A review by cordiaelly
Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface by Masamune Shirow

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

The colours are pretty (but the 3d is a bit ugly) and the drawings are beautiful. But above all there's a hypersexualisation of women's bodies. This was already the case in the first two volumes, but now it's worse. I ended up rolling my eyes every time I saw panties or a woman so arched she must have scoliosis; by the end I had a headache.
The story is rather slow and not particularly interesting, even incomprehensible at times; Kusanagi's shadow doesn't loom large enough to provide a real gripping plot.