The story is mostly random crimes and special ops that the Section 9 crew goes through, making this seem like a cop story first and foremost. Their predecessors, the Fuchikomas are essentially the same thing, except with noticeably different mech designs. One of the things that fans of the series will notice is a lack of Tachikomas. Togusa is still a father and husband, Batou is still the smart ass, and Motoko is still cold and efficient. The characters, I'll admit, aren't exactly as fleshed out as they become in the show. You can certainly tell that this was done in the early 90s though,if only because of some of the inking styles and color portions of this book practically scream it. His city scapes and his mechanical designs seem as though they could actually work in real life. Shirow is an absolute master at creating realistic and detailed backgrounds.

The art in this is beautiful and brutal at times. Don't worry about it, because it only really lasts like 3 pages and if you read the massive amounts of extra information in the back it makes sense. Given that Shirow also dabbles in drawing hentai, I can expect this now, but I was a little unnerved when I first read it.

extremely graphic things that happen in the manga. One of the main reasons this might have happened is because there are some I'm shocked at how few people have actually picked it up, given the near fanaticism the show inspired. When I got home, it was damn near 3 in the morning, and I still ended up getting to sleep at like 5.īecause this book is frickin amazing. I had never read through a Shirow manga, with the exception of bits of Appleseed. I had already been such a huge fan of the movies and the series, I was eager to see where it all began.

Ghost in the shell volume 1