challenged at all this season like she was in the first one and therefore nothing really happens to her. If anything she's a major hand in bringing the conclusion. Kamui has an interesting plan but he himself is somewhat boring. Don't get me wrong, he has a lot of backstory, but he takes a step back to his plan. Mika (the recruit from the end of S1) was a chance to do something with a blank slate, but instead they just use her as an annoyance. Oh, and Tougane, they telegraph hes bad news from the start, but when they reveal why and his "ability" it seems like a bad plot device.

The animation and action are very good. Maybe the animation is not as good as the first season, but as a visual show it's very pleasing to watch. Even the combat sequences are well thought out. It also has a noticeably fitting soundtrack.

Psycho-Pass S2 is a well crafted ride with bland characters. Not even overall bad characters, just ones that are not fleshed out or dont get treatment. They don't even serve a purpose to give another character development, because of a widespread mindset of refusal to change, ironically, it's the Sybil system itself that changes the most in the show, and the change is somewhat underwhelming to what could have happened.

PP2 has a lot of missed opportunities, but it does a lot in the 11 episodes it has to work with. 7/10

This review will assume no knowledge of season 1 of Psycho pass and thus provide no spoilers, although the first season is as good as the second and I recommend you to watch that season first. Obviously :P

Psycho pass 2 was produced by Production I.G and aired during winter 2014. It belongs to the crime, thriller and dystopian genre and it is a show that delivers when it comes to suspense and entertainment. PP2 only has 11 episodes whereas the first season had 22 episodes although even despite the small number of episodes, it is action packed straight off the bat.

Psycho Pass 2 is set ... in the future, during the year 2113. Here in a Japanese dystopia, the city in which where the story is set is governed by what is known as the Sibyl System. This system is constantly checking and measuring the stress levels, mental states, personalities as well as the chances of individuals committing crime using “cymatic scans” (where they scan the brain). What results from a scan is referred to as a Psycho pass and acts as a crime index. Depending on how high this index is, an individual is dealt with, often jailed or killed if they have too high a Psycho pass. The population has accepted this as the system and as a result try to live normal lives while keeping their thoughts and actions in check.

The story revolves around Akane Tsunemori, an inspector promoted to unit one-part of the police force in the criminal investigations sector. She works alongside enforcers, who are latent criminals with a high crime coefficient who are deemed to be allowed to work alongside inspectors and together with their dominators (weapons which will change form to kill or apprehend as necessary), they try to keep the city in check and enforce Sibyl. Akane is a kind and caring individual however she is no pushover, she can make hard choices and remain level headed, a lot of which results from here personality and the events which unfold in season 1. She will often try and not resort to killing criminals and often tries any other method if possible however she isn’t afraid to kill either. She is very controlled and can keep a low index even unders stress.

One day, members of the police force start to be killed or kidnapped. This is coupled with terrorist style attack in the cities and even when the perpetrators are captured, Sibyl fails to detect their criminal nature. As a result we have a situation where there are criminals who are able to do as they please and as Sibyl cannot detect their nature, they can do as they please. Effectively, they are invisible to the system. This throws up various problems as Akane and her force try to pin down the man behind all these acts and every episode racks up the tension and there is a good mix of action and tension as the show progresses.

What is really interesting about Psycho Pass in general is the concept. After all who has the right to judge whether someone is totally evil or represents a threat in the future. Can short term paranoia really lead to problems in the long run- do you really need to kill someone whose index has risen up due to an intense situation? After all, can the Sibyl system really be 100% perfect? There are a lot of questions that will crop up every episode that will keep you thinking about what is wrong and right and what is even more interesting is how there is never a black or white answer. Sometimes it really is the lesser of two evils. The show make you question your own viewpoints too, sometimes you might not like what occurs although you may feel it had to be done. Or did it? The characters themselves all play their roles rather well, the main characters do feel different and not clichéd for the most part. Side characters are well done too and have significant effects on the overall show.

Considering it is a detective styled show, Psycho Pass does a good job of keeping the suspense up and it can be a case of just one more episode, I promise! There are enough major twists and turns that keep you coming back and make you think “oh, didn’t see that coming”. However there are some respects in which I felt the show fell short. The most obvious is that 11 episodes is simply too short, while it is punchy and keep short and sweet, with a concept as intriguing as this one and the characters present, the short episode span does Psycho Pass 2 no favours. In fact due to the length, the way that the show is wrapped up can feel a little bit unsatisfactory. The ending feels as if it has come and gone too fast, after all the build-up, it certainly feels like a let-down. For a show like this, it really does feel like an injustice and instead of leaving you with that feeling all good anime do after a great end, it leaves you wanting more and not in a good way either. That isn’t to say the end is terrible but just that it could have lived up to the hype a tad more and been made an episode longer- it was an ending that was average (but not bad I stress).

The art-style of the entire show was extremely well done, the darker colours especially stood out and complemented the nature of the show. Buildings, backgrounds, fight scenes, all of them had superb animation and it certainly felt futuristic. The OP and ED were both on the upper end of average, although the first 10 seconds of the ED are my favourite before all the screaming kicks in. The soundtracks were fairly complementary to the action however it was the dialogue that really made the scenes for me so there isn’t really much the soundtracks added to the show.

The show however is an enjoyable watch, especially if you like a bit of cat and mouse action and more! For shows just like it I would recommend Death Note, if you haven’t seen it already. There is a movie that will be released soon too for PP so keep a look out!

Tukky12
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Final Rating: 8.5

First things first. I love the first season of Psycho-Pass. It left me wanting more. And when I heard that a Season 2 is coming out, I got all hyped up. Now as I write this, I just finished watching the final episode earlier and I should say... it has it's ups and downs. Why? Carry on reading...

So basically, it once again focused on Akane on being an Inspector. I was actually shocked at the end of Season 1 wherein Ginoza was demoted to being an Enforcer. But hey, he looked better without glasses! There is still Yayoi and Shion (which is pratiacally is hooking ... up with each other XD) which is a good sight to see. Technically it's just them that remained from the original cast of Season 1. Kougami was nowhere to be found. Yeah he appeared but only on Akane's mind, so it kind of disappoints me.

And we are introduced with a new set of Enforcers, Sakuya Togane and Shou Hinakawa. (Oh I adore Hinakawa so much!) Then there's the Junior Inspector Mika Shimotsuki. I'll get to them later.

Kicking off where Season 1 ended, Akane is faced once again with a new villain (?) named Kirito Kamui. Unlike Makishima Shougo, Kamui has a different goal. He wants to judge Sibyl. And by that, he played with the people of MWSPB (i dunno if I put it correctly). But as the series progresses, you wouldn't even know who the real villain is. From there, plot twists ensues.

I can safely say that if you haven't enjoyed the first season, there's no point in watching this one. For me, I do enjoyed it although it has some flaws.

Firstly, Mika's characterization. I do feel that the series pretty much "butchered" her character. Yes, she may appear "bitchy" for the most part of the series, but when you look deeper, she is just following orders from Sibyl. She technically don't know what she is doing. Therefore, she is just another victim of Sibyl's flaws. The reason why I said her character was butchered is because of the lack of her characterization. The show primarily just showed her really annoying attitude towards everybody. Yet, it wasn't revealed as to why she acts like that. It appears that she is just a natural bitch. But I strongly believe that there is more to that. The show can use some background stories for her but they didn't, so I don't exactly know what to feel about Mika's character.

Next up, the lack of episodes. 11 episodes is not enough for this one. When I first knew that it will be just 11 episodes, I was like: "Oh, that would appear rushed."... and I was right. If only this series was also 22 episodes like the first season, they can use the chance to give some more characterization to Mika and a deeper explanations to everything that is happening to the series.

Now to mention everything I liked about it:

Firstly, Akane's maturity. OMG she just got so badass!! I love her for that!

Next, OP and ED songs. Got me LSS'ed for a looooong time! XD

The plot twist. Every information leaked is really interesting. The turn of events made my jaw drop. Like really. But that is not quite effective because the OP sequence pretty much revealed everything that is happening to this season.

The brutality. OMFG. In my opinion, this is more brutal than the first season. Like really! MORE BLOOD!

Animation: Yup, pretty awesome~

Overall.... I'd give it a 8.5 out of 10. I was actually entertained. But yeah, the flaws just don't made me feel so hyped up. By the end of this season, I was actually hyped for the Movie coming out on January. Hopefully we get more Kougami. HAHAHA!