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Psycho Pass: Inspector Shinya Kogami #4
Psycho-Pass: Inspector Shinya Kogami Volume 4
From Star Creator Gen Urobuch (Fate/Zero, Puella Magi Madoka Magica) comes the fourth volume in the manga prequel to the hit anime series Psycho-Pass!
The perfect society and its price...the manga prequel to the acclaimed anime series! In the 22nd century, the Psycho-Pass measures emotional health, making crime not only rare, but strange and dangerous--and the only "safe" job for a person on the borderline is as a cop...kept on a virtual leash as they hunt down the criminals they may soon become themselves!
How did rice, once sacred to Japan, become its forbidden food? Division 3 descends into the deepest levels of the Special Sector in search of a lost field under a hidden sun...and the mysterious woman at the heart of their case, Kirika Nouzen.
The perfect society and its price...the manga prequel to the acclaimed anime series! In the 22nd century, the Psycho-Pass measures emotional health, making crime not only rare, but strange and dangerous--and the only "safe" job for a person on the borderline is as a cop...kept on a virtual leash as they hunt down the criminals they may soon become themselves!
How did rice, once sacred to Japan, become its forbidden food? Division 3 descends into the deepest levels of the Special Sector in search of a lost field under a hidden sun...and the mysterious woman at the heart of their case, Kirika Nouzen.
184 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2016
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December 29, 2020
WTF THAT CLIFFHANGER. THIS VOLUME IS NOT END. WTF. I NEED. MORE. VOLUME IN. ENGLISH DAMN IT.
July 12, 2023
Everytime I think I know where this case is headed I’m left with more questions than answers! It’s a conspiracy wrapped in a conspiracy wrapped in… you get the point!!
March 20, 2018
This volume really lays it on thick. The Nietzsche quotation at the core of Psycho-Pass, something about gazing into an abyss, is quoted in full in this volume. Here, we see Kogami budding into the jaded, recognizable detective from the Psycho-Pass television series.
The volume begins with a much-needed recap of the story thus far and also suggests that an overarching villain, something this series has been sorely lacking, is present. This is a fast-moving volume with great plot advancement, but the best moments are the conversations between Kogami and Waku, Kogami and Minoru Toshi, and Kogami and Kurata and Torii. That makes conversation the main attraction, although there is a nice action setpiece too.
Though the stakes of this prequel are becoming more clear, a question of choice lies at the center of all Psycho-Pass media and perhaps all dystopic fiction, there is an underlying contradiction in the manga's ideological universe. Although Toshi wants to imagine choice, the production of rice was done out of necessity: to serve those with an allergy to Hyper-Oats. Likewise, the villain seems far less ideologically motivated. If anything, she has a pathology that absolutely forecloses the possibility of choice. What is the nature of the equivalence drawn between the compulsive annihilation of the color red and the dictation of one's social positioning by Sybil? Sybil, ostensibly, makes a choice for the benefit of the population. All of this is to say that the symbolic world of this manga, though enjoyable, might not quite be lining up.
The volume begins with a much-needed recap of the story thus far and also suggests that an overarching villain, something this series has been sorely lacking, is present. This is a fast-moving volume with great plot advancement, but the best moments are the conversations between Kogami and Waku, Kogami and Minoru Toshi, and Kogami and Kurata and Torii. That makes conversation the main attraction, although there is a nice action setpiece too.
Though the stakes of this prequel are becoming more clear, a question of choice lies at the center of all Psycho-Pass media and perhaps all dystopic fiction, there is an underlying contradiction in the manga's ideological universe. Although Toshi wants to imagine choice, the production of rice was done out of necessity: to serve those with an allergy to Hyper-Oats. Likewise, the villain seems far less ideologically motivated. If anything, she has a pathology that absolutely forecloses the possibility of choice. What is the nature of the equivalence drawn between the compulsive annihilation of the color red and the dictation of one's social positioning by Sybil? Sybil, ostensibly, makes a choice for the benefit of the population. All of this is to say that the symbolic world of this manga, though enjoyable, might not quite be lining up.
March 30, 2020
3,5
"Combattendo contro i mostri, stia attento a non diventarne uno a sua volta".
Gli autori devono aver percepito le mie difficoltà, perché in questo quarto volume hanno inserito un bello schemino riassuntivo delle varie scoperte fatte nel corso del caso. Gli organi marchiati erano solo il primo passo, hanno scoperchiato un bel vaso di Pandora e diversi segreti che non avrebbero mai dovuto vedere la luce del sole. Ora, la prima e la terza divisione si trovano di fronte a una minaccia che potrebbe creare diversi problemi al sistema Sybil, con l'introduzione in commercio di un alimento non conforme alle specifiche stabilite. Un progetto nato per sfamare persone a cui erano stati impiantati i cosiddetti organi maledetti, concepiti per un'alimentazione a base di riso, e quindi allergici alla iper avena, si trasforma in un rischio per la sicurezza nazionale. Inoltre, sembra essersi aggiunto un altro elemento di disturbo, legato a una certa avversione ossessiva verso il colore rosso.
A parte il caso in sé (leggermente meno astruso rispetto ai volumi precedenti), l'elemento che ho amato di più riguarda la dinamica dei rapporti all'interno della terza divisione: la fiducia, il rispetto e l'affetto che legano Kogami, i suoi esecutori e Waku (anche se quest'ultimo non lo dà a vedere), una cosa non prevista e non incoraggiata dal regolamento. È davvero la parte più interessante della storia.
"Combattendo contro i mostri, stia attento a non diventarne uno a sua volta".
Gli autori devono aver percepito le mie difficoltà, perché in questo quarto volume hanno inserito un bello schemino riassuntivo delle varie scoperte fatte nel corso del caso. Gli organi marchiati erano solo il primo passo, hanno scoperchiato un bel vaso di Pandora e diversi segreti che non avrebbero mai dovuto vedere la luce del sole. Ora, la prima e la terza divisione si trovano di fronte a una minaccia che potrebbe creare diversi problemi al sistema Sybil, con l'introduzione in commercio di un alimento non conforme alle specifiche stabilite. Un progetto nato per sfamare persone a cui erano stati impiantati i cosiddetti organi maledetti, concepiti per un'alimentazione a base di riso, e quindi allergici alla iper avena, si trasforma in un rischio per la sicurezza nazionale. Inoltre, sembra essersi aggiunto un altro elemento di disturbo, legato a una certa avversione ossessiva verso il colore rosso.
A parte il caso in sé (leggermente meno astruso rispetto ai volumi precedenti), l'elemento che ho amato di più riguarda la dinamica dei rapporti all'interno della terza divisione: la fiducia, il rispetto e l'affetto che legano Kogami, i suoi esecutori e Waku (anche se quest'ultimo non lo dà a vedere), una cosa non prevista e non incoraggiata dal regolamento. È davvero la parte più interessante della storia.
August 2, 2018
Despite some of the continuing problems I have with the series (speech bubbles are hard to follow, hard to distinguish/remember minor characters), the story is getting a bit easier to follow with each volume. It was nice to have a recap of the case near the start to re-orient me to the series, and I liked the conversation towards the end about what justice means/how much of that is just because of society or not, though I think the philosophical issues broached have always come off to me more easily in the anime. Honestly I think it's a story better suited to anime than manga so far because of what you can do with the visuals and style, but I'm willing to keep reading.
April 4, 2018
as always, a joy to read. it's not as attention grabbing as the anime is--probably because we have to wait a while for each installment, and I'm a forgetful being who has to reread the entire series before starting the newest volume--but still really enjoyable. I'm interested to see how they incorporate this plot with that of Psycho Pass season 1.
September 21, 2017
Kasus hyper oats ini semakin berliku.Ketika Kogami merasa semakin dekat ke penyelesaian, ternyata muncul petunjuk lain,yang membuat penyelesaian kasus ini semakin jauh.Tapi benang kusut mulai terurai. Kogami dkk terus memburu dalang dari kasus ini.
September 12, 2020
Book #113 for the year 2020
The case continues. Looking for the source of the "clear pasta' they find some things they are looking for, but it opens up even more questions than before.
The case continues. Looking for the source of the "clear pasta' they find some things they are looking for, but it opens up even more questions than before.
January 2, 2021
I NEED MORE! DON'T MAKE ME LEFT-HANGGED! WHY VOL 5 AND 6 GOT NO TRASLATION?
January 3, 2023
Di base mi continua a piacere, ma ritengo che questo quarto volume sia stato un po' confusionale.
April 18, 2024
this series has everything...murder, food production, cannibalism, guns that judge your criminality, holograms, the color red.
May 12, 2024
Psycho-Pass: The movie
June 3, 2026
The conspiracy just keeps expanding😭
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