[justsomeguy]

* Psycho-Pass depicts one hell of a dystopia. With so much social control and aversion to stress, people have become unambitious and even stupid, to the point of not knowing a murder when they see it. Yet considering the riots that broke out, people's true natures of fear, anger, and violence were not changed by Sibyl at all. Nevermind that holograms are prevalent and most food is flavored fakes created from a single grain, representing what that society is on its way to being.

* The Sibyl System seems to actually believe that it is doing good for society. Pretty good representation of the self delusions and lies that real life dictators tell.

* Having the Sibyl System turn out to be composed of criminals' brains undermined the theme of security vs freedom, transforming it into order (under an evil despot) vs supposed chaos (but having freedom).

* Not showing the circumstances of Sibyl's implementation nor the outside world limits the amount of understanding and sympathy one can have for the system. Since we were never shown those, the only comparison would be the real world, and we know that we're not doing too badly without such a tyrannical system.

* Oddity: Makishima states that human lifespans have been shortening, but Masaoka being around shows that Sibyl could not have been around too long. So how can Makishima have enough data to make such an assertion, unless Sibyl itself is not to blame?

* Yayoi got next to no attention nor development outside of her single episode, and her former friends who rebelled against Sibyl were never seen nor discussed again. She and Shion feel as if they were written in solely to have more female characters and eye candy.

* The cyclical nature of the ending was frustrating. Makishima, despite all the focus he got, turned out to be a mere criminal with no lasting effects on the world, and Akane as the only person left with knowledge of the truth decides to do nothing and leave the true antagonist Sibyl be.

Score: 8/10