The Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm, Vol. 3

攻殻機動隊 THE HUMAN ALGORITHM #3

by Junichi Fujisaku (Scripter), Yuki Yoshimoto (Illustrator), Masamune Shirow (Creator)

This brand-new chapter fills in the gaps between The Ghost in the Shell: Human-Error Processor and Man-Machine Interface manga with a tense cyberpunk thriller written by Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex script writer Junichi Fujisaku.

Hackers attempt to assassinate a politician during a speech preaching the advantages of cybernetic prosthetics. Fortunately, Togusa is there to whisk her to safety, and the investigation leads Batou to a suspicious factory in the artificial islands in southern Japan. Meanwhile, Chief Aramaki hears of a disturbing discovery at the other end of the country: dozens of artificial bodies, illegally dumped near a village where an anti-cyberization sect conducts their training and “rites.” Among the empty shells is one formerly inhabited by the woman who embodied Section 9 until she left it behind and disappeared: Major Motoko Kusanagi...

Genres: Manga, Cyberpunk, Comics Manga

288 pages, Paperback

First published February 18, 2022

Reviews

[Norman Cook · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume closes one story arc with an action-packed finale. Some of it is somewhat predictable techno-thriller stuff, with lots of tense build-up, followed by seeming success, followed by inevitable miscalculation and a Pyrrhic victory. The underlining corporate and government corruption is not eliminated but is deferred to the next volume. The artwork is great, with a lot of soundless action that goes quickly.

[Tristan Damen · Rating 4 out of 5]

The action in this volume is so well drawn and coherent.