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[10:04] (Sylocat) Ah yes, when we left off, the Summer Wars subplot was in full swing
[10:04] (Sylocat) Mom just said, “What’s with the safety pin?”
[10:04] (Sylocat) Ah, she was wearing a wire?
[10:05] (Arrlaari) She was wearing a VR suit in the police building
[10:05] (Sylocat) Yeah… like, a sting
[10:07] (Sylocat) Shades of Will Graham with this guy
[10:08] (Sylocat) “Get off my lawn, you kids”
[10:08] (Arrlaari) Akane is talking sense at luddite ideas
[10:08] (Sylocat) I like how this inverts the standard cyberpunk-dystopia tropes
[10:09] (Sylocat) Like, most SF would make the luddite guy right about everything and demolish strawmen
[10:10] (Sylocat) Ooh, different people using the same account?
[10:10] (Sylocat) It’s almost like the writers of this police procedural actually know something about computers
[10:10] (Sylocat) (can you imagine an American TV network trusting audiences to be able to grok that concept?)
[10:11] (Sylocat) Wait, did we see who got blown up?
[10:11] (Sylocat) Is this the guy who had the Orwell book?
[10:11] (Sylocat) Ah, no casualties, then?
[10:12] (Sylocat) Eww
[10:13] (Sylocat) “Missy?” That’s some kind of translation thing, right?
[10:13] (Sylocat) Gee, he knows exactly the right thing to say, doesn’t he
[10:14] (Sylocat) …
[10:15] (Sylocat) This is some actual psychology stuff
[10:17] (Sylocat) …Too many of the character designs look alike. Have we seen that guy in the mug shot before?
[10:18] (Sylocat) Another decoy?
[10:18] (Sylocat) Or not
[10:18] (Sylocat) Ah, clever use of the modular decorations here
[10:19] (Sylocat) Oh dear
[10:19] (Sylocat) Ouch
[10:19] (Sylocat) Will he get a bionic arm?
[10:20] (Sylocat) His use of the “I’m home” line, is that a commentary on otaku?
[10:20] (Sylocat) I officially feel sorry for this guy
[10:21] (Sylocat) Oh, this is just twisting the knife
[10:21] (Arrlaari) It’s that guy
[10:22] (Sylocat) Oh jeez, they can hear this?
[10:22] (Sylocat) I don’t care what this guy’s done, no one deserves this
[10:22] (Sylocat) Let me guess, all the transcripts have been wiped remotely
[10:23] (Arrlaari) Gee, maybe you should have apprehended the guy and questioned him about accomplices
[10:23] (Sylocat) Yeah, you’d think Sibyl would allow a nonlethal takedown option for the purpose of interrogation
[10:25] (Sylocat) Ah, an old case broke him?
[10:25] (Arrlaari) As I figured, he Gazed Into the Abyss
[10:25] (Arrlaari) The special case in question was no doubt Mr. Whitehair
[10:26] (Sylocat) Yep, from the opening
[10:26] (Sylocat) I wonder what he did
[10:26] (Arrlaari) Who is no doubt the guy who provided this culprit with accomplices
[10:27] (Sylocat) Oh, the next episode has a fun title, doesn’t it
[10:27] (Sylocat) http://www.psychopass.tv/watch/psycho-pass_episode-6
[10:27] (Arrlaari) preloaded
[10:28] (Sylocat) Gimme a minute
[10:28] (Sylocat) Okay then…
[10:28] (Sylocat) Click
[10:29] (Sylocat) Is this a flashback to That Case?
[10:29] (Sylocat) Oh jeez
[10:29] (Sylocat) No wonder that case made him snap
[10:31] (Sylocat) Who is this?
[10:31] (Sylocat) Is this the Chief of Police?
[10:31] (Sylocat) Ah, it is
[10:31] (Sylocat) I’d assumed the trenchcoat guy was the boss
[10:32] (Sylocat) Twelfth Night!
[10:32] (Arrlaari) Trenchcoat guy is an Enforcer
[10:32] (Sylocat) Ooh, a flashback to her school days?
[10:32] (Sylocat) I love how they Katakana-ize “Shakespeare”
[10:33] (Sylocat) BORING?!
[10:33] (Sylocat) Oh, it’s on.
[10:33] (Sylocat) Yes, I can see why Titus Andronicus would be relevant to Urobuchi…
[10:34] (Sylocat) Whew… she laughed derisively instead of embarrassedly, there’s a chance she’s not actually in love
[10:34] (Sylocat) “Theraputic tripping.” I wondered whether Sibyl would legalize pot
[10:36] (Sylocat) Mom was wondering that same thing
[10:36] (Sylocat) “Impregnating?” That’s an odd verb
[10:37] (Sylocat) Yep, they’re doinking
[10:37] (Arrlaari) They gay
[10:38] (Sylocat) “Certain,” huh?
[10:38] (Arrlaari) So white hair provided the resin
[10:38] (Arrlaari) His MO is to support criminals he judges interesting
[10:39] (Sylocat) Yarp.
[10:39] (Sylocat) He’s, like, a professional consultant criminal, who does “charity” work for more interesting clients
[10:40] (Sylocat) Wait, this is present day? I thought this was a flashback to Akane’s school days
[10:40] (Sylocat) I understand their desire to make this a “serious” show, but I wish they’d use more hair colors
[10:41] (Sylocat) She’s either a Mean Girl or she’s too good to be true
[10:41] (Sylocat) I like the stained glass windows in the background
[10:41] (Sylocat) For a moment I thought they were introducing aliens into this mix
[10:42] (Sylocat) The poor younger girl thinks they’re about to make out
[10:42] (Sylocat) Oh… there’s something actually going on?
[10:44] (Sylocat) Uh…
[10:44] (Sylocat) This is her version of whispering sweet nothings, apparently
[10:44] (Sylocat) That was a disturbing scene
[10:45] (Sylocat) Is this the guy from the factory?
[10:45] (Sylocat) Ah yes, he is
[10:45] (Sylocat) Yep, all from the same guy
[10:45] (Sylocat) So all the cases are tied together
[10:47] (Sylocat) Wait, what if Kogami’s dead friend IS the accomplice?
[10:48] (Sylocat) Or would that be too obvious?
[10:48] (Sylocat) Uh oh… they’re going to find a corpse there
[10:48] (Sylocat) WHAT
[10:48] (Arrlaari) It’s the missing student
[10:48] (Sylocat) Oh… is that the girl from the school?
[10:50] (Sylocat) So, whitehair is just a total literary buff? I’d assumed 1984 was a thematic reference, but maybe he just references a different work of literature each time?
[10:50] (Sylocat) Wow
[10:52] (Arrlaari) So, we have the season villain
[10:52] (Sylocat) Yep
[10:53] (Arrlaari) And we’ve tied what appeared to be a crime-of-the-week episode to the overall arc
[10:54] (Sylocat) Yeah. I was wondering if the cases were connected somehow
I also just found out the MLP premiere was this weekend. Wow.
Hi!
I was in your FMA Panel today and I just wanted to say that I’ve never enjoyed a panel as much as I enjoyed yours, nor have I ever learned so much in such a short time — and I’m a full time college student, if that says anything. You were truly inspiring and I’m so happy I got to hear your thoughts on one of my most favorite animes. Thanks for being the best part of AB 2016 for me!
Wow, thank YOU for this comment! I’m very glad you enjoyed the panel so much!