I have to admit to being on a huge Masamune Shirow kick lately. After seeing the APPLESEED movie I broke out my old APPLESEED MANGA, re-read the original GHOST IN A SHELL MANGA, and have been looking at the 4 INTRON DEPOT Books, and I ordered this at the same time, not even believing it had come out, a reel sequel to GITS. I have had it for a while, but finally picked it up and read it. I did enjoy it greatly. I love his artwork, and it is a real pleasure seeing his artwork in full color in comic book form (some is in Black and White, but less than 1/3 I would say), and this looked great. I can honestly say I have no idea what happened. He seems to understand a good deal more about this than I do. Maybe I need to read it again, but right now I need to let my brain rest.

I am not really going to go into the story as I am still trying to digest exactly what happened. Motoko Kusanagi has left section 9, and this is 4 years later, and she now works for a multinational corporation, and seems to have many bodies, and many forms. This is all of course after she has joined with the other entity in the first manga (just as in the first movie). This is very metaphysical, and I am not sure exactly what happened, but it sure looked cool!