Thoughts; This is different... In the future every person is installed with a device {Psycho-Pass} that measures their mental well-being. If this becomes too "cloudy" the authorities are alerted and the individual is arrested or killed.
Sounds crazy? Yep, It is.
Terms...
Psycho-Pass - Every individual has their own Psycho-Pass or magical mood determination device, Seriously though apparently this thing can measure a persons personality or what not to show just how likely it is for he or she to become a criminal.
The Pass is regulated by a Private company named Sibyl, As of episode 11 I really don't know much about this Sibyl company but it's probably up to no good. Anyway... If it's determined that a person is latent criminal they are locked up in this prison/psych-ward type place until their Hue's stabilize{maybe never} or they are recruited to become an Enforcer.
Public Safety Bureau - They are basically the mood police, When someones Hue gets too cloudy they are sent out to apprehend or kill the person. Depends on just how clouded their Psycho-Pass has become and what Sibyl tells them to do.
Enforcers - A branch of the Public Safety Bureau that is made up of latent criminals, They are basically dogs on the inspectors leashes. They are basically there to do the dirty work so the less clouded inspectors don't become clouded themselves... Yea, They are slaves.
Inspectors - The "Good Guys", Sort of. They are the tip-top of society, calm, intelligent, stable. The job is extremely stressful and can sometimes push them over the edge into Cloudy Criminal Land, Which when this happens they are demoted to Enforcer... or probably killed. Lots of killing going on here...
The Dominator- It's the Bureau's weapon, Which as seen in Episode 11 can be pretty damn useless. It quickly grades a targets Psycho-Pass {via Sibyl} to determine if they are a "threat" or not.
It has three levels, Stun, Kill and Pretty much decimate. The latter seems to be used on non-living objects such as robots and the like. Every level the gun takes a different shape and one must be registered to the weapon to actually use it.
If a persons Psycho-Pass is reading below a certain number the gun is useless, This... should have been thought of before hand but yea.. It wasn't.
Who we have....
I'll only touch on the main four who have had any actual character development...
Akane Tsunemori - The Newbie with a bright, budding future. Maybe. She is really just thrown into the deep end of the pool when arriving at her new job, With only a brief meet up with her Senior Officer Ginoza she is given her two "pet" enforcers, her weapon and sent on her way.
The first case was a little messy but, She proved that she could use her brain and not just do what Sibyl tells her to by saving a Victim whose Hue has become too Cloudy by shooting one of her own enforcers with the Stun force of the Dominator.
She's a bit naive at times, thinks a little bit too much with her heart more then her brain though her Hue remains fairly pretty considering all the crap she's gone through so far. It's kind of obvious she is developing some sort of feelings for Enforcer Kougami but only time will tell on that..
Unlike Ginoza she treats everyone equally, Enforcer and Inspector alike. This seems to be gaining her some love from all the Enforcers who were probably use to being treated like pets.
She's really just your normal main, female lead.
Ginoza Nobuchika - I can see this guy dying eventually, He's not completely unlikable per se .... he's just... Annoying. Akane's Senior Officer basically, He's been in the Bureau for a while at least.. not sure how long. He's really had bad luck though...
Before the Sibyl thing went into effect his father was an inspector, After he was an inspector who Sibyl found to be an Latent Criminal. The whole Sibyl thing was new back then so Ginoza and the rest of his family took a lot of abuse for being related to a "Latent Criminal". If that wasn't enough....
His first Partner in the Bureau also delved down into Latent Criminal territory after one of their Enforcers were killed on the job and the person responsible was never caught.
So yea, He's a bit of a jerk and pretty much hates all the Latent Criminal/Enforcers. He's always warning Akane about becoming too involved in things in fear that her Hue will also become too "Cloudy".
More on him Later.
Shinya Kougami - An Enforcer, The Enforcer in ways. He's the only one they really fleshed out in the first 11 Episodes. He use to be an Inspector, Ginoza's partner even until his Hue became too Cloudy and he was dubbed a Latent Criminal.
How did it become too Cloudy? One of his Enforcers died, A terrible death. Sasayama. Seems he was dismembered while he was still alive and this his body parts were made into some sort of Art Piece. It wasn't pretty. This sent Kougami down the rainy road and now... He's an Enforcer.
It seem that Akane may be developing some sort of crush on Kougami but only time will tell on that, His infatuation with the guy who killed Sasayama could be considered a bit unhealthy and of course that won't lead to good places.
Shogo Makishima - The Bad Guy, The hot bad guy might I add. He really kept himself more behind the scenes until episode 11, That's where he showed his true "power" so to speak. The Dominators won't work on him, His Hue is never Cloudy enough for the guns to even stun him... Even when he's about to kill someone right in front of an inspector.
He's pretty much the brains behind every case so far {besides the first episode}and he's the one that Kougami is after, The one semi-responsible for Sasayama's death. Of course, He seems to be equally infatuated with Kougami now... treating him sort of like his play toy.
Breakdown...
Episodes 1 thru 3 - Introductions and such, Getting to know you and some I have friends outside of work stuff for Akane. There's some squishy times in there for Akane and the Enforcers, Especially Kougami who she stunned in the first episode.
Third Episode takes them to an offline facility where Akane shows that she does trust the Enforcers enough to work along side them and not just handle them. Yea, Character Building and a little Plot device on where did the crazy guy in Episode 3 get the disc that sent the Robots nutty.
Episodes 4 and 5 - Introduces the CommuField, An online Community where people meet and chat via virtual reality avatars and stuff. The owners of the "Fields" tend to make money on how many people visit them so... the rivalry for popularity is major.
For some reason Makishima has stuck his nose into this, Backing some crazy guy which whom I forgot his name... The group of badies end up killing Field Owners and taking over their online personas. I'm guessing it was just amusing for Makishima for a while and then he... ditched the guy when he got bored of him.
TidBit; Akane has a cute Avatar called "Lemonade Candy" and for some reason Ginoza's Avatar is a floating Quarter...
Episodes 6 thru 8 - This case is pretty messed up, It's also a look back into the past in ways. The case that Kougami was working before he became a Latent Criminal even. Rikako Oryou is the perp, With the help of Makishima she creates sculptures made from her victims bodies and puts them on exhibition within holograms in random locations.
At first the Bureau thinks that it's the same person from The Specimen Case but Kougami, Even after being booted from the current case figures out that it's not the same. There's no "meaning" to the Sculptures and the places that they are being placed.
Anyways, Long story short.. Rikako is found out to be murdering females at her school and making the sculptures out of their bodies. Why? Because her father use to paint similar paintings and after the Sibyl system came into effect it ruined his life and so on and so forth.
Makishima comes into play because he was working as an Art Teacher in the school, Rikako was never arrested though since Makishima had the crazy half robot man hunt her down and kill her while she's trying to get away from the Bureau.
Episodes 9 thru 11 - Things getting serious, Makishima has his eyes on Kougami as his next plaything. Makishima kidnaps one of Akane's friends{Yuki} and uses her as bait, Akane doesn't realize what's going on but Kougami ends up being "captured" as well.
A long with Yuki, Kougami is put into a game of sorts. Where Mister Half Robot man is hunting the two of them down like bunnies. End Result, Half Robot Man is dead, Kougami is shot multiple times, Akane can't rescue her friend from Makishima because her Dominator won't work on him and she can't shoot a shot-gun to save her life.
Proving, Without Sibyl Akane is a terrible Cop. She can't do what has to be done.... Yuki is dead.
