Ghost in the Shell Standalone Complex
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| Nice episode, I really love those little blue tanks :p |
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| The ending was hilarious. Also some Motoko development. |
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| Kusanagi is more badass than the Yakuza tbh. |
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| DOES ANYONE KNOWS THE SOUNDTRACK BACKGROUND WHEN MOTOKO WENT TO THE HOSPISTAL CAUSE IVE BEEN TRYING SEARCH THAT BACKGROUND SONG :( |
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TheGenesix said: DOES ANYONE KNOWS THE SOUNDTRACK BACKGROUND WHEN MOTOKO WENT TO THE HOSPISTAL CAUSE IVE BEEN TRYING SEARCH THAT BACKGROUND SONG :( Sounds like a part of this without the vocals. |
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| Why did Batou punch himself? |
SteampunkDalek said: Why did Batou punch himself? Motoko hacked him and made him do it. |
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TopgunUK said: Ohhhh, makes sense.SteampunkDalek said: Why did Batou punch himself? Motoko hacked him and made him do it. |
| Motoko smiled, I'm more than happy now |
| I want me a Tachikoma now. :3 |
| This was good episode. The character depth in the series is far better then the movie. The part when Batou punched himself was hilarious :) Batou vs Hand= Hand wins |
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| lol at the mafia stuff the ending was sweet |
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| I know I sound like a pervert, but did the richboy just peed in his pants? |
| "If you reject me, I'll blast a hole in you!" Kanzaki H. Aria Just kidding.  |
| It was a really interresting reflexion on cybernatization. Mokoto saw a young girl that wanted to stay human. On the other hand, someone else sold all is organ to become an entire robot with a conscience. She is between the two of them, it must have conflicted her psychologically. And beside all this, some scum trafic human organ. It was a pretty messed up story about a pretty messed up society. |
| «Time is passing so quickly. Right now, I feel like complaining to Einstein. Whether time is slow or fast depends on perception. Relativity theory is so romantic. And so sad.» - Kurisu Makise a.k.a. The Zombie |
| 5/5 Episode green color again! Deep and the full emotional impact on the character of Motoko that for once you let go, so we retrace the history of her. There is mostarta during the narration the irrationality of mankind. Nothing wrong the final part where Major puts in place Batou! Is priceless ... Drawings and discrete animations. |
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| Huh. I've been wondering why Motoko wears such a skimpy outfit all the time for awhile now, and this episode offered some explanation. I hadn't really thought about the psychological side affects of a completely prosthetic body; I think she's overcompensating out of some desire to still feel feminine/pretty. That's pretty interesting character-wise. The tachikomas are as amusing as always. Batou punching himself was pretty amusing too. Illegal organ trading is a pretty nasty business. |
| Got to see the majors tender side this episode, really sweet. Also the ending for this episode was hilarious LOL. The poor tachikoma got stuck too ;__; |
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RafaelDeJongh said: Nice episode, I really love those little blue tanks :p totally agree, they add just enough humor, like when it got stuck and screamed desperately just for the mayor to say "wait" and it then is like "ok!" every fiction and real life take on organs traffic make me feel weird in my stomach, yet I enjoyed the story a lot, particularly when Motoko confronted the band leader in the corner xD |
| That self knockout was priceless. RafaelDeJongh said: Nice episode, I really love those little blue tanks :p |
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| Hmm I wonder if that watch holds any significance. Though its a stand alone episode this episode also does a good job of showing a different side of the Major. |
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| Astonishing episode, and a pretty emotional one, too. It makes me want to wonder if anything of GITS will one day become reality and dilemma's like these will actually become a thing. |
| For a moment I thought she really killed that kid there ^^ Motoko smiling is hnnnngh <3 |
| Best episode so far Motoko's smile = love |
 Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| Tachikoma.. oh Tachikoma xD Female cyborg is scary, with only her smile Batou just hit himself :0 Bowling Tachikoma xD |
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| An interesting stand alone episode yet again, and it may just be my favourite. Organ traficking and the question posed about whether the Major falls in the camp of having prosthetics just for the joy was fascinating. Im loving the psyche of her personality a lot, and cannot wait to exlpore more of it! |
| Motoko and Section 9 are really starting to endear themselves to me after this episode. This was definitely an important one to throw into the mix since they were needing a little bit of character development. |
| What is the connection between teddy bear and "4th story" as mentioned in opening description? |
I only think that they are not just friends, but friends with benefits ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)  |
| The question isn't "What anime do you like?" That is merely a list. The question is "Why do you like it?" That tells a story. Your story. |
| Tremendous episode and it was nice to see a different, softer side of Motoko. She did not have to give that geek a lesson in real life, but she did. I don't know too much about Motoko's background, but I think in a lot of ways she wanted her life to be just like theirs: good families, able to get a great education, and a lot of potential. Really enjoying the show and looking forward to the next episode. |
| Pretty pointless episode, but seeing Major smile was worth it. |
| So the argument that Motokos sexy outfit symbolizes something is more or less true. Really good episode. Initially I thought it would be just an unrelevant sidecase, but I liked how much it fleshed out Motokos character. Also lol at her beating down Batou. The smile at the end was cute. This show is starting to grow on me. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Oh man! I've heard the silly music that played with the introduction of the robo-director Iwasaki before. So nice to find its origin! Here is the song I mean. It's so cute! |
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| Episodes like this give some insight into Motoko's mind (she's otherwise pure soldier/policewoman). She has a strong sense of identity as a woman, despite the fact that she's had an artificial body since the age of 6. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| Oh boy yet another episodic filler. Zzzzzzzzzz |
| oh damn is Batou's brain mechanical or something lol |
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| some great worldbuilding but meh episode. not as interesting or as good as the other episodic stuff |
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| I love how cool, calm, and collected our guys from section remain in situations like these, showing restraint, not letting emotions get to their head, especially Major herself. I believe their mentality will refuse to break under any amount of pressure. edit: people having the nerve to call these episodes as "filler". You get "filler" when there's an overarching narrative, and then an episodic is shoved in the middle of that story that doesn't add anything to the plot. Maybe I'm wrong, and the whole Laughing Man matter actually is counted as the main story. But otherwise, this is clearly an episodic series dude. This is the equivalent of calling 22 out of the 26 episodes of Cowboy Bebop as "filler" because they don't have Vicious in it. It won't be anytime soon that a random soul will stumble upon this, but when they do, just know that this is meant to be episodic, before you write down and file your complaint. If I'm wrong, then I guess I'll just eat my words later. |
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Erebus25 said: Same question here...I recall Motoko not being able to control the cyborg body and crushing a doll, but not a bearWhat is the connection between teddy bear and "4th story" as mentioned in opening description? btw, was nice to see the box dude and the pig plant plot from the manga |
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