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Helpme said: In addition, he's been told they're anarchists, which given that what the chunibyo guns measure is thread to the social order, would always have a high value. (as would any political activist) Odd world building. Apparently the regime thinks just being a 'latent criminal' is enough to always handle things correctly, and all you need is some supervisors with no training. Akane comes directly from some civil servant academy. Seem rather fanatically naïve by the regime. It's a world where nearly everything is decided by sibyl, so it's not surprising people are being less and less responsible. I'm not sure there is still a "regime" apart of sybil. |
ImagineThat said: Horrible. Can someone please tell this guy that artificially creating moments to drop another one of those philosophical gems does not equal good writing. What the hell does this mean? ImagineThat said: So this whole episode was pretty much based on the laughing man case, at least a poor mans version of it any way. This series could do a much better job at disguising where it's influences are coming from. Although that's not the biggest problem, The weakest area so far is the mystery aspect. I find the comparisons to CSI quite fitting both have a lot flash but when it comes to deductions,piecing information together,twists and building suspense both are very lacking. Episode 4 is the first episode to even show the main antagonist, (except for the time leap in the intro to Episode 1), along with his evil plot to do whatever and you're already butt hurt about Urobuchi not hiding his influences? What is this? |
| That opening scene was kind of a cheap substitute for introspection. The avatar thing is all pretty stupid. Not too impressed with this episode in general. |
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| The virtual world seemed stupid at first but it looks very interesting. I can't wait to see where they take it. |
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david_werecat said: I think it is more tasteful with the tomato. To me it is no less fun with the tomato than actual dismemberment - in fact what is so fun seeing actual dismemberment ?note: I'm going to go against the trend and say that the tomato thing was a bit of a letdown. It would have been more fun to see the actual dismemberment. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Dat Spooky Boogie. This episode was awesome |
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| Ew, that was gruesome. |
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| some really bad guys come in the plot, this is interesting ^^ |
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| That dominator is useless against armed enemy. It's like Power Rangers transformation. Do they think criminals will wait few seconds until measuring his crime coefficient is done and then few seconds until gun gets power up? If Sibyl went down permanently it could make a great story. I wonder if it will be like Minority Report. |
| That ending was unexpected. |
| Woah, things just got good. |
| All you people who haven't watched Jinrui... |
Progeusz said: So?All you people who haven't watched Jinrui... |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Nothing. It just feels weird to see so much overreacting over tomato scene. |
Progeusz said: Perhaps because in Jinrui there was not much association with a real human body but here there is?It just feels weird to see so much overreacting over tomato scene. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Let's see what happens next. |
| Dies Irae! :) |
| Whoa, suspenseful episode with some creepy criminals who dismember and kill people down to the molecular level : O The killer kind of reminds me of Dexter with his process of making people disappear and his meticulous ways of doing so. |
Progeusz said: All you people who haven't watched Jinrui... I'm surprised that you made the connection O.o Jinrui is a lot more goofy/comedic. While Psycho-Pass have a much more serious tone to it. I simply cannot make the connection between 2 shows so different. |
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| Not really into the new story, but it was alright. Liked the previous episodes more. |
Raphow said: best moé show this season This.... seriously this does not feel like the same show that I saw in ep 1. Way to ruin the dark and gritty atmosphere >_> |
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| If it's impossible for the dead guy to leave the premises of his apartment without getting scanned and IDed by the system, so he has to be Dextered' inside and flushed down the toilet to avoid detection, why not simply check the logs of everyone who entered and left the apartment 2 months ago at the time of his murder, and just go from there? |
| so it goes into (internet warfare?) very interesting episode |
| Oh my God! This show is creepy. The new villains seems absolutely insane -_- Poor real life Spooky Boogie, she seemed so nice :( Akane is really a frail little girl. She like fainted when Masaoka barely touched her :| The relationship between Akane and Kougami still continues to develop. I wonder how it will be later on in the show. Great episode, even though it had way to many scenes in that creepy interactive world. And still poor Spooky Boogie :( 4/5 Sent with Mal Updater |
| Oh wow, I really enjoyed this episode! It seemed to have a different feeling than the others but that isn't really a bad thing to me. I can't wait to see how things turn out. |
| looks like the story will get more bloody...! i like the way they talk to each other. looks like some real investigation out there LOL |
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| can't wait to see the next episode! IMO maybe Akane is the one of those being targeted too ^.^ |
| Your so-called peaceful world makes me bored, so don't blame me if I destroy all of it. - http://worldinverse.smackjeeves.com |
| Preview for next ep!! |
ShoutaAzumaNov 8, 2012 7:08 AM
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bottosai-01 said: Raphow said: best moé show this season This.... seriously this does not feel like the same show that I saw in ep 1. Way to ruin the dark and gritty atmosphere >_> Yes because watching people getting strangled to death and having a criminal that dismembers people is not dark and gritty |
| Does anyone else need a doctor to confirm that someone without a head is dead? |
| I love the world-building in this show. Such an interesting setting. I could watch this all day. I'm continually fascinated by the details Urobuchi includes in each episode. Every time I watch them back, I pick up on new things. Whether it be the specifics of hue colors or the reasons for keeping the drone manufacture site offline (to prevent viruses and corrupt data from affecting the live coding). He's clearly thought this whole thing through. I'm impressed. I don't think I've ever seen this level of detail in world-building outside of games like Mass Effect or novels by Brandon Sanderson. It's truly astonishing, and whole lot more interesting than its source of inspiration 1984. It helps that there's a heck of a lot more depth here. I have my suspicions that Shougo is working for the Ministry of Economy. I'm guessing the lot of them are trying to control the virtual world, in much the same way as Winston from 1984 was a revisionist. What I'm not so sure of is if Shougo is actually a revolutionary. He doesn't look like someone who'd fight the Sibyl system. I expect that more from Kougami. In fact, I expect at some point Kougami and Akane to be at ends with each other, which the OP eludes to (as well as much of the first episode). This is also one of the only animes that have ever led me to do any amount of research pertaining to events that happen in the story. There is so much depth here that it is simply astounding. I for one have also been enjoying the character development, which I'm glad hasn't taken the character-based episode approach. I love learning about each of the characters as the story goes. It reminds me a lot of Puella Magi Madoka Magica in a way. And I do believe there to be a lot development already, which surprises me why people here think there hasn't been. I've already grown attached to Akane and Tomomi. And of course there's Shinya. But I feel Urobuchi has done a great job at teasing us their backstories and personalities without spoon feeding us. It will be interesting to see where he takes the story. To me this is by far the most interesting and well-made show of the year thus far. Keep it up! |
| The plot starts in this episode and it's very good, before I liked Psycho-Pass but now it starts to show how great it can be. The virtual reality world is very bizzarre and interesting, I prefer it to the ones of Sword Art Online and Accel World. It has been a pleasure for my eyes and brain to see such a good VR enviroment. The villain is reading 1984, I can already guess he hates a world based on order, he is an anarchist for sure, the perfect enemy to force characters to think about the world they live and how much the order can be dangerous. It's only a guess, but I'm already hyped just because of a book. It's my favorite episode of Psycho-Pass so far. I have to say the killing in this episode was realistic, it gave me the creeps to see the poor girl ends like that. |
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| Oooooooooooooookay ...episode 3 got me all over hyper...and now episode 4 made me SUPAAA CRAZY OTAKU *_____*!!!! Episode 4 so amazing!!! raaaaaaa i really love the pace xD Thus I 'upgrade' the overall score to 10/10 , for now though. :b ahhhhhh ..!! really love this anime now!! xDD Somehow it sometimes remind me of CSI a bit , hahaha . They got cool - hacker - woman in their team too which make it wow 8D P/s: PP YOU ROCK! |
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Raphow said: best moé show this season This. Loved the episode, the story is interesting and the character interaction was well done. 4/5. |
| Love the contrast of how dark and light this series is. OP and ED are the best that I have heard for a really long time. |
| The chip in my mind, it summons me. I gave my life to your machines. |
| Ugh, what a gross way to dispose of a body... |
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| Juice time ! |
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| Our first multi episode story. Sucks her friend died, but now I wonder how they weill take these guys down. And if Shogo is involved, you know Ko is going to go berserk. |
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| I thought I was watching Hidamari Sketch from how wide Lemonade Candy's face was. Anyway, great ep. Dark and quite menacing since the first ep. Looks like this will be a longer case too. Every time someone said 'Spooky Boogie', I smiled. I'm not sure but it seems like the ED changes slightly each time, if so, that's awesome. |
azeriraz said: Num1dad_Asura said: Finally Makishima Shogo makes his appearance, I have been waiting for this guy. 1984, hmmm......maybe a little foreshadowing here? More like obvious comparison. Yeah considering how this world operates it's indeed obvious comparison. If this are revolutionaries i really can't say i want them to fail since the system sucks. Any possibility that our little detective can end up joining their cause? Freigeist said: Despite various complaints about the "obvious" flaws of the system, the reasons why it is accepted keep piling up. This episode we get told that unemployment is basically nonexistent anymore since everyone gets assigned to a job or at least gets the opportunity to work. The life in this future is one of comfort, no need to think for yourself, Sibil does the work for you. Like in reality people are willing to let some unpleasant things slide like the lack of anonymity if there are enough advantages to balance them out. Prisoners don't have to worry and feel unsafe about finding a job or paying their bills ether but they still prefer their freedom than the prison. Safety without freedom is called prison. |
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| Haha, for Halloween :D? I really liked the ending. The art when she was dying... So cute :3. |
| I really like the way they say "Spooky Boogie." Even as that girl was being strangled, hearing that dude say "Spooky Boogie" made me smile. |
| Kougami is sexy. |
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| Fantastic episode! Their world and technology are so uniquely interesting. And Takehito Koyasu's voice is wonderful <3 |
rebelakuma said: Gino the talking coin.. haha.. Glad that this is starting to build up now.. Seeing him as a talking coin somehow reminded me of "The Brave Little Toaster Goes To Mars"...... |
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