Reviews

I watched psycho-pass because it was recommended for fans of death note. A big difference between psycho-pass and death note is that psycho-pass is more sci-fi, while death note is more fantasy. However, what I liked about death note was that there was ONE fantasy element (the death note, which yes, did come with the shinigamis) that was placed in an otherwise normal and real-life-like world. I tend to like anime that show characters in a real, non-fantasy life, like Monster and Perfect Blue, and Death Note was amazing even though it had that fantasy element. However, in psycho-pass, the story is way to sci-fi to where things don't feel realistic at all. Also, it's just way worse. I honestly don't know how people could say it is BETTER than death note. Absolutely not.

Story - 7
Starting off strong. The story isn't that bad. The sci-fi element is actually interesting, and the first half of the series includes some thrilling and exciting situations. However, the overall story doesn't feel that special, but I think this is because the characters who drove it weren't that great. With boring protagonists and boring antagonists, any story is bound to fail.

Art - 6
It's okay, not my favorite. Don't like how some characters have big anime style eyes and others have normal looking eyes.

Sound - 5
Not comparable to Death Note AT ALL! Death Note is full of bangers! The music in psycho-pass doesn't feel as hype. There was only one track I really liked, and it's not during a hype moment at all, but during the interview with the woman and the cyborg guy.

Characters - 3
Here is where psycho-pass comes crashing down. The characters are either boring or annoying. That is NOT a good combination. Our MC basically has no actual personality traits. I don't know any of her interests outside of her job. She is just so boring and predictable.
Our MC's colleagues are mostly boring. There is maybe one or two that I actually liked, but they don't get a lot of screen time. The rest are either boring or annoyingly dramatic.
The psycho-pass team is so boring I was kinda rooting for the antagonist just because he seemed kinda chill. He is also boring, and I don't understand any of his motivations, but hey, at least he had a cool plan, which indicates he does have a brain capable of thoughts, so I rooted for him. But I knew I wouldn't care either way what happened at the end since all these characters are so lifeless.

Enjoyment - 5
Psycho-pass was fun to watch at first. The concept was interesting. It was thrilling for a bit. Some parts of episodes were good. But without good characters, an anime will fail. So since I didn't feel anything for any of these characters, and wasn't even motivated to watch season 2 to see the characters more, my enjoyment was little.

Overall - 6

Look. Psycho pass does have a great concept. And it can be fun to watch if you just need something. But do not think this will be like death note, and don't watch it if you are picking between other amazing psychological shows like Paranoia Agent, Code Geass, or Monster.