Audience reviews
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simonanimeman
Sigh…
Going to rip the bandaid off and just say, this season is a big step down from the first season. This season revolves around Akane continuing her service as an inspector joined with new enforcers with some returning characters. A new threat emerges who wishes to have the Sybil System judge itself.
From a grand story view, this isn’t bad, it can be interesting. However the execution sucked and whoever wrote this deserves to be judged by the Sybil System. The main issue is that this season follows many of the same story beats of the first season. Also, because this season is literally half of the episodes of the first season, it can feel very rushed and it never leaves enough room for any of the characters to really grow or for the story to continue organically.
Another huge blunde…
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Alright watch. Not amazing or bad, just alright.
I loved season 1 but season 2 doesn't really compare as far as plot and characters however it does a lot right.
Does a lot of the same things right, great animation, sound effects, and general vibes. If you want just a bit of mindless psychological action horror type stuff you will enjoy it.
The weaker points are characters and plots.
In general there's very little character development, half the cast is carried on from the first season and don't really change or get reestablished, the other half are just kinda setup to serve the plot as far as traits, desires, and arcs, very few personal moments.
The overall plot wasn't too bad, about right to fill 11 episodes and nothing special. It's distinctly less adventurous than season 1, the epi…
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One of the central moral messages of Psycho Pass is its commentary on corrupted law and the dangers of allowing external forces to dictate what is right and wrong to warn against surrendering your moral compass to a system that pulls the strings like a puppet master. That’s why the world of Psycho Pass is so broken that it mirrors how corrupted law and judgment can damage society and humanity as a whole, and how many lives it has already cost.
Now let’s get into the quality of the second season. I can see why the critics reacted the way they did when compared to the first season, which was nearly a perfect anime to sit through. Personally, I think the second season would have worked better as a movie adaptation, or at least in a longer format, given how rushed it felt. At times, it even l…
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"Psycho-Pass Season 2 – A Flawed Return to a Brilliant World"
Coming off the philosophical weight and noir brilliance of Psycho-Pass Season 1, Season 2 feels like a shadow of its predecessor—recognizable in tone but missing the depth that made the original so gripping.
The world of Psycho-Pass is still as fascinating as ever. The dystopian vision of a society ruled by the Sibyl System remains rich with storytelling potential. Akane Tsunemori returns with more confidence and emotional control, and it's clear she's grown from the trauma and challenges of Season 1. Watching her navigate a morally gray system with increasing resolve is one of the season’s strengths.
That said, the writing takes a noticeable hit. Kirito Kamui, the season’s antagonist, has an intriguing concept behind him—his…
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*No Spoilers*
This review is for Psycho-Pass 2, the second season of the series.
Summary:
Psycho-Pass is a psychological, detective-style show set in the future. Law enforcement is governed by the Sibyl System, which utilizes a person’s hue and Crime Coefficient to determine their mental state and likelihood of committing a crime. Unfortunately, this season introduces less interesting and even feebly written characters and unclear themes compared to the first season. If you are interested in sci-fi or detective shows, this may be of interest to you, although it pales in comparison to the previous season.
Story: 5/10
Season 2 picks up about 1.5 years later, when Akane and some less-interesting characters follow the case of Kamui, a new antagonist. Although there are some plot twists, the…
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While Psycho-Pass 2 does fall short of the highs of it's predecessor, I didn't find it to be quite as bad in comparison as others have made it out to be. Most of the new characters (especially new villain Kamui, even if he isn't quite as charismatic or complex as Makishima was) manage to be both interesting in their own right & different enough from the cast of the first season to make this storyline feel less like a rehash of season 1... Even if certain parts of the plot do make the rehashing pretty obvious.
Now time to go watch Psycho-Pass the Movie & the Sinners of the System trilogy before starting Psycho-Pass 3!
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Waited for Kougami the entire time watching hoping he’d eventually show up, and was severely disappointed in the end. The series foreshadowed him multiple times, even stating he was out on the run somewhere, but there was no search for him or anything. Usually, I can forgive plot twists like these in other series but Kougami really made the first season for me, and I wanted to see him again because he was so important. His relationship with Akane and his struggle with Makishima is what made season 1 as good as it was.
The new characters felt bland, and their incorporation in the story felt rushed somewhat. Sho was basically just there for his work on holos, his background barely mentioned besides his pills. I was really interested in him, but he was just so lackluster with little developm…
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It's been a while since I watched the first season of this show, I'll be honest, so my considerations about the past season won't be very specific, but only what I can remember in comparison to the second.
Let's star with a simple question: was this necessary? Absolutely not. I consider the first season of Psycho-Pass a masterpiece and in my opinion one season was enough, the second felt like a "plus" but it wasn't at the same level of the previous one. I started this season feeling satisfied of the past ending, so in a not good way.
But I enjoyed this season, at least way more than I could think before. Even if it seemed something "too much" of a franchise that already said what it wanted to say, at least it was coherent in the message.
The story itself was great in my opinion, it came pr…
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This is my second review, and second viewing of this anime. Which, before, I had an intense disliking toward. Of course, after re-watching, it's not as bad as I originally thought. Though, still not as great as the monolithic first season was.
Psycho Pass 2 has a lot going on for it. At first, it seems like a copy of what the first season was, but with a different cast and feeling. Some characters felt awkward and annoying, and others, pushed aside. The story mostly surrounds a new antagonist, who's got it out to change the Sibyl system and take revenge for what happened in his past. Of course, this antagonist,
Kamui, is not anywhere close to the outstanding Makishima from the first season, but if you take a good understanding to his motives, it's fair to say he's not terrible.
The story…
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Where is my Kougami? Waited too long for the anime to release and then there is no Kougami - disappointed. The anime plot turned out good - if you start this season with no background of first season (I know it sounds highly unlikely and makes no sense but) then you could probably find it interesting and good.
Tsunemori now has a new set of enforcers and she tries to find out the secrets of Sibyl while solving few cases. There wasnt anything new, not for me at the least. The continuity of characters were missing and it felt like a new series to me...
Okay to watch if you want to finish the anime, its not that bad, but you could start realizing the repetitive plot here and there - the animation and music is excellent though.
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Subjective rating: 8/10
Objective rating: 6/10
Psycho-pass 2 does a good job expanding on the ideas presented in the first season. While the narrative was not as well crafted, I personally still enjoyed it a lot. As for the characters, it's not the different cast of characters that I find problematic, but rather the lack of depth to them. Even the returning ones felt very hollow, aside from the most directly main ones. The art and animation was as good as expected, although there were a couple odd cgi scenes towards the end. I'd say it's worth watching, but certainly no masterpiece.
(mini review)
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I gave the first season of Psycho-Pass a 9, so you can say that the second season is really disappointing. I would have given it a significantly higher score if it were the first season though. The reason - they are basically identical. The second season is virtually the same as the first, just add a new freshman inspector Mika Shimotsuki, who admires Sybil almost religiously and does everything by the book, even when it leads to deaths of innocents. There's a new villain but he's virtually a copy of the one from the first season - again, he's someone who cannot be judged by Sybil and commits horrible deeds in public and again, Sybil attempting to eliminate the threat as silently as possible in order to avoid having to recognize its own flaws. There are also new enforcers and just like the…
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Quick take: "2" delivers as much content at part 1, but with some aspects better and some aspects worse. If you liked Psycho-Pass, you'll likely be a fan of Psycho-Pass 2. While I want to say "2" was better because I felt the storyline was more intriguing, the other shortcomings of the series hold it back.
I was actually a fan of the story in both "Psycho-Pass" and "Psycho-Pass 2," but felt that "2" did it slightly better. Whereas in "Psycho-Pass" we were treated to a lot of times where it felt like the show was nearing a stall, that is largely absent in "2." There weren't any moments where I felt the story wasn't progressing. I thought that while both probe the same general questions about a system like Sybil, they did it in enough of a different way that I didn't feel like I was repeati…
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Here it is. The worst case of franchise rape I have ever witnessed in an anime. This is literllay the gateway into the worst parts of Cash-Grabbing-Hell. Just clicking on this entry makes me wanna vomit. But whaterver...where do I start with this burning piece of dogshit with a plastic bag on top of it?..Oh I know the story.
What damn story???!! This pile of junk literally has no story. Just randomly thrown together scenes that don't even make sense on their own, yet alone making sense with anything from Season 1. Its really baffling how fanboys can actually write more than 500 characters just for the story and pretend how deep and sophisticated the story is, when there IS NONE! Just one random scene after another acting like it just did something. You can't even deem this as fanservice c…
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Another trip into the very dark world of Psycho Pass
Coming off of season one, quite frankly I had very high expectations. Similar to the expectations I had going to into season 2 of One Punch Man, also, following being thoroughly disappointed by One Punch Man, I was prepared for the worst.
I can confirm, it continues the dark suspenseful nature of the first, at the same time progressing the story even further. Ultimately, season 2 nailed it! Though we have some recurring characters from the first, they don’t seem used up with nothing to give. A perfect continuation of the story from the first with reinvented characters that continue to grow throughout. The new characters serve their purpose well too, filling the gaps left by the parting characters nicely. Furthermore, the new characters…
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While it unfortunately does exist, you're just better off pretending Psycho-Pass 2 doesn't exist, as Psycho-Pass 3 serves as the actual successor to Season 1. The horrible writing is due to rushed development of this season, as well as the shift in writers and production studio.
Season 2 attempts to emulate season 1 in theme, with mostly failure since Tow Ubukata isn't Urobuchi. Division 1's character deaths were largely unnecessary in Season 1, but in season 2 it's a pointless bloodbath.
It also fails the secondary protagonist of the season, Shimotsuki, whose character qualities are near-completely butchered. While Mika is redeemed and fleshed out in SS Case 1 and PP3, viewers who watched PP2 have to deal with a painful adjustment period to not view her as worst girl.
PP2 also disrespe…
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So, I thought season two of psycho pass was short, but very interesting it definitely kept me glued to my tv screen with each episode I was more and more hooked, the well thought out plans of the antagonist, was quite how do you say, astonishing that fact that, someone could be that intelligent to calculate such a cunning plan, at the same time being three or four steps ahead of ones enemy, I enjoyed this season almost as much as I did the first one, and looking forward until season three is finished, so that I can watch that one as well.
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As a follow-up, Psycho-Pass 2 serves little to no purpose.
This season does not lead to anything, it doesn't present any new ideas and worst of all, it tries to copy many things that are good about the first one, but fails miserably.
This could mainly be the fault of the staff being switched. The first season was made by Gen Urobuchi, Shiotani Naoyoshi and Production I.G. While they went off to make the upcoming film, another studio and staff went on to create this season in the meantime.
In the first season: The pair of Urobuchi and Production I.G was a match made in heaven. Since Urobuchi is known for his grim and dark stories that include many twists and lots of exposition (I.e Madoka Magica & Fate/Zero) & Production I.G are a studio that are famous for making cyberpunk shows with…
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Psycho Pass 2 Equation:
- Kougami
- Pops
- Makishima
+ Shimotsuki
+ Makishima Lite (Kamui)
= Decent, but nowhere near as good second season.
Psycho Pass season 2 removed all of the hard boiled edge from the first season by taking out the seasoned detectives and replacing them with a little girl so damn irritating, I was hoping the entire series she would be shot. Shimotsuki Mika is so insufferable, so loathsome as a character, it drags down almost every scene she's in. She was definitely the thorn in the side of this otherwise well done, anime.
That this backstabbing, nagging, lazy, incompetent fool, was the one who got all the time that Kougami and Pops would've had is almost unforgivable. If I never see another anime with a character this detrimental to the ability to enjoy a show…
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i found it astonishing that how many people hated the second season as it is so deep and have so much to offer to your mind if you look at it a little bit closely. its one of the most beautiful anime i have seen and loved it.. season 2 of psycho pass is great and greater than the whole season of Death Note for me. Akane's character got more deep and was no longer felt like a side kick to kogami. the sibyl system got deeper and showed its grey area and felt much improved and creative then how much writing was done to season 1.ginoza character got developed beautifully. overall its a must watch if you are intrigued by how the society works and how dots can be connected
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