Akane Tsunemori

"The law doesn't protect people. People protect the law. Humans have always fought against evil and sought out a righteous way of looking as a group. Those feelings, the accumulation of society's feelings are the law. They aren't just provisions or arbitrary rules. They're the fragile and irreplaceable ideals that we all carry in the deepest recesses of our hearts. Compared to the power and hatred, they're something that can easily be broken down. People have prayed for a better world since the dawn of time. Hoped for a better future, sacrificed freedoms for it's sake. In order for those prayers to hold meaning, we have to protect the law, that promise of a better world, to the very end. We can't just give up on it because it's flawed."

- Akane Tsunemori

Akane Tsunemori is the main protagonist of the science-fiction anime series Psycho Pass. She is an Inspector of the MWPSB in Unit One. Introduced as a rookie, Akane soon become a full-fledged detective who thwarts numerous revolts against the highly dubious Sibyl System, which she believes is necessary to keep peace in spite of its major flaws.

She is voiced by Kana Hanazawa in the Japanese version and Kate Oxley in the English version, the former of whom also voices Mayuri Shiina, Anri Sonohara and Charlotte Dunois.

Appearance
Akane is a young woman with pale skin, short brown hair and large brown eyes. Her office uniform consists of a white blouse with a dark gray blazer and medium length skirt. Her operations uniform usually consists of a police jacket over her work attire, with WPC and 103emblazoned on each arm. In 2114, Tsunemori is seen in a new office uniform consisting of a structured white top with a dark blazer and dress pants. She still wears her police jacket over her work attire. She often wears the same blazer and skirt but with a yellow blouse. Her casual clothes include a black woolen coat, a pink sports suit and a yellow bedgown. She also likes to wear various Holo clothing over her suit. She is 163 cm tall, making her the shortest member of the team until Mika Shimotsuki joins.

Personality
Akane appears to be shy and naive at the time of her recruitment. As time goes on, she is revealed to be intelligent, compassionate and insightful as an Inspector. She agonizes over the purpose of her existence, which is an uncommon trait when compared to others. She can sometimes be headstrong and gets angry at people for doing things with which she heavily disagrees.

Akane is polite and respectful and after spending time with Shinya Kogami, one of her Enforcers, she develops into a full-fledged detective with a strong sense of justice, even to a fault. An example of this is when she is unable to kill the murderer Shogo Makishima not once, but twice: the first time leading to the death of a friend and the second time preventing her from avenging said murder. She is also shown to be modest, believing the Enforcer Yayoi Kunizuka was giving her way too much credit when she said she could put her life in her hands.

After being shown the true form of the Sibyl System, Akane is shown to be hateful towards it, but since she knows the current society cannot live peacefully without it, she agrees to maintain it, regardless of her own feelings. She believes the system will be terminated in the future.

Season Two brings out new personality traits for Akane. While she retains her kindness and patience, she is also cool headed and rational.