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A review by griesskopf
The Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface (Deluxe Edition) by Shirow Masamune
1.0
That was... disappointing.
I had my troubles with the first installment, but this one is much worse.
Most of the (at times incoherent) story consists of a naked Motoko (a ... variant? ... "daughter"? of the protagonist in Ghost in the Shell) floating through cyberspace and commanding small .. AI-assistants(?). I'm still not sure if they only existed in cyberspace or if they had a physical body in the real world. But I am sure that their design looks horrible and that I miss section 9 with its characters and even the Fuchikoma.
I was also not a fan of the 3D-ish artstyle. Neither of the coloring, which changes from fullcolor to black & white apparantly at random, or the excessive fanservice. And can anyone with actual knowledge about hacking tell me what over 50 percent of dialogue are supposed to mean?
In short: The art was not my cup of tea and there was too much tech-babble for me to care and try to understand the all over the place plot better than I do.
I had my troubles with the first installment, but this one is much worse.
Most of the (at times incoherent) story consists of a naked Motoko (a ... variant? ... "daughter"? of the protagonist in Ghost in the Shell) floating through cyberspace and commanding small .. AI-assistants(?). I'm still not sure if they only existed in cyberspace or if they had a physical body in the real world. But I am sure that their design looks horrible and that I miss section 9 with its characters and even the Fuchikoma.
I was also not a fan of the 3D-ish artstyle. Neither of the coloring, which changes from fullcolor to black & white apparantly at random, or the excessive fanservice. And can anyone with actual knowledge about hacking tell me what over 50 percent of dialogue are supposed to mean?
In short: The art was not my cup of tea and there was too much tech-babble for me to care and try to understand the all over the place plot better than I do.