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Koukaku Kidoutai 2 ![]()
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Description
From Dark Horse:
March 6, 2035. Motoko Aramaki is a hyper-advanced cyborg, a counter-terrorist net security expert heading the investigative department of the giant multi-national, Poseidon Industrial. Partly transcending the physical world and existing in a virtual world of networks, Motoko is a fusion of multiple entities and identities, deploying remotely controlled prosthetic humanoid surrogates around the globe to solve a series of bizarre crimes. Meanwhile, Tamaki Tamai, a psychic investigator from the Channeling Agency, has been commissioned to investigate strange changes in the tempo... More...
March 6, 2035. Motoko Aramaki is a hyper-advanced cyborg, a counter-terrorist net security expert heading the investigative department of the giant multi-national, Poseidon Industrial. Partly transcending the physical world and existing in a virtual world of networks, Motoko is a fusion of multiple entities and identities, deploying remotely controlled prosthetic humanoid surrogates around the globe to solve a series of bizarre crimes. Meanwhile, Tamaki Tamai, a psychic investigator from the Channeling Agency, has been commissioned to investigate strange changes in the tempo... More...
Type
Manga
Related Series
Koukaku Kidoutai: The Human Algorithm (Prequel)
Associated Names
Ghost in the Shell 2
Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface
Ghost in the Shell: Man Machine Interface
Kokaku Kidotai 2
Призрак в доспехах 2:
Человеко-Машинный Интерфейс
攻殻機動隊 2
Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface
Ghost in the Shell: Man Machine Interface
Kokaku Kidotai 2
Призрак в доспехах 2:
Человеко-Машинный Интерфейс
攻殻機動隊 2
Groups Scanlating
N/A
Latest Release(s)
N/A
Status
in Country of Origin
1 Volume (Complete)
Completely Scanlated?
Yes
Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A
User Reviews
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Forum
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User Rating
Average: 7 / 10.0 (119 votes)
Bayesian Average: 6.86 / 10.0
Bayesian Average: 6.86 / 10.0
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Last Updated
March 23rd 2024, 4:20pm
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Genre
Categories
Category Recommendations
Koukaku Kidoutai 1.5: Human-Error Processor
Bubblegum Crisis
Keiji π
Eden - It's an Endless World!
Usagi Yojimbo
Bubblegum Crisis
Keiji π
Eden - It's an Endless World!
Usagi Yojimbo
Recommendations
Author(s)
Artist(s)
Year
1997
Original Publisher
Serialized In (magazine)
Young Magazine (Kodansha)
Licensed (in English)
Yes
English Publisher
Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #762 
(+20)
Monthly Pos #1711(+157)
3 Month Pos #2253(+1093)
6 Month Pos #5009(+618)
Year Pos #6869(+645)
(+20)Monthly Pos #1711
(+157)3 Month Pos #2253
(+1093)6 Month Pos #5009
(+618)Year Pos #6869
(+645)List Stats
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GITS 2 is a great manga buried underneath so much obscurantist fluff and nonsense technobabble that its quite hard to figure out on a first read. There is too much exposition about things that don't matter, and not enough exposition about stuff that actually does matter.
Chances are your eyes will glaze over at what is happening on the page due to the density of information, and the janky early 3-D CGI and glossy colored art hardly make it any easier to read.
However, despite all of those issues, its definitely worth the effort to crack.
The techno-religious mixture of the events happening. And the concepts of the next step in human evolution and merger with technology. Are together, fantastic. Some of the best Ghost in the Shell content out there is nested underneath the seemingly impenetrable shell.
Speedreading for the gist of things is impossible, but when you put in the effort to get what its saying, the payoff is pretty great.
Chances are your eyes will glaze over at what is happening on the page due to the density of information, and the janky early 3-D CGI and glossy colored art hardly make it any easier to read.
However, despite all of those issues, its definitely worth the effort to crack.
The techno-religious mixture of the events happening. And the concepts of the next step in human evolution and merger with technology. Are together, fantastic. Some of the best Ghost in the Shell content out there is nested underneath the seemingly impenetrable shell.
Speedreading for the gist of things is impossible, but when you put in the effort to get what its saying, the payoff is pretty great.
oooooh they should do a sequal!!! after Ghost in the shell movie 2 
If you found the first manga confusing, then this one will make your head spin. Most of it consists of hacking which is chock full of technobabble, and it also adds some esoteric elements to the mix. I had to read most pages multiple times just to figure out what's going on, and I'm still nonplussed by the ending.
It's so abstract that it's no wonder it never got an anime adaptation, although I recognized some plot elements from it in the Stand Alone Complex series. If you are a die hard fan give it a read, if nothing else for the beautiful art, otherwise stick to the original Ghost in the Shell manga and 1.5.
... Last updated on January 9th, 2019, 4:43am
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The premise is that after Motoko merged with the Puppet Master they created multiple versions of themselves. This manga focuses on Motoko Aramaki aka Motoko 11, with other "iterations" making appearances towards the end.
It's so abstract that it's no wonder it never got an anime adaptation, although I recognized some plot elements from it in the Stand Alone Complex series. If you are a die hard fan give it a read, if nothing else for the beautiful art, otherwise stick to the original Ghost in the Shell manga and 1.5.
... Last updated on January 9th, 2019, 4:43am
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