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Psycho-Pass (TV) (all seasons).

I believe pretty much most if not all of what you posted Harleyquin. But take a look at this weeks Daily Streaming Review, and follow up with in the forum. So many people just did not understand what the Psycho-Pass is, and what it is made of, that they just tripped up.

I agree the way they are facing this season is a little different, but it is not wrong, and personally I prefer this due to things like lack of high school girls turned into sculptures or crazy cyborg hunter.

I'm wasting my time if I post in that forum. I read what is being said there, but I prefer to post my reply here since it's quieter. Users in this forum also seem to be allergic to non-English text, so keeping it here probably makes things easier for the moderators.

2. English Language Usage

These forums are English-language forums. All users are expected to have a working knowledge of proper English. We are not an IM chatroom; we expect proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation. All conversation must be in English. If English is your Second Language, please say so in your first post. If you have a disability that impacts your writing ability (e.g., dyslexia), then please say so in your first post.

The following background information can be found both on the official website and the Japanese wikipedia entry that copies the info word for word.

物語の開始は西暦2112年。作中での世界は2020年頃から始まった新自由主義経済の歪みによる貧富の差の拡大から、世界的な倫理道徳感の崩壊を招き、紛争・犯罪の激化による政情不安のため政府や国の崩壊が起こったという設定になっている。この間、メタンハイドレート開発によるエネルギー自給と、遺伝子強化された小麦・ハイパーオーツの普及による食糧の自給の道を見出した日本は、海外の紛争の余波を食い止めるため、シビュラシステムによる判断とされる鎖国を開始し、他国からの違法入国を水際で防ぐために国境に武装ドローンを配備し、世界で唯一と言える平和な国となっている。そして国をあげて食料自給に力を注ぎ、国内経済の立て直しを図り、企業の国営化と大量の失業者支援のための「職業適性考査」を行う。この「職業適性考査」がやがて発展し、シビュラシステムへの開発とつながり、さらなる進化と試行期間を経て、2070年頃には社会システムの隅々までを包括的に管理するために本格的に社会へ導入された。この頃には食料自給も確立。経済成長と社会安定に成功し、世界で唯一の法治国家としての体裁を成すに至った。
このため、作中世界の日本国民はシビュラシステムに強く依存し、ITやドローン等によってオートメーション化され、サイコパス測定のためのスキャナーに監視された生活・社会活動を送っている。サイコパスや犯罪係数測定による治安維持は、2090年過ぎ頃から実用化されている。

It's the 21st century so everyone who can't read Japanese can use browsers with automatic translators to get a sense of the background behind the series. The above should partially answer HaruhiToy's query on the rationale behind the Sybill system.

Harleyquin wrote:

I'm wasting my time if I post in that forum. I read what is being said there, but I prefer to post my reply here since it's quieter. Users in this forum also seem to be allergic to non-English text, so keeping it here probably makes things easier for the moderators.

It's not about being allergic to non-English text, it's a matter of it's the rules here.

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2. English Language Usage These forums are English-language forums. All users are expected to have a working knowledge of proper English. We are not an IM chatroom; we expect proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation. All conversation must be in English. If English is your Second Language, please say so in your first post. If you have a disability that impacts your writing ability (e.g., dyslexia), then please say so in your first post.

Harleyquin wrote:

The following background information can be found both on the official website and the Japanese wikipedia entry that copies the info word for word. 物語の開始は西暦2112年。作中での世界は2020年頃から始まった新自由主義経済の歪みによる貧富の差の拡大から、世界的な倫理道徳感の崩壊を招き、紛争・犯罪の激化による政情不安のため政府や国の崩壊が起こったという設定になっている。この間、メタンハイドレート開発によるエネルギー自給と、遺伝子強化された小麦・ハイパーオーツの普及による食糧の自給の道を見出した日本は、海外の紛争の余波を食い止めるため、シビュラシステムによる判断とされる鎖国を開始し、他国からの違法入国を水際で防ぐために国境に武装ドローンを配備し、世界で唯一と言える平和な国となっている。そして国をあげて食料自給に力を注ぎ、国内経済の立て直しを図り、企業の国営化と大量の失業者支援のための「職業適性考査」を行う。この「職業適性考査」がやがて発展し、シビュラシステムへの開発とつながり、さらなる進化と試行期間を経て、2070年頃には社会システムの隅々までを包括的に管理するために本格的に社会へ導入された。この頃には食料自給も確立。経済成長と社会安定に成功し、世界で唯一の法治国家としての体裁を成すに至った。 このため、作中世界の日本国民はシビュラシステムに強く依存し、ITやドローン等によってオートメーション化され、サイコパス測定のためのスキャナーに監視された生活・社会活動を送っている。サイコパスや犯罪係数測定による治安維持は、2090年過ぎ頃から実用化されている。 It's the 21st century so everyone who can't read Japanese can use browsers with automatic translators to get a sense of the background behind the series. The above should partially answer HaruhiToy's query on the rationale behind the Sybill system.

Just because it's the 21st century does not mean everyone is adept at working a computer, or the intricacies of a browser. And going by what you said if it's so easy you could also translate it yourself and post it.

You wait over a week before finding it worth the effort to criticise my posts?! Someone's got time on their hands.

All my conversations ARE in English, nothing in the rules prohibits me from quoting whole blocks of text in Japanese (last I checked, this is a forum on JAPANESE ANIMATION). I've not used any language other than English to converse with other users. I'm not sure if I've made that many grammatical mistakes to invoke the wrath of the gatecrashing grammar Nazi either.

Feel free to report all of the offending texts as you see fit, I'm amazed someone else didn't bother to do so sooner if it was such a flagrant breach of forum rules. Considering the amount of chatter that goes on in this thread compared to the feedback equivalent, it's perhaps unsurprising.

In the age of Google Translate and in-built translation tools for modern internet browsers, I'm not going to apologise for not translating the text from the wikipedia entry especially since it's long and people like you wouldn't bother with investing time and effort on tasks which wouldn't be acknowledged anyway.

So one question I would like everyone to answer is do you feel sorry for Shimotsuki Mika or not?

Sure she is a cowardly self-righteous backstabbing little prig who is useless in a crisis. But jeez..

Unlike many people in these forums, I did not dislike Mika. Actually, this episode was the only one in which I was annoyed with her--she had uncovered excellent investigative material, but instead of sharing it with her team to remove only Togane--and possibly help move the case against Kamui forward--all she did with the material was for petty office politics.

In retrospect, this was consistent with her behavior in season 1: This was the same sort of pettiness that led to the tragedy with her friend.