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Thanks for the random comment. That brightened up my day a little.

Aaaaand yep, you have great taste in anime. 10/10 would read again.

Well, we must also remember it is Japanese, so there may be some sort of societal message that we miss just because we're westerners. Brave New World and 1984 were very much condemning communism (as well as religion and other such things, but mostly communism). This is because of the Red Scare and such. I can see that the Sibyl System could be a play on Japanese society as it is now, where lives are completely dependent on singular tests that people kill themselves over. The Sibyl System is that new test and attempts to create a world with less suicide and more happiness. And I know that I'm looking into it more than I probably should, but I'm assuming there is some deeper meaning that is hard to catch as a Westerner. Though I can also say at the same time that if it were a bit more blatant it could be more effective...but I can't really say. I try to look at things in different ways but it's especially hard for the Japanese since their society is so different.

Don't mind me, I'm just blabbering.

On the ending of Psycho-Pass, I found it enjoyable. It was just part of Gen's nihilistic view more so than an ending. There was no solution to the Sibyl System and you had the choice between living in a crime ridden world or a world that is governed and controlled by a collective of minds that have managed to keep things happy while eliminating the things that make it wrong (or incorporating them). It's a very dystopian ending, kind of like 1984 or Brave New World where there was no solution presented for the wrongness that seemed to permeate a world where free thought and new ideas were highly regulized. I quite enjoyed the fact that it did repeat itself at the end just because it shows that there's a cycle. The person watching is given the choice to figure out whether the Sibyl System is right or wrong.

That's about the only thought provoking part is that idea of right or wrong, but that's the same idea behind all the popular "collective mind, Big Brother" sort of fiction. So Psycho-Pass didn't go out of its way to innovate in any way, just incorporated Cyber Punk and noir into an already established sub-genre. I gave it a high score because I found the show quite enjoyable to watch despite many of the flaws and a fairly interesting idea, despite all the unoriginality and prentention.

I could let SAO die in a deep grave, but the fandom is what kills me. It's exactly what anime needs...another reason for companies to create shitty action shows with bad plots, action, and characters and get a million fans who don't seem to understand that what they're watching is a smear of shit on a truck stop toilet.

I wish shows like Psycho-Pass or Ghost in the Shell were this overly popular. Not K-on and Code Geass and stuff. It leaves my only anime options as moe, harem, or shounen. I need something mature and exciting, not immature, uninteresting, and aimed toward awkward teenage boys.

Aaah, sorry, i didn't think that was a spoiler for someone who's a fan of his. I expect this stuff from all his works, and i like them for it!

And i know about his prestige, it's just i was expecting a lot more 2.5-3.5 score than it's getting! But yeah, push it right up your watch list, it's so good.