STAND ALONE COMPLEX

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Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex

C: Public Security Section 9, Once Again – STAND ALONE COMPLEX

Kōan Kyūka, Futatabi STAND ALONE COMPLEX (公安9課,再び STAND ALONE COMPLEX)

About this Ghost in the Shell (GIS) episode:

Ghost in the Shell (GIS) - STAND ALONE COMPLEX the 26th episode of the "GIS Stand Alone Complex" series.

In this GIS episode, after 15 days of fierce fighting, the Umibozu complete their operation to take down Section 9 by capturing Batou and assassinating Kusanagi, though they remain unaware that the Major is actually still alive. The dismantling of Section 9, spun by the media as a JSDF preemptive strike against a radical security unit planning a coup, provides the Prime Minister with the public support his party needs to win the Lower House elections. Immediately after the election, in keeping with his promise, the Prime Minister discloses the information regarding The Laughing Man case, fingering Yakushima as the ringleader. Three months pass, during which Togusa tries to come to terms with all that has happened with Section 9. In his attempts to find information on the rest of the team, he learns that the Major was killed and the remaining members of Section 9 are serving time in a state prison for high treason. The news upsets Togusa, and he resolves to assassinate the man responsible for Section 9's dissolution. Togusa intends to catch Yakushima as he arrives at the ruling party’s headquarters, but before Togusa can follow through with his plan he is stopped by none other than Batou, who brings Togusa to Section 9’s temporary HQ. Here, Togusa is informed that Kusanagi is alive and Section 9's disbandment and destruction was merely a ploy. Elsewhere, Kusanagi and Aramaki meet with Aoi, the young man Togusa encountered at the MHLW facility, who turns out to be the true identity of the Laughing Man.