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Z-flame said: Expecting more backstories. So, who do you guys think will be next? Maybe Old Man Jenkins and then Kougami which will be a mix of him and Sasayama? Which may mix in the other guy too as I don't think the other guy came in until after Sasayama died right? How many flashback episodes did they say we'd have? 3 or more? |
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| I was hoping for the minor characters to have a story. am I the only one who liked the old OP and ED better? The old OP gives more of that "Psycho" in Psycho-Pass, but eh. |
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| nice episode. And Yayoi is definitely made for the job, she don't hesitate even when it comes to shooting her friend. |
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Z-flame said: Expecting more backstories. So, who do you guys think will be next? most likly the death of sasayama |
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| Overall, nice to see and hear the new OP. I think I might start following Nothing's Carved in Stone since I also like their song in ZnT. I found it cool that this episode started with a band playing. This episode also let us have a glimpse of Yayoi's past. Sasayama deserved to be a latent criminal I think. He provoked the hostage taker and that increased his CC and when it happened he shoot the target. A kind of sad and nasty tactic employed just to shoot the target. :( |
akihimesama said: Kannei said: KingYoshi said: This episode was good, but it was out of place. You don't leave a huge edge-of-your-seat cliffhanger, then take weeks off, and come back with a flashback episode like this.. thought the same the ep wasnt bad but to but a flashback in at a time like this is more then just damn mean and to think that there will be a few more flashback eps, that makes them even meaner. yeah i guess thats the case most likly it goes on till sasayama dies |
| Pretty good episode, giving back stories to the characters makes them more round rather than flat characters. I liked the old OP way better than this one. The ED is awesome. |
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| New OP isnt bad...but its like nothing compared to abnormalize, which was my fav OP of previous anime season. About episode itself, im really happy to see some Yayoi backstory! she totally seems to be an great character.I wonder if we will see Rina again, this time in ''present'' time. Oh, and i dont really like Sasayama.Dont know why, theres something annoying about him IMO. Now i want to see some Shuusei backstory :D 5/5 |
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| this episode is actually good. I thought it will be boring, but it's nice to see Yayoi's story. I think she has some similarity with Akane but I don't know what it is. and I get this feeling, somehow there's this battle between "artists" and "Sybil system". this is very interesting, me as an artist has to agree , I will fight against the system if it turns me to be a criminal just because I'm an artist. If there's a riot later, then the organization will be bunch of artists? XD My reaction to: OP: Great song, but why was the animation recycled like that?? Oh damn you NoitaminA are you that lazy? Episode: great, still like it. Though there's no Akane :( yes I know this is good but seeing Akane's condition is what I'm dying to know. ED: ..... huh? |
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| Enjoyable flashback... Unexpected. I though they'd continue with the current plot right away, but it looks like there will be more backstory. No complaints. ..but... I miss the old OP/ED... :/ |
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Gash_V-D_Hetchum said: The Sasayama hate is wonderful. Seriously! He's a fuckin badass! How does everyone not love this guy? "Ohh he provoked the guy that was diiiiirtyyy" yeah that guy was holding a fucking knife to a girls throat, Sasayama did exactly what needed to be done in a swift manner. Dude's a hoss. I mean no homo but shit, he's even got the best character design in the show. Too bad his go getter attitude is likely the shovel that digs his grave, I'd have liked to see him in the present storyline. |
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| Both the opening and ending was disappointing.. And this episode seems so out of place. |
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| Even though it takes place 3 years ago, atleast there were glimpses of my prediction that this show would be about the illegitimacy of the sibyl system, well it still could go either way at this point. |
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| Eh, old OP was way better :/ Backstory! Eh, the episode was ok, but I didn't like it as much as previous ones. Maybe because it wasn't as dark as a lot of the others? I wish they better explained how she became a latent criminal, the description of why was too vague. |
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| Didn't like the new OP/ED too "unfitting". Liked the episode though. Really wanted to know her backstory. |
| Overall, pretty decent episode. I did think the first half seemed to be lacking in character development, so it's kind of nice to see a back story about Yayoi. As for the new OP and ED, they're okay but not as good as last season. Then again, last season had probably the best OP and ED for any anime last year so it's pretty hard to raise the bar every single time. |
| Finally Psycho Pass is back. I like the new OP. It seems like we will be heading into everyones past. Good episode. Nice to learn about Yayoi's past. |
Ferras said: New Makishima's toys have appeared anyone remember this? and also the image "JReitan" posted here Definitely, this wasn't a random episode I dislike the ending a lot. Not my taste of music and there's a lot of unnecessary fan service. Makishima does exercise? what a joke!! he almost looks like Kogami -_- PS: People really liked abnormalize?? from ep 1 to 11 there were more people posting bad things about it. I was not expecting that XDXD "when people experience depair , they understand hope" lol |
akihimesama said: jimbob1141 said: akihimesama said: Vanisher said: It was already heavily implied that she has sex with shion (the blonde). where did it imply? I think ti was episode 3 or something, somone came in and i think the blonde one pulled her pants up, cant remember fully though. but it was implied. Thanks! I found it, its in ep 2. Also episode 6 around 8:30 |
| Yayoi's back story is great and all, but can we please get back to the deranged hunk that's running free because Sibyl can't judge him. |
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| This episode was so-so. I was a bit bored by it but I can't call it bad either, getting some background for the characters is always a good thing :) I just want to see Akane and know how she gets over the events of episode 11 so badly that I can't really appreciate this episode T.T And we once again saw a new fault in the oh-so-great Dominator. You can't even target criminals who you're aiming at if there's someone even slightly blocking the view. That guy could've been so easy to take out with normal more convenient weaponry. Nooo what did you do to my favorite opening? D: Give it back! T.T And the good ED changed into a bad one too =( |
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| People are acting like 5 year old that want to skip dinner and get straight to the candy with all their wishing to just see the bad guy and stuff. This was a good episode, and it gave us more inside into the Sybil system and the frustrations of life in it. People also should realize that the major plot of this anime is that system in-itself and life around it and not simply the fight with some bad guy. Yumekichi11 said: All this is quite possible in the flaws of the system and essentially the creator can be centered over a interesting plot. The Nazis who escaped got families and now one of them made them machine. It’s possible this is just a wild theory but one from IRL that can be taken from mucho conspiracies revolving around it on the NET. So I am going to leave all this as the Creator is some ex bad guy that made the system not being able to recognize his types. New theory if you will. I don't think it's like that. Sybil isn't some evil intended system, it's just that it fails at realizing the complexities of human nature. For example it can translate stress etc as dangerous even when it's not exactly like that. It seem to fail to comprehend or underestimates the ability of the human mind over impulses or stress. Is like a mind reader that can see your crazy thoughts but can't comprehend your ability to ignore them or not take them seriously. A system like that could have work amazingly well as a helper but unfortunately many humans tend to like absolutes. It's easier for them because they can stop having to wonder and tiring their minds so they made it like a God instead of just a non absolute helping tool. And the more times the system was correct the more they thought of it as flawless and made it into absolute ruler. Such system is dangerous exactly because it isn't completely evil and it can be right most of the times. Because of that the lives of those getting unfair judgment got at first ignored and then just disappeared under the assumption that the system can't be wrong. Basically is like having a lie detector as an absolute. We know it's most of the times right but we know that it can be wrong too. But if we had it as an absolute we wouldn't even accept the possibility of it being wrong. a lie detector isn't an evil device it's just a system. As they say "The road to hell is paved with good intentions". |
MonadJan 11, 2013 5:54 AM
| ^ Exactly. And it is not perfect because we humans are not perfect. Only perfection can create perfection, be it human being or a system. |
| I enjoyed seeing yayoi's backstory, especially how they talked about artists having the potential of becoming latent criminals if they get too involved in their work. What I really couldn't bring my self to fully enjoy though was the new beginning song, at least in comparison to the previous one which I felt was perfect for the series. I do hope that they get back to the main story line next week though. |
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Monad said: But that's the thing, if the one or ones created this system as a absolute to hide behind and do whatever they want cause they know how it works, would it be the most convenient for them? You just proved it that it is. By making something absolute and like that, you can do anything you want behind its back if you know the flaws of the absolute machine.Yumekichi11 said: All this is quite possible in the flaws of the system and essentially the creator can be centered over a interesting plot. The Nazis who escaped got families and now one of them made them machine. It’s possible this is just a wild theory but one from IRL that can be taken from mucho conspiracies revolving around it on the NET. So I am going to leave all this as the Creator is some ex bad guy that made the system not being able to recognize his types. New theory if you will. I don't think it's like that. Sybil isn't some evil intended system, it's just that it fails at realizing the complexities of human nature. For example it can translate stress etc as dangerous even when it's not exactly like that. It seem to fail to comprehend or underestimates the ability of the human mind over impulses or stress. Is like a mind reader that can see your crazy thoughts but can't comprehend your ability to ignore them or not take them seriously. A system like that could have work amazingly well as a helper but unfortunately many humans tend to like absolutes. It's easier for them because they can stop having to wonder and tiring their minds so they made it like a God instead of just a non absolute helping tool. And the more times the system was correct the more they thought of it as flawless and made it into absolute ruler. Such system is dangerous exactly because it isn't completely evil and it can be right most of the times. Because of that the lives of those getting unfair judgment got at first ignored and then just disappeared under the assumption that the system can't be wrong. Basically is like having a lie detector as an absolute. We know it's most of the times right but we know that it can be wrong too. But if we had it as an absolute we wouldn't even accept the possibility of it being wrong. a lie detector isn't an evil device it's just a system. As they say "The road to hell is paved with good intentions". bakuramariks said: Corrections, only the perfection that is superior to our own can perfect anything. For the Universe is not perfect and nor anything in it shall ever be.^ Exactly. And it is not perfect because we humans are not perfect. Only perfection can create perfection, be it human being or a system. |
| OMG they all had an orgy at the end ! |
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| Wow, this new OP is bad. Abnormalize was perfect. The new ED is OK, I mean it's still Egoist. Where is my Akane? |
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| yeah, abnormalize totally kicked this new fail engrish OPs ass... but the new ED is hella nice at first, i was kinda meh on this ep just being another backstory ep. but shit got really good, really fast. now i actually hope they continue and wrap up this story next week, i still wanna get back to the present with akane's situation and sasayama was pretty beast, sucks that hes dead now |
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| dayumm those were some nice abs and pecs in that new ending there. although i have to agree, the new op and ed songs suck compared to the old ones. i liked learning about yayoi. virtually nothing has been said about her up until this point and she actually seems like a decent person instead of a stone cold bitch like they were making her out to be. i like the anarchy theme and comparing sybil to a fascist system. all very interesting. i love anime that digest the nature of humanity. |
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| Very solid backstory episode. New OP and ED are pretty cool, but I still prefer the previous ones. |
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| This episode wasn´t bad, but they should have either showed Yayoi´s backstory earlier or not bothered with it in the first place. Trying to suddenly characterize a character who hasn´t had feelings for 12 episodes at this point is like trying to come up with an excuse, or just to say "Look at us! All our characters can get character depth. Aren´t we great?" I would have preferred her to have a few minutes of every episode for herself instead of doing an entire episode all about her. To me, the most important part about this episode was that they revealed something that could turn out to be an important fact: There actually are people who are trying to fight the Sybil system. Not everyone is just sitting around, complaining or simply accepting it. |
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| Ok, abnormalize was over the top but I liked the new OP, and I'm the only one here, I think. |
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| Not the greatest episode but i can see why it was a needed one, aside from character back story via flashback it also brings into light the problems of the system which was already being heavily questioned based on the fact that they couldn't kill the guy last time. |
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| It was cool to get some background on the characters and after the break was as good a time as any. Real solid anime this. Good characters and good writing. I used to have Ernie Ball strings on my guitar too. Good times those1 |
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| I'm okay with new OP and ED, liked previous ones much more though, both in terms of visual sequence and songs. I feel that Abnormalize was much more distinctive :D As for the episode, it was good. I'm sort of glad they decided to postpone with current story and instead gave us some further insight on Sybil and rehab system. Rehab system was the highlight of the episode for me. I mean, a mental institution with classical music, white walls and sleeping gas? Pretty messed up. Even more so, when Kogami mentions that it's next to impossible to emerge from there with a stable set of mind. Just further proves that sybil system is a sugarcoated atrocity. So in a sense that there's a possibility of Akane getting her Hue clouded and maybe undergoing a treatment program, this was sort of relevant to show. |
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| Now, that's how you do a Character Development episode, the only bad thing is that it came out of nowhere, specially after last ep but the episode itself was great, I liked that they showed the guy that died, quite a crazy guy indeed. Btw, why did they have to change OP/ED, the old ones were great, now I'll have to skip them. |
| Bring back Abnormalize lol, it suits Pyschopass perfectly unlike the new one |
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aiNkyy said: Ok, abnormalize was over the top but I liked the new OP, and I'm the only one here, I think. I like it too, more than abnormalize actually. |
| srsly, how can you show a cliffhanger, disappear for a few weeks and then re-appear with a character development episode? the episode itself was great executed imo, but i think we all were expecting more. anyways, it's was nice to know a little bit more about Yayoi and to see how was the inspector life for Kogami (also i know everyone has said this but, the dead guy looks like a complete ass) |
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