THE GHOST IN THE SHELL #5: What Fans Are Saying

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Frickin' Anna & Uni actually showed up! And voiced by Hisakawa and Kumagai just like in Dominion!! Absolutely legendary, man…

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Ep.5 "PHANTOM FUND". Dealing with the combat cyborg Coil Krasnov & exposing the rotten Sagawa Electronics scandal! The bittersweet take on mortality between cyberized & non-cyberized folks through Yano's death hit diff, ngl. Action scenes were absolute fire too!

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Ep 5 reaction: The Major stealing the Fuchikoma just for its cable to get cut is peak clumsy lol. Does Batou srsly think a robot can fix a dead human flesh bag? The gap between machine & human sense is real. Did Sagawa & the military know about the gold? And Major pulling out her gun even with a VIP pass is so damn funny.

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OMG they really brought Anna and Uni back! Plus Hisakawa and Kumagai from Dominion!! This is sick… They adapt this so damn well every single week. Fr, I wanna buy a cold beer for every single staff member… And tbh it makes me lowkey miss the old days when the USSR was still a thing in the original manga lol.

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Chief is literally the dream boss fr. Gotta be built diff to keep a wild bunch like Section 9 in check lol. Posted this before, but I rly need a spin-off about his younger days. I wanna know what made him the absolute chad he is today.

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Ghost in the Shell felt like 5 minutes again fr. That grave scene at the end… Is this taking place after the "grave shortage" we're dealing with irl? Looks like an indoor columbarium/cemetery. Masamune Shirow was literally predicting the future of dying lol. See y'all next week!

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Ah, the Yano episode already. Yamaton No.1 and the sales clerk actually made it in (cameos from the author's other works). Loving all these tiny Easter eggs. Tho I kinda wanted to see Batou stressing out more over the frozen natural oil lol.

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Welcome back from Dominion!! This is that rare ep where Batou shows genuine anger without Motoko around. Pretty sure I fell in love with this arc back in the manga… Briareos's vibe was just too strong.

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So damn sad… Like, super depressing… Fuchikoma's cuteness and Motoko's badassery are totally overshadowed by the gut-punch ending, and then "BLUE" kicks in during the ED to make the chest pain 100x worse. Legit can't move rn 😭

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Just watched! Cool, hilarious, and ends on such a melancholic note… 😢 Science SARU's animation style is a absolute blessing every single week. Fuchikoma and the Major were way too cute ☺️✨️

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Kagasaki's buff cyborg body looks even creepier in motion wtf lol. Totally unhinged to just ditch a handsome body for cold hard cash (though most people prolly just copy their old meat suits anyway).

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Ep 5. Yep. Exactly how I remembered it. This is why Masamune Shirow is an absolute genius. Hits different rewatching it in this day and age, fr.

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"If it's broken, just fix it," the casual Fuchikoma line mixed with the younger brother's feelings and Batou's thoughts at the end… Hits way heavier than expected.

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Btw Batou's arms are prosthetic so there's literally no way he'd get blisters (even the manga calls him out on his bs lol).

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Whew, another absolute banger this week…! Even though I already know literally everything that happens! Even though I can mouth the dialogue along with them! Still totally hooked!

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Best episode of the new GitS so far ngl. And then the Muzan lookalike popped up at the end and completely fried my brain lol.

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Watching Ep 5 of Ghost in the Shell. The pure, unadulterated nutrition you only get from Section 9's CQC and gunfights hits different.

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This fluffy-haired dude in the back somehow left a weirdly strong impression on me even back in the manga lol.

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Getting brushed off as a "training accident" is considered lucky in their line of work… Major and Batou's chat about this is just too depressing.

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Sneaking a whole gold bar into Yano's bank account… I mean, the guy died on the job so whatever, but still lol.

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Wait… is that buldge from the single gold bar supposed to be an offering/tribute to Yano…? Damn…

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"Did we have any other choice?" "……Thinking you might have is just being human." Peak dialogue fr.

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No way they actually got the OG cast (from the '93 Dominion OVA) for this!! Absolutely mindblown 😳

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Batou always spoils the Fuchikoma too much (cue the Fuchikoma's revolution arc lol).

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"That makes the data processing way easier." Damn Major, you sound more like the villain right there lol.

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"Batou's been at Yano's family's place for 20 mins. Go drag him back."

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Bro's rocking that 80s delinquent high schooler look, no wonder he refuses to accept it was just a "training accident" 😭

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Wait, Batou has prosthetic arms, so how'd he get a blister? Lowkey a wild biological reaction for a cyborg.

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Predicting the modern reality where only Russia can still manufacture vacuum tubes is some galaxy-brain foresight lol.

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"Why on earth did I bother getting a VIP pass… I'm such an idiot lol."

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Yano's brother having a short jacket screams old-school Young Magazine delinquent manga energy lol.

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Wait, are Anna and Uni actually voiced by the original Dominion OVA seiyuu?!

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Hold on, that's the real deal, not some cheap knock-off! (Points at left hand)

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Bro does NOT look like a photographer lmao (guessing he's hiding gear in that bag tho lol).

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The fast-talking nerd brought to life on screen is literally too accurate wtfwwwwww

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Yano's hair is brown!!! And his death face looks even more tragic than in the manga… 😭

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Hearing Sekine's voice coming out of such a cute anime girl body completely short-circuits my brain lol.

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That body and running form screams Kibutsuji Muzan. Even the voice matches too lol.

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The Major casually pocketing one of the enemy's gold bars and getting busted by Aramaki is so funny ww

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Is Coil Krasnov the actual inspiration for that crab bastard from Innocence?

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"It's Yano's kid brother. You never really get used to seeing this crap."

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From the family's POV, taking it out on them is literally the only outlet they got… Fr.

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It's the exact same VA as the OVA! Hisakawa-san! Kumagai-san! Let's goooo!

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The family just gets told it was a "training accident," absolute pain…