In this era, the System determines everyone's aptitudes and we all have no choice but to live by it and be satisfied with whatever "happiness" is forced upon us as we are unable to make our real dreams come true.

— Do you and Kougami want to be heroes that badly?!
— It's not about justice. It's an obsession. Even though you know there are other, wiser ways to live, you feel that if you turn your back on everything you've worked toward, it's like admitting you lived a lie. <...> This is because of our pride as men.

Do you think that's irrational? But you know, our line of work is full of things that don't make sense. What a person thinks or what he hopes for... We're in a time where everything in the human mind can be read by machines. And yet there are still people who would hate, fool, and try to harm others. If that's not irrational, then what is?

The energy that comes from the thrill of the hunt... It's a dangerous reward that goes hand in hand with death, isn't it?

Perhaps it really is the fate of artists to be struck by such inspiration.

If I were to borrow Max Weber's words, ideal bureaucrats are those who intently perform their duty without anger or fondness, without hate or zeal, and without love or personal predilection.