Division One

The elite vanguard standing between the Sibyl System's order and the chaos of human corruption.

Division One is a unit within the Ministry of Welfare Public Safety Bureau's Criminal Investigation Department, tasked with solving crimes with latent criminals, Enforcers. Elite officers known as Inspectors research and evaluate crime scenes with the assistance of Enforcers, who are latent criminals charged with protecting the Inspectors and carrying out their instructions. Both are equipped with personally activated hand-held weapons called Dominators, whose integrated scanners provide the target's immediate Psycho-Pass. The unit's work is seen through the eyes of Akane Tsunemori, a rookie Inspector assigned to Division One.

Quick Facts

Affiliation: Public Safety Bureau, Criminal Investigation Department
Primary function: solving crimes with latent criminals, Enforcers

Lore & Background

Division One's composition includes Inspector Akane Tsunemori, a rookie, and Enforcer Shinya Kogami, who works under her watch during her first mission. The unit also includes veteran Inspector Nobuchika Ginoza, a strict man who looks down on Enforcers; Tomomi Masaoka, a middle-aged Enforcer who used to be a detective; Shusei Kagari, a carefree young man marked as a latent criminal in childhood; and Yayoi Kunizuka, a former musician turned latent criminal stemming from a relationship with a terrorist. The unit uncovers the crimes of Shogo Makishima, a Criminally Asymptomatic mastermind persistently assessed by the Sibyl System as having a low crime coefficient despite all actions. After Makishima kills Masaoka, Ginoza becomes an Enforcer after experiencing his father's death, and Tsunemori becomes the new leader as she welcomes Inspector Mika Shimotsuki.

Reader's Guide

Division One operates under the Sibyl System's governance. Inspectors research and evaluate crime scenes, including all personnel involved, with the assistance of Enforcers. Enforcers are latent criminals charged with protecting the Inspectors, adding their expertise and carrying out Inspectors' instructions. Both are equipped with Dominators, gun-like weapons that can only fire when approved by the Sibyl System and triggered by its owner. Inspectors have jurisdiction to fire their Dominators on the Enforcers should they pose a danger to the public or the Inspectors themselves. The unit's specific conflict arises from the tension between following Sibyl's orders and personal ethics, as seen when Tsunemori refuses to execute Kogami unless the execution order is withdrawn.