How Labels Destroy Us | PSYCHO-PASS Anime Discussion

PSYCHO-PASS is a great anime to watch from Gen Urobuchi, and it turns 10 this year in 2022. A classic dystopian tale with dark themes and hiden philosophy, PSYCHO-PASS shows a society wrought with complacency, giving all their hard thought over to the Sibyl System, which can "predict" crimes before they happen, and lock up "criminals" who've never committed a crime. This is seen mostly through Akane's journey in the anime, as she feuds with Ginoza, and grows closer to the latent criminals Kogami, Kagari, Kunizuka and Masaoka, all while they chase down the maniacal Shogo Makishima, some for revenge, who seeks to destroy the Sybil System. While it speaks to society as a whole, the purpose of the law, and much more, the entire story is reliant on labels, things like "Citizen" or "Criminal." So, we have to ask the question, how true are they to themselves and each other? Is Kogami really just a "hunting dog" out for revenge? Do they know anyone like Akane tries to, or do they simply judge based on labels alone, like Ginoza? And what about people with no tag, like Makishima? Is Sibyl evil, are they just complacent, or both?

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