Psycho-Pass — Characters & Cast

She wants to protect people and make the law actually serve them. Over time her motivation turns from trusting the rules to choosing them knowingly.

Akane begins as an innocent rookie. The staff said her growth from an innocent rookie to a mature and haunted person was one of their main objectives. She is forced to confront the system's flaws, and she grows into a hardened and morally independent leader who keeps the system standing while trying to improve it. In later seasons she is the steady center of a changed Bureau.

He wants to see Makishima stopped, and to be a detective rather than a killer. This slides toward a personal vendetta.

A former Inspector turned Enforcer, Kogami starts out as Akane's guide. His obsession with Makishima pulls him outside the system. He is absent from season 2 and returns later with further depth, and his path ends away from the society he once served.

He wants to see whether people can act by their own will once the system's judgment is removed.

His opposition to Kogami is the core of the first season's story. Calm even during violence, he forces Akane to understand his values about a desired utopia. His ideas keep echoing in the sequels.

He wants order and rules, and later wants to protect those he failed.

The by-the-book Inspector first clashes with Akane. After personal losses he learns to see Enforcers as people and later fights alongside them.