Shogo Makishima

Shogo Makishima is a criminally asymptomatic individual whose stated goal is to liberate Japanese society from the Sibyl System, as he believes that it is turning its citizens into non-thinking automatons instead of independent thinking human beings.

Makishima is a male of average height and a slender, but fit build of an indeterminate age. He has amber-colored eyes and messy white hair held back in a ponytail. He wears a variety black jacket over gray pants. Despite the fact that he possesses a callous nature, his facial expressions depict a variety of emotions. He is physically agile and strong — a skilled fighter, as demonstrated during his first fight with Shinya Kogami who he defeats with relative ease.

He is a humanist on the dark side: someone enchanted by the worst aspects of human nature with no qualms about witnessing or causing others' suffering. He has the ability to manipulate people to do his bidding, possessing both uncommon charisma and a true gift for persuasive speech. He has no compunction about dealing death to those who either stand in his way or those of whom he has grown tired, either with his own hands or through subordinates. He enjoys reading dystopian literature and Shakespeare, as well as having a thorough knowledge of the Christian Bible. He is often seen reading and even quoting texts from these works on occasion. The thing that truly separates Makishima from the rest of humanity, however, is the fact that despite his diabolical intentions and actions, his Psycho-Pass remains unsullied.

Makishima personally states that he wants to see "the splendor of people's souls" and outwardly disdains humanity's way of living, considering humans worthless due to their dependence on the Sibyl System. He believes his actions will alert people to examine their motives and to determine the direction of their lives based on their own will, despite the fact that he is forcing them to do so. This adamant belief extends to the point where he is willing to die by the hands of someone "who has the will to kill".