Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case.1 - Tsumi to Bachi is an isolated case involving Mika Shimotsuki, Nobuchika Ginoza and Yayoi Kunizuka as backup. Their case involving Izumi Yasaka, a psychological counselor in Sanctuary, a Latent Criminal Isolation Facility out in Aomori where they have to escort Yasaka back to the facility but with some investigating, things aren't as it seems in this "paradise".
Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case.1 - Tsumi to Bachi seems to be taking place during the second season BUT retconned the "point of no return" scenarios as they somewhat retain some of their second season stuff (also the other tip off being Shou Hinakawa being there). What this movie actually greatly improved on immediately in watching this movie was Mika as a whole as the second season absolutely assassinated her character but this movie gave her a bit of justice in this respect as a result giving off the vibe of her steadfast and "action first, talk later" take on investigating that Akane is the exact opposite take on so it was kinda refreshing and new to see Mika actually take on a case. Like Mika still has her extremely strong sense of justice and it was greatly shown through her investigation of the facility.
Ginoza has some good character development reinforced with his contrast and comparison to one of the higherups of the facility of Rojion and the entire "hunting dog and puppy" take on with this as Rojion thinks him being free makes him a "hunting dog" within the facility while he sees Ginoza as a puppy obeying all orders to his Inspector. The dynamic of Rojion and Ginoza does show of Ginoza staying by the law and not trying to end up like Kougami and much like Mika stick to the sense of justice and finish the case. Rojion on the other hand for LA sees, is what would of happened if Kougami was let loose and let his justice darken under a corrupted higherups at that. The dynamic between the two was pretty interesting as a result.
All the while Mika, Ginoza and Yayoi are in Aomori, Akane and the rest dig into the case and much like Yayoi gives not only the audience but clears any holes within the case at hand. Well with Mika and Ginoza being in focus, it's kinda expected for Akane to take a step back with this one and generally give them backup.
The entire case in hindsight gives us a microcosm of the Sibyl System and it's problems much like what the first season was trying to in trying to outright destroy it from the inside out. The analogies are all there, the Sanctuary being Sibyl System, the higherups of Tsujicho being Joushuu Kasei, the rest of the staff being the enforcers and the inmates being the population under the jurisdiction of the Sibyl System and heck even the final moments in wrapping up the case, Mika confronts this to the instigator to bringing light of this case having links to Sibyl as well.
Side Note: It's kinda fitting for the setting to be in Aomori as it's where one of the ruthless prisons in Japan (that of Abashiri Prison and the infamous escape artist Yoshie Shiratori) resided, so it's like Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case.1 - Tsumi to Bachi is also taking on what happens with the Sibyl System in prison and the "treatment" it gives to it's inmates.
The animation done once again by Production IG, well it's Production IG and not even their test cases, they went all out with the animation with this one, everything from the character designs, backgrounding and the action scenes and uncensored as always. As for the voice cast, Ayane Sakura did exceptional with her devil may care attitude as Mika, Kenji Nojima got to flex his cadence a bit as Ginoza and as much as Yayoi was backup, Shizuka Ito was great as well. LA's favorite voice actor oddly enough became Ayane Sakura, thank for the fact that this movie gave LA a different tune about Mika as a result.
Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case.1 - Tsumi to Bachi feels like a good direction and even recovery from the dismal second season's damage it did to the franchise and sure it was an isolated case but from patient zero finally getting recovered and showing her actual true self of Mika was a great step forward and for an isolated case still had some thematic relevance to the series so it wasn't a throwaway case much like the first Psycho Pass movie. LA is very much anticipating the next cases will bring and if Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case.1 - Tsumi to Bachi is just the appetizer, LA thinks LA will get a great meal and dessert with the rest of the movies but that in due time, but Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System Case.1 - Tsumi to Bachi was nonetheless a decent installment to the Psycho Pass franchise and a great step forward away from the abysmal second season.
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