Psycho-Pass - Episode 22 [END] Discussion / Poll

[Kairin]

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[LightningZERO]

It's coming!

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Most likely it’s just me not paying enough attention to how many episodes this series got, but... it ends already??! I’m surprised due to my ignorance .

[Aesthetic Shampoo]

Man, i forgot this was on noitamina...

[ErrMacros]

It seems there's a major spoiler in PV.

[Mad Pierrot]

Originally Posted by ErrMacros

It seems there's a major spoiler in PV.

The hyper oats seem fine.

[Reincarnated]

Noooo damn it I dont want this series to end.... T.T

[MisaoFan]

Spoiler for Episode 22 (End):

This episode turns out to be better than I expected. It started with the showdown between Enforcer Shinya Kogami, Inspector Akane Tsunemori and the modern wanderer Shougo Makishima. The two police officers keep chasing after the latter to save the day, only ending with Shinya killing Shougo with his revolver, leaving Akane in tears. It was neither a happy ending nor a sad one, something in between. Then an aftermath, which takes places 2 months later, has Ginoza praying the death of his father Tomomi Masaoka, and Akane comes to talk about it. The after sex scene between Yayoi and Shion finally takes place, and it's finally confirmed that they both make love each other ! It's still obvious that Yayoi is a lesbian, but I'm not sure if she is also interested in men as well. The ending scene shows on how the newly-admitted Inspector Mika Shimotsuki, who's once a Rikako's classmate from the lesbian schoolgirl murder arc (episodes 6-8) appears in front of Akane, who acts pretty cold recently. Then Shinya shows up alone, and it is hinting that the Psycho-Pass franchise isn't ending ! I really enjoyed the final episode even though it feels underwhelming at times, so it turns out to be okay. I feel sad that Shinya didn't end up with Akane as expected, even though I'm dreaming whether they meet up again or not. Ginoza finally recovers his bad thoughts, Yayoi and her beloved lover Shion are still alive, Shougo is finally dead (I don't dislike him, his ideas are interesting but I find him a little too revolting) and the world rests in peace despite Sibyl System dominating it. I think I'm going to write my overall thoughts of this superb series when I have time !

[LightningZERO]

So basically we have 'history repeats, but something is changing' sort of ending. It seems everyone is exchanging their roles and history repeats, with different set of characters and new roles. A cycle...of sort

Akane -> Gino (An inspector who became colder after a key case)
Gino -> Kougami (An inspector demoted to enforcer after a key case, where his key person got killed)
Masaoka -> Sasayama (An enforcer killed in the key case and served to change other characters as well)
The naive newcomer Mika -> Akane (Taking her role, of course)

And, Kougami -> Makishima? I know it's sorta pushing it, but it seems Kougami has picked up some literature reading habbit like Makishima. The book he's reading at the end is In Search of Lost Time: Swann's Way

BTW, is that Professor Saiga with the chief in the ending credits?

[Darthdevil]

I think it was a nice ending , not perfect , but nice . I really wanted to see Makishima and Akane talking about the sybil system , but what ever . It seems like Kogami is on a boat , I think he is leaving Japan and maybe heading to the USA ? Or was it a prison transport ? Who knows , maybe the end also hinted a sequel , but I think it was rather a conclusion , just to round things up , to prove the power of the system again .

[pampz21]

I wish 2nd season turns out, probably just 12 episode when Kogami goes to sibyl system to shut it down, just like Akane said, that one day someone would come to turn them off!

[Mad Pierrot]

The ending. So Kogami shooting Makishima was a way of showing mercy? I believe the best thing Kogami could do is searching a more peaceful job but that's not what he wants.

[Shadow5YA]

Eh... I don't know what to make of this. It feels like Akane's efforts negotiating with Sybil amounted to nothing in the end.

[Meltyred]

I like the fight scenes in the episode.
Did not fancy the ending though.

[HandofFate]

Wow, what an ending.

I enjoyed it. The role reversals, coming full circle. Good stuff. And even a nice lesbian scene between Yayoi and Shion.

As an ending it makes sense. If they went the path of just shutting down the system, it would end with "well the country is in chaos now, oh damn, we're out of time" The End.

Now its a bittersweet ending with at least the hope that one day, the people won't need such a system in place.

[Entravity]

It's a solid ending, but it's nothing fantastic. Enjoyed the series overall. From the ending, maybe we can see a little bit more of the Sibyl System.

[Chiaki_chan]

great end for this anime great!

a new inspector, Kogami a fugitive, Gino become enforcer ..... I want a season 2!!! ><

and Yayoi and Shion scene.......

[Nachtwandler]

Theres no need for more. Maybe some backstories of characters but not the continuation. The end is perfect for me.

And yeah, dat Shion - Yayoi scene!

[Klashikari]

I certainly didn't expect a "break free of the system" kind of conclusion, but color me quite unimpressed and annoyed by the "and things come into a circle" ploy, considering the build up so far is, practically speaking, meaningless at this point.
There wasn't any "magically universal good ending" possible with this series to begin with, that's a given. However, being sent back to square one is rather a major gripe with me.

[Dop]

I liked the ending. It didn't pull anything flashy out of nowhere or execute any sudden deux ex machina.

Spoiler for 22:

In the end it was kind of a stalemate. OK, so Makishima lost but the Sibyl System didn't exactly win - it didn't get his brain added to the mix as it wanted, but it's still there.
Effectively, the system is "too big to fail" because of the chaos which would ensue.
Although as we know "too big to fail" is a fallacy.

I also liked the circular nature of the ending, with a new young rookie reporting for duty in the rain just as Akane had done in the beginning.

So yes, a solid sensible ending, I think, and while it may not have been the "ding dong the Sibyl System's dead" ending some may have hoped for it wasn't a flawless victory for the system either.

And maybe like another Urobuchi penned show, the ending has hope that the system will change, that things will get better.

Yeah, There had really better be a second season of this!