A showdown straight out of a western—
no, a duel straight out of a heroic tale.
A duel, fought in a moldy basement.
A dystopian Beowulf, metaphorically speaking.
We got it all wrong—even the time and place we were born—
and yet we ended up here.
We were born into a disturbed society.
Even so, we weren't mistaken in the path that we took.
What a waste.
Mr. Senguuji is much better at dealing with “strife” than I'd expected.
I wonder if it would be possible for those two to suddenly make amends.
Could they say, “Hey, we tried to kill each other once, but let's shake hands and reconcile.”
“Let's let bygones be bygones.”
Oh, no.
I'm afraid I'm enjoying this a bit too much.
I mustn't forget that I'm treading on thin ice right now.
Inspector Tsunemori, take Masaoka and go look for Kougami.
Kagari, Kunizuka, and I will split up in order to find and destroy the source of the signal interference.
Okay.
To be honest, I have no idea what's going on at all.
Strong interference, an underground area that our records say doesn't exist,
and a request for reinforcements from Kougami...
Well, the one thing we can say for sure is that this is pretty serious.
You think so, too?
I've never heard Kou speak like that before.
He really did sound desperate.
Dare ni mo miserarenai mono
My head is full of things
Atama no naka afurete
That I can never tell anybody of
Machigai sae mo nai sekai he
In this perfect world
Machigai sae mo nai sekai he
In this perfect world
Mayoikonderu
I roam, a lost being
Arienai hodo surikomareteru
This world is impossibly hard on me
Arienai hodo surikomareteru
This world is impossibly hard on me
Arienai hodo surikomareteru
This world is impossibly hard on me
Arienai hodo surikomareteru
This world is impossibly hard on me
Arienai hodo surikomareteru
This world is impossibly hard on me
Me ni mieru mono dake no "sekai" genshou
It's an illusion that plays out before my eyes
Me ni mieru mono dake no "sekai" genshou
It's an illusion that plays out before my eyes
Me ni mieru mono dake no "sekai" genshou
It's an illusion that plays out before my eyes
Abakidaseru kana
Can I find its faults?
Plastic tac tic
Mou dare mo okashiku narenai yo
Nobody is allowed to be insane
Kisama mo plastic beautiful world
You're made of plastic too, like this beautiful world
Utsukushi sugiru sekai ni
In this beautiful world
Boku wa nazeka
There is something
Hikari ga mienakute
That obscures all light for me
Haretsu shite yuku kokoro ga
My heart tries to break out
Mugen no rifurekushon
And finds no answer
Secret kills for you
Secret remains for you
Misekake no iro to
Don't show me a dark future
Mirai wo abakanai de
Nor a world of pretense
Keep it secret motion
What's with all the sneaking around?
So they're trying to ruin my fun, huh?
This must be it!
Take this!
User authentication: Enforcer Kougami Shinya.
You are a valid user.
Target's Threat Judgment has been updated.
Enforcement mode is Destroy Decomposer.
Target will be completely eliminated.
Please exercise caution.
Judging by its appearance and the pause after every second shot,
the enemy's weapon must be a double-barreled hunting rifle.
Unfortunately, your time is up.
The signal jammer has been broken.
Soon, the Bureau's main unit will rush in.
Lovecraft was taken out.
It was shot and destroyed.
He finally started shooting back.
Mr. Senguuji?
When I was young,
I often took part in construction work to build infrastructure in developing countries.
The more dangerous the place was, the more money I earned.
Conflict often broke out without warning,
and there was a limit to our ability to predict scenarios and manage risk.
I remember one time when we were attacked by guerrillas in one of those countries.
I think it was at least 70 or 80 years ago.
Back then, my colleague who'd been sitting right next to me was shot. Just like today.
My friend, who had been crying and shouting just a moment earlier,
was reduced to nothing but a lump of flesh.
His blood splattered and dripped down my head,
and his smell stuck to my entire body.
I don't want you to get the wrong idea, but that's actually a memory I look back on fondly.
In that moment, I felt alive... I really felt alive.
I felt it more strongly than I ever had before.
However, I'm experiencing that feeling again right now.
Once again, my blood has been set alight as it pumps through this mechanical heart of mine.
And now, you're telling me to run?
That would be cruel.
From here on, it won't just be a game.
That's exactly right.
As a hunter, I've shot down many prey over the years.
But now, I want to confront that man not as a hunter, but as a duelist.
Makishima...
I'm sure you didn't mess around with my game just to see me turn tail here, did you?
You're exactly right.
I'll witness your life's splendor until the very end.
It'll be checkmate for you soon, Enforcer.
Crime Coefficient is 328.
He's a target for enforcement action.
Amazing... We did it!
We won!
I'm sorry... for getting you to do something so reckless.
Once you get out of here, make sure you get therapy right away.
You saw... too many things you shouldn't have.
That's okay. You were wonderful, Mr. Kougami.
It almost makes me want to become a latent criminal too.
Don't be stupid.
Stop it!
Let me go!
I'd have loved to sit here and talk with you until the crack of dawn,
but you don't seem very well.
Until we meet again.
Stop it!
Mr. Kougami!
Don't let your guard down.
To call this suspicious would be an understatement.
There are bullet holes all over the place.
Must be from a shotgun.
It's been a long time since I last saw traces of a gunpowder-based weapon having been used.
Masaoka!
Kougami...
Someone...!
Yuki?!
What was that voice?
It think it was my friend, the one who went missing!
Kougami?
Kougami!
This is terrible...
He's got quite a few bullet wounds.
Missy! Can you administer first aid?
I've had a few training sessions, but I've never actually done it.
Then leave it to me.
What is it?
There's one more person.
He took your friend away.
Step aside, missy.
Whatever we do, we have to stop his bleeding.
Ah!
What're you trying to do?! Inspector!
The case isn't over yet!
Dammit!
This place is like a battlefield... No, an execution ground.
It couldn't have been just three or four people...
Several dozen people... No...
At worst, close to one hundred people must have died here.
Kougami was lured in here.
A mass murder? Why would the culprit commit such an atrocity?
Maybe he thinks it's all a game?
Hm?
Er... Well, ever since we came down here, I've had this feeling...
that this place looks like the kind of battle arena you see in online action games.
I could understand if it was virtual,
but playing a game using live human beings?!
This is Hound 1!
Can anyone hear me?!
This is Shepherd 1.
What's the status over there?
I took Hound 3 into my care.
He's hurt so bad that I'm surprised he's still alive.
The culprit is still on the run with a hostage.
Shepherd 2 is pursuing the culprit all by herself.
Please hurry!
Dammit! Got it.
Don't go anywhere.
We'll head over there to assist you right away!
Sounds like that damn “game” of his...
isn't over just yet.
My body feels heavy.
It doesn't feel like it belongs to me.
Well, the bullets are still in your body.
If my hands shake while pulling them out and I hit an artery, it really will become fatal.
Have the pros work on it after we get you out of here.
Where's Inspector Tsunemori?
That's what I'd like to know.
She went rushing off.
It seemed like she was chasing someone.
I'm done patching you up, so I'm gonna go catch up with that girl right away.
I'm coming, too.
You stupid?
But...!
Sorry to do that when you're hurtin' pretty bad already,
but I don't wanna waste any more time, injuries or no.
To be frank, she's in huge danger.
Enforcer Masaoka!
Good timing! Inspector!
Hold down Kougami so he can't get away.
You really are tenacious, aren't you? Jeez.
What is it?
Looks like Kou shot someone.
Senguuji Toyohisa?!
Senguuji, you said?!
Who's that?
Don't you even check the Ministry of Welfare's recommended news?
Why would I watch that crap?!
Stop right there!
This is the Public Safety Bureau!
Drop your weapon and surrender!
Crime Coefficient is 79. Not a target for enforcement action.
The trigger will be locked.
Akane!
Just hold on, Yuki! I'll rescue you right away!
Oh, I've seen you before.
You're Inspector Tsunemori Akane from the Bureau, right?
So you're the one who dragged Yuki into this. How dare you?
I'm Makishima Shougo.
Wh-What?! Makishima?
I see. So you know my name, huh?
I'd expect no less from the Bureau.
So you guys have at least some kind of lead on me.
We've got serious charges laid against you for multiple crimes.
As per the Citizen's Charter, I demand that you come with me!
If you need to talk with me, then let's do it right here, right now.
We're both busy people, aren't we?
You think you can escape?
You know, you should really do a better job of trying to draw me into the conversation.
That way you can buy some time until your reinforcements arrive.
I'm sure an experienced detective would do just that.
When you said “multiple crimes," which were you referring to?
Midou Masatake's? Or perhaps Ouryou Rikako's?
I knew it...
I think the only time people really have value is when they act according to their own will.
So, I've asked many people about their true, repressed desires
and observed their actions all this time.
Don't be so full of yourself!
You're just a criminal!
And how do you define crime to start with?
With the Dominator you're holding?
Does the Sibyl System that governs that gun decide it?
Crime Coefficient is under 50. Not a target for enforcement action.
The trigger will be locked.
By analyzing a bio-organism's force field read by a cymatic scan,
they figure out how a person's mind works.
Science finally discovered the secret behind the human soul,
and this society changed drastically as a result.
However, people's wills are not part of that assessment.
I wonder just what sort of criteria you use to divide people into good and evil.
What on Earth are you...
I want to bear witness to the splendor of man's soul.
I want to find out once and for all whether it is truly something worth admiring.
However, when humans base their lives around Sibyl's Oracle,
without ever considering what they really want, do they truly hold any value?
Well, while I'm here,
I guess I'll try testing you too.
I want to assess your judgment and actions as a detective.
Wh-What are you going to do?!
I'm going to kill this woman, Funahara Yuki...
right before your eyes.
Crime Coefficient is 48. Not a target for enforcement action.
The trigger will be locked.
If you want to stop me, throw that useless piece of scrap iron aside,
pick up the gun I just gave you, and use it.
If you pull the trigger, a bullet will come out.
Th-There's no way I can do that, because you're...
An upstanding citizen?
Because Sibyl decided so?
Crime Coefficient is 32. Not a target for enforcement action.
The trigger will be locked.
Wh-Why?!
I don't know why, either.
It's something I've wondered about ever since my childhood.
My Psycho-Pass has always been pure white.
It never got clouded in the slightest, not even once.
All sorts of vital reactions in my body must be affirming me...
thinking that my actions are those of one who is sound and good.
Stop it!
Help! Akane!
Yuki!
You people can't measure my sins.
If anyone, the only people who'd be able to judge me are those...
who are capable of killing based on their own will.
Let Yuki go now!
Or...
Or I'll be killed, not by a machine, but by your own intent.
That'd be an admirable resolution in its own way.
Now, you feel the importance of life in your index finger, don't you?
That's something you can never experience as one of Sibyl's puppets.
It's the weight of deciding something by your own free will.
Crime Coefficient is under 20.
Not a target for enforcement action.
The trigger will be locked.
Descartes said that those who are unable to make a decision
can't do so either because their desires are too great, or because they lack intellect.
What's wrong?
If you don't hold the gun steady, you'll miss me.
Now, aim at me with killing intent.
Akane...
How regrettable.
How very regrettable, Inspector Tsunemori Akane.
No!
Help!
Akane!
You've disappointed me.
So I'll have to punish you.
Don't...
Please!
Regret your helplessness, and despair.
Crime Coefficient is 0. Not a target for enforcement action.
The trigger will be locked.
Stop it!
Missy?!
You've come to?
Where's Inspector Tsunemori?
I just stood there and let Yuki die...
What happened?
I met...
that man.
That man?
Makishima Shougo.
The Dominators...
can't judge him!
A perfect plan is not one in which everything plays out according to expectations.
A perfect plan is one that has the plasticity needed to flexibly deal with any trouble that arises.
An Inspector at the Bureau...
You could say that my disappointment in her was to be expected.
But what about you, Kougami Shinya?
What degree of trouble are you?
What degree of chaos are you?
Do we contradict each other? Are we opposing each other?
I don't care either way.
I'm sure you are my polar opposite.
To you guys, I appear harmless, right?
An upstanding member of the Sibyl System who wouldn't harm a fly.
By the time you understand my methods...
it'll be too late.
3 years ago
...smash
Trigger finger
We're playing the role of ourselves
Into our flippant illusion
That's not good.
Don't you paint your nails?
Look. Isn't this cute?
You don't have to get one made for guitarists.
The cheap stuff they sell in stores works just fine.
This one is my favorite.
Sit down.
Here.
Yayoi!
Good morning!
It's time to get up.
Now, to all the latent criminals...
Be sure to keep working on purifying your Hue!
Good morning!
It's time to get up.
Now, to all the latent criminals...
Be sure to keep working on purifying your Hue!
An Enforcer? At the Public Safety Bureau?
Sibyl determined that you have the aptitude for it.
You're a latent criminal. I think this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you.
Does that mean... that my Psycho-Pass will never recover?
The Occupation Aptitude Test guarantees you a stable life
in which your talents are used to their fullest,
leading to a more civilized life for humanity.
The OAT has created a world where anyone can enjoy art, nature and peace.
Loaning service... Loaning service...
Excuse me.
You are Ms. Kunizuka, right?
The items you requested to borrow and purchase have arrived.
Please check the list.
Excuse me...
Yes?
I don't see the Ernie Ball strings I requested to purchase in here.
The purchase was not approved.
Why not?! I've requested them several times already!
Please submit another request to purchase them.
Hey! I haven't played the guitar for over six months now!
Look how soft my fingertips have gotten!
I can't play like this!
Your Hue has changed.
It is now dark yellow.
Don't worry. Please calm down.
Your Hue has been stable recently.
You'll be able to leave here soon.
When you do, you can play music or do whatever else you want.
This is a crucial time for you, so please be patient.
I'll leave the supplement here.
Loaning service...
You're just wasting your time, visiting me over and over again.
Sorry, but we came regarding a different matter today.
What?
We've had a number of street scanners damaged over the past few months.
The means of vandalism weren't consistent and the incidents each had different culprits.
At first, we thought that these incidents were not connected,
but when we tracked and plotted out the culprits' movements,
we found that they all hang out in Kitazawa, in Setagaya Ward.
We think that some sort of antisocial community has formed there.
We want to take it out.
So?
We'd like you to help us.
You used to be a musician based in the Kitazawa area, right,
Ms. Kunizuka Yayoi of Amalgam?
You must know every inch of Kitazawa.
What is it?
Yeah, got it.
What is it?
That was Sasayama.
He said he's tired of waiting.
Oh? Where's Kougami?
He's working, you moron.
Hey, no smoking in the car.
Okay, okay.
You don't have to work, Mr. Gino?
My work is done for the day.
So the candidate this time is a former Sibyl-authorized artist?
Yeah.
How in the heck did someone who was once an authorized artist end up becoming a latent criminal?
Beats me.
But I hear that there are many cases where people's Hues become clouded
when they become deeply involved in their art.
I see...
It probably means that a strong passion such as art, something capable of moving people,
can act not only as a medicine but also as a poison.
That's exactly why it started requiring prior approval.
And then an approved artist ends up becoming a latent criminal?
Good grief.
So will this girl become an Enforcer?
I heard that she wants to return to society.
She does, huh? How naive.
Just what do you think I can do?!
Why me?
Because I have the aptitude to be an Enforcer?
In this kind of investigation, a keen nose is needed.
The kind that only a detective has.
Sibyl judged that you have that potential.
What more could we ask from an ally, right?
Is Sasayama...
Hm?
...the one who said he was tired of waiting?
Oh yeah.
Is he an Enforcer?
That's right.
So you really do take them around like pet dogs, huh?
What you really want is a dog's nose, not a detective's, right?
I refuse.
I don't want to do anything that could cloud my Hue further.
Are you planning to get out of here so that you can play music again?
That's none of your business.
You're quite enthusiastic.
You've put in twenty-three purchase requests for guitar strings.
Even now, you're still taking care of your fingernails.
Enough already! Please leave!
I wonder if she'll work with us.
Well, Kougami is better at dealing with this kind of stuff than me.
So you do realize that you have no tact at all!
Shut up!
Yayoi!
What're you doing?!
Hanging out with a member of an unauthorized band?!
Your Hue's gonna get clouded!
What're you—
It's our turn again.
Sorry for skipping out on you before the job was done.
You can have this.
Later!
Yayoi, let's go home!
But I want to listen to their music.
Music by an unauthorized band is worthless!
I think making music just to curry favor with Sibyl is what's really worthless.
Frankly speaking, it's impossible to grasp all the event spaces in Kitazawa.
There are many abandoned buildings in that area,
so people have ended up using those buildings as they please.
It's not uncommon to see a venue open one day and disappear without a trace the next.
So what you're saying is that only those in the community
can know the time, date, and location of events?
Yes.
But there are some well-known venues among them.
So if you narrow them down further by comparing them with the culprits' movements...
If this group of people that you call an “antisocial community” really exists,
I think it's highly likely that they use either Yellow Hood
or 27 Club as their base of operations.
This is 27 Club!
So far, I haven't seen anything suspicious!
This is Yellow Hood!
There's nothing out of the ordinary here!
Understood.
Hey! This really isn't my scene!
What?
He sounds pretty carefree.
Well, he probably got used to it.
No matter how serious things get,
once you've lived that way for a while, it just becomes routine for you.
That applies to me, the Enforcers,
and those latent criminals in the rehabilitation facility.
What're you talking about?
People don't often return to society from those rehabilitation facilities in a normal state of mind.
In fact, I'd say that almost no one does.
There are those who break down from the confinement,
those whose Psycho-Passes worsen and end up being executed,
and all kinds of other cases, but most of the latent criminals just grow accustomed to it.
Accustomed to what?
To living in that place where everything they have is constantly taken from them.
And then it swallows them up.
Of course, you might be able to overcome all that through strength of will,
but there's also another way.
What's that?
A Dominator.
The Sibyl System permits only us Inspectors and the Enforcers to carry it.
It's the power held by those who take things away.
Those who take things away?
If you want to escape a life where everything you have is constantly taken from you,
you can join the people responsible for taking those things away.
And this is the power that enables it all.
Ms. Kunizuka.
It's been registered with your ID.
Hey! Who said you could—
You never know what could happen out in the field.
Take it with you.
I found a few suspicious characters.
They're standing by the counter, but they're not ordering anything.
I bet they're making a drop-off.
They're total amateurs.
This'll be a piece of cake.
Don't be reckless.
Rina!
Hey, you guys!
Huh?
Can I take a look at that?
What?!
Bingo.
Molotov cocktails? You guys are pretty old-fashioned.
Hey!
I'm with the Bureau.
Crime Coefficient is over 150.
It's the cops!
That idiot! I told him not to be reckless!
Doesn't this place have a fire extinguisher?!
This is an emergency!
Dispatch all Drones to 27 Club!
Sasayama!
This is Ginoza Nobuchika, an Inspector from the Public Safety Bureau's CID.
I'm requesting a dispatch from the Fire Department.
Listen, stay here. No matter what!
Kunizuka!
I'm sure that was Rina's voice!
Don't come any closer, you damn puppet of Sibyl!
Crime Coefficient is 98.
Not a target for enforcement action.
The trigger will be locked.
Everything under control?!
Are you gonna shoot me?! Go right ahead!
You're a goddamn fascist who blindly kills people when Sibyl tells you to!
Well, you sure are fired up.
The hostage is in the way.
Her Crime Coefficient's already 98.
Practically a latent criminal already.
Can't we just take care of them together?
We can't just start shooting everyone!
You're a nice guy.
I hope it won't cost you your life.
What's going on inside?!
You can't go in there anymore!
It's total chaos inside!
Do you know what happened to Rina?
You know, the vocalist for Prophecy?
She was on the stage when the explosion happened!
You're in our way! Move!
You call this a world where you can enjoy art and nature?!
Sibyl ruined my music potential!
Oh, how lucky for you!
You didn't have to waste your life half-assedly pursuing some dream you didn't have the talent to achieve!
Hey!
Shut up!
Rina!
Yayoi!
Are you okay?
Yeah, it all broke out pretty far from the stage, so we got out safely.
Hey, what are you doing here?
Were you able to get discharged?
Not exactly.
I came here with the people from the Bureau.
The Bureau?
Sorry, Rina! Thanks for waiting!
This is all we could manage to save.
Okay.
How many are left?
Rina, those...
Hey, who's that?
Nobody. Just go on ahead.
What's going on?
I'll catch up with you guys soon.
Okay, then.
Rina... What are you doing?
Put down your guns! Put them down!
Crime Coefficient is 314.
Whoa! Here's a big one!
It's exactly how it looks.
We're gonna overthrow Sibyl.
We're a resistance force.
If you do this, you'll become more than a latent criminal!
You could get executed!
You're different from how I thought you were.
What?
Say, Yayoi...
Why don't you fight with us?
I can't do that.
Why not? Because you're authorized?
No, that's not it.
You know how wrong our current society is.
Even if you vote for politicians in a few token elections, they're just figureheads.
As long as all the bureaucrats are chosen by the Sibyl System,
calling it a democracy is a big, fat lie!
People have become slaves of Sibyl, giving it control over their lives,
and they haven't even noticed!
But our music will definitely become a major influence!
We can move people's hearts!
We'll change the world with our music!
That's not what it was about for me!
Yayoi...
It wasn't about that at all!
All this time... I just wanted to stand on stage again with you.
That's all I wanted!
That's not enough!
When you were institutionalized, I realized just how powerless I was.
We can't solve anything by playing around!
Without power, it's completely pointless!
Pointless?
That's right! We need power, Yayoi!
Everything used to be fine as it was...
but things have changed, huh?
That thing...
It's a Dominator. Sibyl's eyes.
You work for the Bureau now?
Please, Rina... Come with me!
It's still not too late.
But if you continue down this path,
there really will be no turning back!
Come with me,
and turn yourself in for rehabilitation.
Are you going to shoot me?
If that's what it takes to stop you.
You can't shoot me.
No, Rina! I'm going to do it!
I'm really gonna shoot you!
You are an invalid user.
The trigger will be locked.
What? Why? How come?!
Wait, Rina!
Wait...
Hey!
I see. Good.
You almost gave me a heart attack.
Handing over a Dominator to a mere latent criminal is crazy.
It's completely unheard of.
Hey, are you listening?
Sorry about that.
I thought it'd be a good experience for her.
This means that Sibyl was correct.
I'll be back soon. Later.
Dareka wo aisuru koto nante
There's no way I could love anyone,
I will... become an Enforcer.
Dekiru wake nakutte
Dakedo dareka ni aisaretakute
But I wish to be loved by someone in turn
Huh?
I will become an Enforcer!
Kawaranai kinou ga zutto tsuzuita to shite mo
The world may not have ended yesterday after all,
Doko ni mo ike ya shinainda
But we will not budge
watashi to kimi
From where we are
Kamisama doko he itte shimatta no nee
God, in favor of which parts have you left us?
Henji wa nakute itsu datte sou da yo
I receive no reply, I never do
Are you still here?
You'll never walk alone
Anata to iku
I walk with you
Donna tsumi mo
I will share all your sins
Seotte ageru
Michi naki michi wo
I walk a trackless path
Aruiteku no
Anata to futari de
All alone with you
This is a world where the mental state and personal tendencies of humans can be quantified. While all sorts of inclinations are recorded and policed, these measured numbers used to judge people's souls are commonly called “Psycho-Pass”.
This story is a work of fiction. The names of all individuals and organizations that appear in this show are fictitious and any similarity to those in existence in the real world is purely coincidental.